Bob Moran

Curtain Closes for Local Theatre Founder and Mentor

Aubrey Hampton, co-founder of Gorilla Theatre and inspiration to many in the Tampa Bay area theatre community, passed away Monday, May 9th at the age of 75.

Many people in the area have been inspired by Mr. Hampton, both in the arts and in environmental protection. He co-founded Gorilla Theatre, and named the organization after an endangered animal as a metaphor for theatre’s fight to remain meaningful in modern society. He also owned a natural hair and skin product manufacturing company.

Tributes and condolences for Mr. Hampton peppered Facebook on Monday and Tuesday as friends, local theatre companies, and many actors, directors, crew, and others who were influenced by Mr. Hampton shared their feelings about the great loss felt by Tampa Bay’s theatre community. One could say this is a standing ovation for a life well played.

Good Things Are Coming

I haven’t posted in a while because I’m working on a new website which will feature the Tampa Bay area Show and Audition Calendar. Hopefully, I can get it done sometime this month.

Big Brother Auditions Saturday, April 16, 2011

The producers of the reality TV series Big Brother will hold open auditions for the show’s upcoming 13th season from noon to 3 p.m. at the Dubliner Irish Pub in Citrus Park, 12836 Henderson Road.

Full eligibility requirements and instructions for applying can be found on the CBS website.

New American Theater Cancels Two Shows 4/7 and 4/8 2011

New American Theater’s “SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD” has been cancelled on Thursday and Friday evening this week, but will be presented on Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3:30pm. Please come and support the arts by attending the show!

Just Some News: March 31, 2011

Gorilla Theatre’s production of “An Inappropriate Evening with Klaus Kinski” has been canceled and is to be rescheduled for next season. The show was scheduled to play April 14 through May 1.

The Masque of Temple Terrace has a new home – at least temporarily. The company will be performing in the former Publix building at 8917 N. 56th St. Masque hopes to move to the city’s Arts and Education Center when it is completed in about a year and a half.

USF’s Music School is moving into it’s new state-of the-art building today.

I’m hoping to move all of the Theatre and other Entertainment features to a new website soon. Let me know of anything you might want to see on the new site.

Blake High to Perform “A Chorus Line”

Howard W. Blake School of the Arts proudly presents the Broadway classic, A CHORUS LINE. Directed by Seth. A Travaglino, this will definitely be a production that you do not want to miss.

The musical director for this production is Dan Dubay. With lighting by Mike Wood and costumes by Jared Porter, this will certainly sound and look like a Broadway production.

Tickets are already selling quickly, so be sure to get yours before it’s too late. Come be a part of that singular sensation.

Thursday, April 7 – 9 at 7:00pm.
The Don Thompson Theatre
1701 N Boulevard
Tampa, FL

For more information and tickets, visit the event’s Facebook page.

Auditions: Come Blow Your Horn

Title: Auditions: Come Blow Your Horn
Location: Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL 33618
Link out: Click here
Start Date: 2011-04-02
Start Time: 10:00
End Date: 2011-04-03
End Time: 1:00

Carrollwood Players Announce Their 2011-2012 Season

Carrollwood Players, located at 4333 Gunn Highway in Tampa, has just announced the shows for their 31st season:

Cat’s Cradle by Leslie Sands is a traditional mystery set in the English countryside. It will be directed by Frank Stinehour.

To be directed by Carlyn Postle, You Have The Right to Remain Dead by Pat Cook is an audience participation comedy-mystery and will be performed by Carrollwood Players Theatre by Young People.

The Christmas Show is to be a revue directed by Tiger VonPagel.

The New Year will bring Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple to the Playhouse. This will be the woman’s version of the show directed by James Cass.

The captivating and wonderfully funny show, The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash, will be directed by Jim Russell.

The Nerd, a comedy by Larry Shue, is slated to be directed by Michael Cote.

Kathryn Tilley has been named to direct Michael Parker’s farce The Sensuous Senator.

Continuing the genre that they do best, Carrollwood Players will next present Dearly Beloved, a comedy written by the team Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten. The show will be directed by Marc Sanders.

