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Hershey Park Seeking Comic Actors/Clowns/Jugglers
Posted February 12, 2005
Note: Many juggler friends have worked on Hershey Park's Green Team over the years. If you're interested, we'd be happy to put you in touch with people who have experience with this job. From the outside, however, we can confirm that their juggling sure improved over the summer.
HERSHEYPARK (www.hersheypark.com) is seeking comic actors, physical comedians, jugglers and drummers for summer work. Pay starts at $450/week plus bonuses and subsidized housing.
AUDITIONS: HERSHEY, PA - Feb. 12, 10am
Hershey High School, Homestead Rd at Rte 322
NYC - Feb. 26, 10am; April 1, 10am
Theatreworks USA, 151 W. 26th St., 6th Fl.
N.E.T.C. - March 19-21. Boston, MA.
info: http://netconline.org/audition.htm
S.E.T.C. - February 3-6. Greensboro, NC
Info: http://www.setc.org/auditions
Or Submit VIDEOS to:
Allan Albert Productions
ATTN: Green Team/TrashTime
665 Broadway, 4th Fl
New York, NY 10012
Videos should be 5-10 minutes; Show relevant skills; Show your personality.
VIDEO DEADLINE: March 22. (We will accept videos after this date but shows may already be cast).
For more information, please call 1-800-966-8881.
PERFORMER DETAILS
CLOWNS/PHYSICAL COMEDIANS
High-energy clowns/physical comedians, age 18-27, in good physical
condition. You should have a great sense of physical comic timing and
be comfortable with improvisation and audience participation. You
should have some physical skills like juggling, mime, dance,
acrobatics, athletics, etc. Be prepared with a one-minute physical
comedy routine. You may be asked to improvise. (no make-up or
costumes, please)
COMIC ACTORS
High-energy comic, physical actors, age 18-27. You should have a good
sense of comic timing and be comfortable with improvisation and
audience participation. Skills like juggling, mime, clowning, singing,
dance, etc. are a plus. Be prepared with a one-minute comic monologue
or physical comedy routine. You may be asked to improvise. ( No
stand-up comedy please.)
JUGGLERS
High-energy jugglers, age 18-27, in good physical condition. You should
have a sense of comic timing and be comfortable with audience
participation. Skills like mime, unicycling, acrobatics, etc. are a
plus. You must be able to pass clubs and be able to do tricks with
both clubs and balls. Be prepared to show skills and possibly do a
simple improvised story or pantomime.
DRUMMERS
High-energy drummers, age 18-27, in good physical condition. We need
drummers who are interested in being PERFORMERS as well as drummers
(you might be asked to talk occasionally, do staging and even some
goofy choreography). You should be able to read charts as well as
improvise and be interested in making music on unusual "instruments".
Good sense of humor a plus. Be prepared to show rudiments and a
1-minute piece. You may be asked to improvise.
THE SHOWS
HERSHEYPARK GREEN TEAM
An interactive variety/comedy revue, The Green Team is a 4-person,
half-hour show that performs 5 times per day in an outdoor theatre.
Needs comic actors, jugglers and physical comedians/clowns. Contract
goes from May 14th through September 5th.
HERSHEYPARK TRASHTIME
A "Stomp"-style drumming and comedy revue. Trashtime is a 5-person,
half-hour show that performs 5 times per day in a 900-seat,
state-of-the-art, indoor theater. Needs high-energy drummers with a
sense of humor. Contract: May 27th through September 5th.
All performers work a 6-day week. Pay starts at $450/week plus bonuses
and subsidized housing.
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For more information go to
http://www.echonyc.com/~rock/Hershey.html
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