Michigan Tech Holding Auditions For Two Plays

HOUGHTON, MI, September 10, 2018 – The Visual and Performing Arts Department is holding auditions for two plays:
On the Verge by Eric Overmyer and Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. On the Verge auditions will be held at 6:50pm on September 11th and 12th in the McArdle Theatre (second floor the Walker Building) for three women and up to eight men. This is an open call; no preparation is required. Preliminary auditions for the Sunday in the Park characters of George (Tenor) and Dot (Mezzo) will be held on September 19th at 6:50pm also in the McArdle Theatre. Auditionees will sing parts of songs they love to sing, demonstrating their vocal range. Some auditionees will be asked to sight read and to read from the text. Questions: Contact Roger Held rheld@mtu.edu

On the Verge is a whimsical comedy featuring three determined women, who set off to explore the remaining unknown territories of Africa, South America, the Himalayan Mountains, and the ice bound poles of the earth in the 1900’s. They encounter strange persons: the crew of a German dirigible expedition, a mysterious Dragon Lady, and an abominable snowman to name a few. To their surprise, they discover they are not only exploring the wilds of space but the slippage of time. By the end of the play, they find themselves in a Las Vegas Nightclub circa 1955, courted by bikers, dancing the Tango, and tumbling toward the 1970s.

Sunday in the Park is a concept musical exploring the human nature of art and artists. The play contrasts the art and life of George Seurat, painter of the now famous A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, with the art and life of Seurat’s late 20th Century and fictitious descendant, also George. While seemingly complex, the play reveals fundamental understandings of the passions that drive us and the accommodations we learn to make for our work and our children.