Choreomania auditions

KZMU’s live Radio Play is taking place in late March 2021. It will look and sound a bit different this year as we adapt to stay COVID-safe. For instance, we will not be performing the play in front of a live audience, instead we are going back to the roots of the radio play and performing the play in a three-part episodic journey live over the KZMU airwaves. Read an interview with Jenna Whetzel, writer and director of Choreomania, here. Thanks to Heila and the Moab Sun News.

 

 

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AUDITIONS
Saturday, December 12th :: 11 AM Mountain Time CLICK HERE  
(meeting ID if needed: 966 2950 3235)

Sunday, December 13th :: 2 PM Mountain Time CLICK HERE
(meeting ID if needed: 944 2422 2783)

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We are holding open auditions via zoom on December 12th at 11 AM and December 13th at 2 PM. There will be a small live cast this year, in order to keep things small, distanced, and safe. But we are planning to feature as many community voices as possible! No experience necessary, no singing required!

To audition, simply join one of the following Zoom meetings promptly at start time and be prepared to read excerpts of the script from your screen, or another screen. You do not need to attend both auditions.

Choreomania is the true story of the phenomenon that came to be known as the “Dancing Plague” of 1518 that occurred in Strasbourg, Germany. One afternoon while baking bread, Frau Troffea went out in the middle of the village center and began to dance. She was soon joined by hundreds of other townsfolk who danced without stopping to eat or sleep. When all was said and done, over 400 were dead from cardiac arrest and exhaustion. This radio show explores possible explanations for this pandemic of dance and draws comparison to current events, proving that political and social turmoil can lead to madness. The audience will join a kooky cast of medieval characters including fools and witches to try and solve the mystery of why hundreds would dance themselves to death!