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MarkTaperForum 

Season 2008–2009

PIPPIN

 Various roles include: 

               Pippin, 

               Charlemagne, 

               Bertha, Theo & 

               Ensemble

 Please send us a current 

picture and resume ASAP!

 Submit: to

 Center Theatre Group casting

601 W. Temple St.

Los Angeles,cA 90012

Attn: PIPPIN

 Or email:

pippin@centertheatregroup.org 

 Casting begins 

Summer of 2008 

 (LA & NYC)

 Casting Call!

 The Musical

 Book by Roger O. Hirson 

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz 

Directed by Jeff Calhoun

 Seeking deaf & hard of hearing actors

 (Non-union or Union)

Men, Women, Boys

 Production dates

 November 25, 2008–March 15, 2009 

AEA LORT A Contract ($865minimum)

Performed in spoken English and American Sign Language, 

With music, magic, dance and song !

Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre company first paired up in 2002 with the 

highly successful presentation at the Mark Taper Forum of Deaf West’s award-winning 

production of Big River, which was subsequently presented as a co-production to rave 

reviews and an extended run on Broadway. The cast received Tony Award Honors for 

Excellence in the Theatre and the production was nominated for Best Revival – Musical. 

Big River returned to Los Angeles on a national tour and was presented at cTG’s 

Ahmanson Theatre in 2004. Some of Deaf West’s other award-winning productions 

include Ovation Award winners Oliver! and A Streetcar Named Desire. Deaf West 

co-produced with Pasadena Playhouse the world premiere of Stephen Sachs’ 

Open Window. Last Spring, CTG & Deaf West brought the world premiere musical 

Sleeping Beauty Wakes to the Kirk Douglas Theatre, under the direction of Jeff calhoun.

Also seeking hearing actors with ASL knowledge!

ROGER O. HIRSON (Book) Prior to writing PIPPIN, Hirson wrote for such programs as The Kraft Television Theater, Goodyear Television Playhouse, Philco Television Playhouse, and Studio One. He was twice nominated for Broadway’s Tony Award: in 1967 as co-author of book with Ketti Frings for Best Musical nominee Walking Happy, and in 1973 as Best Book (Musical) for Pippin. He went on to write several screenplays, including Bridge at Remagen (1969), Demon Seed (1977), and the teleplay for The Christmas Carol, starring George C. Scott (1984). He is currently retired and living in New York City.

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Music and Lyrics): has contributed music and/or lyrics to GODSPELL, PIPPIN , THE MAGIC SHOW, THE BAKER’S WIFE, WORKING (which he also adapted and directed), PERSONALS, RAGS, CHILDREN OF EDEN and the current Broadway hit, WICKED. Most recently, he has contributed songs to MIT EVENTYR, a musical about Hans Christian Andersen currently playing in Denmark. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s MASS and wrote the title song for the play and movie BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE. For children, he has written a one-act musical, CAPTAIN LOUIE. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for the Disney animated features POCAHONTAS and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. He provided music and lyrics for the original television musical, GEPPETTO, and has released two CDs of new songs entitled RELUCTANT PILGRIM and UNCHARTED TERRITORY. Under the auspices of the ASCAP Foundation, he runs musical theatre workshops in New York and Los Angeles, and is also a member of the Council of the Dramatists’ Guild. Mr. Schwartz is the recipient of three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies.

Jeff calhoun (Director): directed and choreographed the award-winning Deaf West production of Big River (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Best Revival; Drama Desk nomination for Best Director of a Musical; Ovation and L.A. Drama Critics Circle awards for Direction and Choreography). He was a producer as well as director/choreographer for the Broadway production of Brooklyn the Musical. He directed and choreographed the 1994 Broadway revival of Grease! (Tony nomination, Best Choreography) and co-choreographed the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun (Tony Award, Best Revival). His Broadway directing debut was Tommy Tune Tonight, and his collaboration with Mr. Tune led to the 1991 Tony for Best Choreography. He provided the musical staging for the hit Broadway musical Grey Gardens and developed the first original ASL musical, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, at the Kirk Douglas Theater. He is the director of both the national and international productions of Disney’s High School Musical: On Tour. Jeff is an Associate Artist at Ford’s Theatre.