I NEED MEN!!!!!!!!!
Sun, 7 May 2000, 06:05 pmWalter Plinge14 posts in thread
I NEED MEN!!!!!!!!!
Sun, 7 May 2000, 06:05 pmIn a way I do, anyway.
I had enough people turn up to my auditions for "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" to actually _choose_ between applicants (luxury!) for all but the two central male roles, Roo and Barney. And therein lies the rub.
Where are all the men?! (cries of recognition from everyone in Am-Dram at the moment)
Only one man the right age turned up, and he could do either role, so I'm left with a vacancy. There has to be some Aussie males out there interested in being in this Australian classic.
Help, anyone?
The Sweaty Butcher
(aka Gidget Banana-Fanny)
(aka David Meadows)
I had enough people turn up to my auditions for "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" to actually _choose_ between applicants (luxury!) for all but the two central male roles, Roo and Barney. And therein lies the rub.
Where are all the men?! (cries of recognition from everyone in Am-Dram at the moment)
Only one man the right age turned up, and he could do either role, so I'm left with a vacancy. There has to be some Aussie males out there interested in being in this Australian classic.
Help, anyone?
The Sweaty Butcher
(aka Gidget Banana-Fanny)
(aka David Meadows)
RE: I NEED MEN!
Wed, 10 May 2000, 06:43 pmI agree about the choice of plays - I cast a musical play "Man of La Mancha" besides the lead Cervantes the rest were woman who turned up, so I cast some of the male parts using women and managed to find a fantastic rotund tenor (who was a singing butcher in Bunbury) that was always passed over for parts, other than the chorus because they believed he could not act - didn't the opera company get a shock. As for the other parts, especialy the 'butch' Muliteers, guards and monks most were woman {not forgetting the 'barber' she did a fantastic job} - so some parts can be reworked or played by either sex - however I do agree Production Committees and Directors tend to do plays with lots of men - this might be because they have done this play a number of times, therefore feel safe.
I once was involved, from arms length, with 'Steel Magnolias' in a country town - where all male club members, except one (but - that's another story), were locked out of the theatre for almost 3 months, untill they fell into a mess with lights - so they asked me to fix them up (but I was only allowed to do so when they where not in the theatre) and teach one of their gender how to operate them.
(as I am not sure how that works in with this thread - I hope, somehow it does, as I think it is a good story anyway!)
Maybe the message is the Producers (Community Theatre) and/or Production Committees are not in tune or focused on whats happening in their own manor or patch. They are not prepared to change with the times and make-up of the demographics of their society, because thats the way 'IT' has happened for the last "THIRTY FIVE YEEEAARRS". Maybe it is our fault for doing a play we know we cannot cast in the first place knowing the past problems.
Chookas
Joe
I once was involved, from arms length, with 'Steel Magnolias' in a country town - where all male club members, except one (but - that's another story), were locked out of the theatre for almost 3 months, untill they fell into a mess with lights - so they asked me to fix them up (but I was only allowed to do so when they where not in the theatre) and teach one of their gender how to operate them.
(as I am not sure how that works in with this thread - I hope, somehow it does, as I think it is a good story anyway!)
Maybe the message is the Producers (Community Theatre) and/or Production Committees are not in tune or focused on whats happening in their own manor or patch. They are not prepared to change with the times and make-up of the demographics of their society, because thats the way 'IT' has happened for the last "THIRTY FIVE YEEEAARRS". Maybe it is our fault for doing a play we know we cannot cast in the first place knowing the past problems.
Chookas
Joe
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