Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera

We are proud to be able to now say “This project is supported in part by a Seed Award from The Sprout Fund.”

We are very honored to have an award from Sprout, and hope that over the spring and summer we can continue raising additional funds to support our project and assist with production costs.

If you wish to donate financially to our project, please note that thanks to New Sun Rising, our fabulous Fiscal Sponsor, monetary donations to our project are tax deductible! For more information on financial or material donations, please visit our How Can I Help page.

We here at Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera have already received so much love and support from our brilliant community of ‘deadites’. We rely on such support to make this an awesome community-based show. With this in mind, we are placing a call for donated items to alleviate the cost of props, costumes, and special orders. If you have any of the items listed below, please contact the appropriate representative. Remember to state whether this is something that you need us to return and how we may contact you when the need for this prop is over.

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Did you want to audition but only have limited free time or prefer not to have a singing/acting role in the show? Have you ever wanted to be an extra in a zombie film? Have you been an extra and love it so much you can’t wait for the next opportunity?

As our opera is a multimedia theatrical work, live performance this October, it will include a projected zombie film that we will be producing this summer. That’s where you come in!

Contact us for info about being part of our show’s pre-recorded video segments. Filming will take place in Pittsburgh, PA May-July, on weekends. Even if you can only be an extra for a couple hours on one day this summer we can find a spot for you!

Don’t like zombies or prefer to remain human? No problem! We are seeking not only the un-dead, but soldiers, scientists, survivors and victims!

If interested please provide us with your name, availability/conflicts, description (height, hair, etc) and if you have any previous acting (or zombie) experience or a preference for which role you would like to fill.

Hi Everyone! We’re back from a visit to Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East in Boston. Many thanks to those who attended our performance of the song “Screaming” in the MAGFest JamSpace room. It was a pleasure to meet many other zombie enthusiasts and musicians (The Protomen, Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm, and many other awesome people).

As audition day grows near, April 10th, we want to remind those of you who have shown interest to please email us to request a time slot for your audition. Walk-ins are welcome, but priority will be given to those people who scheduled with us.

EDIT 5:30pm 4/9/10:  Only 2 audition spaces left!!!

Auditions for lead roles and featured extras will be held Saturday April 10th at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, from 2-6pm. Each audition will take approximately 10 minutes. For this Audition please have prepared the following:

• A completed audition form (mandatory)
• One song that best shows off your voice (if auditioning for a singing role or an understudy)
• Performance resume (optional)
• Photograph or Headshot (optional)
• If you are under 18 years old, you must have the bottom of the audition form signed by a parent or guardian.

You may be asked to do a cold reading if you are auditioning for a lead or a non-singing role.

If interested, please email thezombieopera@gmail.com to request a time and listing your availability. We will get back to you confirming the scheduled time of your audition.  Walk-ins are welcome, but priority will be given to those people who scheduled with us.

If you wish to audition but are unable to make it on the official date, please email us to work out an alternative plan.

For your reference, here a cast/character needs list is available.

EDIT 5:30pm 4/9/10:  Only 2 audition spaces left!!!

If you are interested in auditioning for a feature role in Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera, we have just posted the list of cast and characters that we will be seeking.  If any of these roles sound like they could be you or someone you know, please pass the word around and consider which song you would like to sing when we audition on April 10th. Auditions will be in the Pittsburgh area, we are pinpointing the exact location as we speak.

(more information, specific time and location, coming very very soon)

We wish Arvin Clay a profitable venture as he interfaces with special effects companies in L.A. this week in search of zombie support.

If you are a special effects supply company, or materials manufacturer who would like to get involved in our project, Arvin would like to extend his promotion of your specific brand names and products in his production blog and on the opera website and playbill, as well as in the credits of our DVD, in exchange for free samples and materials to use in the stage and film production. This trade would provide exposure of your products in a variety of mediums, while aiding us in our production costs.

Interested parties please contact us for more information, or to request a Makeup Special Effects Press Kit. Thank you!

Craving photographic proof that we exist? Check out our Media page as we now have a gallery available, featuring photos from our premiere at Open Thread‘s Variety, Variety, Variety show, Arvin’s Special Effects Makeup test, and more behind-the-scenes studio and crew images.  We will continue adding to our gallery as images become available. Enjoy!

Last week, Arvin Clay, our Makeup Special Effects Expert, came by the studio to experiment to test out different zombie ideas and techniques. Barry Bogovich, our Video Production Director, was happy to sit in as Arvin’s first victim.

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Arvin works on the 'look' of our zombie creatures

We hope you enjoyed these behind the scenes images, as well as other photos as we post them to our Media page.

We are pleased to introduce our Director of Video Production, Screenwriter and Editor, Barry Bogovich.