Our 2013 Sunset Gala was a huge success, raising $15,000 for annual programming and outreach efforts!  Raffle winners:  the Seelert family won the iPad and the Salvate family won the Workshop.  Congratulations to this year's Allana Calder Memorial Scholarship recipient, Felicia Messina.  The evening featured student speakers, Rebecca Canziani, Jasmine Canziani and Miguel Garcia.  A special thank you to our gala committee:  Kathleen Durkee, Tracey Bryggman, Sarah White, Annie Whelan, Ethlyne Ziegler, Meredith Leff and Alexis Grausz.  Click here to see pictures from the event. 

Sign-ups are now open for the 2013-2014 season of our anti-bullying tour, The New Kid.  Auditions will be held June 13 at our Elmsford studio and callbacks are June 14.

Seeking kids who sing, dance and act who can BELIEVABLY play middle school students.  The New Kid is a one-hour-long musical that deals with themes like bullying, hazing, cliques and peer pressure at a middle school.  The cast is made up entirely of children.  

The show tours to schools within 1 hour of central Westchester County.  Performers must be able to miss up to two mornings of school per month, as shows are during the school day (usually at 9am).  Rehearsals will be after school and weekends (2-3 days/wk) in September and October.  Tour runs October through June.  Parents must be able to drive their children to the venues.  

For more information on the show, click here.  For more information on the auditions, or to sign up for an appointment, click here.  There is no fee to audition.  There is no tuition if cast, however, those cast are responsible for a nominal processing fee and refundable security deposit.  

We are honored to be selected for Hannah Lewis' Mitzvah Project, as part of her Bat Mitzvah.  In order to allow other children to participate in the programs at Random Farms that she has enjoyed growing up, Hannah has asked guests to donate to our Alanna Calder Memorial Scholarship Fund.  She has raised almost $2000!  Thank you, Hannah! 

High school seniors - email anya@randomfarms.com and let us know where you'll be going to college in the fall.  We'll make sure to feature it in our special "Spotlight on Seniors" in the June newsletter.  

Have a free week this summer?  Sign up for one of our Summer Workshop Intensives and, in just seven days, you'll get to star in a musical.  Plus, enjoy daily dance classes and hone your skills with different "specials" like auditioning for TV commercials, improve and stage combat.  Pick your favorite show:  Peter Pan (June 24-30), Annie (July 2-9) and Bye Bye Birdie (August 5-11 or 13-19).  Program runs daily from 9am-3pm.  Grades 3-8.  More info at randomfarms.com/summerworkshop.  

Finally - a summer program just for Jellybeans!  Our popular musical theater program, which allows our youngest performers to star in a musical, has been developed into a special week-long summer intensive for children entering grades 1 and 2 in Fall 2013.  Two half day options are available (either 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm) and include daily rehearsals, dance classes and "specials" like auditioning for TV commercials, improve and stage combat. More info at randomfarms.com/summerjellybeans.

Carly Paige Baron will be performing in Theatre Masters Take Ten 2013 The Offspring Relief Program (Ellery) and The Drive (The Sister).

Troy Doherty (right) with the cast of Nickelodeon's "Studio 10."

Mateo Lizcano booked a voiceover for Lucky Charms and another one for Red Lobster. His commercial for Coco Pebbles is also airing - check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIWmbKoASM0&sns=em

You can see Emily Rosenfeld in a new TV commercial for Annie. Click here to see it.

Scarlett Diaz did a web promo for LifeSaver defibrillators and a radio commercial for Friendly's.

Emma Delia will be playing Ann Miller Kontz in Discovery ID's show, Most Likely Too, The Ann Miller Kontz Story, airing in June.  She will also be playing Terry Schiller in Dicovery ID's Poison Passions (episode 106) and A&E's I Killed My BFF- Heartland Horror Shooting. She also just wrapped shooting a SAG  Film, Tempest, where she plays the lead, Laura.

Peyton Ella Fishman, Carly Heinberg, Fiona Fatuova, Lucas Kantor and Bridget Gray booked a local commercial for Planet Wings.  To check it out, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP9abaQrrHI.

Troy Doherty is one of the hosts on Nickelodeon's Studio 10.

Brandon Szep (Kurt) and Hannah Moore (Marta) will appear in the Westchester Broadway Theater's production of The Sound of Music.  

Emma Delia booked the co-starring role of Tammy Quackenbush (aka Baby Doll) in the feature film Trailer Heaven. 

