Department of Theatre
Miami Writes III: New Plays Festival info
Miami Writes III: New Plays Festival flyer (PDF)
Spring Semester 2010 Casting Opportunities
Miami Writes III: New Plays Festival
Featuring The Actors’ Ensemble
10, 11, 12 December 2009—7:30 PM
13 December—2 PM
Your Room studio (307 Phelps)
Miami University Hamilton
1601 University Blvd.
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
$8-Admission
$5-Students, Seniors
Tickets available at the door
Festival seating/Doors open-7PM
Due to strong language, this production is not recommended for children12 and under.
Miami University Hamilton WoRkSHoP Theatre is dedicated to the study and production of new plays. Our aim is to provide students and our community with a glimpse today into the theatre of tomorrow.
The Actors’ Ensemble exists to help playwrights fulfill the vision of their works and to explore new ways to empower and celebrate the best playwrights and actor-creators in our region.
It’s Members Are:
Bret Barrett
Leah DeCresce-Carter
Michele DeCresce
Jorni Eaton
Joel Franck
Woody Hutzel
Daniel Lewis
Monica Willis
Our Student and Community Playwrights are:
Allen Bennet*
Danielle Ervin
Roberta Flackwood
Jeff Goins
Brandon Guyer*
Woody Hutzel*
Nikita Johnson*
Daniel Lewis*
Bridget Ossmann
Matthew Seyberth*
(*Member of the class, THE 238)
With Our Fall Production of presentation Miami Writes III, we feature some of the best and most innovative student writing (our Class is THE 238: Playwriting Through Improvisation) that I have encountered in my ten years at Miami. Along side these students and keeping in step with our mission of community coop and engagement, we feature the works of local playwrights as well. The Actors’ Ensemble, who will present the plays in the production, is made up of students and community members who work with playwrights polish and shape their work. Their focus and dedication to the plays’ evolution and the production itself is inspirational. Talent like this is the foundation of the theatre of today and tomorrow.
For More Information, contact Bekka Eaton Reardon at eatonrl@muohio.edu or 513.785.3017.
Download Miami Writes III: New Plays Festival flyer (PDF)
Spring Semester 2010 Casting Opportunities
Audition for the: The Diviners by Jim Leonard Jr. (Revised Version)
6 males; 5 females
Winner of the American College Theatre Festival, this marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned. This trauma and the loss of his mother in the same accident has left him deathly afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic for the boy's father. The town doesn't have a preacher and the women try to persuade him to preach while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns.
"A splendid drama by a playwright ... with poetic as well as human feeling." Variety.
"The Diviners, which would be meritorious from anyone, is astounding from so young a writer.... Renders the humor and horror of the hinterlands with staggering accuracy.... Compelling."
New York Magazine.
Production Dates:
4, 5, 6 March 2010
Venue:
Parrish Auditorium
Rehearsals:
3-4 times per week. Sometimes more if needed. We try to work with actors’ work and class schedules, but availability does influence casting decisions.
Audition Dates & Times:
Initial Audition--
Thursday January 14 January 2010
6 PM until approximately 9 PM
In Parrish Auditorium
If you cannot make this date, contact the director*. Sometimes we can schedule alternative audition times.
Call-backs, if needed--
Friday January 15 2010
In Your Room Studio (Phelps 307)
Audition Location:
Your Room Studio and Parrish Auditorium are both located in Phelps Hall on the Hamilton Campus of Miami University
1601 University Hall
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
Audition Requirements:
1-2 Minute Monologue of your choice. Memorized material that suits your type is best. Keeping in mind the tone of the play might help you choose a piece. DO NOT DO A MONOLOGUE FROM THE DIVINERS. If you do not have a piece, material will be provided for you at the time of the audition. You are certainly welcome to come without a prepared piece; however, prepared work always shows you in your best light.
Do not worry or decide not to audition if you are unfamiliar with one or both of these processes. MUHW Theatre is very good at helping people who are new or rusty to theatre. We pride ourselves on our inclusive and trustworthy atmosphere. You will be welcomed and feel welcome.
Contact Info:
*Professor Bekka Eaton Reardon (director)
eatonrl@muohio.edu
513.785.3017 (email is more reliable, though)
