{"id":36122,"date":"2018-10-03T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T20:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/?p=36122"},"modified":"2018-10-03T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T20:47:24","slug":"theatre-department-casting-for-directors-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/2018\/10\/03\/theatre-department-casting-for-directors-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting for Directors\u2019 Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Auditions for the Fall Directors\u2019 Showcase will take place at 5 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Black Box Theatre, Ophelia Parrish 2302.<\/p>\n<p>Nine new directors will be looking for actors for the showcase, which runs Dec. 6-8 in the Severns Theatre. Actors should prepare 60 seconds of material that shows how they move and talk. Examples include: reciting a list of their best jokes, doing a dramatic reading of a Drake song, performing a monologue, doing yoga while reciting a roommate\u2019s annoying morning routine, etc. Ultimately, interested actors need to do something that will grab the directors\u2019 attention and make them remember the actor\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>On each night of the final performances, the directing class presents a different set of one act plays written by some of the best playwrights from around the country. The following plays will be divided between the two nights<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-default btn-lg  \" href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.truman.edu\/article.asp?id=20436\"  rel=\"\"  target=\"_self\">View more details<\/a>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/files\/2018\/10\/theatermasks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36123\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/files\/2018\/10\/theatermasks.jpg\" alt=\"Theatre masks\" width=\"700\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/files\/2018\/10\/theatermasks.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/files\/2018\/10\/theatermasks-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auditions for the Fall Directors\u2019 Showcase will take place at 5 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Black Box Theatre, Ophelia Parrish 2302. Nine new directors will be looking for actors for the showcase, which runs Dec. 6-8 in the Severns Theatre. Actors should prepare 60 seconds of material that shows how they move and talk. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theatre"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 08:52:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36125,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36122\/revisions\/36125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}