NEW on Monday Nights! BROADWAY BOUND - 3 Week MUSICAL THEATER Class with Duncan Stewart, CSA, Broadways' ON THE TOWN, CHICAGO and much more!

Monday, September 15, 2014, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

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Always sold out, this is a chance for you and Duncan to delve into your new/old repertoire and really take your songs & audition material to the next level! We are thrilled to have Duncan teaching this NEW 3-week class at AC.

Believing that there is no 'one way' to approach a song or actor, Duncan focuses in on the acting/story-telling within a song and gives unique and personalized feedback to each individual in the class. THIS IS A CLASS WHERE THE TEXT WITHIN THE SONG REIGNS SUPREME. Pushing past the ' simply singing tunes and melodies', Duncan breaks down your songs – breathing new life and inspiring choices into the work.

The class will focus on a variety of songs to use for appointment auditions but the techniques learned and developed are applicable to any cut of music. Be prepared to learn new music and work on a weekly basis incorporating feedback from the week before.

By the end of this class, you should be ready to kill any audition in these 3 genres, which clearly are all necessary for today's Musical Theater market.

Duncan will be working with all different styles including traditional, contemporary and pop musical theater. Please bring your ENTIRE book, picture and resume and, for the first class, please have your number one audition song ready to go! The first week, Duncan will be focusing on TRADITIONAL songs, week 2 being POP and week 3 being CONTEMPORARY.

Duncan Stewart is an owner/partner at Duncan Stewart and Company and responsible for casting the Tony Award® winning musical revival of Pippin (Original Broadway and National Tour Casts); Chicago The Musical (Broadway and National Tour); The Radio City Christmas Spectacular; the North American tours of We Will Rock You, Flashdance, and Anything Goes. Upcoming: On The Town (Broadway); The Band Wagon with Brian Stokes Mitchell & Dir, Kathleen Marshall (City Center/Encores); and PopNation (Off-Broadway). Other projects include: Travesties (Bay Street Theatre); Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Off-Bway); Pageant (Off-Bway); The Tempest (A.R.T.); UK's Menier Chocolate Factory (U.S. casting); The People Sing, Carnegie Hall; Mamma Mia!, Cats, Hairspray, Saturday Night Fever & Chicago (Royal Caribbean Productions); La Cage aux Folles (2010 B'way revival/tour); Thriller Live (West End) as well as numerous regional theaters. www.dstewartco.com

TESTIMONIALS:

"Duncan loves what he does and love performers. He's extremely positive and encouraging and he's a great coach! This is not a typical class. Duncan helps actors get past the need to impress or perform and reminds us to act and be truthful. Duncan creates a safe space to try things and make mistakes." -James Beaman

"Duncan has a brilliant ability to simplify and strengthen each individual performer. He asks questions you weren't aware you needed to answer. He welcomes mistakes because that's how you grow." -L. VanWinkle

"Duncan is wonderful, open, and honest." -M. Hogan

Duncan Stewart

Casting Director/Partner

Duncan Stewart is a Casting Director & Partner at Stewart/Whitley. 

BROADWAY/NY: Hadestown, The Lightning Thief, The Great Comet of 1812, Rock Of Ages, The Black Clown (Lincoln Center), A Clockwork Orange, On The Town, Pippin, Chicago The Musical, La Cage Aux Folles,  As You Like It,  Elf the Musical, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Carnegie Hall West Side Story, The Band Wagon, Stuffed, Curvy Widow, Pageant; 

WEST END/UK: Hadestown (London’s National Theatre), Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory; TV: Tiny Pretty Things(Netflix), Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC/Lionsgate), Freaky Friday (Disney Channel); 

TOURS: The Lightning Thief, Finding Neverland, Waitress, SpongeBob, A Bronx Tale, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, The Bodyguard, Dirty Dancing, The Sound of Music, Elf the Musical, Into The Woods, Once, Shrek, Flashdance, Anything Goes, Bullets Over Broadway, The Duck Commander Musical, We Will Rock You; 

UPCOMING:  Sunday In The Park With George, Paradise Square, A Wonderful World, Moby Dick, Stephen Schwartz’ The Prince of Egypt, August Rush, Stu for Silverton; 

REGIONAL: American Repertory Theater, The Alley Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Bay Street Theater, Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS), Hollywood Bowl, The Berkeley Repertory Theater, The Goodspeed, The Ahmanson, Seattle’s 5th Avenue, Asolo Rep, TheatreWorks, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Miami New Drama, For The Record productions, Aida Cruise Lines, and the Broadway-branded shows on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. 

Prior to forming Stewart/Whitley, Duncan was the in-house Director of Casting for National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) on various Broadway/West End productions.  This year he celebrates 16+ years as the Casting Director of Chicago.  Previous to this he worked with Alaine Alldaffer (Head of Casting) on numerous productions at Playwrights Horizons.  

Duncan has been a TV guest judge and panelist for ABC’s Emmy-winning, “Extreme Weight Loss” and Broadway TV’s “Next Broadway Star” and is often booked as a guest lecturer and seminar/workshop leader for numerous colleges, studios and universities in the US, Canada and UK.  Mr. Stewart is an Artios Award winner and proud member of the Casting Society of America (CSA). 

Meets

Monday, September 15, 20147:00 pm
Monday, September 29, 20147:00 pm
Monday, October 6, 20147:00 pm

The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.