Audition for 'bare' with Nomad Theatre Company
Nomad Theatre Company will hold auditions for "bare," a rock musical for high school and college age, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, and 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, in the Gauguin Room at the Gallery Hall at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St. in St. Charles.
Prepare a 1-minute contemporary monologue and approximately 32 bars of a pop or rock song. Video auditions are accepted.
Email info@selfoundation.org to make an audition appointment. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments will be taken first. Auditions, rehearsals and performance will take place at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles.
Please be familiar with the show prior to auditioning. The script contains adult content. This show rehearses primarily during winter break. They are willing to work around conflicts. Performance dates are Jan. 2-3.
For information, visit www.selfoundation.org/nomad-theatre-company.
Nomad Theatre Company, sponsored by SELF, is a tuition-based, audition-only educational program. They produce a wide variety of projects all aimed at building self-esteem and leadership among youth age 6 through college. Cast members "create not imitate" by collaborating with the director to develop a show based on everyone's participation and imagination. Everyone gets a part.
Founder Tracy Whiteside, who specializes in coaching children and teens, has been training and directing young actors for over 15 years. A photographer, modeling coach, director and performing arts teacher, Whiteside has been in the entertainment and fashion business for over 35 years. Currently the education manager at Fox Valley Repertory, she has directed over 50 youth musicals, and taught performing arts at Elgin College and Christian Youth Theater. As a board member of First Street Playhouse, she directed and produced plays at the theater.
Self-Esteem for Life Foundation (SELF) is 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to building self-esteem among young people through the performing arts. Youth in second grade to college have the opportunity to take a class or create a theater production, and can audition for singing, acting and/or dancing roles. Those not interested in performing can work backstage, on sets, costumes, lighting, sound, and more. Volunteer internships are available.
These tuition-based audition-only programs are for performers in first grade through college.
More information is available at www.selfoundation.org, email info@selfoundation.org or call Tracy at (630) 234-9506.