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Auditions! Theatre Momentum is holding auditions on Monday, January 18th and 25th, with callbacks on February 1, 2010. We will be casting an ensemble of 12-14 players for TM's entire 2010 season. Auditions will run 7-10 PM. Auditioners are expected to remain the entire audition time, so please plan accordingly. Auditions will be entirely improvised, so there is no need to prepare any monologues. For the 2010 season, TM is producing 5 shows- *Fugue, River* Lethe, *Jigsaw, Fractal, and Status. This season's directors will be Don Hall, Regan Davis, and Tony Rielage. All rehearsals will be on Monday nights, 7-10 PM, and all performances will be 8 PM on Saturday nights. Auditions will be held at the Theatre Momentum Studio, 1800 W. Cornelia Ave. Directions may be found on the Studio* page. Please read the details, below, double-check your calendars, and send your information to auditions@theatremomentum.com. Please email your name, phone number, and which audition date you wish to audition, January 18th or 25th. If you foresee any conflicts with the schedule, make note in your email. You will need to bring a copy of your headshot and resume for the audition, but you do not need to email it. Thanks!			Join Our Mailing List! Upcoming Events: AUDITIONS 2010 Ensemble Auditions January 18, 25 7-10 PM, at the TM Studio Directors/Coaches! Free space for your workshops! Paid coaching positions for our Kinetic Jam! Studio Rent our space for your rehearsals.
Ensemble Rehearsals Rehearsals Mondays, 7-10, February 8-March 15 All performers must attend these rehearsals, intended as a "getting to know you" period for the ensemble and the Directors Panel. Players will get time to learn one another's strengths and weaknesses, how each ensemble member plays, as well as how each of this season's directors direct, as we prepare to go into individual show rehearsals. While these rehearsals are mandatory, the individual shows will be cast separately, based upon which shows a player decides they wish to perform in. The show directors will select the show's cast from those who have expressed an interest in that specific show. Please note: Those auditioners who have expressed an interest in three or more shows will receive preference over those who express interest in fewer shows. Also, players are encouraged, though not required, to attend all rehearsals, even if they are not cast in the show.
Fugue Director: Don Hall Rehearsals- Mondays, 7-10, March 15-April 26 Performances- Saturdays, 8 PM, May 1-June 5 Fugue captures the essence of a musical fugue (a polyphonic composition based on one or more themes and enunciated by several voices in turn) through four simultaneous improvised scenes sharing the same physical space and exploring similar themes. Hear Bach's Little Fugue in G minor, below:		River Lethe Director: Regan Davis Rehearsals- Mondays, 7-10, May 3-June 14 (no rehearsal 5/31) Performances- Saturdays, 8 PM, June 19-July 31 (no show 7/3) Memory is a malleable thing. In Greek mythology, the river Lethe was the river in Hades where souls would drink before being reincarnated, to erase all memory of their former life. Inspired by the RadioLab broadcast about memory, linked below, TM is creating a show that demonstrates how memories break down every time we remember them, until they resemble the original event only slightly. RadioLab Memory broadcast:
Jigsaw Director: Tony Rielage Rehearsals- Mondays, 7-10, June 21-July 26 Performances- Saturdays, 8 PM, August 7-September 11 Jigsaw resembles in performance the construction of a jigsaw puzzle, with "corner pieces" (the main characters of the narrative), "border pieces" and all the remaining puzzle pieces. It is a story told out of sequence and in chunks, in such a way that the audience gets the whole picture by at the close of the show.		Fractal Director: Don Hall Rehearsals- Mondays, 7-10, August 2- September 13 (no rehearsal 9/6) Performances- Saturdays, 8 PM, September 18- October 23 Fractal explores the patterns within patterns that are represented in a fractal shape. In a fractal shape, the larger structure is repeated in the smallest parts of the shape. The show structure will evolve every night, so that each scene is a microcosm of the larger show structure.
Status Director: Regan Davis Rehearsals- Mondays, 7-10, September 20-October 25 Performances- Saturdays, 8 PM, November 6-December 18 (no show 11/27) Status dissects the narcissism and incomplete communication of "updating status" on social networking websites. The show will explore the subtext, lies, and sound-bite nature of this peculiar phenomenon, and all the real-life scenes that are the back-story of every "status update".
Directors Don Hall Don is the Events Coordinator for Chicago Public Radio and the Audience Services cat for NPR’s prolific game show "Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!" For two and a half years, Don was the primary coach for Work(shop)-in-Progress. Don is a producer, director, and writer of Chicago Off-Loop Theater and the Founding Director of Chicago's prolific WNEP Theater. Every now and again, Don can be seen performing on a Chicago stage or teaching advanced improvisational technique.
Regan Davis Regan is an improviser, actor, and director originally from St. Petersburg, Florida. He has performed at the Chicago Improv Festival and Chicago Sketchfest, Miami Improv Festival, and directed groups in Florida, Chicago, and for the Miami Improv Festival and the Dirty South Improv Festival in Chapel Hill, NC.
Tony Rielage Tony is the Artistic Director and Founder of Theatre Momentum, and has been performing, directing, and producing improv theatre for over 17 years, notably with the Nothing Sacred Players, Trespassers Only, and International Stinger. He has trained at iO, the Playground, and Annoyance. He's also not a fan of his headshot.
Frequently Asked Questions What if I can't come to initial 6 weeks? Sorry, this is mandatory. If you can't commit to these 6 weeks, please don't audition. What if I can't perform in all 5 shows? Not a problem. As noted above, it is preferred that you keep yourself open to more shows, but you are not expected to commit to all 5 shows. What if my schedule can't accommodate the rehearsals or performances of ____ show? Please make a note of it on your audition form, so we know which shows to consider you for. We are scheduling out months in advance, so you can schedule around the rehearsal and show obligations with plenty of notice. I don't know my schedule for the year yet, and can't schedule for anything as far out as December! We don't expect you to. As the rehearsal schedule gets closer, we will expect you to commit fully to the rehearsal time, and we are giving you plenty of notice so that you can plan accordingly, but for now, penciling the schedule in will be alright. The only exception to this, of course, would be rehearsals for Fugue and the ensemble rehearsal period. We'd need to know any conflicts there, ASAP.
Please see the calendar below, for the full schedule. You can click through the months to get all the information. There are no rehearsals on Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor day, Halloween, or Thanksgiving weekend. All ensemble members must attend the six-week ensemble rehearsals, February 8-March 15, but may choose which of the five shows they wish to perform in, after that. All ensemble members are encouraged to attend all rehearsals for all shows, whether or not they have been cast in that specific show. If you have any questions about the auditions, drop a line to auditions@theatremomentum.com.