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AUDITIONS for the 2024-25 season

Auditions for the 2024-25 Musical Storytellers will take place:

SATURDAY, APRIL 20th
2-4:30pm

 

AUDITION INFORMATION

Thanks for your interest in GADA’s Musical Storytellers. 
We are very excited for the full season ahead! 

Please email sally@greateraustindance.com to sign-up for the audition in advance. Include the performer's name, birthdate, relevant training, and why the performer wants to participate in the musical storyteller program.


For the audition on Saturday, April 20th from 2-4:30pm, performers MUST prepare IN ADVANCE the following and plan to stay for the full time period (this will be a closed audition and take place at GADA in studio 4.5):

 

Slate -
Be ready to slate your name, your current grade, a story you have always loved and why

Vocal -
Please sing 32 bars of a song from a musical. If you are unfamiliar with choosing audition cuts or what "32 bars" means, see this document on Choosing An Audition SongYour piece should be sung with an accompaniment track which has no vocals. You can find an accompaniment track for almost any song on Youtube. If you search "[SONG NAME] accompaniment" or "[SONG NAME] Karaoke," you will likely find a track to sing with. 

**Please email the track you will be using to shelbyschisler@gmail.com by Wednesday, 4/17 so that we can play it for you. Also, include the timestamp where you would like your music to start.

Dance -
You will learn some choreography at the audition.  You do NOT need to prepare anything in advance for your choreo audition.

Acting -
Please prepare ONE paragraph of a chosen monologue. Must be memorized and performed at the audition. We will also be reading scenes.

 

FOR THE AUDITION:
Please wear comfortable clothes

Jazz shoes or sneakers

Hair pulled away from face

A great attitude ready to work!

Spring Cabaret

NO rehearsal March 9 and 16
Mar 23 - Cabaret 12-3pm
Mar 30 - Cabaret 10-2pm WICKED MASTER CLASS 10-11, rehearsal 11-2pm
Apr 6 - Cabaret 12-3pm
Apr 13 - Cabaret 12-3pm
Apr 20 - Cabaret 12-2pm, AUDITIONS 2-4:30pm for 2024-25 season
April 27 - CABARET tech rehearsal 12-1, performances 1:30pm and 3pm
(end of season)

WHY JOIN A MUSICAL THEATER COMPANY?

There’s a million things I haven't done, but just you wait.

The Musical Storytellers is a musical theater company that exists to provide gifted artists (ages 10-18) the ability to push their singing, acting & dancing abilities. Through mini-revues, productions, additional materials, and performances, students can grow their potential as performers and more importantly, deepen their respect and understanding for the art of musical theater. If your son or daughter is passionate about musical theater, they may make the perfect addition to the talented GADA's Musical Storyteller Company Auditions take place each May.

MUSICAL STORYTELLER’S IS FOR YOU IF:

  • You breaking out into song is ac common occurance
  • You love improv and being dramatic
  • You're eager to collaborate with like-minded goofballs and work as a team
  • You're in musical theater class now and you want MORE!!!
  • You're willing to show up consistently and work harder than you ever have
  • You're looking for a group that shares your love of musical theater