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Auditions Announced for HEATHERS the Musical at TCT AcademyLIVE!

TCTC_new logoClick here to visit the official audition page to sign-up to audition

TCT is a professional theatre company and here is when YOU can take the stage. This class combines instruction with the opportunity to perform in a fully-staged musical with props, costumes and sets. Our curriculum combines instruction with “doing,” to best help students internalize and master the theater skills taught. To complement and reinforce the learning process, students will also spend time rehearsing for their production that culminates in public performances.

Important Information – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

  • The audition form link will go live here on the website on Monday, August 2, 2021 and can be found on this page at that date. The audition link will close on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 11:59pm. Auditions are open to ages 13 -18.
  • Rehearsals are Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:30pm-6:30pm, September 8, 2021-November 10, 2021. Tech Rehearsals are Sunday, November 14, 11am – 4pm, and Monday – Thursday, November 15 – 18, 4:30pm – 8:30pm.
  • All Staff and Students will be required to wear a mask while in the building.
  • Students will film and upload themselves singing 1, 16-bar cut song of their choice and performing 1 of the 4 monologues provided below.  Please don’t sing from the show. Students may choose any monologue below to perform, regardless of gender.
  • While filling out your virtual audition form, you will select an “audition appointment”.  The time you select indicates when the creative team will view your audition video and has no connection to an actual audition time for you to be present.  There are no in-person auditions. “Audition Appointment” = when TCT Staff will watch your video.
  • If cast, you will be sent a payment link when announced.  All payments are due in full by the time of the first rehearsal.  The price is $535 per student. Please do not email about updates on casting.  All auditionees will be contacted regardless of casting outcome on August 30, 2021.
  • Due to the style of the show, some students might be asked to help supplement their costumes with some pieces brought from their own closets.

Rehearsals

Mondays and Wednesdays, September 8 – November 10, 2021.

4:30pm – 6:30pm.

Tech week (both casts):

Sunday, November 14, 11am – 4pm

Monday- Thursday, November 15 – 18, 4:30pm – 8:30pm.


Audition Monologues

Female Option 1 You don’t get to be a nobody. Come Monday, You’re an ex-somebody. Not even the losers are gonna talk to you now. You can transfer to Washington and you can transfer to Jefferson, but no one at Westerberg is gonna let you play their reindeer games. I’m like oxygen: I’m everywhere. Really, Veronica? Making out with psycho trench coat kid? I will end you for this. Everyone in school is gonna know that “good little Veronica Sawyer” is nothing but a floozy tart. (VERONICA pukes on HEATHER CHANDLER’s shoes) AAAAAAAAAAHHH! I raised you up from nothing! And this is my thanks? I get paid in puke????? I know who I’m eating lunch with on Monday. Do you?

Female Option 2 Our children are dying! I hate to pull out my counterculture bonafides, here, but what this school needs is a good old fashion rap session. Now I suggest that we gather everyone into the cafeteria and just talk and feel together! (Pause) Go ahead, laugh at the hippy, but I am telling you we all misjudged Heather Chandler. This is the loveliest suicide that I’ve ever read.

Male Option 1 What is that I smell in the air? Tolerance? Inclusion? Love? You know, how often can you say it’s a good day to live Westerberg, Ohio? You’re welcome, town. Your love keeps me humble. So, who’s next to get rid of…Heather Duke? She started that rumor about you. I’ve already taken the liberty of underlining meaningful passages in her copy of Moby Dick, if you know what I mean. (beat) Look, any war has casualties. It doesn’t mean it’s not worth fighting! But what? You’d rather go to jail and give a free pass to the thugs who hurt people, evil people who make this world so unbearable you can’t stand to go on living?

Male Option 2 How was work?? It was miserable. Some group of withered old women is trying to stop me from blowing up this fleabag hotel all because Glenn Miller and his band once took a picture there. Just like Kansas. Do you remember Kansas? Save the Memorial Oak Society. Showed those tree huggers 30 bricks of C4 explosives strapped to the trunk! Arraigned but acquitted. Damn, I love Kansas.

