Announcing TesserAct Theatre Ensemble auditions for a new original musical!
Open auditions for non-equity community theatre group in the Northwest suburbs, for the original musical, PUSHCART TONY. We are currently seeking versatile male and female actors/singers/dancers to play multiple roles in this ensemble musical.
Our auditions will be held Sunday, March 6th, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Tuesday, March 8th, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, with callbacks on Thursday, March 10th, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm.
Please prepare a 1-2 min monologue and 32 bars of a contemporary musical theater song. An accompanist will be provided, so please no C.D.s. A dance audition will be held at callbacks.
Auditions and Rehearsals will be held in Palatine at the Presbyterian Church, 800 E Palatine Rd. Rehearsals begin Sunday, March 13th through Sunday, June 5th.
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Regular weekly rehearsals are Sundays from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (All called, holidays off), Tuesdays from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Individual scene work), Thursdays from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Music/Blocking.)
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Tech week June 6th – 9th from 6:00 pm – 11:00pm.
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Performance dates are June 10, 11, 12, (with two performances on the 11th.)
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Tech week and performances will be at the beautiful Vittum Theater, 1012 Noble St, Chicago, Il.
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Possible Small Stipend - dependent on ticket sales.
Don’t want to be involved on stage? We’d love your help with our crew needs – Stage Manager, Projection technicians, stage crew.
For Character descriptions etc. please visit the webpage devoted to our play and the history of Mayor Cermak and Chicago at:
www.pushcarttony.com
--and check out a song medley from our score at YouTube here:
ABOUT THE MUSICAL
PUSHCART TONY, is an original musical story of Chicago's most exciting Era and the great immigrant mayor who climbed a mountain to Chicago's City Hall. 'Pushcart Tony' is the tale of Tony Cermak, Chicago's 44th Mayor, and the great city he devoted his life to. We've built 'Pushcart Tony' to swing and move through Tony's life and really appeal to the dramatic events of this great Chicago Era. We are seeking a versatile ensemble of actors to tell his story through music, dance, comedy and drama.
In 1873, Tony Cermak was born to a coal-mining father in Bohemia of Eastern Europe. One year later, his parents, poor and dreaming of a better life for themselves and their children, traveled alongside thousands of fellow Europeans to America during the great immigration wave of the nineteenth century.
The life and times of Tony Cermak coincide with the most exciting in American history. In the forty years between Chicago's great World's Fairs' of 1893 and 1933, Tony's career canvassed a kaleidoscope of events; the heart of the Industrial Age, the turn of the century, World War, the tide of Temperance and Prohibition, Gangsterism, Reform, and finally, the Great Depression. It is in these times where our musical play has taken root and where the songs of 'Pushcart Tony' are sung.
In the American city best known for its infamous character and corrupt nature, Tony Cermak was an honest, tough, and passionately driven Chicago statesman who earned the love and respect of the people of his city while inspiring fear and acrimony among the enemies he made with his painstaking demand for public service. Throughout Chicago, he fought a library of crooked legends. Among them, Mayor 'Big Bill' Thompson, embezzling Illinois Governor Len Small and even the mighty Al Capone.
PUSHCART TONY
The True Story of Anton Cermak and Chicago
Book and Lyrics by Michael Greitzer
Composed by AJ Braman
Director: Julie Price
Musical Director: Beth Hollander and Choreographer: Maggie Dominick
Executive Producer:
TesserAct Theatre Ensemble, a 501c3/Non-Profit community theater group