FPTA

1.  Dates for FPTA 2011:   Saturday, May 21, through Monday, May 23, 2011

2.  Requirements:  To participate in the auditions, workshops, and the ASK FPTA luncheons, you must be at least 18-years-old (the only exception will be for those child actors who have professional theatre experiences -- they have been paid for their acting talents).  These auditions and workshops are for those professional actors who are starting out in this profession or have been professional actors for years.  If you're working now as a professional actor or just received your theatre degree or other theatre training degree or you've been out of the business for a while and want to get back in, these auditions are for you.  Please note these are not auditions for community theatres, but for professional theatre companies who are looking to hire both Equity and professional Non-Equity actors for their future seasons.

3.  Deadline to Register for Auditions and Workshops:  Your online OR print applications , resume(s), and payment must be received by FPTA on or before Monday, May 16, 2011.  After the deadline, there is a $25 late fee for both Equity and Non-Equity actors.

Audition, workshops, and Ask FPTA lunch requests will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis once the required application, payment, and resume(s) are received.  So, please register early to secure your space at this year's professional auditions, workshops, and Ask FPTA discussion luncheons.

4.  Location for All FPTA 2011 Events:  The location for auditions, workshops, and the Ask FPTA discussion luncheons is the

Riverside Theatre
3250 Riverside Park Drive
Vero Beach, Florida

5.  Specific Audition Dates and Times: 

Sunday, May 22, from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a lunch break from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for a networking lunch among you and other actors and representatives from the participating companies. 

Callbacks for actors auditioning on Sunday who are called back by one or more of the participating companies for singing, dance, or specific readings or interviews will begin around 6:00 p.m.   Callback notices for actors auditioning between 8:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. on Sunday will be posted around 12:30 p.m.  Callback notices for actors auditioning in the afternoon will be posted around 5:45 p.m.

Monday, May 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a lunch break from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for a networking lunch among you and other actors and representatives from the participating companies. 

Callbacks for actors auditioning on Monday who are called back by one or more of the participating companies for singing, dance, or specific readings or interviews will begin around 4:00 p.m.   Callback notices for actors auditioning between 8:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. on Monday will be posted around 12:30 p.m.  Callback notices for actors auditioning in the afternoon will be posted around 3:45 p.m.

6.  Professional Acting Workshop Dates for FPTA 2011: 

Saturday, May 21, 2011 -- All-day comprehensive tailor-made, one-on-one professional acting workshops offered on two different professional levels:  level 1 for professional actors with less than three years of professional acting experience AND level 2 for those  actors with more than three years of professional acting experience.  These workshops include one-on-one training and/or tune ups on your business skills, audition techniques, moving from callbacks to contracts, breath and body connection, monologue work, singing auditions 101, reinventing your singing auditions, a lunch, and an audition time for Sunday or Monday at FPTA 2011.  Read details about these one-on-one, tailor-made workshops here.

Sunday, May 22, 2011, Workshops:

Breath and Body Connections taught by Gail Garrisan
Strategies to Strengthen Your Auditions taught by Ken Kay
Get the Most Out of Your Singing Audition and Voice taught by Julia Truilo
How to Get Through  a Dance Callback (learn the dance callback routine) -- instructor TBA

7.  FPTA 2011 Fees: 

Non-Equity Actors:  $50 for new FPTA audition-fee FPTA member
                                   $45 for renewals (paid in 2010)

Note for Actors Equity Association Members:  Active and current-dues-paying members of Actors' Equity Association do not have to pay this FPTA audition/membership fee to audition; however, payment is due if AEA members register for workshops and/or the FPTA Ask Lunch Discussion with company representatives or do not have an active AEA membership card to show at the on-site FPTA check-in table.  Individual AEA memberships in FPTA are welcomed and appreciated.  Our work is totally dependent upon audition/membership dues.

2011 Workshop Fees -- to secure a space in the workshops, you must pre-register and pre-pay either online or send your application and payment through the mail. Workshops will be limited to a specfic number of participants to allow more personal time with the professional instructors; so, please register early to ensure your space in these popular and helpful workshops.

Workshop Fee for Saturday, May 21, 2011, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

$150 for all-day, comprehensive, tailor-made professional workshops designed for the actors who register to participate in this day-long training and to tune up their acting skills.  The fee includes access to workshops focused on your specific needs and on your level of professional acting experience.  Workshops include business skills for the professional actor, audition techniques, moving from callbacks to contracts, breath and body connections, monologue work, singing auditions 101, reinventing your singing audition, your lunch, one-on-one coaching, and an audition time at FPTA's 31st Annual Professional Auditions on either May 22 or May 23.  Click here to learn greater details about this day of one-on-one training and coaching.

Workshop Fees for Sunday, May 22, Workshops for the Professional Actor

$20 each for new or renewing FPTA auditionee/member
$25 each for Non-FPTA members

Ask FPTA Networking-Lunch Discussion with Participating Companies: 

$12 per person per lunch (must pre-register and pre-pay)

8.  Make Your Hotel Reservations:

Springhill Suites by Marriott
5115 Indian River Boulevard
Vero Beach, Florida 32957-717

Call 1-772-978-9292 to make your hotel reservations.  Tell the hotel you're with the Florida Professional Theatres Association to secure the special rate of $84, plus 11% tax, per night.  Access detailed information about the hotel and what your room rate includes here.

9.  Audition Requirements:  Please carefully review the audition procedures BEFORE the auditions.  Many of your questions about the auditions are answered here.
 
10.   Registration Options:

REGISTRATION OPTION 1:  Follow all four of the easy steps below to finalize your online application:  Use the online application to register for an audition time, workshops, and one of the Ask FPTA Networking Lunch Discussions.

Step 1 for Online Application:  FPTA encourages you to download and print this one-page FPTA 2011 Registration Summary Sheet, especially if you decide to register for some of the other professional activities we have planned for you throughout May 21-23 -- access the summary sheet here.

Once printed, you can use this summary sheet as your hard-copy reference to track what you did register for using the online application, especially if you do register for workshops and the Ask FPTA discussion lunches.  You'll also use it to calculate your final FPTA 2011 fee payment, if applicable to you. 

Step 2 for Online Application: Once you have your FPTA 2011 Registration Summary Sheet printed, go here to access our comprehensive online application to register for an audition time, workshops, or one of the Ask FPTA lunches. 

Step 3 for Online Application:  E-mail your one-page, letter-size professional acting resume and your other professional theatre resumes (the job categories you checked on the online application), if applicable to you, in either a Word or PDF format to info@fpta.net.

Step 4 for Online Application:  If what you registered for requires a fee, your requests for an audition, workshops, or participation in one of the Ask FPTA lunches will only be processed once FPTA receives your payment.  If you did register for more than just an audition time, you should have already figured out what your final FPTA 2011 fee payment will be if you used the Summary Sheet.  Go here to payment options.

REGISTRATION OPTION 2:  Access here a FPTA 2011 Comprehensive Application to print; and once completed, mail it along with your payment and resume(s) to

FPTA
Post Office Box 2922
West Palm Beach, Florida 33402-2922