IN SCHOOL/COMMUNITY THEATER

In Beauty and the Beast: Allison Reich (Mrs. Potts); in Freckleface Strawberry (Ballet Girl) and Dear Edwina (Edwine): Scarlett Diaz; in Xanadu: Evan Rocco(Sonny); in Tunes in Times Square: Hadley Durkee and Jared Peraglia; in The Shadow Box: Alex Deland (Steven). 

A CHRISTMAS STORY (BROADWAY)

A Christmas Story, The Musical is returning this holiday season.  The show's producers, including Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, are holding open auditions to find exceptionally talented kids for the upcoming production of A Christmas Story, The Musical.  We are looking for the next Ralphie, his friends and classmates, including: Randy, Flick, Schwartz, Scut Farcus, Grover Dill, Mary Beth, and Esther Jane.

When:  Sunday, May 5th at Pearl Studios (500 8th Avenue, 12th floor)
Registration begins at 11:30 with auditions from 12:00-5:00.

To prepare:  For the audition please prepare a brief song that is rhythmic, classic Broadway, and shows off your voice and personality.  Please bring sheet music-a pianist will be provided.  Please also bring a headshot (or some kind of picture) and a resume if you have one.

A Christmas Story, The Musical begins rehearsals in NYC October 7th.  The production will run through December 29, 2013. This is a paying job, in accordance with AEA guidelines. If you are unable to attend the open call in person, please visit www.letitcast.com for information on how to upload an audition video.

11-15 YEAR-OLDS FOR LEAD ROLES IN FEATURE FILM ST. VINCENT DE VAN NUYS

OLIVER (M, 11 - 14 Years Old, Caucasian), MAGGIE'S son, he's skinny and frail with glasses, painfully awkward, very sensitive, and highly intelligent. OLIVER befriends his belligerent neighbor VINCENT, reforms the school bully, and navigates the tricky relationships he has with recently divorced parents.

ROBERT OZINSKI (M, 11 - 15 Years Old, African-American or Latino), the school bully who tortures OLIVER, until OLIVER wins his respect by breaking his nose in a fight at school.  Afterwards, they become inseparable companions.

If you are interested in being considered for this project and are available to shoot approximately 7/8-8/28 in New York, please email stvincentcasting@gmail.com with a picture/headshot and resume if you have one. We look forward to hearing from you!

ANNIE (BROADWAY)
Seeking girls, ages 6-12, between the heights of 3'8" and 4'8". Must be excellent singers, dancers, and actresses. To be considered for future replacements for Annie and the other orphans in the Broadway company. All ethnicities are encouraged to attend. Please bring a photo and resume stapled together!  

Audition details: Sunday, June 2nd, 2013. 10:00am-4:00pm (Sign-in begins at 9:00am: Please do not arrive before 9:00am!) The Dalton School Athletic Building: 200 East 87thStreet (off 3rd Avenue) New York, NY 10128  
 
What to prepare / bring: Please come prepared to sing a short contemporary musical theatre song a capella that shows off your voice. We are asking all those auditioning to also have sheet music on hand for that song in the event that you are asked to sing along with accompaniment. Please bring snacks and beverages as you may be asked to stay for a few hours.

Although we strongly prefer to see people in person, if you cannot attend this open call, please send a self-taped audition of your child singing a contemporary musical theatre song acapella or with accompaniment (via a Private YouTube link ONLY) to annieonbroadway2012@gmail.com. At the beginning of the self-taped auditions, please make sure to have your child clearly state their name, age, and height. Make sure that when sending this link that you attach a recent photo and resume and that you grant viewing privileges to: annieonbroadway2012@gmail.com 

JMM TALENT OPEN CALL: SEEKING NEW CLIENTS AGES 4-25 

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2003
Time: Early Evening (by appointment only)

Questions:  Call Caitlin @ 212-679-3550 

Registration is required. Register at: www.jmmtalent.com (click on "schedule an interview).  This event is free. JMM works on commission only.  If you attend, make sure to say you heard about it through Random Farms. 

JMM is NYC youth talent management company, seeking new clients ages 4-25 years of age.  JMM represents kids, teens and young adults up to age 25 for film, TV, theater and commercials. They've been in business for over 20 years. Like all legitimate representation companies, they take no money for any reason except commission on work that their clients actually book.

Some of JMM's past and present clients include James Gandolfini, Abagail Breslin, Mollly Shannon, Robert Iler (AJ on The Sopranos), Alexandra Chando (The Lying Game), Tristan Wilds (90210) and countless other recognizable TV and Film actors.