Auditions

Five Minute Follies OPEN CALL Auditions, Saturday, May 19th, 2012

By popular demand, we will be holding one OPEN CALL for the Five Minute Follies on Saturday, May 19th, from 12pm to 4pm, at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Click here for directions to the Rotunda

PLEASE NOTE: This will be the only Follies OPEN CALL in 2012.

We will be looking for acts for all future Follies shows.

As always, we want to see every kind of act imaginable: singers, dancers/dance troupes, comics, sketch/improv groups, poets/spoken word artists/storytellers, clowns, musicians, jugglers, sideshow performers, contortionists, magicians, unusual and hard-to-classify acts, anything you can do that is entertaining in 5 minutes or less. Special consideration given to family-friendly acts, although we also welcome acts appropriate to a 21-plus audience.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND FILL OUT THE AUDITION FORM BELOW and bring it with you to the audition.

Auditions are on a first-come, first-served basis.

No bands, but solo artists welcome with own accompaniment (single instrument live accompaniment or CD with backing tracks). No pyrotechnics, no nudity, no animal acts.

Five Minute Follies Audition Form

(right-click and “save as” to download)

Questions? Email michaelsubvert@msn.com

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Yarrrr! We are seeking PIRATE ACTS for the FIVE MINUTE FOLLIES SUMMER VARIETY SHOW

Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA

We are seeking singers, dancers, comics, clowns, jugglers, sideshow performers, contortionists, magicians, and especially hard-to-classify acts–anything with a PIRATE ELEMENT. Content must be appropriate for an all ages audience.

To be considered, please send video or audio of your act (as a link or an attachment) to michaelsubvert@msn.com

No bands, but solo artists welcome with own accompaniment (single instrument live accompaniment or CD with backing tracks). No pyrotechnics, no nudity, no animal acts.

Pay is a share of the door.

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Also seeking acts for FUTURE FIVE MINUTE FOLLIES SHOWS:

As always, we’re looking for the widest variety of acts we can find. To be considered, please send video or audio of your act (as a link or an attachment) to michaelsubvert@msn.com.

Can you do something interesting, entertaining, dramatic, touching, surprising and/or funny in five minutes or less? Well, then, drop us a line.

We are seeking singers, dancers, comics, clowns, jugglers, sideshow performers, contortionists, magicians, and especially hard-to-classify acts. Traditional and non-traditional performers welcome. We are paying homage to the golden age of variety — think Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town”, Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour, The Carol Burnett Show — the shows that kept the spirit of Vaudeville alive on television. We want the full spectrum of entertainment, from the nostalgic to the weird.

No bands, but solo artists welcome with own accompaniment (single instrument live accompaniment or CD with backing tracks). No pyrotechnics, no nudity, no animal acts.

Pay is a share of the door.