ONE WEEKEND ONLY THIS SUMMER - GARY E. VINCENT LIVE!

Gary E. Vincent, who has been seen on our stage in Two Queens One Castle and Cool Papa's Party, performed his one man cabaret GARY E. VINCENT LIVE! at the famous Triad Theatre in New York City a few weeks ago. MetroStage's own William Hubbard accompanied him on the piano. It was so fabulous that at the end of the show I told Gary that we had to bring it to our Washington area audiences.
So here is your chance this summer to see GARY E. VINCENT LIVE!. On July 23, 24 and 25, Gary and William will be performing their show at MetroStage for your enjoyment.

Please put this on your calendar and call us now to reserve your seats (they filled the Triad and they will fill MetroStage). I saw it. It is fabulous, and I want you to see it here on our stage. Gary and William are very special friends and artists here at MetroStage and I am very proud to be sharing their exciting show with you this summer.

Carolyn Griffin, Producing Artistic Director

Open Call Equity Principal Auditions, Round 3

MetroStage 2010-11 Season
SPT 6 (pending approval); $357/week minimum

Friday, July 2, 2010
11:30am - 3:30pm

Call 703-548-9044 or email info@metrostage.org for appointment.
Equity members and EMC's without appointments will be seen throughout the day, as time permits.

Please prepare 16 bars of a Broadway song and a two-minute comic monologue.

Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.

Metro Stage
1201 N. Royal St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(directions at www.metrostage.org, free parking lot)

A Broadway Christmas Carol
by Kathy Feininger
Producing Artistic Director: Carolyn Griffin
Director: Larry Kaye

Music Director: Aaron Broderick

DATES
First rehearsal: October 26, 2010
First preview: November 18, 2010
Closing: December 19, 2010

SEEKING:

Scrooge:
AVAILABLE ROLE.

The Woman Who Isn’t Scrooge:
AVAILABLE ROLE. Playing multiple roles that include Marley, Mrs. Cratchit and Marie. Vocal range: "high belt" as well as some soprano chops.

The Man Who Isn’t Scrooge:
Role is CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary. Playing multiple roles that include Cratchit, Tiny Tim and Fred.

Note: No housing is available to out-of-area performers.

Announcing the cast of Glimpses of the Moon

Matthew A. Anderson (Winthrop “Streffy” Strefford) is excited to be back at MetroStage after taking part in their raucous revival of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!). Mr. Anderson has also worked locally with the Kennedy Center (Youth and Family Programs as well as Shear Madness), Theater J, Signature Theatre, Imagination Stage, and Ford’s Theatre. This summer, he looks forward to taking part in the exciting new musical Super Claudio Bros: A Video Game Musical for the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival with fellow Glimpses of the Moon castmates Lauren, Gia and Sam.

Natascia Diaz (Ursula Gillow/ Coral Hicks/ Maid) is delighted to return to MetroStage where she won the 2009 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical in the world premiere of ROOMS, a rock romance. Natascia has been recognized by Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award and St. Louis’ Kevin Klein Award for her performance as Anita in West Side Story. Natascia’s Broadway credits and original cast albums include The Capeman, Seussical, and the 2002 revival of Man of La Mancha. Off-Broadway, she performed in Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…BOOM! (receiving an LA Ovation Award nomination), in Stephen Sondheim's first musical, Saturday Night, and in the 2006 revival and recording of Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris. In August 2010, Ms. Diaz will perform the lead role of Esmeralda Agron in the concert performance of Paul Simon's The Capeman, produced by The Public Theatre at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.

Sam Ludwig (Nick Lansing) SIGNATURE: [title of show] (Jeff), Sweeney Todd (Tobias), Show Boat, The Hollow (21/24 Workshop) (Ichabod), A Fox on the Fairway Workshop (Justin), Partial Eclipse, Curveball Workshop (Ludwig), Les Misérables. RED BRANCH THEATRE: Urinetown (Bobby). OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Big River (Huck), 1776 (Courier). THEATRE J: The Playdoh Golem Workshop (Sam). TOBY'S DINNER THEATER: La Cage Aux Folles (Jean-Michele), Titanic the Musical (Barrett).

Gia Mora (Ellie Vanderlyn) METROSTAGE: Cool Papa’s Party--Helen Hayes Nomination, Ensemble; REP STAGE: God’s Ear; SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: The Imaginary Invalid; ARENA STAGE: Christmas Carol 1941, She Loves Me; WOOLLY MAMMOTH: She Stoops to Comedy--Helen Hayes Nomination, Ensemble; ROUND HOUSE: A Prayer for Owen Meany--Helen Hayes Nomination, Supporting Actress. JAZZ/ CABARET VOCALS: Blues Alley, Bethesda Theatre, Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. UPCOMING: Sunset Boulevard (Signature Theatre), Liberty Smith (Ford’s Theatre).

