Pittsburgh Savoyards

We are pleased to announce our cast in this Fall’s production of The Sorcerer!

We are excited to announce stage and vocal auditions for our Fall 2014 show: Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Sorcerer. Come be a part of of this exciting show!

Auditions will be held at Our Lady of Victory Church Auditorium, 1000 Lindsay Road, Carnegie, PA 15106.

Wednesday June 4, 2014 from 7:30 pm until 9 pm
Monday June 23, 2013 from 7:30 pm until 9 pm

No appointment is necessary. Auditions will be conducted in order of arrival.

Prepare a song that best showcases your voice: either Gilbert & Sullivan (preferred), standard musical theater, or classical. An accompanist will be provided (no a capella selections).

Please bring:

• Sheet music for the accompanist.
• Filled out audition form. (Or fill one out when you get there.)
• Resume.
• Head-shot.

For questions email auditions@pittsburghsavoyards.org or call: 412-734-8476 (voice mail).

The Pittsburgh Savoyards are proud to be part of the Pittsburgh Foundation’s Day of Giving next Tuesday, May 6. This is a great chance to support the Pittsburgh Savoyards and your other favorite Pittsburgh charities! On Tuesday, May 6, just make your donations at http://www.pittsburghgives.org/, and the Pittsburgh Foundation will partially match it!

For this year’s Day of Giving, the match pool for Allegheny County is expected to be approximately $750,000, and for Westmoreland approximately $50,000, both similar to recent annual events. The match pool in Westmoreland County was provided thanks to generous support by donors Sean Cassidy and Gina Sciarrino, Old Joe Charities, Inc and Hamil Manufacturing as well as other contributors in the local community.
– http://pittsburghfoundation.org/node/27529

Thank you for your support!

We are proud to announce that thanks to our generous sponsors for the Grand Duke’s Dress Ball, we have changed our cash bar to an open bar! There are a few tickets left – get yours now!

The Savoyards will appear and perform on Pittsburgh Today on KDKA tomorrow, Friday April 25th. The show starts at 9, with our appearance expected to be around 9:30-9:45. Check it out!

UPDATE watch the segments here:

20th Century Club Hosts Savoyards Dress Ball

Pittsburgh Savoyards Perform On PTL

The Tribune Review did a nice write up on our 75th anniversary of performing Gilbert and Sullivan in Pittsburgh, with mention of our upcoming fundraiser, The Grand Duke Dress Ball on April 26th! Tickets available by pre-purchase only, until April 19th by mail, and until April 22 online!

The Flowers of Progress from our recent Pittsburgh premiere of Utopia, Limited congratulate themselves on having anglicized the island kingdom of Utopia. If you missed us this time, never fear! Join us on April 26th at the Twentieth Century Club for the Grand Duke’s Dress Ball.

The Pittsburgh Savoyards are seeking a Stage Director for our Fall 2014 production,
The Sorcerer, by Gilbert & Sullivan. Performance dates are Oct 10 – 19, 2014. Resumes and Letters accepted through Saturday May 3, 2014. Interviews to be scheduled during the weekend of May 10/11 by appointment. Gilbert & Sullivan or other Operetta experience preferred.

Send letters of interest, resumes (MS-WORD; PDF; or Text) and contact information to:
directorsearch@pittsburghsavoyards.org

Or Mail to:
DIRECTOR SEARCH – The Sorcerer
Pittsburgh Savoyards
P.O. Box 44065
Pittsburgh, PA 15205-4065

For additional information or inquiries,
email directorsearch@pittsburghsavoyards.org
or call 412-734-8476 to leave voice mail.

The radio is buzzing with news about the 75th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Savoyards and the Pittsburgh Premiere of Utopia Limited! WQED radio’s host and artistic director Jim Cunningham interviewed cast member Michael Greenstein, Music Director and Conductor Guy Russo and Stage Director Robert Hockenberry. You can hear the interview segments on the radio this week, or check out the archived direct links below!

Pittsburgh Savoyards 75th Anniversary – Michael Greenstein Interview – 03/03/2014
Pittsburgh Savoyards 75th Anniversary – Guy Russo Interview – 03/03/2014
Pittsburgh Savoyards 75th Anniversary – Rob Hockenberry Interview – 03/03/2014

Thanks to an amazing Utopia cast member and volunteer, Annette Bransby Frontz, we are excited to provide a free educational ‘study guide’ to help get you ready for the Pittsburgh Premiere of Utopia Limited.  Annette dives into many areas, including the legal elements of the storyline, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaboration history, and what makes an operetta different from a musical. We hope that this new document will be a great asset to teachers, school students, and opera enthusiasts in better understanding one of G&S’s most complex creations.

The Utopia Limited Study Guide is available as the Full Study Guide download (11pages) or divided into three sections “Operas, Operettas and musicals”, “Utopia Production: Synopsis, Cast and Musical Numbers” and “Show History and Literature Connections”.

See our Utopia Limited Show Page for more info about our March 7th-16th production!