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2021-2022 Season Announced by Xavier University Theatre

XUT_logoAMERICAN IDIOT
Music by Green Day
Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
Directed by Stephen Skiles
September 17-19, 2021
Gallagher Student Center Theatre

Johnny, Tunny and Will struggle to find meaning in a post-9/11 world. When they decide to flee the constraints of their hometown for the thrills of city life, their paths are quickly estranged when Tunny enters the armed forces, Will is called back home to attend to familial responsibilities, and Johnny’s attention becomes divided by a seductive love interest and a hazardous new friendship. Winner of two Tony Awards, AMERICAN IDIOT is a high-octane, energy-fueled rock opera, featuring every song from Green Day’s album, AMERICAN IDIOT, as well as several songs from its follow-up release, 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN.

MAMMA MIA!
Music and Lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Book by Catherine Johnson
Directed by Dee Anne Bryll
October 21-24, 2021 (Xavier’s Family Weekend)
Gallagher Student Center Theatre

A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!
The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs sets the story of a daughter’s a quest to discover the identity of her father – all on the eve of her own wedding!
Join us during Xavier’s Family Weekend for this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship – and a bunch of hit songs!

LYSISTRATA
By Aristophanes
Directed by Bridget Leak
November 12-14, 2021
Gallagher Student Center Theatre

On a mission to end the Peloponnesian War, Lysistrata bands together the women of Greece in a pact to withhold sex until the men declare peace. As the women tantalize and tease their way to harmony, a timeless story emerges of sexual politics, political power struggles, and the battle between the sexes. Funny, poignant, and more than a little dirty, Lysistrata celebrates the power of women and reason in the face of destruction.

EURYDICE
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Regina Pugh
February 11-20, 2022
Gallagher Student Center Onstage Theatre

Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine in EURYDICE. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.

A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2
By Lucas Hnath
Directed by Suann Pollock
February 11-20, 2022
Gallagher Student Center Onstage Theatre

In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children, and begin a life on her own. This climactic event—when Nora slams the door on everything in her life—instantly propelled drama into the modern age. In A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2, many years have passed since Nora’s exit. Now, there’s a knock on that same door. Nora has returned. But why? And what will it mean for those she left behind?

PROOF
By David Auburn
Directed by Nick Minion
February 11-20, 2022
Gallagher Student Center Onstage Theatre
Following the death of her father, and on the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine finds herself dealing with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find something publishable in the work her left behind. Over the long weekend, a blooming romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit?

ONCE
Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
Book by Enda Walsh
Based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney
Directed by Stephen Skiles
March 25-27, 2022
Gallagher Student Center Theatre

On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story, underscored by emotionally charged music. Featuring all of the magical songs from the critically acclaimed film, this beautiful and captivating musical is the only show to have music that won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Olivier Award and a Tony Award.

MACBETH
April 26-29, 2022
Gallagher Student Center Theatre

When a stunning and sudden prophecy begins to come true, an aspiring couple begins to develop a lust for dominion, ultimately leading to betrayal and murder. One of the greatest of Shakespeare’s plays, MACBETH is a psychological and tragic story of the fall from grace when power and fortune begin to outweigh our humanity.

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The Passing of Barbara Jo Warapius

From Cincinnati.Com

MISC_Barbara Jo WarapiusBarbara Jo Warapius

Amelia – Barbara Jo, loving daughter of Norma Causland of Vero Beach, FL. and the late Thomas Warapius passed away on Wednesday 21 July at the age of 67. She leaves behind a loving sister Susan Jacobs, and nieces Lyndsay and Kellee Jacobs, all of Ontario, Canada. Barbara Jo was born in Cincinnati and was a dual citizen of Canada and the U.S. She received an honours degree in Music from the University of Windsor and Bachelor of Education from Nipissing University in Sudbury, Ontario.

As a pianist and musical director, she was a prized member of countless productions put on by Cincinnati area groups like the Footlighters and the Beechmont Players, Inc.. She served as Secretary of Cincinnati UpDownTowners and was very proud to serve as a member of the Kentucky Army Reserve Band. Barbara Jo was employed with Great American Insurance Group, in Cincinnati. Barbara Jo was known for her many passions: animals, the great Canadian north, clothes making and her iconic V.W. Cabrio convertibles. She will be missed for her offbeat humour, razor-sharp intellect, and endless stories. Condolences may be shared with the family at ThomasJustinMemorial.com Arrangements will be made at a later date to celebrate Barbara Jo’s life. In lieu of flowers, donations in Barbara Jo’s name may be directed to your local SPCA.

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