Eugene O'Neill Theater Center- Junior Cabaret Fellows Auditions

JUNIOR CABARET FELLOWS PROGRAM 2014 AUDITION NOTICE

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center invites New London County residents ages 12-19 to audition for its Junior Cabaret Fellows Program, under the direction of Brad Simmons.  Junior Cabaret Fellows will have two weeks of master classes and performance opportunities alongside the O’Neill’s professional guest artists at the 2014 Cabaret & Performance Conference, under Artistic Director, Grammy and Emmy Award winner, John McDaniel.
Students selected to participate must be available July 23rd - August 2nd, from 9am-10pm daily.  

Due to the generous support of donors, the Junior Fellows program is fully funded and students will be provided with classes and meals at no cost.  No housing or overnight accommodations are provided.

Auditions will be held Friday, April 25th from 2-6 p.m. by appointment only. The show's theme will be based on the television show "American Horror Story: Coven”.  Students auditioning should prepare a song of their choice and a short Stevie Nicks or Fleetwood Mac song.  Strongly suggest wearing their "bohemian gypsy hippie" attire. Choose audition material that is emotional in nature.  A pianist will be provided. Students must bring sheet music to the audition.  

Auditions will be held in the O’Neill’s Dina Merrill Theater. To schedule an audition, email Maura Holloran at generalmanagement@theoneill.org.

BRAD SIMMONS (Artistic Associate and Jr. Cabaret Fellow Program Director) - Broadway Music Director: Lysistrata Jones. Music director/arranger/co-star: Clear.  Bring on the Men series with Tonya Pinkins at Joe's Pub, The Next Best Thing to Love Tour with Paul Oakley Stovall (NYC, Chicago, DC). Film: Camp, Submissions Only.  Off-Broadway Music Director: Grease (Paper Mill Playhouse), Lysistrata Jones, Like Love, Mr & Mrs Fitch with John Lithgow, Starting Here, Starting Now with Richard Maltby, Jr and David Shire, among others.  Recordings: Lysistrata Jones OCR, Dreamworld, Mundane Existence, Silent Night and New Music for the End of the World.  He serves as the resident Music Director for the variety show Backstage at 54 Below.  Brad has proudly led the O'Neill Junior Fellows within the Cabaret Conference since its inception.  Other youth theatre companies include Stagedoor Manor, ArtsRanch, Junior Theater Festival, Broadway TheatreConnection and Broadway Dreams Foundation.  Brad is also an accomplished vocal coach and composer.

JOHN McDANIEL (Cabaret and Performing Arts Conference- Artistic Director) is a Grammy and two-time Emmy Award winning Music Director, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Theatrical and Record Broadway credits include Bonnie and Clyde (Drama Desk Nomination, Best Orchestrations), Catch Me If You Can, Brooklyn (Producer and Orchestrator), Annie Get Your Gun (Grammy Award, cast album Producer), Taboo, Chicago, Grease, Patti LuPone on Broadway and Company – the Original Cast in Concert at Lincoln Center. John is perhaps best known as the bandleader on The Rosie O’Donnell Show for its entire 6 year run, for which he won 2 Emmy Awards. Recent credits include Daughter of the Regiment (Opera Theatre of St. Louis), Happy Days (National Tour), Pirates! (St. Louis Muny Opera). John was music director & arranger for concert appearances with Cab Calloway, Shirley MacLaine, George Burns, Al Jarreau, Tyne Daly, Joel Grey, Carol Burnett & Frederica von Stade, Betty Buckley and most recently, Bette Midler. He has been guest conductor at many Symphony Orchestras including San Francisco, Indianapolis, Utah, Buffalo, Colorado, Baltimore, Phoenix and his hometown St. Louis Symphony. He holds a BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon.