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The Tribe: Two new member teams holding auditions on Sunday, April 30th, from 3-6 p.m.
Two new Tribe member teams, Bartlett High Presents and Flaming Awesome (working title) are collectively holding auditions to cast their groups.
The Tribe's Member Team program empowers artists to bring their visions to life, casting their own troupes and choosing their directors with the support and guidance of The Tribe. Member troupes are self-sufficient, artist-driven teams. Our goal is to create an environment that fosters new cutting-edge shows, eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike.
The Teams are:
Flaming Awesome (Working title): A professional short form improv troop that focuses more on applying the game to the scene rather than the scene to the game. Focus will be on high-energy performances and audience participation, along with clear concise fronting of each game. Performers will be expected to put more than a casual amount of time and energy into the production, it should be a priority to each member. The show will lend itself to a high-energy format. The troop will have a standard theme song they will be introduced to every week. A member will welcome the audience and introduce the first game. Each game will be called with the blow of a whistle or a simple "scene," lights will go out/flash and high energy music will play for approximately 20 seconds, a whistle will blow (or director will cut lights and music) and the next presenter will front the next game. The idea is to feel like the show is engaging and rapidly moving while keeping the audience pumped up like they are at a rock concert.
Bartlett High School Presents: Bartlett High Presents is a character-based long form improv show dealing with the relationships created in a high school theater group. The characters created will be based around familiar stereotypes, and with the addition of a weekly guest character will drive an organic, progressive plotline. Edits will be seamless, allowing room for characters to give brief monologues, clearly establishing each character's point of view. Every performance will be centered around a pre-determined theater genre, which the cast will use as motivation for the scenes.
Possible themes include: Drama, Comedy, Improv, Children's theater, Shakespeare, Musicals, etc.
A show focusing on high school theater hits a common thread among performers and puts the audience back into an experience that most recall with passionate memories.
Audition Details
When: Sunday, April 30th, from 3-6 p.m. You will most likely be asked to stay the entire three hours, as you will be performing a variety of scenes and exercises with all your fellow auditioners.
Where: 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA. Please check Google maps or Mapquest for directions.
Callbacks: Callbacks will be held individually by each member team.
Flaming Awesome's callbacks will be on: May 7 from 7-10 at 50 Vassar St.
Bartlett High School Presents' callbacks will be on: May 2 from 7-10 at 50 Vassar St.
How to sign up: Please e-mail auditions@tribeboston.com to reserve a slot. Please include your contact info, a head shot or clear photo of yourself if possible, along with a theater/improv resume or list of theater/improv experience.
Please note: Bring hardcopies of the photo and resume to the auditions. We will e-mail you back to confirm your slot. Please wear comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes to the auditions. Previous improv experience or classes are recommended but not necessary.
About The Tribe:
Voted "Best Comedy Club" for the past three years in The Boston Phoenix, The Tribe shares the common goal of producing top quality performances and films with an independent spirit. Our mission is to make Boston a hub for improv, theater, music, and film, and a city where artists gain national recognition. The Tribe was founded on improvisational theater, and the spirit of improvisation - invention, spontaneity, and flexibility - continues to be at the core of who we are. Tribe members from our different units share ideas, resources, and performances in order to enrich each other, and to expose our audiences to diverse, intelligent, and memorable entertainment.
Praise for The Tribe: "Best Comedy Club" - The Boston Phoenix (2003, 2004, 2005) "Powerfully polished" - The Boston Herald "Best up-and-coming talent" - The Boston Globe "An energy that smacks of early Saturday Night Live casts" - INsite Magazine
Two new Tribe member teams, Bartlett High Presents and Flaming Awesome (working title) are collectively holding auditions to cast their groups.
The Tribe's Member Team program empowers artists to bring their visions to life, casting their own troupes and choosing their directors with the support and guidance of The Tribe. Member troupes are self-sufficient, artist-driven teams. Our goal is to create an environment that fosters new cutting-edge shows, eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike.
The Teams are:
Flaming Awesome (Working title): A professional short form improv troop that focuses more on applying the game to the scene rather than the scene to the game. Focus will be on high-energy performances and audience participation, along with clear concise fronting of each game. Performers will be expected to put more than a casual amount of time and energy into the production, it should be a priority to each member. The show will lend itself to a high-energy format. The troop will have a standard theme song they will be introduced to every week. A member will welcome the audience and introduce the first game. Each game will be called with the blow of a whistle or a simple "scene," lights will go out/flash and high energy music will play for approximately 20 seconds, a whistle will blow (or director will cut lights and music) and the next presenter will front the next game. The idea is to feel like the show is engaging and rapidly moving while keeping the audience pumped up like they are at a rock concert.
Bartlett High School Presents: Bartlett High Presents is a character-based long form improv show dealing with the relationships created in a high school theater group. The characters created will be based around familiar stereotypes, and with the addition of a weekly guest character will drive an organic, progressive plotline. Edits will be seamless, allowing room for characters to give brief monologues, clearly establishing each character's point of view. Every performance will be centered around a pre-determined theater genre, which the cast will use as motivation for the scenes.
Possible themes include: Drama, Comedy, Improv, Children's theater, Shakespeare, Musicals, etc.
A show focusing on high school theater hits a common thread among performers and puts the audience back into an experience that most recall with passionate memories.
Audition Details
When: Sunday, April 30th, from 3-6 p.m. You will most likely be asked to stay the entire three hours, as you will be performing a variety of scenes and exercises with all your fellow auditioners.
Where: 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA. Please check Google maps or Mapquest for directions.
Callbacks: Callbacks will be held individually by each member team.
Flaming Awesome's callbacks will be on: May 7 from 7-10 at 50 Vassar St.
Bartlett High School Presents' callbacks will be on: May 2 from 7-10 at 50 Vassar St.
How to sign up: Please e-mail auditions@tribeboston.com to reserve a slot. Please include your contact info, a head shot or clear photo of yourself if possible, along with a theater/improv resume or list of theater/improv experience.
Please note: Bring hardcopies of the photo and resume to the auditions. We will e-mail you back to confirm your slot. Please wear comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes to the auditions. Previous improv experience or classes are recommended but not necessary.
About The Tribe:
Voted "Best Comedy Club" for the past three years in The Boston Phoenix, The Tribe shares the common goal of producing top quality performances and films with an independent spirit. Our mission is to make Boston a hub for improv, theater, music, and film, and a city where artists gain national recognition. The Tribe was founded on improvisational theater, and the spirit of improvisation - invention, spontaneity, and flexibility - continues to be at the core of who we are. Tribe members from our different units share ideas, resources, and performances in order to enrich each other, and to expose our audiences to diverse, intelligent, and memorable entertainment.
Praise for The Tribe: "Best Comedy Club" - The Boston Phoenix (2003, 2004, 2005) "Powerfully polished" - The Boston Herald "Best up-and-coming talent" - The Boston Globe "An energy that smacks of early Saturday Night Live casts" - INsite Magazine