Area Stage Company (ASC), celebrating 30 years in Miami, has been awarded a grant from The Miami Foundation to produce a series of performances providing theatre artists from within South Florida’s LGBTQIA+ community a platform to collaborate and generate theatrical work on themes from queer perspectives.
Director, Simon Pincus, will be at the helm of this production, employing exercises to build a unified ensemble and establish a safe space for creating new work throughout an eight-week rehearsal process. As an ensemble, artists will discuss subjects in queer history, share and dissect their favorite works from queer artists/authors, and find commonality in shared experiences as an entry point for generating content. The end result will be an evening of music and storytelling.
The ensemble-based production will run for 6 performances during Pride Month in June. This project seeks to strengthen a sense of community for those who have ever felt marginalized for their sexuality or gender expression and celebrate the legacy of LGBTQIA+ creativity.
Area Stage Company is seeking those passionate about storytelling through music and theatre who identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community to join our ensemble. Participants will be expected to contribute any talents they may have which may include skills as performers, playwrights, composers, lyricists, musicians, designers, dramaturgs and/or choreographers. ASC is casting in the spirit of inclusivity and aims for intersectionality in its representation of queer stories.
IMPORTANT DATES
Information Session
Monday, March 16 at The LAB Miami (6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.)
400 NW 26TH ST, Miami, FL 33127
Meet the director of this project, Simon Pincus, who will share more information about the rehearsal and performance schedule and answer any questions you may have.
Register on Eventbrite.
Official Auditions
Sunday, March 29 at Area Stage Company (11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
1560 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables, FL 33146
Performers/musicians will be given an opportunity to perform 32 bars of any song. Composers are encouraged to present an excerpt from their own work. A writing session will be held based on a series of guided prompts. Those auditioning will be asked to work together in groups to turn writing samples into brief scenes. ASC is looking to see how ensemble members collaborate together to generate new work.
Those interested in attending the audition should email simon@areastagecompany.comto confirm their audition slot and get more information about the rehearsal/performance schedule.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Simon Pincus has extensively studied methods of creating ensemble-based devised theatre with The Debate Society in NYC and Complicite in London. He attended the National Theatre Institute at The Eugene O’Neill Center where he studied methods of devised theatre-making as well as acting, directing, design, and playwriting. An advocate for arts education, he founded the non-profit organization The Alliance for Long Island Students of Theatre (ALIST) which provided 200 high school students with a platform to produce their own theatrical works and raised funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. He has composed music selected to be performed at the New York Musical Festival. He has performed professionally on Broadway and in film and television. He is very excited to create a platform for collaboration among artists within South Florida’s LGBTQIA+ community and hope it leads to long-lasting creative connections.
ABOUT AREA STAGE COMPANY (ASC)
Area Stage Company (ASC) is an award-winning nonprofit professional theatre company that for almost three decades has staged provocative, world-class theatre and musicals. ASC has produced plays, musicals, and original works, becoming one of South Florida’s most influential theatre companies. In addition to housing a professional theatre company, ASC has a professional-level conservatory with classes, workshops, and performance opportunities for young, aspiring performers and the Inclusion Theatre Project (ITP), a theatre program for people with special needs.
