The Last Five Years
By Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Mindy Curtis
The Last Five Years is a stunning, song-cycle musical that ingeniously and beautifully chronicles the five-year marriage of Jamie and Cathy, from meeting to break-up... or from break-up to meeting, depending on how you look at it. Directed by JPAC's Education and Outreach Director Mindy Curtis, and music directed by experienced music teacher Jayne Lubke, all proceeds from this fundraiser production will support JPAC's new Education and Outreach Program.
The Last Five Years is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All Authorized performance materials are also supplied through MTI. 421 W. 54th St. New York, NY 10010, Phone: 212-541-4684, Fax: 212-397-4684, wwww.mtishows.com
Produced by Janesville Performing Arts Center at Janesville Performing Arts Center, 408 S. Main St. Janesville, WI 53545
Performances: September 19-28, 2014
Performance Times: The Last Five Years will perform at JPAC September 19, 20, 26, & 27 at 7:30pm and 20, 21, 27 & 28 at 2pm.
Ticket Prices: Tickets are $20 for adults and $17 for students and seniors. Purchase ticketsw at JanesvillePAC.org, through the box office at (608)758-0297 ext.1, or by visiting during business hours at 408 S. Main St. in Janesville
Call 608-758-0297 for reservations or more information.
Auditions
Auditions will be held on the following days:
6/6/2014
6/7/2014The Janesville Performing Arts Center will be holding auditions for The Last Five Years, the award-winning musical by Jason Robert Brown. Open auditions will be held Friday June 6th from 5-7pm and Saturday June 7th from 1-3pm at JPAC, 408 S. Main St, Janesville WI 53545. Those auditioning should prepare 36 bars of an upbeat, contemporary Broadway song. Please bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided. Auditioners will be seen in the order in which they arrive and may arrive at any time on either day during open auditions — auditioners will not need to stay the entire time. Please bring an acting resume and current headshot if available. Callbacks will be held by invitation Sunday June 8th at 3pm at JPAC. Actors cast will be paid a small stipend. Please contact Mindy Curtis at mindy@janesvillepac.org for more information.
Available roles:
• Catherine Hiatt / Female, 25-35, mezzo/belter, F3-D#5 /Character arcs from a hopeful young actress beginning a new relationship to a woman shocked by her husband's betrayal and faced with divorce.
• Jamie Wellerstein, Male, 25-35, strong tenor, A2-Bb4/ Character arcs from a charming, ambitious young author on a promising first date with a dazzling career to a man blinded by ego and career success.