The 2011-2012 season will be rounded off with a production of Sealed for Freshness, a Doug Stone comedy to be directed by Michael Holden.

While the above list offers another nine show season for the Carrollwood Players, some of the shows are still pending publishing house approval and are subject to change.

A Short Monologue for Women

Actors are always looking for good, short monologues for auditions. Here is a powerful one minute monologue from the Tennessee Williams’ classic “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

BLANCHE: When people are soft – soft people have got to court the favor of hard ones, Stella. Have got to be seductive – put on soft colors, the colors of butterfly wings, and glow – make a little – temporary magic just in order to pay for – one night’s shelter! That’s why I’ve been – not so awf’ly good lately. I’ve run for protection, Stella, from under one leaky roof to another leaky roof – because it was storm – all storm, and I was – caught in the center. (Pause.) People don’t see you – men don’t – don’t even admit your existence unless they are making love to you.

Audition for 12 Angry Men (Tampa)

from craigslist | talent gigs in tampa bay area
When: March 12th
Where: Ybor Art Studio 2702 East 7th Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605-4106
Time: 12pm to 3pm no appointment needed

Character break down

FOREMAN: A small, petty man who is impressed with the authority he has and handles himself quite formally. Not overly bright, but dogged.

JUROR NO. 2: A meek, hesitant man who finds it difficult to maintain any opinions of his own. Easily swayed and usually adopts the opinion of the last person to whom he has spoken.

JUROR NO. 3: A very strong, very forceful, extremely opinionated man within whom can be detected a streak of sadism. He is a humorless man who is intolerant of opinions other than his own and accustomed to forcing his wishes and views upon others.

JUROR NO. 4: Seems to be a man of wealth and position. He is a practiced speaker who presents himself well at all times. He seems to feel a little bit above the rest of the jurors. His only concern is with the facts in this case, and he is appalled at the behavior of the others
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JUROR NO. 5: A naive, very frightened young man who takes his obligations in this case very seriously but, who finds it difficult to speak up when his elders have the floor.

JUROR NO. 6: An honest but dull-witted man who comes upon his decisions slowly and carefully. A man who finds it difficult to create positive opinions, but who must listen to and digest and accept those opinions offered by others which appeal to him most.

JUROR NO. 7: A loud, flashy-handed salesman type who has more important things to do than to sit on a jury. He is quick to show temper, quick to form opinions on things about which he knows nothing. Is a bully and, of course, a coward.

JUROR NO. 8: A quiet, thoughtful, gentle man. A man who sees all sides of every question and constantly seeks the truth. A man of strength tempered with compassion. Above all, he is a man who wants justice to be done and will fight to see that it is.

JUROR NO. 9: A mild gentle old man long since defeated by life and now merely waiting to die. A man who recognizes himself for what he is and mourns the days when it would have been possible to be courageous without shielding himself behind his many years.

JUROR NO. 10 An angry, bitter man. He is man who antagonizes almost at sight. A bigot who places no values on any human life save his own, a man who has been nowhere and is going nowhere and knows it deep
within him.

JUROR NO. 11: A refugee from Europe who has come to this country in 1941. A man who speaks with an accent and who is ashamed humble, almost subservient to the last.

Juror NO. 12: A slick, bright advertising man who thinks of human beings in terms of percentages graphs, and polls and has no real understanding of people. He is a superficial snob, but trying to be a good fellow.

THE SHOW WILL GO UP LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE FOR A WEEKEND RUN.

Looking for 12 white/hispanic/european (you get the point) looking men between the ages 25 and up.

You can email headshots and resume’s to me if you have them at rlstage@mail.com

You can bring a memorized monologue or do a cold read for the audition. There may be a group reading also.

This is not a paid gig. Please contact me by email if you have any questions. We are looking to cast this project asap.

Practices will probably be 2 to 3 days a week depending on the progress of the actors. Sundays at 3pm, Mondays or Thursdays at 6:30pm and some Satudays early afternoon(maybe). If you can’t make these rehearsal dates, please don’t audition.

******WE WILL BE CASTING UNDERSTUDIES ALSO****