Way Off Broadway
Toronto-based musical theater director Sarina Condello is mounting a community theater production of "The Wizard of Oz" to raise money for her charitable foundation. The process takes eight weeks from casting to the final performance. The cast is comprised of twenty-one adults who she recruits from the community, they who respond to Sarina's open casting call. A few have some community theater experience, but most have no experience of being on the stage at all. Behind the scenes, Sarina, in mounting the production with little budget, does whatever she can to have a professional end product of which she can be proud. Meanwhile her cast goes through a myriad of highs and lows through the eight weeks. They express their anticipation, their fears, their excitement and their aspirations, not only about the eight weeks and the final performance, but also for some what the future holds for them in the musical theater world.
- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- Documentary, Music
Toronto-based musical theater director Sarina Condello is mounting a community theater production of "The Wizard of Oz" to raise money for her charitable foundation. The process takes eight weeks from casting to the final performance. The cast is comprised of twenty-one adults who she recruits from the community, they who respond to Sarina's open casting call. A few have some community theater experience, but most have no experience of being on the stage at all. Behind the scenes, Sarina, in mounting the production with little budget, does whatever she can to have a professional end product of which she can be proud. Meanwhile her cast goes through a myriad of highs and lows through the eight weeks. They express their anticipation, their fears, their excitement and their aspirations, not only about the eight weeks and the final performance, but also for some what the future holds for them in the musical theater world.
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Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1
What Am I Doing Here?
44 mins
After advertising and networking, Sarina, who conducted personal interviews with all who applied, brings together the twenty-one amateur musical theater thespians who will be her cast for a community theater production of "The Wizard of Oz". The show will be staged in eight weeks from their first group get together, with two rehearsals per week. Beyond one who does have a community theater background, most of her cast members are novices as adults who have a variety of reasons for wanting to do the show. Sarina wants the group to feel comfortable working with each other in a creative environment, but she also realizes that she has to make decisions on who will be cast in what role by the start of the next rehearsal. The process is unconventional in that no one auditions for specific roles, but rather Sarina puts them all through a series of exercises so that she can gage their overall personalities on and off the stage. Regardless, some, through the way they go through the exercises, are obviously gearing for specific roles. One does have doubts and contemplates quitting before even starting. After the rehearsal, Sarina and Sheila sit down to discuss casting, their decisions which may not always be to choose the best person for the part.
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