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Auditions for A Little Night Music by MAD, Aug 7 & 9

Auditions for A Little Night Music by MAD, Aug 7 & 9

MAD Theater announce auditions for:
Goddard’s Music and Drama Club, MAD Theater announce auditions for:
A Little Night Music
by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
based on Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night
Directed by Randy Barth

Auditions: August 7 & 9, 2023
7pm each night. Callbacks will be August 12.

Performances: November 3 – 19, 2023; Friday and Saturday evenings; Sunday matinees

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Update: due to a rights issue, the show will be Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music.

The MAD Board has selected Stephen Sondheim’s Company as its 2023 Fall Show. We’ve applied for the rights and should hear soon. (On the off chance that it is denied, we will apply for A Little Night Music instead.) Auditions will be held August 7 and 9 from 7:00-9:00 and callbacks August 12 from 1:00-3:00 at the Goddard Visitor’s Center, so you will not need badges to attend. The Visitor’s Center is located just to the left of the Goddard Main Gate off ICESat Road. Audition materials are being made available in MAD’s member services area, https://madtheaterarchive.org/mem. Contact director Randy Barth (Randy.Barth@comcast.net) if you need the password. Eight performances are planned for the Rec Center Nov. 3-19 (Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees). Auditions favor members (employees, civil service retirees, and immediate families, plus those approved for non-voting member status), but guests may be selected if there are unfilled openings. Contact Randy if you have questions about your membership status or eligibility. All races, ethnicities, and orientations are welcome.

Tickets: TBD

For more information, click here.

Fantasia MADness by MAD, Jun 2-4

Fantasia MADness by MAD, Jun 2-4

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
MAD’s Spring Variety Show
Fantasia MADness
Directed by Richard Richardson
Produced by Susan Breon

Performances: June 2 – 4, 2023
Friday, June 2 at 8pm
Saturday, June 3 at 8pm
Sunday, June 4 at 2pm

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

MAD will be returning to live performances in the Spring Variety Show, Fantasia MADness, directed by Richard Richardson and produced by Susan Breon. The show will feature song and dance from animated TV shows and movies. Think back to favorite cartoons from childhood, animated shorts before feature films, and, of course, the wonderful animated movies from Disney, Pixar, Warner Bros., and so many others.

Tickets: $9. NOTE: Tickets must be reserved online no later than Tuesday, May 30 at 5pm.

For more information, click here.

Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Nov 5, Online

Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Nov 5, Online

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne and Adolphe d’Ennery
as translated into English for production in 1874 under the direction of Bolossy and Imre Kiralfy
directed by Jon Gardner
produced by Eliot Malumuth

Performances: November 5, 2022, at 8pm, Online

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Around the World in 80 Days is Jules Verne’s classic tale of action, adventure, comedy and drama. Phileas Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 days, and sets off that very night accompanied by his French servant Passepartout. As they travel, they interact with the people they meet along the way, accumulate additional traveling companions, and have dramatic adventures. The story includes ships and trains, snakes and an elephant, disguises, duels and deceptions!

For more information, and the link to view, click here.

Auditions for Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Aug 2 & 3

Auditions for Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Aug 2 & 3

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club announces auditions for:
Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne and Adolphe d’Ennery
as translated into English for production in 1874 under the direction of Bolossy and Imre Kiralfy
directed by Jon Gardner
produced by Eliot Malumuth

MAD invites you to auditions for Around the World in 80 Days, on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 2 & 3, at 7:00pm in the building 3 auditorium at NASA Goddard. Those auditioning should come to one night but not both. Callbacks, if necessary, will be either Thursday, August 4 at 7:00pm, or Saturday, August 6 during the day.

Auditions: Tuesday & Wednesday, August 2 & 3, 2022 in the Goddard Building 3 auditorium

Performances: October 29 to November 20, 2022, Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees, 8 performances in 4 weekends.

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Around the World in 80 Days is Jules Verne’s classic tale of action, adventure, comedy and drama. Phileas Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 days, and sets off that very night accompanied by his French servant Passepartout. As they travel, they interact with the people they meet along the way, accumulate additional traveling companions, and have dramatic adventures. The story includes ships and trains, snakes and an elephant, disguises, duels and deceptions!

For more information including parts to be cast and online forms, click here.

If you wish to audition, please fill in the on-line audition form, COVID survey form and conflict form no later than Sunday, July 31 if you have a NASA badge, or Tuesday, July 26 if you do not. In addition, you may email a theatrical resume and headshot to Jon Gardner. If you do not already have a current NASA or MAD badge, or if your MAD badge expired during COVID (most badges did expire), then please fill in the audition form as early as possible in order to initiate the process for a MAD badge, which currently takes more than a month.

Tartuffe, presented by MAD, Apr 30, Online

Tartuffe, presented by MAD, Apr 30, Online

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
An online public reading of:
Tartuffe
By Molière
Directed by Randy Barth

Saturday, April 30, 2022, 8pm, live online

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater, online.

Molière was a poet and Tartuffe was written in verse in French. We will use the English translation available at Project Gutenberg which is also in verse. This will be an interesting departure for us from past works, though when you think about it, it is somewhat like musical theater. It will be a new challenge but once again our goal is to have fun participating.

Performance will be live online. Click here.