ETC Company Email

I just sent out an email to the ETC Company distribution list...

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Hey Everyone,

First of all, thanks to those who helped strike Gin Game on Sunday, Feburary 12. We need more dedicated voluteers like you. Efforts like that certainly stress the importance of COMMUNITY in community theatre. Thanks again!

Auditions for ETC's Summer 2006 production of Godspell, will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2006 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, and on Sunday, April 2, 2006 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Full details will be posted shortly on the ETC website (elitetheatre.org).

Musical direction will be by Bill Wagner, director of instrumental music for Ojai's Nordhoff High School. Arryck Adams, Honorary Lifetime Member with Conejo Players will be choreographing. Arryck will be working with percussionist Brian Harwell (directing this summer's Laundry & Bourbon) to develope a Stomp-style group number to kick off the second act. I'll be directing/staging the show and providing vocal direction (unless someone better steps up to the plate). ETC Artistic Director, Tom Eubanks will be executive producing the show.

One of the most exciting aspects of our production is that it will feature all-new arrangements of the original Stephen Schwartz score. Schwartz protege Alex Lacamoire wrote a spectacularly re-imagined score for the 2001 National Tour of Godspell (directed by Scott Schwartz, Stephen's son), and we will be using several of his versions for our production. Additionally, we will be using some exciting new arrangements for guitar, drums, and bass that were created for the 2000 Off-Broadway production of Godspell, arranged by Dan Schachner. These new charts augment the existing Schwartz piano and vocal lines to give a grittier, garage band feel.

So, as we're gearing up for pre-production, we're asking for some assistance on these items:

• For the following dates and times, we need an alternate rehearsal space. If you have FREE access to a space that will fit the bill, please let me know:


• Wed, 3/29, 7PM-10PM - Closed auditions (need piano, seating for 10, and privacy)
• Thu, 3/30, 7PM-10PM - Closed auditions (need piano, seating for 10, and privacy)
• Mon, 4/3, 6:45PM-10:30PM - Readthrough (need seating for 16 and privacy)
• Tue, 4/4, 6:45PM-10:30PM - Group Vocal Rehearsals (need piano, seating for 14, and privacy)
• Wed, 4/5, 6:45PM-10:30PM - Group Vocal Rehearsals (need piano, seating for 14, and privacy)
• Thu, 4/6, 6:45PM-10:30PM - Group Vocal Rehearsals (need piano, seating for 14, and privacy)
• Sat, 4/8, 10AM-2PM - Group Choreography (need piano, room for dancing, and privacy)
• Mon, 4/10, 6:45PM-10:30PM - Solo Vocal Rehearsals (need piano, seating for 4, and privacy)
• Tue, 4/11, 6:45PM-10:30PM - Solo Vocal Rehearsals (need piano, seating for 4, and privacy)
• Wed, 4/12, 6:45PM-10:30PM - Solo Vocal Rehearsals (need piano, seating for 4, and privacy)
• Thu, 4/13, 6:45PM-10:30PM - Solo Vocal Rehearsals (need piano, seating for 4, and privacy)


• Assistance at open auditions - If you won't be auditioning for us, we'd love to have you help us with auditions. It always speaks well of a theatre company if there are plenty of friendly faces on hand to greet auditioners and make them feel at home. Please contact me if you're interested.
• Technicians, Designers, and production support - Godspell will be a VERY technical show, and we want to continue to develop the skills of our company. If you're interested and available, please contact one of us.

That's it. Here is a link to the current production schedule (http://www.elitetheatre.org/auditions/2006_godspell/reh_sched.pdf). Please review it and see if we can make Godspell part of your life for the next four months.

Also, as I did with Nuncrackers, I'm maintaining a Blog for Godspell (http://www.elitetheatre.org/~seanh/blog/godspell). It serves as both a production diary and a method of communication for the show. I look forward to your feeback there as well.

- Sean Harrington