Set Design for ROOMS

Adam Koch, from New York City, will once again be designing the set for MetroStage's production of ROOMS, a rock romance. Here's a look at the preliminary model....

He previously designed the set for tick, tick...BOOM! at MetroStage in the Fall of 2007...

and Kiss of the Spider Woman at nearby Signature Theatre in the Spring of 2008.

ROOMS photo shoot

Colin Hovde photographed Natascia Diaz and Doug Kreeger at The Red and The Black.

The Red & The Black is a cozy tavern and live music venue located in the H Street "Atlas" shopping district of North East, Washington, DC. Decorated inside with "New Orleans" style tin ceilings, walls covered in doors, and red velvet drapes. The Red & The Black is a comfortable place to have a drink and some Jambalaya with friends or see some local live entertainment.

http://www.redandblackbar.com/

Dan Kazemi - Interview by Joel Markowitz

Part of DC Theatre Scene's look at Philadelphia’s spring season

Philadelphia composer/pianist/actor Dan Kazemi mugged and tickled the ivories in MetroStage’s critically acclaimed and drop-dead hysterical production of The Musical of Musicals-The Musical!, and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award this year for his musical direction.

Now, he’s singing, dancing, twirling and banging his own drum at Walnut Street Theatre’s rousing production of Frank McCourt’s The Irish and How They Got That Way. “My role in the show is quite grand… The show is unplugged, 5 part harmonies and all live.”

Twenty five year old Dan Kazemi’s career as composer and musical director has already spanned two continents and several performance genres. His long-time collaborations with director Larry Kaye led to that MetroStage production of The Musical of Musicals-The Musical! and now Kaye and Kazemi have teamed up to write The Tapioca Musical.

Dan’s composition for an aerialist team is featured throughout this podcast, and ends as he tells us about his trip to Paris to see his music performed in a circus. “It was like writing a film score.”
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A comment about MetroStage's new season

Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin thinks her 100-seat theater in Alexandria has found a niche in intimate musicals and revues, from showbiz tales to celebrations of African American musical and social history. "It's material that I believe in," says Griffin. She wants [diverse] theatergoers alike to experience the theater's full range of programming. "Everybody is better for it -- the artists and the audience, when we bring everybody together, especially in an intimate setting like MetroStage. It is really a communal experience."

-Jane Horwitz, Washington Post

Casting Call Notice

HEROES

Author: Gerald Sibleyras

Translated by Tom Stoppard

Director: John Vreeke

First Rehearsal: March 31, 2009

Runs April 22 - May 17, 2009

Seeking Equity male actors in their 70's

Note: All three characters are retired men. All are verbally facile. Seeking adult actors who can believably play the ages of these characters.

Contract: SPT, approval/ salary level pending

EPAs by appointment

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

2:00 - 10:00PM

Break from 6:30-7:30PM

For appointment, call 703-548-9044

Please prepare a brief monologue (comedic preferred) appropriate for an older male character.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.