Grease Cast List

To All Who Auditioned,

Thank you all for coming out. We saw some extremely talented performers over these last three days and it saddens all of us that we could not cast everyone who auditioned.

The Cast List for Grease is as follows:

Danny: Nate Swofford

Sandy: Catherine White

Rizzo: Emily Ellis

Kenickie: Richard Walden

Frenchy: Mary Stewart Evans

Marty: Cydney Swofford

Jan: Mary Morris

Roger: Alex Herzing

Doody: Alex Daly

Sonny: Andy Doyle

Patty Simcox: Hayley Wright

Eugene: Dakota Proctor

Miss Lynch: Jackie O’Shaughnessy

Johnny Casino: Matt Jacques

Vince Fontaine: Ben Boecker

Teen Angel: Colin Proctor

Cha-Cha: Pauline Lamb

Male Ensemble:

Max Bitar

Cameron Nadler

Colin Proctor

Jo Saberniak

Female Ensemble:

Emily Bohbrink

Erin Farley

Elizabeth Hylton

Maggie Poole

Please contact Stage Manager, Bria Artis (bartis@live.unc.edu) no later than Sunday February 5, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. to accept or decline your role.

We will be having a read through Monday February 6^th in the Union, Room 2518 from 6-10 p.m.

Please email ALL REHERSAL CONFLICTS to (bartis@live.unc.edu).

If you have any questions about casting of the show or the show in general don’t hesitate to email Bria Artis (bartis@live.unc.edu)

Callbacks for GREASE

To All Who Auditioned,

Thank you all for coming out and auditioning for Grease. We we’re very impressed by all of you.

Below are the list of Callbacks for Friday, February 3^rd. Please remember that not getting a callback does not mean you were not cast in the show:

Danny:

Matt Jacques

Alex Daly

Ben Boecker

Nate Swofford

Kenickie:

Matt Jacques

Alex Daly

Richard Walden

Brainard Burrus

Doody:

Ben Boecker

Alex Daly

Colin Proctor

Max Bitar

Roger:

Cam Nadler

Jo Saberniak

Alex Herzing

Max Bitar

Sonny:

Nate Swofford

Will Thomason
Andy Doyle

Richard Walden

Matt Jacques

Eugene:

Cam Nadler

Dakota Proctor

Jo Saberniak

Andy Doyle

Casino:

Matt Jacques

Colin Proctor

Nate Swofford

Teen Angel:

Ben Boecker

Alex Daly

Colin Proctor

Sandy:

Catherine White

Maggie Poole

Mary Stewart Evans

Hayley Wright

Rizzo:

Emily Ellis

Erin Farley

Maggie Poole

Mary Stewart Evans

Jan:

Mary Morris

Jackie O’Shaughnessy

Sarah Edwards

Marty:

Cydney Swofford

Emily Ellis

Erin Farley

Keelie Truell

Frenchie:

Mary Stewart Evans

Hayley Wright

Keelie Truell

Emily Bohbrink

Sarah Edwards

Patti:

Hayley Wright

Caroline Bowden

Elise Hartley

Elizabeth Hylton

Miss Lynch:

Ariel Griffin

Mary Morris

Jackie O’ Shaughnessy

Cha-Cha:

Pauline Lamb

Keren Tseytlin

The schedule for tomorrow is as follows:

5-5:30 Act 1 Scene 4: Marty, Frenchie, Jan, Rizzo, Sandy

5:30-5:45 “Freddy My Love” Marty (1^st 24measures)

5:45-6:00 “There are Worse Things” Rizzo (Measure 16 to End)

6:00-6:30 Act 1 Scene 6: Danny, Sandy, and Patti

6:30-7:00 “Summer Nights” Danny and Sandy (Measure 72 to End)

7:00-7:15 “Sandra Dee Reprise” Sandy (Measure 24 to End)

7:15-7:30 “Alone at the Drive-In” Danny (Measure 32 to End)

