AUDITIONS
​We are seeking a diverse cast of adults to bring this hysterical musical to life. We invite performers of all ethnic backgrounds, gender identities, body types, and abilities to audition, as we would like our cast to reflect the community we serve.
AUDITION DATES: Please attend one of the following dates:
Thursday, January 2 - 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM
Saturday January 4 - 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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You can schedule an audition time here.
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Appointments will be given priority, and walk-ins will be taken as time allows. If you cannot attend one of the dates above, please contact LDBarrera@gmail.com to discuss possible alternatives.
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ACTOR CALLBACKS:
Sunday January 5 - Invitation only
Dance Call Backs: 2:00PM
Reading/Singing Call Backs: 3:00PM – 5:00PM
Callback materials, such as music and sides, will be available by Saturday, January 4 at www.artsgp.org/auditions. Actors will be informed of casting on or before Wednesday, January 8.
AUDITION & CALL BACK LOCATION:
Veteran's Park Event Center,
925 Conover Drive, Grand Prairie, 75051
***Across the street from the Grand Prairie Memorial Library ***
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SHOW SYNOPSIS: Disaster! is a new musical straight from Broadway, featuring some of the most unforgettable songs of the '70s. "Knock on Wood," "Hooked on a Feeling," "Sky High," "I Am Woman" and "Hot Stuff" are just a few of the scintillating hits in this hilarious musical comedy with a book by three-time Emmy Award nominee and SiriusXM Broadway host, Seth Rudetsky, and Jack Plotnick.
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It's 1979, and New York's hottest A-listers are lining up for the opening of a floating casino and discotheque. Also attending is a faded disco star, a sexy nightclub singer with her eleven-year-old twins, a disaster expert, a feminist reporter, an older couple with a secret, a pair of young guys who are looking for ladies, an untrustworthy businessman and a nun with a gambling addiction. What begins as a night of boogie fever quickly changes to panic as the ship succumbs to multiple disasters, including earthquakes, tidal waves and infernos. As the night turns into day, everyone struggles to survive and, quite possibly, repair the love that they've lost... or at least escape the killer rats.
AUDITION WILL INCLUDE
MUSIC: Please prepare 32 bars (approximately 30 seconds to 1 minute) of a musical theater
song in the style of the show. You may audition with a song from the show. A pianist will be provided. Please bring music in the correct key with cuts clearly marked and no tracks with backing/guided vocals. If your selection exceeds the time limit, the production team may cut you off due to time constraints.​
DANCE: Dancing will be done at the callbacks on Sunday, January 5, by invitation only, If you
have any skills like tumbling, please be prepared to showcase these abilities at the dance call.
Please bring character and tap shoes if you have them.
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REHEARSALS: Begin Saturday, February 1. Rehearsals generally run Mondays - Thursdays, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM, and on Saturdays and Sundays during the day. A tentative calendar will be available at auditions. Please be sure to list ALL conflicts on your audition form, including days we do not specify we have rehearsals. Rehearsals are at GPAC's
rehearsal space at the Veteran's Park Event Center and move to the Uptown Theater two weeks before the show opens.
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PERFORMANCES:
March 13 (Preview Night) at 8:00 PM
March 14 at 8:00 PM
March 15 at 8:00 PM
March 16 at 2:00 PM
March 21 at 8:00 PM
March 22 at 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
March 23 at 2:00 PM (Followed by Strike)