The
Great Dickens Christmas Fair Missive
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Dickens Christmas Fair 2009 ~ October
Missive #1
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Notes from your Missive Maven:
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Lots
of audition notices and a big reminder that Dickens character
auditions are tonight, October 8th in San Francisco. If you are
interested and haven't yet signed up, please email Robert Young at robert@redbarnproductions.org
right now!
Please remember to contact the folks referenced in each notice, rather
than hitting "reply". Thanks.
Past missives can be viewed at http://www.cattaylor.com/missives.html
Cat Taylor
Entertainment Director and Missive Maven
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| In
This Missive |
| Adventurer's Club Auditions |
| Legion Fantastique...2009
Auditions |
| Brass Farthing is Looking for a
Few (More) Good Men! |
| The Mikado Still Needs a Tenor |
| French Postcards Auditions |
| Sales Help Needed for "Spirit of
the Goddess" |
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| Adventurer's
Club Auditions
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(from
Steve George)
Are you new to the Great Dickens Christmas Fair? Haven't found your
niche
yet or need a change of pace? Try the Adventurer's Club! We need new
members of
our esteemed Club Staff. Both Maids and Footmen are needed.
Also, we are ever seeking Adventurers, Luminaries of many disciplines
and
noteworthy personalities of the glittering Victorian age. Explorers,
Writers,
Social Reformers! John Hanning Speke, Flinders Petrie, Dr. Livingston
are, thus
far, missing! You are needed! Come forth!"
For more information, contact HG Wells at the Adventurers' Club.
Regards,
HG Wells
sgeorge1701@gmail.com
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Legion
Fantastique 2009 Auditions
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(from Peter
Overstreet)
If you like exploring the depths of the sea,
or shooting for the moon, then Legion Fantastique is the place for you!
We are
looking for dedicated, friendly, and talented actors and artists to
join us in
our quest to faithfully bring the worlds of Jules Verne to vibrant
life! If you
would like to take on the challenge of being bigger than life
Victorian-age
science fiction characters in a fully immersive theatrical environment
... we
want to meet you!
AUDITIONS
will be on the evening of MONDAY, OCT. 12, 2009 between 7:00pm - 9:30pm
in San
Francisco. This year, we are looking for people (MALE AND FEMALE) who
can "Act
Big", these will be individuals who will not only be environmental
actors, but
will also have the opportunity to narrate one of our slideshows
("Return to the
Center of the Earth" & "From the Earth to the Moon"), as well as
participate in our "Giant Squid Feeding" show.
NOTE: SPACE
IS LIMITED!!! We are not currently looking for people who just have a
cool
costume or a nifty gadget (as much as we appreciate the
enthusiasm)...we need
some "spotlight stealers". Due to our space limitations, we will be
unable to cast everyone who auditions...so please be aware that an
audition is
not a guarantee for a role.
IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO AUDITION - Please send an email to: poverstreet@gmail.com
(with something
particularly Jules Verne related in the header...just to see that
you're paying
attention) to schedule an audition time and to receive our list of
characters
we are looking to cast. If you could please send a recent photo of
yourself as
well, that would help.
Thank you.
-Peter
Overstreet
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| Brass
Farthing is Looking for a Few (More) Good Men!
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(from George
Chlentzos)
Gentlemen,
for those of you yearning to sing, drink beer, and enjoy the company of
witty
and hilarious men, salvation is at hand! Brass Farthing, a singing,
drinking,
and general carousing company, is auditioning for Tenor and Bass
singers for
our all-male singing ensemble, as we prepare to record our 2nd CD, and
for our
upcoming performances at Dickens Fair.
If you found
yourself singing along with us at Mad Sal's or the (World Famous) Green
Man
Inn, and weren't shushed by your neighbors, then you may be the man
we're
looking for!
Auditions
will be held by appointment in Berkeley. We rehearse in Berkeley every
Thursday
evening. Just bring a song and a story and we'll take care of the rest.
Contact George@SmartestMonkey.com
now!
Thanks,
-George
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The Mikado
Still Needs a Tenor
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(from Paul
Sinasohn)
Rehearsals
have begun and we have a great cast for our adaptation of Gilbert &
Sullivans' "The Mikado" but still need another tenor for the chorus.
This great show will be performed once a day at the Victoria &
Albert Music
Hall Theatre. Singer would need to be able to sing in a classical or
Broadway
style, hold pitch in a multi-part chorus and move on stage. Dance
experience
not a prerequisite.
If interested, please email Paul Sinasohn at
regfoghorn@yahoo.com
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French
Postcards Auditions
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(fromDiana
Young-Peak)
Saucy French Postcards, a comical presentation with provocative
tableaux
vivants, returns for a fabulous fifth year of Dickens After Dark - when
the
good children of London are home abed, and adults go out to play!
Older,
younger, perfect proportions, not-so-perfect proportions, short ones,
tall
ones, big ones, small ones, come one come all!
The saucy French Postcard Review will be auditioning for non-speaking
tableau roles on the first day of workshops.
Roles for both men and women are available, and participants of all
ages
(over the age of 18, that is!) are invited to try out. Our show
includes tableaux in full Victorian
garb, as well as our popular artistically draped representations of
classical
subjects, and we are always looking for a few fresh ... um ...
faces.
Any
questions? Contact: Diana Young-Peak dgbyoung@aol.com
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| Sales Help
Needed for "Spirit of the Goddess"
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(from Rosie
Echelmeier)
I'm looking
for dependable sales help to work in "Spirit of the Goddess" circlet
and adornment shop and also to sell floral garlands from a street cart.
Must
have costume approval. Saturday or
Sunday, or both - 6 or 10 hour days.
Contact: rosieechelmeier@concast.com
Thanks a
lot,
Rosie
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For specific questions
regarding performing at the Fair or to submit a show proposal please
email Cat
Taylor
If your group would like to perform at the Fair for just one day
(school
caroling groups, etc., please email Robert
Young
For specific questions regarding vending at the Fair please email Vendors
For specific questions the beverage department please email Beverage
To learn what you can do to help save the Cow Palace, please visit
http://www.savethecowpalace.com
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