THOUSAND OAKS, CA – Young Artists Ensemble’s Hillcrest Players holds auditions for FARMAGEDDON AND THE UNDERCOVER CROP written and directed by Victoria Sayeg and open to performers age 7-14. Auditions are held Saturday and Sunday, January 4 and 5, 2020 by appointment only at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 West Hillcrest Drive. Time slots begin at 9:45 am on Saturday and 11:15 am on Sunday. Actors are requested to prepare a one-minute memorized monologue or poem and should wear comfortable clothes that are easy to move in. Each audition will last one hour and fifteen minutes and will consist of performing the monologue or poem, and may include improvisation, cold reading, and movement. Callbacks will be held Monday, January 6 from 5:00 – 9:00 pm. Performances are March 14 and 21, 2020.
All participants must be at least 7 years old and not yet 15 years old by March 21, 2020. Character descriptions and all other information is available on the YAE web site. Rehearsals are Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturdays 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. All cast and parents must attend a mandatory welcome meeting on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. If cast, there is a $210 participation fee. Financial Assistance is available. Call (805) 381-2747 or visit www.yaeonline.com to make an audition appointment and to see frequently asked questions.
About the new play: Everyone loves a good crop circle—that is, everyone but world-renowned peanut planter Farmer Carter. This fine farmer is devastated to learn his entire year’s yield of peanuts has been damaged by someone—or something—just a day before the circus comes to town! With the help of his wife, Eleanor, and their junk-food-addicted twin daughters, Farmer Carter hires a private investigator to get to the bottom of this perplexing peanut puzzle. Maybe it was their neighbors, jealous of Farmer Carter’s successful crop year after year. Or was it, perhaps, the protest group CIABATTA, Circus Is Always Bad and Torturous Toward Animals, or even NAAN, Nomads Against Animal Neglect, fighting to eliminate the circus? Could it have been the old farmer himself trying to collect insurance money? Or could this be the work of something a little more … supernatural? Bigfoot? Aliens? The detective pairs up with her voice-over double—her own conscience! In the style of film noir! —to explore all these possibilities and turns up a single jar of peanut butter, a clown performing dentistry, the world’s worst juggler, a beautiful bearded lady and a mad scientist, but no real leads. Fed up and burnt out, she heads to the local juice joint to gain some perspective but receives only a single ticket to the circus, which is a good thing, because things are going nutty over there, too! The clown suddenly breaks a lifetime of silence to reveal that he has traveled through time and space to put his foot down, once and for all, and to reveal the source of the crop circle and save the future of food everywhere!
Hillcrest Players gives young people an opportunity to flex their artistic muscles in a one act play providing young performers with a positive experience to increase self-esteem, self-awareness and self-discipline.
FARMAGEDDON AND THE UNDERCOVER CROP Auditions
WHAT: FARMAGEDDON AND THE UNDERCOVER CROP – Everyone loves a good crop circle – that is, everyone but world renowned peanut planter Farmer Carter. This fine farmer is devastated to learn his entire year’s yield of peanuts has been damaged by someone – or something – just a day before the circus comes to town! Farmer Carter hires a detective to investigate, and is taken on a wild goose chase throughout the city, running into a time travelling clown, a wacky scientist, and many, many more – all in the style of film noir! Hillcrest Players gives young people an opportunity to flex their artistic muscles in a less demanding arena than a full-length production. The one-act plays provide young performers with a positive experience to increase self-esteem, self-awareness and self-discipline.
WHEN:
AUDITION TIME SLOTS:
Saturday, January 4, 2020, 9:45 and 11:15 am
Sunday, January 5 at 11:15 and 12:45
Callbacks: Monday, January 6 from 5:00 – 9:00 pm.
WHERE:
Hillcrest Center for the Arts
403 W. Hillcrest Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA
HOW: www.yaeonline.com for audition appointment, character information and frequently asked questions or call (805) 381-2747.
PROCESS: Please prepare a one minute monologue or poem and wear clothes that are comfortable and easy to move in. Be prepared to do improve, cold reading and movement.
IF CAST: There is a fee of $210. Financial Assistance is available. Mandatory Parents’ meeting on Wednesday, January 8 from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. Rehearsals are held Mondays and Wednesdays 5:00 – 7:00, Saturdays 9:00 – 1:00.
FARMAGEDDON AND THE UNDERCOVER CROP
PERFORMANCES
WHAT: FARMAGEDDON AND THE UNDERCOVER CROP – Everyone loves a good crop circle – that is, everyone but world renowned peanut planter Farmer Carter. This fine farmer is devastated to learn his entire year’s yield of peanuts has been damaged by someone – or something – just a day before the circus comes to town! Farmer Carter hires a detective to investigate, and is taken on a wild goose chase throughout the city, running into a time travelling clown, a wacky scientist, and many, many more – all in the style of film noir! Hillcrest Players gives young people an opportunity to flex their artistic muscles in a less demanding arena than a full-length production. The one-act plays provide young performers with a positive experience to increase self-esteem, self-awareness and self-discipline.
WHEN:
Saturdays, March 14 & 21, 2020 at 1:00 and 3:00 pm
Hillcrest Center for the Arts
403 W. Hillcrest Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA
HOW:
(805) 381-1246 or www.yaeonline.com
TICKETS:
$13 for all ages
10% discount for groups of ten or more
OTHER:
Free parking is always available. Accessible seating available by calling (805) 381-1246.
Young Artists Ensemble’s Hillcrest Players
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