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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 31, 2005

Contact: Contact: Mike Emery
713.743.8186 (office)
713.415.6551 (pager)
pemery@uh.edu

Stuart Ostrow is looking for University of Houston students with Broadway potential. The Tony Award-winning producer and Distinguished University Professor of Musical Theatre will conduct interviews and auditions for his Fall 2005 Musical Theatre Collaboration and Musical Theatre Lab classes on Tuesday, April 5, in the School of Theatre’s Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre.

Each year in these classes, Ostrow prepares both onstage and offstage talents for the challenges of musical theater.

He is looking for dancers, choreographers, stage managers, producers, designers, composers, lyricists and writers for his Musical Theatre Collaboration course. Portfolios and writing samples should be brought to the interview.

The following entertainers are needed for Ostrow’s Musical Theatre Lab:

Singers – All singers must prepare two vocal selections – one up-tempo and one ballad – and bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. Singers may be asked to perform a monologue of their choice, cold read a new scene or learn additional music or a movement combination.

Dancers – Dancers should wear appropriate attire and bring a compact disc or tape player. A dance combination will be taught at the audition.

For additional details, contact Sandy Judice at (713) 743-3003.

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