[Capdist-auditions] RPI Players Call for Directors for its 83rd Season Much Ado About Nothing, Curtains

[Robert Stewart]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT:
RPI Players
RPI Union
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: 518-276-6503
Fax: 518-276-6920
players at union.rpi.edu
http://players.union.rpi.edu


RPI Players Call for Directors for their 83rd Season!
Troy, NY - March 22nd 2012 - The RPI Players are looking for directors
for their mainstage production of Much Ado About Nothing by
William Shakespeare to be performed November 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th and
17th of 2012 and our Spring Musical Curtains with a book by Rupert Holmes,
lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander to be performed
April 19th, 20th, 21st, 25th, 26th, and 27th of 2013. Performances will be
in the RPI Playhouse on 15th Street in Troy, NY.

Much Ado About Nothing:
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare
about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero.
Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a very "merry war"; they both talk
a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other.
In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered
practically speechless by their love for one another. By means of "noting"
(which sounds the same as "nothing," and which is gossip, rumour, and
overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love
for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar.
However, Dogberry, a Constable who is master of malapropisms, discovers
the evil trickery of the villain, Don John. In the end, Don John is captured
and everyone else joins in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two
couples.

Curtains:
Based on the original book and concept by Peter Stone, the musical is a
send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston,
Massachusetts and follows the fallout when the supremely untalented star
of *Robbin' Hood of the Old West* is murdered during her opening night
curtain call. It is up to a police detective who moonlights as a musical
theatre fan to save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love
before the show reopens, without getting killed himself.

Any persons interested in directing these shows, or would like more
information, should contact the RPI Players Executive Committee via
email at players at union.rpi.edu or via phone at 518-276-6503 no later
than April 21st. Please submit a theater resume, three references,
and availability during the week for an interview. The RPI Players
Executive Committee will contact you about an interview time. At the
interview, please come prepared to discuss your vision for the show.

The RPI Players is a student run community theatre on the campus of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. While RPI students are the primary
participants in the organization, auditions and production roles are
open to all community members.

For more information visit http://players.union.rpi.edu
Phone: 518-276-6503
Contact: players at union.rpi.edu
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