7:30-7:45 BREAK

7:45-8 “Beauty School Dropout” Teen Angel (Measure 49 to End)

8:00-8:15 “Those Magic Changes” Doody (Measure 37 to End)

8:15-8:30 “Mooning” Roger and Jan (Measures 40-63)

8:30-8:45 “Hand Jive” Johnny Casino (Start Measure 10, Chorus: Measure 65)

8:45-9:15 pg 46-48 Doody, Kenickie, Sonny, Roger

9:15-9:30 “Greased Lightning” Keinicke (Measures 8-25)

9:30-9:45 pg 7-8 Miss Lynch/Eugene

9:45-10 pg 40-41 Cha-Cha and Eugene

All callbacks are in Hill Hall Room 107. Please come ready to go and warmed up. Please email me (bartis@live.unc.edu) if you cannot make your callback.

Tickets for Broadway Melodies ON SALE NOW!

Pauper Players is proud to announce tickets for "Broadway Melodies '12" are now on sale through the Student Union Box Office. Preorder tickets will be $5 for anyone with a valid UNC One Card, $10 for general public. Day-of tickets will be $7 with a valid One Card, and $12 for general public.

This year's show includes the following sets:
"Avatartanic" written and directed by Alex Thompson, music directed by Maria Palombo
"The Kardashians: The Musical" written and directed by Mary Morris and Hunter Gray, music directed by Ashley Dean
"Pokemon: The Musical" written and directed by Alex Koceja, music directed by Ben Boecker

The show will run in the Hanes Art Center auditorium (Hanes Art Center 121) Friday, January 27th to Tuesday, January 31st with all shows at 8 pm and an additional Sunday matinee at 2 pm.

Tickets may be purchased at the Union Box Office or by calling 919.962.1449. Please direct all questions to pauperinfo@gmail.com.

We would also like to remind all interested about auditions for Pauper's spring production, "Grease." Auditions will be held in Union 2518 on Wednesday, February 1st from 6-10pm, and Thursday, February 2nd from 5-10 pm with callbacks on the 3rd. For more information, please contact Michael McWaters at pauperinfo@gmail.com.

Broadway Melodies Cast List

Dear all auditioneers,

Thank you so much for the past two days! Our production staff had so much fun watching all your wonderful auditions. Please know that if we could have cast everyone, we would have! Here are the following cast lists for the 3 sets:

"Kardashians: The Musical":

Klhoe K: Erin Farley

Kourtney K: Catherine White

Kim K: Mary Stewart Evans

Rob K: Nathaniel Linger

Kris Jenner: Rosalee Lewis

Bruce Jenner: Ben Boecker

Kendall Jenner: Maria Palombo

Kylie Jenner: Hayley Smyser

Scott Disick: Colin Proctor

Lamar Odom: Adam Jefferson

Reggie Bush: George Barrett

Ryan Seacrest: Richie Walter

Kris Humphries: Chuck Porter

Producer: Zachary Acuff

Stefon: Turner Popalis

Choreographer: Alex Herzing

Lawyer: Emily Schumm

Britney Spears: Ashley Stott

Mariah Carey: Sofia Armstrong

Snooki: Jess Errera
Mason: Max Bitar

"Avatartanic: The Musical":

Jack: George Barrett

Rose: Taylor Draper

Jake: Nate Swofford

Neytiri: Emily Ruffin

Eytukan: Jo Saberniak

Tree of Souls: Cameron Nadler

James Cameron: Brandon Lanning

Celine Dion: Cydney Swofford

Colonel Quartich: Edmund Poliks

Navi Ensemble:

Ashley Stott, Rosalee Lewis, Krista Harrell, Jackie O'Shaughnessy, Chuck Porter, Brainard Burrus

Soliders: Ben Muller, Josh Peterson, Nick Culp, Kristi Stout, Cierra Hinton

"Pokemon: The Musical":

