We’re pleased to announce the upcoming auditions for SWEENEY TODD, a dark American musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim. We are looking for talented singer-actors who want to challenge themselves with this amazing (and amazingly difficult) music. We are also looking for instrumentalists to perform in the orchestra. Please see Emmanuel’s post on expats.cz for more details.
The production will be IN ENGLISH, but all nationalities are welcome to audition. It is a great chance to work on a musical with experienced director, vocal coach and choreographer Steve Josephson, who will be coming to Prague to direct. Rehearsals should start March/April and the performances will be June/July 2012. At this point, all roles are open for audition. A list of roles and their vocal ranges (along with other information about the show) is here: http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000075 (select “casting” for the roles). The Beggar Woman, Beadle, Pirelli will also be included in the ensemble. We are especially looking for trained ensemble singers who can handle singing in harmony to sing in the chorus.
Auditions will be the week of February 15.
Callbacks will likely be the 18.2 or 19.2.
Please prepare: 2 songs: 1 ballad (slow), 1 uptempo (fast) for the audition. The songs should NOT be from SWEENEY TODD (but other Sondheim shows are welcome) and should show off your vocal range and interpretation. If you have any questions or to schedule an audition, please either email brian@pragueplayhouse.com or SMS/call 608 577 012.
Please pass this on to others who may be interested!
Post Category: Auditions,Theatre
January 24th, 2012 at 01:54ambrian
The well-known open-mic talent night and charity event SHOOT YOUR MOUTH is now being produced by experimental theatre company AKANDA in cooperation with the IRON CURTAIN Propaganda pub. Shoot Your Mouth was originally founded in 2009 by Nina Bressler who, until recently, organized the event on a monthly basis at the Iron Curtain. When Bressler realized that due to other professional obligations she no longer had time to devote to the event, she approached Mélanie Rada and Jeff Fritz, Akanda’s co-producers, and asked them to take over Shoot Your Mouth. They agreed it was an excellent idea, and the first all-new Shoot Your Mouth will happen next month on the stage of Iron Curtain with a portion of the proceeds going to support the charity My.Water.Org.
In the last months of 2012, Shoot Your Mouth will appear twice:
Sunday 6 November and Sunday 4 December,
adm.50 kc
Both shows will begin precisely at 19:30 at Iron Curtain – Propaganda pub
Michalská 12, Praha 1
For more information please visit our website
http://www.shootyourmouth.com
Post Category: Comedy,Events
November 3rd, 2011 at 11:09ambrian
Tickets are now on sale for our upcoming production of A Christmas Carol. You can get tickets at the theater Literarni Kavarna, Retezova 10, Prague 1 or at the Globe Bookstore, Pstrossova 6, Prague 1 or by going to the online reservation system.
Full details about the production are available at http://christmascarol.pragueplayhouse.com!
Post Category: Events,Theatre
October 28th, 2011 at 03:19pmbrian
If you are interested in the combination of singing and acting, please come to the auditions for the Prague Playhouse’s upcoming production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. The show will go up mid-November and play until the end of that month. Rehearsals will start at the beginning of October.
Auditions will be on Sunday 18.9. between 14:00 and 16:30 hrs. (2 to 4:30 pm) at the Prague Playhouse Acting Studio, Frantiska Krizka 1, 3rd floor in Prague 7. Please prepare a one-minute-monologue and a christmas carol to show your ability to tell a story through the song! To schedule an audition, please text/call Laura on 776 605 227!
We are doing something a little different with this one: We are going to have a small cast of players which will function as something like a Greek chorus: They will sing 19th century christmas carols as mood/commentary on what is going on in the play. When the scenes require it, they will step out of the chorus and act all of the characters in the play (besides Scrooge). It should be fun and challenging ensemble work for actor/singers.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the auditions!
Post Category: Auditions,Music,Theatre
September 12th, 2011 at 01:07pmboris
The Prague Playhouse Acting Studio will be offering three workshops this summer:
- Unlocking Shakespeare with Guy Roberts. This workshop will delve into Shakespeares text and give you a solid basis for starting to work on the text as an actor. This workshop will expand on the weekend Guy spent in October by allowing for time to put the work on the text into practice by getting students up and working on several speeches. Guy Roberts is the artistic director of the Prague Shakespeare Festival and has acted in and directed many Shakespeare plays. He has taught this workshop around the United States including at Princeton University. The workshop will be June 3, 4 and 5th (Friday 18:00 – 22:00, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 14:00). The workshop costs 3.000 Kc.
- On Camera Workshop with Nancy Bishop. Nancy Bishop, Prague’s premiere casting director for Hollywood films with more than 40 movies under her belt, is bringing her On Camera Workshop back to Prague with a special price for locals. Her workshop will cover how to interact with the camera, how to make choices that work on camera, how to take direction and much more. This two day workshop runs July 18 and 19 and costs 4.000 Kc.
- Intensive Summer Acting with Brian Caspe. This two week workshop will cover acting fundamentals and give beginning actors a foundation in the craft of acting. As an intensive course, the Summer Acting Intensive will allow students the opportunity to really focus on the acting: listening, forming a connection to their partner, being able to be open to what’s going on around them. This approach to acting is extremely well suited to working on camera as it removes any sense that the actor is “acting” but rather “being”. The course will run from July 20 – 31 from 10:00 – 17:00 (including a 1 hour break). The course costs 6.450 Kc.
To sign up for the courses, please contact Brian at brian@pragueplayhouse.com
Post Category: General
May 31st, 2011 at 02:10pmbrian
Hi everybody!
At long last a word from me, Boris Wilke, alumni of Brian Caspe’s Prague Playhouse Acting Studio.
I’d like to invite you all to go see plays at the Prague Fringe this year, which will start this coming Friday, May 27th. For nine days more than 40 plays will be performed in nine venues. The style will vary wildly. But all will be a fresh alternative to traditional theater. The price of 150 Crowns for each play should also be enticing.
I will be in a play, too. It’s called “Hotel Red Cello“. It’s a collage of monologues full of desire, clashes between these soliloquizing loners that really long to be with someone and video-projections that combine all the elements into a juicy whole.
If you want to know a little more, read on!
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Post Category: Acting,Comedy,Theatre
May 25th, 2011 at 07:30pmboris
There are still some seats left for the last weekend of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”. We have some reservations available on the Saturday 14:00 performance and there are usually 5-10 tickets returned from reservations that don’t show up, so even if you haven’t booked a ticket, you should come to the theater for returns!!
Get on our mailing list for news ahead of time about upcoming productions: we should be producing a show in the Fall and we don’t want you to miss out!
Post Category: General
May 19th, 2011 at 10:50pmbrian
We at the Prague Playhouse are proud to have been the (almost) venue for a little baby Benjamin Rappaport’s first experience of the theater. His parents were enjoying the opening night of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” but had to leave in the middle to give birth! Quite an experience. We are happy to offer the Rappaport’s a pair of free tickets to our next production in the Fall.
Post Category: General
May 19th, 2011 at 05:31pmbrian
Prague Shakespeare Festival returns to Vysehrad Castle’s Summer Stage for 10 days and 2 new shows. After a 3 week run in Houston, Texas that received rave reviews, the company is back in Prague to share this year’s work: As You Like It and King Lear. The outdoor setting, complete with beer, sausages, and a wonderful atmosphere, is the perfect backdrop for experiencing the Bard’s work. The shows run May 19 – May 29.
This year is a particularly exciting project as it brings top Houston talent together with Czech artists, including Czech superstar Pavel Kříž.
Guy Roberts, Artistic Director of the Prague Shakespeare Festival says, “I am delighted to be working with such tremendously talented artists on this inspiring project. United by the universality of Shakespeare’s plays our company of European and American theatre artists, led by Czech favorite Pavel Kříž, will be giving audiences in Prague something very special indeed-two of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays performed in English by an outstanding collection of professional theatre artists in the beautiful setting of the Vyšehrad summer stage.” (more…)
Post Category: Events,Theatre
May 11th, 2011 at 01:42pmbrian
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown plays May 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 19:00 and there are matinees (perfect for kids) on the 14th and 21st at 14:00.
If you haven’t already booked your tickets to “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”, you shouldn’t wait! Tickets are 250 Kc for general admission, 200 Kc for students and seniors and 150 Kc for children 10 and under.
We are so excited to bring this production to Prague for the first time! The musical is full of fun and energy and more fun! It is sure to sell out, so please don’t wait to book your tickets!
Visit the Charlie Brown website for full information!
Post Category: Comedy,Events,Music,Theatre
May 4th, 2011 at 11:56pmbrian
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