Weathervane Musical Theatre Company | Weathervane Playhouse

Weathervane Playhouse announces auditions for students interested in a performing career in musical theatre.

The Weathervane Musical Theatre Company, a pre-professional theatre training program, taught by New York City actress and teacher, Kathleen Rooney Faubel.

This exciting new program will help our talented students gain competitive musical theatre training to better prepare them for college auditions and the professional theatre world. They will spend half of their Saturday on focused musical theatre technique and the other half rehearsing for a unique performance opportunity that will showcase each company member on our stage in a special Gala night event. Don't miss out on this unique training experience to belong to a company and community full of passionate musical theatre artists!

Kathleen, a graduate of the renowned musical theatre program at Baldwin Wallace University, has worked in all aspects of "the biz" in New York City, around the country and internationally. She also has an impressive resume of tv/commercial credits to her name. Her former students have been accepted into top musical theatre programs throughout the country. Kathleen knows what it takes to give students the edge in a competitive industry and can't wait to work with Northeast Ohio talent!

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What students will learn:

Audition material and cuts (taking your audition to the next level)
Mastering a callback
Film/tv/commercial technique
Script analysis
Professional rehearsal etiquette and learning the business side of casting
Dance call technique
Shakespeare Technique

Since this program will be based on a conservatory model, there will be initial auditions for admittance. Auditions will take place on Saturday September 23 from 2-630pm. If you can't make the audtions contact Kathleen Faubel at Kfaubel@weathervaneplayhouse.com to schedule other arrangements.

Students should prepare two short, contrasting musical theatre selections, 32 bars each is preferred. Please bring sheet music that is clearly marked. An accompanist will be provided. There will be a short jazz dance call following vocal auditions.

The program is open to students 8-18 and will run from 2 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. every Saturday for 12 weeks starting on Saturday, October 7 running through January 13 with a performance sometime in January. The cost is $800 per student.

For CURRENT COMPANY STUDENTS:

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Registration

For questions regarding audition signup, registration, and payment, please contact Elijah Chase (Echase@weathervaneplayhouse.com)

For questions regarding the curriculum and programming contact Kathleen Rooney Faubel (kfaubel@weathervaneplayhouse.com)

About Kathleen Rooney Faubel:

Kathleen graduated from the Musical Theatre Program at Baldwin Wallace University and is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity Association. She recently appeared in the Broadway star-studded concert of Into the Woods as Sleeping Beauty/The Harp and has created original roles in many Broadway musical labs, readings and workshops of new and upcoming musicals in NYC and Off Broadway. She has performed in various NYCconcerts at 54 Below, Le Poisson Rouge, and Don't Tell Mama. Kathleen is the face of "OLAY" skincare for an international campaign/commercial which was filmed in Iceland. You may have also spotted her on TV in Law and Order SVU or starring in national commercials for Red Lobster, McAlister's Deli, and Axe Body Spray.

Kathleen starred across the globe as Belle in Beauty and the Beast for 8 months in Hong Kong, China.

Other favorite regional credits include Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Stages St. Louis, The Gateway Playhouse, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Beck Center, Cain Park and at
Goodspeed Opera House, where she co- starred as Mallory Kingsley in City of Angels, directed by Tony Award-Winner Darko Tresnjak.

Kathleen has taught dance, acting, private voice, and musical theatre technique classes to students all over the country and at Class Act Performing Arts Studio just outside of NYC. She has directed and choreographed productions of Shrek, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Little Mermaid, Spamalot, The Descendants, and The Pajama Game. Her students have been accepted into musical theatre programs at Baldwin Wallace, Penn State, Elon, Boston, Oklahoma City University, Ball State, Florida State, and Marymount Manhattan.

She's crazy about her studly husband Jarid, their little boy, Ben, and their two puggles (Maple and Bacon).