Ash: Alex Daly

Professor Oak: Edmund Poliks
Gary: Brandon Lanning

Officer Jenny: Erin Farley

Nurse Joy: Allison Bonner

Brock: Nathaniel Linger

Meowth: Kevin Shaffer

James: Jo Saberniak

Jessie: Cydney Swofford

Misty: Devon Haas

Pikachu: Emily Bohbrink

Ensemble:

Ke$ha/Magikarp: Jackie O'Shaughnessy

Adele: Sofia Armstrong

Katy Perry: Krista Harrell

Metapod/Lady Gaga: Tori Male

Mew: Turner Popalis

Mewtwo: Chuck Porter

Link: Doug Pass

Wartortle: Max Bitar

Nicki Minaj: Cierra Hinton

Thank you all so much! Please email mcwaters.michael@gmail.com to confirm or deny your role and all your conflicts (even if you put them on your audition sheet).

Please print the scripts and sheet music attached for your sets BEFORE rehearsal tomorrow. Also, your rehearsal schedule is attached.

Broadway Melodies 2012 will be Jan 27-31st in Hanes Art Center. The first ALL-CALL rehearsal will be Wednesday, Jan 11th in Union 2518 with the following schedule:

6-7:20pm Avatartanic

7:20-8:40pm Pokemon

8:40-10pm Kardashians

Please call Michael (910-264-4079) or Emily (919-741-8799) if you have any issues before tomorrow's rehearsal.

Also, keep in mind auditions for Pauper Players' Spring Production Grease. Show dates: April 13-17th at the Arts Center in Carrboro. Auditions: Feb 1st, 2nd, with callbacks on the 3rd. Email pauperinfo@gmail.com with any further questions.

Thank you all so much! Broadway Melodies will be fantastic as always!

The Final Countdown!

Hello all!

During the last couple days of rehearsal we thought it would be fun to have the cast talk about how each night is going! Check here for updates about the final days of production and to get to know some of the awesome cast!

Also, come see the show! It's this weekend Nov. 11-15th at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro. All shows at 8 pm, with an additional Sunday matinee at 2:30.

See you there!

Emily Ellis,
Executive Director of Publicity




Tonight's post is brought to you by: Alex Herzing
Role: Gambler/Havana Dancer
Year: Junior

Hullo!

6:00 – Today we started off rehearsal with some re-working of the “Hotbox” numbers. One of the girls in the number, our cherished Maria Palombo, got injured yesterday and has to be careful about actions on her ankle the rest of the week. Thankfully, Maria’s still part of the show – she is also featured in the show as part of “The Mission” and hopefully she’ll be back to dancing by Friday. We’re still setting up lights, and we’re starting work with props tonight as soon as we start the cue-to-cue—that is, the plan for the lights during the show.

7:00 – Tensions are high during a last-minute substitution by Nathaniel Swofford during a complicated trick while fixing the Crapshooter’s dance. (Richard’s arm muscles are insane). The lights are hot, and any changes are welcome, but a bit stressful for each individual involved. We are finally starting cue-to-cue! This time with set pieces. The (“well-painted,” says Max) newsstand is the first to be put onstage. Exciting!

7:30 – Cue-to-cue is not only well underway, but going rather quickly! We’re about to set up the Mission. It’s actually really exciting to see the set in action for the first time, even if it is very briefly.

9:00 – As you can see, time is flying by. We’re already at the end of Act 1, and I’m a dancer in the Havana scene, so I just got to do some staging and choreography work. SPOILER ALERT: IT LOOKS HOT. Also, I just want to take this time to give a shoutout to the tech crew and our wonderful pianist, Samly Kritchevsky, who is so patient and kind.

