Brick 2 Theater Company

➡️➡️PLEASE NOTE: Performance dates have changed! ⬅️⬅️

Announcing open auditions for a summer production of Fun Home Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron, Music by Jeanine Tesori, Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel!
Join us at Strebel Auditorium on Utica University Campus
1600 Burrstone Rd, Utica, NY
June 4, 2023 from 2-6pm and 7-9pm
June 5, 2023 from 7-9pm.
If you audition, please plan to be available for callbacks on June 6, 2023 from 7-9pm.
Bring your resume and your headshot if you have them!
For your auditions, please prepare a song of your choosing to perform for our director and musical director.
You will need to either bring an accompanist or a recording of the instrumental part of your song.
We will have sides available for cold reads from the show.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the producer, Paris Freeman, or the director, Pat Stone at
[email protected]
(315)-327-9958

Hey Everyone,
Check out RCIL's fundraiser on May 20th!
the Resource Center for Independent Living is an awesome resource for anyone with disabilities. We at Brick 2 look forward to seeing life on stage reflect the life we all live, and that means including artists and professionals of any ability!
https://www.rcil.com/

We are still looking for a pianist to accompany rehearsals and play the show (major Broadway musical TBA). This person could just play or could also act as Musical Director. Some pay. Your chance to get in on the ground floor. Please email us ASAP! [email protected]

Hey Everyone! Come and help us celebrate

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Hi Everyone,
Brick 2 Theater Company is looking for a musical director and pianist for a musical.
Directed by Pat Stone and produced by Paris Freeman, we will be announcing the title of this popular Broadway musical in May to our wider audience.
Auditions will be held on June 1 and 3, 2023, rehearsals will be from June 26, until we open on July 28.
Performances are July 28, 29, and August 2, 3, 4, 5.
This show is traveling to several locations in the Utica-Rome Area throughout the performance dates.
These positions are both paid a small rehearsal stipend and per performance.
For more information, please reach out to our email:
[email protected]

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It has begun!

Brick 2 Theater Production Support Fund, organized by Paris Freeman Brick 2 Theater Company’s mission is to give voice, representation, experience,… Paris Freeman needs your support for Brick 2 Theater Production Support Fund

Big News coming tomorrow!!!

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New member alert! Meet one of our fantastic board members, Sully Walker!

“Punk is about being yourself and expressing that in this raw, unbridled way. It's because punk has deep ties to the q***r community and with so many marginalized groups. Caring is one of the most punk things anyone can do. I got into entertainment hoping to help give the representation I never got to see, so all I had to do was hear ‘gay theater’ and I was in. From what I’ve seen, Brick 2 is full of so much potential, it’s awesome and I think we really will help give representation to people, because everyone deserves to see themselves on stage.”

Big things are coming for Brick 2 this week. Make sure you keep an eye on these pages for more!

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Time to meet another member of the Brick 2 team! Meet our resident director and producer, Pat Stone! Here’s why she decided to join Brick 2:

“I’ve been hard of hearing my whole life, but it wasn’t until I started doing theater with the kids at the Rome School for the Deaf that I started to consider how much my hearing loss has effected every part of my life - and not in a good way. I miss things, and get things wrong, because I don’t hear or mis-hear what is said to me. I can’t possibly calculate what that has cost me in lost job promotions, missed networking opportunities, loss of possible friendships. I DO know that I’ve been treated like I’m stupid, incompetent, dense, uncaring, impossible, weird, out-of-it, stuck-up, embarrassing … oh, and lazy, because I “just don’t pay attention.” If some of the theater Brick 2 makes helps just one person to know that none of the above is true for them, that it’s because they are hearing impaired, I will have done something glorious. I also want to make intense, truthful, brilliant theater, so there’s that, too.”

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Meet the team! This is our Literary Manager, Rachael Powles.

“I’ve been working in theater my whole life, and I’m endlessly inspired by the creativity present here in my home in the Mohawk Valley. It's inexcusable that so many people still feel excluded from an art form that is meant to be the truest expression of humanity. As the Literary Manager of Brick 2, I’m working with this team to program plays and musicals that speak to the beautifully diverse stories of our community.”

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Brick 2 Theater Company’s mission is to give voice, representation, experience, and opportunity to members of marginalized communities on stage, backstage, and in the audience.

We believe that everyone should be welcome to share their stories.

Watch this space for opportunities to come.

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Meet our fearless founder and artistic director, Paris Freeman!

"Brick 2 is the kind of place where respect and understanding are the key drivers of our work lives. Theater these days is still as busy and as exciting as ever, but far too often people who need accommodations are left behind. Gone are the 18-hour days and 80-hour weeks. I want to build Brick 2 as a theater where we can LIVE for our art so that we can more truly experience and appreciate the performances whether we are on stage, backstage, or in the audience."
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Allow us to introduce ourselves 😎 We’re making theater in the Mohawk Valley, but not in the usual ways. Watch this space to find out how you can be involved in our mission!
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3. Slide 3 Reads: “WE ARE INCLUSIVE: We believe theater is a vital tool in dismantling systems of oppression. All voices and perspectives belong on the stage. We strive to create an environment that is safe for all forms of expression and is not limited by race, gender, ability, age, or sexuality.” Violet paint splashes in the top left and bottom right corners.

4. Slide 4 Reads: “WE ARE SUBVERSIVE: We want to make theater outside of the usual frameworks. We want to bring stories to the stage that may not have always been given a space. By subverting tropes and conventions, we aim to create theater that speaks to the truth of the human condition.” Splashes of soft pink paint in the top left and bottom right corners.]

Theater reimagined. Check back soon to see what we're building.

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