Join us for our second annual winter Musical Theatre Intensive.
Inspired by New York's City Center Encores format, this book in hand staged presentation challenges
artists to create an exciting and entertaining piece of theater in one week!
(Last year's inaugural production, Little Women, was very rewarding for artists and audiences alike.)
This year's selection is the 2015 Pulitzer prize nominee musical, Fun Home.
Here is a quick synopsis:
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires. Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.

Roles available are as follows:

Medium Alison : Female, 16-20
a freshman at Oberlin College, discovering her sexuality; an incredibly well-read, hyper-intelligent teenager; her uncertainty about who she is makes her socially awkward at times; must be a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; strong mix-belt to C and effortless mix to E.

Christian: Male, 10-15
Alison’s older brother; oldest of the three children; strives to be the leader, but is sometimes overshadowed by Alison’s strong personality; seeking a singer (pre-pubescent) with a natural sound, good sense of harmony and pitch.

John: Male, 6-9
Alison’s younger brother; like most boys his age, he is full of energy with a quirky imagination; looks up to his siblings; seeking a singer with a natural sound, good sense of harmony and pitch.

Bruce: Male, 40-49 PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST.
high-school English teacher, funeral home director, spends his spare time on the historic restoration of his home; complex man with a hot temper as a result of years of repression; can be caring and attentive to his children but is also quick to anger; must be a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; range B to G.

Roy/Pete/Mark/Bobby/Jeremy: Male, 20-30
Roy, a young man Bruce hires to do yard work; Pete, a mourner who visits the funeral home; Mark, a high school junior; Bobby Jeremy, the lead singer of a band in Alison’s imagination; singer with a strong clean 70s pop sound - to a B.

Older Alison: Female, 30-49
narrator; now a self-aware adult, she is able to reflect insightfully on her own life and her relationship with her father before his tragic death; must be a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; range = low E to light belt C sharp.

Helen: Female, 30-39
Alison’s mother; frustrated, exhausted by her tumultuous marriage; has spent her life trying to be a good mother and wife while turning a blind eye to the irreverent activities of her husband; must be a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; range = A flat to strong mixed E.
Joan: Female, 18-20
student at Oberlin; exudes a confident, sexual energy, with a dry sense of humor; unlike Alison, Joan is very comfortable in her skin and openly identifies as a lesbian; must be comfortable with harmony singing, alto lines.

Small Alison: Female, 8-10
Alison Bechdel as a child; precocious and opinionated; on the cusp of finding herself and forming her own views on how a girl her age should behave and dress; confident and intelligent; strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song, natural sound, B to B.

Those interested in auditioning should register online (here). They will receive a packet containing
song selections and scene selections. Please note this is for intermediate to advanced MT students only.

Rehearsal dates are as follows: Thursday, December 27th 1:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Friday, December 28th 1:00-5:00 p.m. Saturday, December 29th 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
(Off for holiday December 30th-January 1st) Wednesday, January 2nd 1:00-6:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 3rd, 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Friday, January 4th 2:00 p.m -6:00 p.m.
Performances: Friday, January 4th 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 5th 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Cost for intensive is $375.00 (30 contact hours including private coachings in early December.)

Audio tracks will be provided for callbacks.