Musical Chairs (BCT’s Main Stage)
Sept. 7 – 16, 2012 Auditions – July 9 & 10, 2012 Directed by Matt Owens
This bright show is about an audience watching a play. Joe Preston has not had a hit in years, and is hoping his new play will revive his career. He is at the mercy of an off Broadway audience consisting of two typical “grey haired matinee ladies”, a married couple who fight all the time, an anxious young man waiting for his date, an illiterate rock singer trying to impress his date with some culture, a Texas business man and his culture vulture wife and three critics– one of whom hates Preston’s work and another who begged his editor not to assign him to his show because Sam, his lover who recently jilted him, is in the cast. Poor Joe Preston!
The Sugar Bean Sisters (An Edge of the Creek Production)
Oct. 26 – Nov. 4, 2012 Auditions – Aug. 20 & 21, 2012 Directed by Doug Lloyd
The Nettle sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood—Willie Mae by going to Salt Lake to find a good Mormon husband and Faye by hopping on a spaceship. Faye and Willie Mae return home to their ramshackle swamp dwelling in Sugar Bean, Florida, after a disastrous daytrip to Disney World, where Willie lost her prized Eva Gabor wig on Space Mountain. Having witnessed the landing of an alien space craft some 25 years ago, Faye prepares for their return. A strange bird-like woman suddenly appears out of the darkness of Buster Swamp, setting in motion a chain of extraordinary events. Lies begin to unravel and the truth is revealed as the Sugar Bean Sisters hatch a diabolical plot to ensure the space people’s return.
On Christmas Day In The Morning (BCT’s Youth Theatre)
Nov. 30 – Dec. 9, 2012 Auditions – Oct. 16 & 17, 2012 Directed by Teresa Connair
Lucy James is the most obstinate orphan to ever live at the Little Angels. She was adopted seven times in the last year, but she kept coming back! On this Christmas of 1935, Little Angels is in trouble and may not be around another year. With what the orphans believe to be divine intervention, a bus breaks down, bringing a traveling evangelist group and one lonely traveler to the orphanage door. In this motley group of travelers, Lucy finds the father she had in mind and each person discovers what it means to be a family.
Steppin’ Out (BCT’s Main Stage)
Jan. 25 – Feb 3, 2013 Auditions – Nov. 26 & 27, 2012 Directed by John Falkenbach
This is a rollicking comedy about the attempts of some working class amateurs to overcome their inhibitions and two left feet in a low-rent dance studio in North London. Mavis, a former professional chorus girl tries her hardest to teach the bumbling amateurs some terpsichorean skills for an upcoming recital. But before the dancing begins Mavis must mediate the minor dramas that erupt among this motley but loveable crew on their way to triumph at their recital.
A Chorus Line (An Edge of the Creek Production)
March 1- 10, 2013 Auditions – Jan. 7 & 8, 2013 Directed by Doug Lloyd
A Chorus Line is a stunning musical about a chorus audition for a Broadway musical. It tells of the achingly poignant ambitions of professional Broadway gypsies to land a job in a show, and is powerful metaphor for all human aspirations. Memorable musical numbers include, I Can Do That, At the Ballet, Dance: Ten; Looks: Three, One (Singular Sensation), What I did for Love) and I hope I get it. Winner of 9 Tony awards and the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The Canterbury Tales or Geoffrey Chaucer’s Flying Circus (Youth)
April 19 – 28, 2013 Auditions – March 5 & 6, 2013 Directed by Teresa Connair
Start with Chaucer’s literary masterpiece, toss in a good helping of Monty Python-styled humor, and you get this incredibly silly comedy. You’ll meet many of the pilgrims whose tales are most likely to be studied in high school (along with a few Thanksgiving pilgrims that ended up in the wrong play!), including the knight, the miller, the parson, the pardoner, the nun’s priest and the friar. Even the wife of Bath has cleaned up her act for this adaptation and is now a nagging woman who sells self-help DVDs! The miller, too, makes an appearance, though nobody wants to hear anything he has to say!
Legally Blonde The Musical (BCT’s Main Stage)
June 21 – 30, 2013 Auditions – April 8 & 9, 2013 Directed by Chris Harmon
Sorority star Elle Woods doesn’t take “no” for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone “serious,” Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.
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