AUDITION FOR Alice by Heart
“Be not afraid of madness.”
Tisch New Theatre proudly presents Alice by Heart for its Spring 2024 mainstage production
from the writers of the Tony Award-winning musical, Spring Awakening, and the Tony Award-nominated musical, Waitress.
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[Alt text: Flickering lights reveal a tan book page pasted on the dingy tiled wall of the London Underground. The book page reads: Alice by Heart, from the writers of Spring Awakening and Waitress. Tisch New Theatre. The book page’s top right corner flips down to reveal the text: Audition now.]
Above the concrete of the London streets, war has broken out.
As the British join the allied powers to fight against the Nazi regime, a whole other world lies below their feet. The London Tube has been transformed into a bunker where, for five years, millions and millions of people seek shelter. People lived, breathed, worked, slept, died, and survived in the underground, but most importantly, children grew up.
Join young Alice Spencer as she escapes from her London bunker in the center of World War II and into her favorite book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the midst of her literary adventure, she discovers that the line between fantasy and reality has blurred, forcing her to confront the world around her. What was once an escape turns into reality, as she uses the story to come to terms with love, loss, dreams, and death in war times.
Alice by Heart makes us question why we turn to stories in times of grief—and if we can ever truly get lost within them. When the story begins to slip away, what remains?
All NYU Undergraduate Students are Encouraged to Audition.
TO AUDITION, PLEASE SUBMIT VIDEOS WITH ALL THE FOLLOWING:
32 bars of a musical theatre folk song
32 bars of a contrasting style
AND
A 30-second response to this prompt: What is a childhood bedtime story, book, fairytale, or fable that is close to your heart and why is it meaningful to you?
DEADLINE TO AUDITION: FEBRUARY 4TH, 2024
We will be performing at the Off-Broadway venue: Theater for the New City.
Production Timeline
Callbacks: February 10th
First Rehearsal: February 17th
Rehearsals: Tuesday-Friday 7-10pm, Saturdays 1-6pm | Rehearsal calls are determined by performers’ received roles
Spring Break: NO REHEARSAL
Tech/Dress: April 22nd-25th
Performances: April 26th-April 28th
*Dates are subject to change
Production Team
Produced by LEAH FRANTZ in association with TISCH NEW THEATRE
Production Stage Manager JESSE YOUNGSTEIN | Stage Manager ARYANA PIROS | Assistant Stage Manager ISABELLE ORMSBY | Assistant Music Directors ZOË FARAJIAN, MAYA KILE, and NYA HOLMES | Assistant Directors ASTA TRIVEDI and ELIZABETH LEACH | Photographers MASON JIN and ARI ISENBERG | Graphic Designer RITZ FAN | Intimacy Director SOFI LOPEZ ARREDONDO | Choreographed by ERIN AMSTEIN | Music Directed by CHELSEA MELNICK | Sound Designer ELLA DANYLUK | Assistant Production Manager ESME CUAUTLE
Co-Production Managers MOLLY LITVIN and BENOIT ELIAS-ROBERGE
Artistic Director JULIA FREITAS-GORDON | Directed by JULIETTE MARKMAN
Book by STEVEN SATER and JESSIE NELSON | Lyrics by STEVEN SATER | Music by DUNCAN SHEIK
Inspired by LEWIS CAROLL's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Tisch New Theatre is dedicated to our mission of making student theatre accessible to all of NYU. TNT is committed to fostering a diverse company for all productions. Undergraduate students of all background and abilities are encouraged to apply.