Auditions for Runaways at The Garage Theatre Group

AUDITIONS FOR RUNAWAYS

by LIZ SWADOS

THE GARAGE THEATRE GROUP 

960 RIVER ROAD 

On the FDU campus in Teaneck, New Jersey

AUDITIONS: MARCH 16   12 - 4PM

                   MARCH  17 2 - 6PM

CALLBACKS: MARCH 19   7 -10

                   MARCH 21 7 -10

AGES 13 - 18 plus alumni with artistic director approval.

Must be 13 by MARCH 25, 2013.

REQUIREMENTS:
Prepare a 1-minute song and prose monologue. Bring an accompaniment CD or sheet music.
Dress to dance.

Performances MAY 31 - JUNE 2 (WITH POSSIBLE EXTENSION JUNE 7 -9 2013

PARTICIPATION FEE: $630
Includes tuition, script, rehearsal CD and basic costume.
Parent volunteer hours expected.

What Liz Swados (the playwright) has to say about RUNAWAYS:

Runaways is a musical theatre piece which was in the works for a year. When I went to Joseph Papp in May of 1977, I had no script, no songs, no story line — just an idea, and an intuition about the potential of adolescents and how they have been grossly underestimated. I wanted to make a collage about the profound effects of our deteriorating families. I wanted to explore the substitutes people find to deal with the loss of family and how these substitutes are sometimes effective and sometimes self-destructive. I wanted to tap the energy of young people. I have seen them excel professionally in athletics, pop and classical music, and I knew there was a real possibility for the same kind of dedication in the theatre — beyond "cutesiness," beyond cliché.

For more information, call 201-569-7710.