Casting Directors Seek Key West’s Best Comedic Actors and Versatile Musicians
by Casey Scott on Monday, October 3, 2011 at 1:50am
Casting Directors Seek Key West’s Best Comedic Actors and Versatile Musicians for
“Bye Bye Liver: The Key West Drinking Play”
Key West, FL – Monday, October 03, 2011 – This week in Key West, casting directors from Chicago-based Pub Theater Co., in collaboration with Highway Key Touring, will be hosting auditions for “Bye Bye Liver: The Key West Drinking Play,” scheduled to begin rehearsals in November for a December opening at The Hog’s Breath upstairs cabaret.
The show calls for talented comedic actors and actresses between the ages of 21 and 40, as well as a musical accompanist with comedic sensibilities. Appropriate candidates can contact auditions@thepubtheater.com with a recent picture and resume to be scheduled for an audition. Ensemble members are paid by performance. Weekend availability required.
“Bye Bye Liver” (BBL) is a high-energy, interactive celebration of adult beverages and all of the joy and laughter they can deliver. Employing a cast of talented local players, BBL creates scenarios firmly anchored in local bar culture, but accessible to a broad audience. While the environment they create is conducive to big parties and alcohol- aficionados, the humor is relatable with or without a drink in hand.
Shows vary weekly, drawing from a large playbook of sketches and drinking games originally debuted in 2006 by Chicago-based playwright Byron Hatfield. In the years since, BBL has tapped into an ever-growing base of creative minds to tweak, add and refine material over the course of 1000’s of performances in five cities. In five short years, PTC has managed to carve out a significant portion of the Chicago comedy market, rivaling many veteran theaters by using a mix of well-crafted shows, relentless marketing, and personal attention towards their theater patrons . Much of PTC's success is due to its flagship show, "Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play", now in its fifth year.
The Pub Theater Company has its origins in Murfreesboro, TN, with a group called The NASNNIP Players. NASNNIP (Not Always Shakespeare, Not Necessarily In the Park) was a sketch comedy troupe founded by college friends Byron Hatfield, Josh Dunkin, and Mike Barton, all of whom later moved to Chicago in 2003 and 2004 to attempt to break into its world-renowned comedy scene. While Josh Dunkin and Mike Barton studied at Second City and performed in a comedic band, Byron Hatfield continued to quietly produce increasingly successful shows until, in December 2006, he asked Dunkin and Barton to reteam for a sketch comedy show he created, entitled "Bye Bye Liver", which would go on to become a Chicago staple and the foundation The Pub Theater Company.
After an initial run of sixteen weekend shows, the Pub Theater hopes to keep BBL active in Key West and add dates on an ongoing basis. The show has been extended repeatedly and become a recurring feature on the entertainment landscape in every market it has played to. Pub Theater Co. supervises concurrent BBL productions in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, St. Paul and Toronto, with Philadelphia on deck for an October opening.
Pub Theater Co. welcomes interview, photo, feature, on-air and other publicity opportunities. For more information about The Pub Theater Company and “Bye Bye Liver” please visit:
auditions@thepubtheater.com
www.byebyeliver.com.
or contact Director Casey Scott / cscott @hwykey.com
