www.kcstage.com magazine DAVID WAYNE REED $5 APRIL 2013 Notes More Arts News at www.kcstage.com/blog MOMMA Panel Discussion The Missouri Motion Media Association (MOMMA) will host a panel to discuss its campaign to renew the Missouri Film Tax Incentive program and other industry issues at the state level of government. The panel will be held at 7 pm on April 4 at Think Big Partners located at 1800 Baltimore Avenue. Admission is free for MOMMA members. Admission for non-members is a suggested Auditions ten dollar donation. WWW.KCSTAGE.COM/AUDITIONS A Academic E Equity C Community P Professional The Barn Players, Inc.* C Gladstone Theatre in the Park C Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater: Auditions for The Music Man and Guys and Dolls: May 4-5: 1 pm Sat-Sun Apr 7-13: 1 pm Sun Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Please come to only one audition date. Please arrive 15 Spring Awakening celebrates the unforgettable journey minutes prior to your audition time. Please complete an from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, audition form and bring with you. Resumes and photos not and passion that you will never forget. Adapted from required. Only basic movement required for ages 16 and Frank Wedekind’s 1891 expressionist play about the older. Must be at least 10 years of age, or have finished 4th trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, it has grade to audition. Auditions for GTIP are open to everyone. been hailed as the “Best Musical of the Year” by the No prepared material is necessary, however, participants will New York Times, New York Post, Star Ledger, Journal be asked to sing and dance. Only basic movement will be News, New York Observer, and USA Today. Directed required for over 16 years of age, but there will be an option by Eric Magnus. OPEN CALL: May 4 - 5, 1 - 4pm. to dance a more difficult audition dance. Sunday, Apr 7 and CALLBACKS: May 11, 1 - 4pm, St. Pius School, 55th 13. Times: Ages 10 - 12, 1 pm; ages 13 - 15, 2 pm; ages 16 and Woodson, (913) 432-9100, www.thebarnplayers. - 19, 3 pm; ages 20 and up, 4 pm, Antioch Middle School, org 2100 NE 65th St, (816) 436-2200, www.gladstonetip.com P Chestnut Fine Arts Theatre River City Community Players C 2013-2014 Chestnut Season Auditions: The Bard on Broadway by Donna Elmer: Apr 6: 10:30 am Sat Apr 29-30: 7 pm Mon-Tue Ol’ Blue Eyes (Sept 12 - Oct 20, 2013), Forever Plaid A collection of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays matched (Oct. 31 - Dec. 15, 2013) Always ... Patsy Cline (Jan 16 with Broadway tunes, tied together with dialogue, written by - Mar 2, 2014), Climb Every Mountain (Mar 20 - May Donna Elmer, between two theatre cleaning ladies, one a 4, 2014 ), Bob and Bing (May 15 - June 22, 2014), serious actress wannabe and the other a future Broadway and Amazing Grace (July 10 - Aug 24, 2014). Directed star. Directed by Donna Elmer & Penny Paradies. High by Brad Zimmerman. Auditions will be held Apr. 6 from school aged actors and singers, please prepare 32 bars of a 10:30am - 1:30pm. Auditions are open to equity & Broadway style selection. An accompanist and CD player will non-equity performers ages 16 and up. Appointments be provided. No a cappella singing, tapes, or USB plug-ins. are not necessary & an accompanist will be provided. Bring a resume and a complete list of conflicts from April 29 Please bring sheet music in the correct key. Those - June 2. A current headshot is welcome, but not required. auditioning should prepare a musical theatre song and Leavenworth Performing Arts Center, 500 Delaware St, (913) may also be asked to present a one-minute monologue. 651-0027, www.rccplv.com Contact Brad with questions. Chestnut Fine Arts Center, 234 N Chestnut St, (913) 764-2121, chestnutfinearts.com Free College Day City Theatre of Independence* C On Golden Pond: Apr 15-16: 7 pm Mon-Tue The faculty and staff of Johnson County Directed by Jamie Close. Auditions April 15 & 16, Community College will teach more than callbacks April 17. Production: June 6 - 9 & 14 - 16. 200 classes for the college’s Free College Character names and ages: Norman Thayer, Jr., 79; Day event on April 20. Some of the courses Ethel Thayer, 69; Charlie Martin, 40s; Chlesea Thayer include “Anyone Can Act” and “Shooting Wayne, 40; Billy Ray, 13; Bill Ray, 40s. Roger T. Sermon and Editing Video on Your iPad”. Participants Center, 201 N Dodgion St, (816) 325-7367, can register for classes online at jccc.edu www.citytheatreofindependence.org beginning March 11. Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? B KCSTAGE Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy. Two New Creative Support Programs Founded The Kansas Creative Arts Industry Commission (CAIC) announced two programs to promote creative support. The Creative Economy Project Support program provides funding for communities and organizations with programs that focus on cultural and economic development projects, while the Creative Arts Industry Incentives program provides financial supports for individuals, businesses, and Spotlight on organizations looking to relocate or expand David Wayne in Kansas. The deadline for the Creative Reed 3 Economy Project Support program is April 8. 10 Cover photo by Bob Compton For more information on the CAIC, complete program details, and full application Performances guidelines, visit KansasCommerce.com/ CAIC. KCWIFT & KC Filmfest Finalists Notes B Announced 5 Kansas City Women in Film and TV (KCWIFT) announced the finalists of the Auditions second annual KCWIFT & KC Filmfest Short B Screenplay contest. The top six finalists are: • Hannah Leskosky • Daniel Minton • Misti Boland do • Gary and Beth Hoover 2 si • Jessica von Schramm la • Berenice Freedome The screenplays will be featured at a live stage reading on April 11 at the Alamo Drafthouse. film clips Next Month’s Spotlight Amy Reinert 16 Callboard Calendar 8 events17 Cast of Characters KCVol. 15 • No.STAGE 6 • Issue 164 • April 2013 Scott Bowling ............................Webmaster [email protected] • (816) 23-STAGE Tricia Kyler Bowling ...............Subscriber Rep Richard Buswell .................Managing Editor PO Box 410492 • Kansas City, Missouri 64141-0492 Bryan Colley .......................... Blog Curator May Deadline: April 10 Jamie Lin .........................Editorial Assistant Samuel Stokes ..................Editorial Assistant www.kcstage.com Angie Fiedler Sutton ............ Associate Editor © Copyright 2012 by KC Stage. All material contained in this pub- lication is the property of or licensed for use by KC Stage. Any use, Cassandra Whitney ......... Graphic Designer duplication, or reproduction of any or all content of this publication is prohibited except with the express written permission of KC Stage PHOTO BY BOB COMPTON Letters to the Editor ...... [email protected] or the original copyright holders. www.kcstage.com APRIL 2013 1 Film Clips by Larry F. Levenson Michael Weiderman, a St. Louis Marine The National Geographic channel was KC singer and actor James Wright was Corp veteran, has written his first seeking a Production Assistant for a project talent on a Capitol Federal commercial. screenplay, and is seeking crew members in Farmington, Mo. for a 30-minute short movie, “Lou’s Place”. Talent Unlimited was looking for skilled Shoot times are scheduled for May 2013 If you watched the Super Bowl, you might football players for a well-known athletic around St. Louis. At this time, Michael have seen the Anheuser Busch InBev wear shoot in Lincoln, Neb. The client is looking for an experienced director of commercial with the Clysdale horses. Parts was looking for experienced male players, photography. Send résumé, reels, and were shot in Boonville, and the “Chicago” 18 - 22 years old, African-American or references to [email protected], skyline was really Kansas City. Caucasian. subject “Lou’s Place – DP”. Casting for Tim De Paepe was putting together a crew, Casting director Heather Laird was looking actors, and filling other crewmember slots and needed production assistants and grip/ for identical twin males for a television will be done at a later date. electric crew. His movie is Blood of Me. commercial. Production assistants and an assistant I & I Agency of KC was involved with The Discovery Channel needed a camera person were needed in Jopin for a casting two pilots for ABC and one for production assistant in Branson for shoot in Travel Channel project. NBC. Several roles from ages 7 to 60’s were March. available. iMacqui Studios of Omaha was looking for Bradley J. Lincoln was preparing for a a co-host for it’s newest online radio show/ Alden Miller of KC was in need of a male music video at the end of March. Locations podcast. Check with the iMacqui Studios actor 20s-30s to play a soldier, and possibly were in downtown KC. Facebook page for more information on some crew, for his movie. how to get your music put on the air as well Paul South was trying to book a female as plugging your projects. actor for a short movie. Laura Roach of KC was looking for two The History Channel was seeing a lead people for a short movie. editor for a shoot in St. Louis. Andrew Rolston of KC was seeing someone to do makeup and hair for a movie. Female Are you a filmmaker in the KC area and want talent was being brought in from the East to submit news about your production to KC Coast. Stage? E-mail Larry at llevenson@kcstage. com before the 10th. A camera operator was being sought in St. Louis for a low-budget project. Production assistants and a production manager film clips were needed in Bridgeton, Mo., for a FOX network road show.