CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
The Application Form for our Spring Concert Operetta Around the World, is now available here.
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm CST on Monday, January 6th, 2025.
Schedule:
There will be two performances: Saturday, March 15th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 16th, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
There will be six rehearsals prior to the performance dates. Not all singers will be called to all rehearsals. Please indicate your availability for the scheduled rehearsals in the Audition Form.
Location:
Rehearsals will be held primarily at the Park Plaza Retirement Center in Chicago, IL.
Performances will be given at Irving Park Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois.
Additional Information:
All music will be performed off-book, without microphones, and accompanied by piano. Digital vocal scores will be provided prior to the start of rehearsals. There is no pay. No housing or stipend is provided. This is a fundraising concert to fund Great Lakes Operetta’s inaugural season and first Main Stage production in 2026.
Please use our Audition Form to submit your headshot, resume, and a link to a video recording of a song that best showcases both your singing and performing abilities. We recommend songs from the Operetta, Light/Comic Opera (including Gilbert & Sullivan), Golden Age Musical Theatre, or Opera genres. Your chosen song may be sung in any language. Please ensure your video link does not require a password to be viewed.
Great Lakes Operetta is pleased to announce auditions for its Theatre for Young Audiences production of the comedic operetta, Prince Ananias.
On August 23-24 and August 30-31st, 2025, GLO will have a one-hour classical music performance of a never-recorded, rarely-performed production of Prince Ananias (1894) at Devonshire Cultural Center in Skokie. Notably, the operetta being presented was the first operetta composed by Victor Herbert (1859-1924), who played an enormous part in the history of American Musical History. Our original version will be specially adapted for children (45 minutes) and include a 15-minute post-show talk to educate children and their families about this important work of American musical history and expose them to the joys of classical music and specifically the operetta/light opera genre. There will be four total performances each lasting one hour with a possible extension of including two shows a day instead of one.
Story: Arriving at the court of King Boniface, a touring troupe of players finds that the king has lost his ability to laugh. They are tasked with finding his sense of humor; the penalty for failure is death. They produce a work, Prince Ananias, that is not well-received, except that the title character is so inept that the king bursts out laughing. Thus, the players have a happy ending, as do the several pairs of lovers who overcome various romantic and backstage complications.
The Creative Team includes Jade Dasha Hardy (Music Director), Kristin Weed (Stage Director), Eunice Ayodele (Educational Talk/Adaptation) and SarahAnn Sutter (Producer).
For more information and to apply by March 23rd, 2025, please see the Audition Form.
Pay: A stipend of $100 per role and $150 per swing will be offered.
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