Auditions for Runaways at The Garage Theatre Group

AUDITIONS FOR RUNAWAYS

by

LIZ SWADOS

at 

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.