10:00 – The lighting designer just took a picture of me without telling me she was. Not cool. We’re almost finished with cue-to-cue (last scene!) and about to run as much of Act 1 as possible before 11, which is when we end every night this week. It’s late, but we tend to need it a lot. I personally love tech week because we are here more. It’s an intense, emotionally high-strung week that brings everyone a lot closer and in the end makes them feel even more proud of the show they have just put on as a solid, together team. Also, we tend to go out to eat a lot afterwards, which is wonderful for both the friends and the food. Last night a bunch of us went through the Wendy’s drive-thru in packed cars and then ate in the parking lot until past midnight.

10:30 – Rehearsal is finished! Our director, Hayley, decided not to have us run some of Act 1 tonight and instead, we’ll start tomorrow when we get here at 6. Overall, it was a successful rehearsal, but I can’t wait to actually run the show tomorrow and start to get a concrete feel of the finished product!

"Guys and Dolls" Cast List

To All Those Who Auditioned,

It was an absolute pleasure to get to hear and see all of you over the past three days. We were completely blown away by the amount of talent we saw throughout the audition process. It truly broke our hearts to not be able to cast each one of you who auditioned.

The cast list is as follows:

Sky: Alex Daly
Nathan: Matt Jacques
Sarah: Erin Farley
Adelaide: Emily Ellis
Nicely: Miles Herr
Benny: Cameron Nadler
Arvide: George Barrett
Rusty Charlie: Colin Proctor
Angie the Ox (added into song "Guys and Dolls") : Wesley Miller
Big Julie: Josh Peterson
Harry the Horse: Richard Mull
Lt. Brannigan: Alex Koceja
General Matilda Cartwright: Cydney Swofford
Voice of Joey Biltmore: Will Hawkins



Gamblers:
Max Bitar
Andrieu Doyle
Daniel Doyle
Will Hawkins
Alex Herzing (Dancer / Dance Captain)
Quinn Matney
Michael McWaters (Dancer)
Doug Pass
Cressler Peele
Nathaniel Swofford
Peter Vance


Hot Box Girls:
Dominique Barnes
Emily Bohbrink
Mary Stewart Evans
Elise Hopkins
Elizabeth Hylton
Maria Palombo
Maggie Poole
Allison Press
Emily Ruffin
Cydney Swofford


Havana Dancers:
Dominique Barnes (Featured)
Max Bitar
Elise Hopkins
Cressler Peele
Emily Ruffin
Nathaniel Swofford


Mission Band:
Andrieu Doyle
Mary Stewart Evans
Will Hawkins
Quinn Matney
Maria Palombo
Allison Press


Please contact Producer Jeffrey Sullivan (sullivjm@email.unc.edu) by 12:00 pm on Saturday, September 3rd to accept your role.

We will be having a read-through of the show tomorrow on Thursday, September 1st in the Student Union Room 2518 at 6:00 pm till 9:30 pm. If you will be unable to attend the read-through on the 1st, please let Jeffrey know. Also, tomorrow Thursday, September 1st please bring ALL REHEARSAL CONFLICTS with you.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding casting or the show in general, please do not hesitate to contact producer Jeffrey Sullivan at sullivjm@email.unc.edu.

Again, please e-mail Jeffrey at sullivjm@email.unc.edu by 12:00 pm on Saturday to accept or decline your role.

Thank you to all who auditioned and congratulations to all those who were cast. We hope to see you again soon!

Fall Show Announced!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The University of North Carolina Pauper Players is proud to announce the selection of our fall production, "Guys and Dolls," directed by Hayley Wright, UNC Class of 2013. This Broadway classic is sure to please all generations, with such memorable numbers as "Luck Be a Lady," "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" and "A Bushel and a Peck." Pauper Players will hold open auditions for "Guys and Dolls" early in the semester, begin rehearsals in September, and go into production in November. We encourage you to be involved in any capacity! Thank you to all who submitted a proposal! Check the blog or website later on for up-to-the-minute details on production staffs, dates and audition times. Please contact Executive Directors--Michael McWaters, Emily Ellis, or Ben Boecker--at pauperinfo@gmail.com for further comments or questions