Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in downtown Arlington Heights, IL announces general auditions for Shout! The Mod Musical (Fall 2021) by Phillip George and David Lowenstein. Shout! will be directed by Lauren Berman, assistant directed by Tuesdai Perry, musical direction by Kailey Rockwell, and choreography by Lexi Bailey. Seeking strong non-Equity adult female-identifying, gender-fluid, and non-binary vocalists/actors. Particularly seeking BIPOC actors and actors with special needs and disabilities for all roles.

Audition Dates: By online submission of audition materials only.
Audition submission deadline Friday, July 30, 2021.

Callback Dates:
Will be cast from online callback submissions, as well as possible virtual callback.
Sides will be provided to those invited to callbacks based on audition materials review.
Callback submission deadline Thursday, August 5, 2021.

Location:
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W. Campbell Street
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Pay:
Rehearsals – $400 Flat fee
Show(s) – $40 Per show performed.
Travel stipend applications available

Shout! Description:
Shout! The Mod Musical is a jukebox musical review that gives us a glimpse of those glorious days that made England swing. Traveling in time from 1960 to 1970, Shout! chronicles the dawning liberation of women, from the rise of Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, and Cilla Black as independent women with major careers, to their American counterparts, redefining themselves in the face of changing attitudes about gender. Featuring exciting new arrangements of such classic tunes as "To Sir With Love," "Downtown," "Son of a Preacher Man," and "Goldfinger."

Shout! Character Descriptions:

Roles - Five strong vocalists/actors portray five women on their journey from 1960 to 1970, during the dawning liberation of women. Age range 18-35.
Understudies - An understudy for each role to be hired as well.

Metropolis' Standards & Procedures
The health and safety of our artists, staff and patrons are our first priority. As such, an online symptom questionnaire will be offered to artists and staff. Prior to any in-person rehearsals and performances, artists and staff will need to be tested for Covid-19. Artist and staff health Covid-19 tests will be paid for by Metropolis. The Metropolis Theatre complex and rehearsal spaces have been disinfected and protected with an EPA and FDA registered antimicrobial coating. These sites are cleaned after each use and daily. The Metropolis Theatre HVAC systems have been sanitized and upgraded to MERV 13 filtration levels.

Subject to updated guidelines by Illinois Department of Health, for the production a) actors for rehearsals will be either in online rehearsals in their homes with sanitized equipment/props provided by the theater or at in-person rehearsals in sanitized spaces within the Metropolis Theatre complex, and b) actors for tech rehearsals and performances will be in the sanitized theatre within the Metropolis Theatre complex. Actors will be socially distanced per IL Department of Public Health standards from the audience. Audience caps and masking will be based on state guidelines. Metropolis' vaccination requirements TBD. Metropolis will meet and exceed the health mandates as determined by the IL Department of Public Health.