A RAISIN IN THE SUN!!

Durham School of the Arts

Presents

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

by Lorraine Hansberry

February 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 pm

& February 12 at 3:00 pm

Thursday, February 10's performance will feature Durham Public Schools' new superintendent, DR. ERIC BECOATS, as Bobo!

RENT CAST NOTICE!!!!

RENT CAST MATERIAL PICK-UP

It's great to hear that some of you are eager to get started . . . however, you won't be able to pick up your RENT materials until

TUESDAY, 12/21, BETWEEN 1-3, IN THE BLACK BOX THEATRE

Just as my casting notice reads here :-)

So . . . PLEASE stop by the Black Box Theatre tomorrow, between 1-3 pm to pick up your cd's and music. This will be the only time that I will be available over break to deliver this to you . . . and this is material you need to be OFF-BOOK for when we return in two weeks.

ENSEMBLE: I only have a CD of a couple of the ensemble songs on it (with vocals and without vocals) for you . . . no sheet music, yet.

Okay? Okay. I look forward to seeing each of you tomorrow!

RENT CAST LIST

FIRST, let me just say (and I speak for Mr. Grier and Ms. Fisher, as well) that EVERYONE who auditioned did a great job!! We really appreciate your TIME, ENERGY and PASSION this week. After long deliberation, we have finalized our cast for RENT, with the exception of the character of COLLINS.

The role of COLLINS is still under consideration. We will hold an OPEN AUDITION for the role of COLLINS (only). Male members of the Ensemble (who would like to be considered) should attend this audition. This COLLINS audition will take place Tuesday, January 4, at 4pm, in the Chorus Room. This audition is OPEN TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE ROLE OF COLLINS - including those who previously auditioned.

If your name appears on this list, please stop by the Black Box theatre on Tuesday, 12/21, between 1-3 pm, to pick up your RENT package (things you are expected to learn over break).

MARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PETER OAS

ROGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDERS BORG

MAUREEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLANA GEOFFRION

JOANNE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CIERRA HARRIS

ANGEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SILAS WHEELER

BENNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHAWN BOLLING

MIMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNA ACHA

ENSEMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OMARIUS CRADLE

ERIN GOSSER

KRISTA KATZENMEYER

MIRA KESSLER

ALISON LEVINE

BEN NEWNAM

KASSIE NICHOLS

CHARLES REALIBUT

MELISSA RODIGUEZ

CHRIS WALLER

RENT CALLBACKS!!

Due to the cancellation of school today (Thursday, 12/16), RENT callback auditions have been rescheduled for tomorrow (Friday, 12/17), from 4-6'ish in the Chorus Room.

The FINAL cast list will be posted here Friday evening and on the Black Box doors (Duke St) Saturday morning.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE NAMES ON THE FINAL CAST LIST THAT ARE NOT ON THE CALLBACK LIST!!! IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NAME ON THE CALLBACK LIST, BE SURE TO CHECK THE FINAL CAST LIST . . . YOUR NAME MAY APPEAR THERE!!

RENT CALLBACK LIST

CALLBACK LIST

Thank you to ALL WHO AUDITIONED this week!! Everyone did a GREAT job, making our casting work very difficult!

WE ARE ONLY CALLING BACK PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS and we'll construct the Ensemble following the callback audition. We will be casting outside of this list . . . so if your name doesn't appear here, please be sure to check the FINAL CAST LIST . . . your name may appear there.

The following names appear in alphabetical order . . . please forgive any misspellings :)

ANNA ACHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mimi

SEAN BOLLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark, Angel, Benny

ANDERS BORG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger

OMARIUS CRADLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collins

ELIJAH FOX-PECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark

ALLANA GEOFFRION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen

DREW GUERRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benny

CIERRA HARRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanne

MIRA KESSLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mimi

ALISON LEVINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maureen, Mimi

AUSTIN MILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanne

BEN NEWNAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark, Collins

PETER OAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark, Roger

MELISSA RODRIGUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen, Joanne

SILAS WHEELER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Angel

CALLBACK PIECES:

MARK:

What you Own, Tango Maureen (with Joanne)

ROGER:

Another Day and Light My Candle (with Mimi)

MAUREEN:

Take Me or Leave Me (with Joanne), Over the Moon

JOANNE:

Take Me or Leave Me (with Maureen), Tango Maureen (with Mark)

ANGEL:

I'll Cover You (with Collins), Today for you, Tomorrow for me

COLLINS:

I'll Cover You (with Angel)

BENNY:

You'll See (with Roger and Mark)

MIMI:

Another Day and Light My Candle (with Roger)

DSA THEATRE PRESENTS FAITH COUNTY!

A hilarious comedy by Mark Landon Smith. We're transforming the Black Box Theatre into the Faith County Fairgrounds . . . complete with fresh hot popcorn, cotton candy and baked goods!

December 2, 3, 4 at 7:30

and December 4 at 3:00

Ticket are $8

Popcorn is $3

Cotton Candy is $5

TICKETS ON SALE NOVEMBER 29th

AND AT THE DOOR

RENT AUDITIONS!!!

AUDITIONS!!!

December 9th: Audition Workshop, 4-5 pm

December 13th and 15th: Auditions, 4-6:40 pm

December 16th: Call Backs, 4-6 pm

December 17th: CAST LIST POSTED!!

AUDITIONS OPEN TO *ALL* DSA, HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENTS!!

For more information and to sign-up for an audition time slot, see THE RENT BOARD in the Main Building.

NO DAY BUT TODAY!!

SIGN UP NOW!!!

FAITH COUNTY

Cast List

THANK YOU to all who auditioned!!

If you DON’T see your name on this list . . .

PLEASE don’t be discouraged and CONTINUE TO AUDITION!!!

If your name appears on this cast list . . .

Your first rehearsal is TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12th, from 4-6 . . . in the Black Box Theatre. This is a First Read Through rehearsal where you will receive your entire rehearsal schedule, your scripts/lyrics, music and read the play.

Your attendance is MANDATORY at this first rehearsal – if you are not present, your role will be recast.

THE CAST

MILDRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigail Sharpless

FAYE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Melissa Carrico

NAOMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maeve Osgood

RUTH ANN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Kline

LUTHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jackson Gemborys

VIOLET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edie Sanders

DELBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mikah Pickus

BUBBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Daniel Roth

GLADYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Farmer

VENDORS & TOWNSFOLK . . . . . Daliah Bullock, Aulani Collier, Sophia Elkin, Dina Guilak, Caroline Gulley, Michaela Machock, Kailey Morgan, Wilson Plonk, Mary Sanders, Kylie Verbiest, John Woodbridge

RENT commercial

2010-2011 SEASON

A FLEA IN EAR

By Georges Feydeau

October 15, 16, 17 at 7:30 pm

October 16 at 3:00 pm

October 17 at 4:00 pm

A FLEA IN HER EAR is the greatest of French farces, perhaps the greatest farce ever written. Raymonde Chandebise suspects that her husband, Victor, a placid and successful insurance executive, is secretly having an affair. To find out, she and her friend Lucienne write him an anonymous love letter suggesting a rendezvous at the shady Frisky Puss Hotel. Thinking the letter was intended for his coworker, the gigolo Tournel, Victor sends Tournel off to make the rendezvous in his place. Lucienne s jealous Spanish husband, meanwhile, finds the letter, recognizes his wife s handwriting and takes his pistols to the Frisky Puss, hoping to catch her in the act. Meanwhile, Victor s nephew Camille tries to warn everyone about the mix-up, but his ridiculous speech impediment prevents anyone from understanding him. In Act Two, all decamp to the Frisky Puss where, it turns out, the drunken bellboy Poche is the exact double of the proper Victor Chandebise. Meeting Poche and thinking she s been caught by her husband, Raymonde keeps trying to escape from the hotel with Tournel, but a revolving bed keeps flinging them from room to room, as more and more of the involved parties pile into the hotel in a climax culminating in the entrance of the jealous Spaniard and his pistols. In Act Three the vortex spins even faster as all the parties return to the Chandebise home utterly confused about what actually happened and who was who at the Frisky Puss. The drunken bellboy arrives, is mistaken once again for Victor, and all the threads of the multiple mix-ups are sorted out as Victor and Raymonde recognize their mutual confusions and are reunited.

Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, INC.

FAITH COUNTY

By Mark Landon Smith

December 2, 3, 4 at 7:30 pm

December 4 at 3:00 pm

The audience will be transported to the Faith County Fairgrounds in Mineola, a town that is located "Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the South" - a place where Beehive hairdos are still the rage and Saturday nights are reserved for the tractor pull in nearby Pickler. Complete with county fair fun for the audience . . . dunking booth, popcorn and cotton candy!

Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, INC.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

By Lorraine Hansberry

February 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 pm

February 12 at 3:00 pm

When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."--The New York Times

RENT

By Jonathan Larson

April 6, 7, 8, 9 at 7:30 pm

April 10 at 3:00 pm

The smash hit musical that changed Broadway forever!

Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International

MORE AUDITIONS!!

DSA Theatre Department Announces

AUDITIONS

For

FAITH COUNTY

by Mark Landon Smith

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the south, there's a place where the bee-hive hairdo is still the rage and Saturday nights are reserved for the tractor pull in nearby Pickler. A colorful collection of good ol' country folk gather 'round for this year's county fair, and there's stiff competition in the arts and crafts category. Faith County enjoyed a thirty-five week run on WLYX and was featured on the television special, "Dateline."

"Faith County is hilarious!" -- The Studio Theatre

OCTOBER 5TH & 6TH

from 4pm - 6pm

in the Black Box Theatre

This play is open to 7th, 8th and 9th graders

AUDITIONS!!

DSA Theatre Department announces

AUDITIONS

for

A FLEA IN HER EAR

by Georges Feydeau

September 7th and 8th

Sign-up for an audition time in the Black Box Theatre

This is a high school production

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

It was GREAT to meet many new theatre students at the open house! I look forward to working with each of you this year!!

PARENTS: Please remember to review the class Welcome Letter with your child, going over class expections, grade weights, as well as purchasing the necessary supplies. Also, be sure to SIGN and RETURN the letter by Friday, 8/27.

Subscribe/follow this blog for audition and performance information, as well as updates on class projects.

NEW TO DSA THEATRE FACULTY:
We are excited to have Ms. Walraven join our theatre staff - she is our new Tech Director Educator! She holds a MFA in Technical Theatre from the University of Mississippi and is currently employed as a Technician (and Head of Wardrobe) at The Durham Performing Arts Center. Ms. Walraven comes to us with a diverse background in professional theatre and she is excited to begin sharing all she knows with her students!

Have a GREAT START-UP and I'll see you tomorrow!!!

d/graves

KC memory miles from home!

I was traveling through Wellsville, New York, where Kevin's family (and I) are originally from, and happened upon a lovely garden at the David A. Howe Public Library "In Loving Memory of Kevin Stillman Cook"!

In memory of Kevin Cook

Art Installation and benches go up at the Black Box Theatre - in loving memory of Kevin Cook.

DSA THEATRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS THE MUSICAL THAT CHANGED BROADWAY!

APRIL 7, 8, 9, 10 2011

AUDITION WORKSHOP (4-5, in the Chorus Room): DECEMBER 9th

AUDITIONS (4-6, Weaver Auditorium): DECEMBER 13th & 15th

CALLBACK AUDITIONS (4-6, Weaver Auditorium): DECEMBER 16th

HAPPY SUMMER!

I hope everyone is having a relaxing and safe summer :) What a great time to spend with family and friends and to take advantage of some artistic development opportunities!

THE TRIPLE ARTS BROADWAY SERIES at Western Carolina University

http://www.wcu.edu/4779.asp

YOUTH PERFORMING ARTS CONSERVATORY at the Arts Center (ask Graves)

http://www.artscenterlive.org/index.php?a=Youth&b=Conservatory

YOUNG PEOPLE'S PERFORMING COMPANY at Durham Arts Council

http://www.yppc.us/

DRAMA WORKSHOP at Duke University (ask Graves/Martin)

http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/drama/

EXPRESSIONS! at Duke University (ask Graves/Martin)

http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/expressions/index.asp

COMMON GROUND THEATRE, Durham

http://www.cgtheatre.com/classes

MANBITES DOG THEATRE, Durham (ask Martin)

http://www.manbitesdogtheater.org/

DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: Volunteer and earn free tickets!

http://www.dpacnc.com/default.asp?dpac=46

NORTH CAROLINA THEATRE CONSERVATORY, Raleigh (ask Graves)

http://www.nctheatre.com/conservatory/index.html

RALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE YOUTH PROGRAMS, Raleigh (ask Graves)

http://raleighlittletheatre.org/learn/summer/index.html

FLATROCK PLAYHOUSE YOUTH THEATRE, Flatrock

http://www.flatrockplayhouse.org/education/youtheatre.html

CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CHARLOTTE (ask Graves)

http://www.ctcharlotte.org/