Spring Edge Auditions

The program runs early-March through late-May. Schedule-Friendly Rehearsal Process for our Busy Teens!

Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.

*Please note this show has mature themes and language.

AGE REQUIREMENT

This program is open to students 13 and older.

AUDITIONS

Friday, February 7 @ 4:00 to 9:00pm
Random Farms Studio – 77 Executive Blvd, Elmsford, NY

Video submissions are also accepted, by arrangement with Joyah Spangler, until February 7.

*Please note that a $250 deposit is due in order to secure an audition slot. This deposit is applied to tuition if cast and refunded if not. Please review all schedules and policies below.

PLEASE READ OUR STANDARD AGREEMENT BEFORE REGISTERING FOR AN AUDITION

AUDITION PREPARATION

Review the Character Breakdown – Coming Soon!

Please prepare music up to 1 minute in length from a similarly styled musical. Please do not sing from the show. An accompanist will be provided. Please be sure to provide clearly copied and appropriately marked sheet music in the correct key.

CALLBACK INFO & MATERIALS

DATE / TIME
Sunday, February 9 @ 1:00 to 9:00pm
Random Farms Studio – 77 Executive Blvd, Elmsford, NY

CALLBACK MATERIALS – Coming Soon!

The callback materials above are organized in folders labeled by Character Name. Some characters will have 1 or 2 cuts of songs to learn. In addition, some characters will have 1-2 scenes. If the character you are called back for has a song to learn, please use the vocal track to learn the song but be prepared to sing with the karaoke track at call backs.

While we don’t expect callback material to be fully memorized, we do suggest being as familiar/memorized as possible so that you can be physicalizing the character as well as acting the material in your callback.

REHEARSAL / PERFORMANCE DATES

There will be three casts. A performer is only called when their role is rehearsing.

REHEARSALS

Begin Sunday, March 2 (Random Farms Studio)

RUN THROUGHS (Mandatory)

CAST A
Monday, March 5 @ 4 – 9pm

CAST B
Thursday, March 8 @ 4 – 9pm

CAST C
Friday, March 9 @ 4 – 9pm

TECH / DRESS REHEARSALS (Mandatory)

CAST A
Sunday, May 11 @ 4 – 9pm
Tuesday, May 13 @ 4 – 9pm
Thursday, May 15 @ 4 – 9pm

CAST B
Monday, May 12 @ 3:30 – 6:30pm
Wednesday, May 14 @4 – 9pm
Friday, May 16 @ 3:30 – 7:30pm

CAST C
Monday, May 12 @ 7 – 10pm
Sunday, May 18 @ 4 – 9pm
Monday, May 19 @ 3:30 – 7pm

PERFORMANCES (Mandatory)

CAST A
Saturday, May 17 @ 7pm
Sunday, M ay 18 @ 1pm

CAST B
Friday, May 16 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, M ay 17 @ 1pm

CAST C
Monday, May 19 @ 7:30pm
Tuesday, May 20 @ 5:30pm

REHEARSAL LOCATION

The Random Farms Studio
77 Executive Blvd.
Elmsford, NY 10523

TECH/ PERFORMANCE LOCATION

Paramount Hudson Valley Theater
1008 Brown St.
Peekskill, NY 10566

FEES & POLICIES

FINANCIAL COMMITMENT

$1,918 – Actual cost
$1,150 – Subsidized tuition

Did you know Random Farms is a non-profit and tuition only covers 60% of the cost of putting a child through the program?
Our subsidized tuition prices make participating affordable to a more diverse community.
Please consider paying the actual cost, and everything over the subsidized tuition amount will be a tax-deductible donation! This will help support our outreach efforts, which include providing scholarships, discounted tickets, and free performances to those in need.
RFKT is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. In order to cover production costs, programs are tuition based. If cast, there is a $1,150 (subsidized tuition) or $1,918 (actual cost) registration fee to participate in the production. Parent/Legal Guardian is financially responsible for fee if student is cast. Cast member is also responsible for providing their own shoes, tights/socks and undergarments, as per the costume memo (emailed after rehearsals begin).

DEPOSIT

A deposit of $250.00 is required to audition for the program. By auditioning, the student is committing to participate. You are also responsible for the balance of the tuition if they are cast. If the student is not cast in the program, your deposit will be refunded within 24 hours of the cast list being posted.

If cast, there is also a refundable $30 script deposit. This deposit will be refunded upon return of the script (script must be in good condition, with all markings removed).

PARTICIPATION POLICY

Absences due to illness will be granted but please note that this is a rigorous program that requires commitment from everyone involved. We expect participants to be at all scheduled rehearsals unless a previous conflict has been submitted or they are ill.

“Shadowing” (making up a missed rehearsal) is permitted on a limited basis. Pre-approval by the director is required. Performers are encouraged to contact their counterparts and arrange a “switch” should a rehearsal conflict arise.

Participants are required to attend and participate in (and may not arrive late to, or leave early from) our final studio run-thru and tech week rehearsals. Please make sure to double-check your child’s schedule to ensure their availability for these mandatory rehearsals. We are unable to make exceptions to our absence policy. If your child misses a mandatory rehearsal, they will not be allowed to perform in the final show.

All participants must return all loaned materials (including scripts and costume pieces) in good condition. Participants are responsible for providing their own shoes, socks/tights and undergarments as per the costume memo (emailed and/or posted on line once rehearsals start). Participants who do not comply with this participation policy may be removed from the program and their account put On Hold, as described in RFKT’s Standard Agreement, until parents, participant and RFKT can reach an agreement moving forward.

SCHOLARSHIPS

A limited amount of need-based financial aid is available. The scholarship application must be submitted at least 1 week before auditions begin.

QUESTIONS?

Frequently Asked Questions About Edge Auditions
Program Questions: email [email protected]
Registration Questions: see our FAQs page or email us at [email protected]