Stephen F. Schmidt (Nelson Vanderlyn) most recently appeared as Hermocrates in Triumph of Love at the Olney Theatre Center where he also performed in Call of the Wild, Stuff Happens, Saint Joan, Crave, and She Loves Me. He also recently appeared in Ford’s Theatre’s A Christmas Carol and One Destiny. Last year, he played Harold Hill in Music Man with The Washington Savoyards. At Arena Stage: Death of a Salesman, Noises Off, Damn Yankees, and Guys and Dolls. At Center Stage in Baltimore: Arsenic and Old Lace, Sweeney Todd, The Winter’s Tale, The Investigation, As You Like It, H.M.S. Pinafore and Midsummer Night’s Dream. He received the Helen Hayes Award for his performance of Lockstock in Urinetown at Signature Theatre. Other Helen Hayes Nominations-- Kennedy Center: Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka (Wonka); Toby’s: Wonderful Life (George Bailey); Woolly Mammoth: Rocky Horror (Brad).

Lauren Williams (Susy Branch) SIGNATURE THEATRE: Into the Woods (Little Red, Helen Hayes nomination), My Fair Lady, The Happy Time, Nevermore, Allegro, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Philia, Helen Hayes nomination). THE KENNEDY CENTER: For the Love of Goldfish, The Phantom Tollbooth. STUDIO THEATRE 2nd STAGE: Reefer Madness, Dog Sees God (Ensemble, Helen Hayes nomination). REP STAGE: God's Ear, Butterfinger's Angel. ADVENTURE THEATRE: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. DC FRINGE FESTIVAL: Super Claudio Bros. UPCOMING: Snow White, Rose Red and Fred at the Kennedy Center and Liberty Smith at Fords Theatre.

SUBSCRIBE NOW TO METROSTAGE'S 2010-11 SEASON

Welcome to MetroStage's 2010-11 season of entertaining, inspired, oftentimes, hilarious theatre offerings. There are many reasons to jump on board this season and join our MetroStage family of subscribers. We are committed to entertaining you with an eclectic range of musicals and, of course, the occasional play--all with music, dialogue and the best actors in the DC area and beyond. Join us this season because we are offering a great season and by subscribing you will be supporting a professional theatre that is making a difference--in the lives of our patrons, our artists, playwrights, composers, designers and crew.

Many of our recent productions have moved to other theatres (ROOMS to an Off Broadway theatre and many regional theatres around the country, and Pearl Bailey...By Request to Milwaukee Rep. Cool Papa's Party is continuing to be in development en route to Broadway. In addition, our productions are getting significant recognition from the Helen Hayes Awards. In the past few years we have received Helen Hayes Awards for Lead Actress (Natascia Diaz), Outstanding Choreographer (Maurice Hines), Outstanding Music Director (William Knowles) and Outstanding Ensemble (HEROES). In fact this past year MetroStage won three Helen Hayes Awards. (We did earn some bragging rights since the only theatres to win more Awards were the Kennedy Center and The Shakespeare Theatre---pretty impressive for a theatre in a converted lumber warehouse.)

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Producing Artistic Director

Announcing MetroStage's 2010-2011 Season

MetroStage has an entertaining season planned for 2010-2011.

We start off with Glimpses of the Moon, a sparkling romantic musical. It ran for 9 months (2008/2009) in the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. BroadwayWorld.com said, "One of the best new musicals I've seen in ages... A well-crafted, witty musical comedy... a sparkling valentine to the Jazz Age."

For the holidays, we're happy to bring A Broadway Christmas Carol to MetroStage, after playing 7 consecutive seasons at Round House Theatre with audiences coming back to bring friends and family members so they could experience the good time together. The same creative team that brought the hilarious The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is working their magic again on this production.

Bernardine Mitchell and S. Renee Clark (Mahalia) return in His Eye Is On The Sparrow after having performed it in Atlanta this Spring. "Mitchell unquestionably has the soaring vocal prowess and the stage presence for the part [of Ethel Waters]," wrote Creative Loafing.

And, we're delighted to bring back the Helen Hayes Award-winning ensemble from HEROES (Ralph Cosham, John Dow and Michael Tolaydo) plue Catie Flye (For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Sea Marks) for Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound.

Glimpses of the Moon
September 8 - October 17, 2010

A Broadway Christmas Carol
November 18 - December 19, 2010

His Eye Is On The Sparrow
January 20 - March 13, 2011

The Real Inspector Hound
April 14 - May 22, 2011

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