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November 10, 2014 · 4:09 pm

SSCC Announces Auditions for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

SSCC_logoSSCC Theatre is pleased to announce their upcoming auditions for the spring production of Tracy Letts’ AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY.

A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you’ve got a major new play that unflinchingly—and uproariously—exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY was the winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Play, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Auditions, open to community members and students, will be held on Friday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 203 at the Central Campus of Southern State Community College, in Hillsboro, OH. Those interested in auditioning should prepare and memorize a dramatic, one to two-minute monologue. Those interested on working in available crew positions will be asked to complete an interview the night of auditions. If you’re interested in auditioning, but unavailable to attend the audition date, please contact Rainee Angles (rangles@sscc.edu) to schedule an alternate audition date prior to December 5.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, directed by Rainee Angles, will be performed March 27 – 29. For more information about AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY available roles, and a rehearsal schedule, please visit www.sscctheatre.com.

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November 10, 2014 · 3:38 pm

GHCT Announces Auditions for SORDID LIVES

GHCT_logoAuditions for SORDID LIVES are scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014 and 7-9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 at The Creative Center at the Palace. Please be prepared to read from a script. The show is directed by Brett Sandlin. Email him at brettsandlin@cinci.rr.com with questions.

Synopsis: A black comedy about white trash! From the author of Daddy’s Dyin’ (Who’s Got the Will?), SORDID LIVES is the story of a colorful family from a small Texas town who must come to grips with the accidental death of the elderly family matriarch during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with her much younger, married neighbor. The woman’s family must deal with their own demons while preparing for what could be an embarrassing funeral.

Date: Sunday November 23 and Monday, November 24, 2014
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Location: The Creative Center at the Palace, 215 South Third Street, Hamilton, OH 45011

Roles: 6 men, 6 women

  • BITSY MAE HARLING – the guitar playing ex-con bar singer.
  • TY WILLIAMSON – 27, a handsome gay man on a journey.
  • SISSY HICKEY – mid 50s, the caretaker who picked the wrong day to quit smoking.
  • NOLETA NETHERCOTT – early 40s the angry overweight betrayed housewife.
  • LATRELLE WILLIAMSON – early 50s, Ty’s uptight, proper mother.
  • LA VONDA DUPREE – late 40s, Latrelle’s liberal-minded, worldly sister.
  • G.W. NETERCOTT – late 40s, the distraught legless Vietnam Vet.
  • WARDELL “BUBBA” OWENS – late 40s, the former gay-bashing remorseful bartender.
  • ODELL OWENS – mid 40s, Wardell’s worthless story-telling brother.
  • DR. EVE BOLINGER – late 40s, the over-sexed pill-popping, alcoholic therapist.
  • EARL “BROTHER BOY” INGRAM – late 40s, the Tammy Wynette obsessed transvestite.
  • REV. BARNES – the Southern Baptist preacher.

Please be prepared to read from the script. If auditioning for the role of Bitsy, please be prepared to play a short song on the guitar and sing a few bars.

Note, ages may shift slightly depending on actors/actresses and group dynamics.

Performance dates are Feb. 5-8.

For more information, contact the director (Brett Sandlin) at 513-518-3705 or brettsandlin@cinci.rr.com.

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November 10, 2014 · 3:25 pm

After School Programming Instructors Needed

MISC_Casting callAfter-school programming INSTRUCTORS NEEDED –Community Arts Initiatives
  • Cheer/dance coach and an assistant. Practices are Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 – 3:30pm. Middle School/High School age. Must be able to attend basketball games too.
  • Dance instructor. Wednesdays 2:30 – 3:30 & 3:30 – 4:30. Teach a variety of dance styles to elementary school age.
Positions begin January 6, 2015 and conclude in mid-May. Instructors are paid $50/hour. Assistants are paid $20/hour.
Please contact me if interested.
Thank you,
Debbie Hill
513-379-2108

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November 10, 2014 · 2:40 pm

Untethered’s ALL NEW PEOPLE Awarded 4 Star LCT Recommendation

Leah Strasser as Emma, Carter Bratton as Charlie, Nathan Neorr as Myron & Mindy Heithaus as Kim.

Leah Strasser as Emma, Carter Bratton as Charlie, Nathan Neorr as Myron & Mindy Heithaus as Kim.

Panelists for the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) have awarded Untethered Theatre’s production of ALL NEW PEOPLE a 4 star recommendation.

In ALL NEW PEOPLE, by Zach Braff, Charlie’s birthday first goes wrong when Emma stumbles in, disrupting his suicide attempt. Taking this as divine intervention, Emma demands that she, Myron – a firefighter with some interesting extra-curriculars – and the bubbly Kim throw Charlie a party to convince him to keep living. Throughout the course of the night, aided by flashbacks, the group learns that everyone is running from something, but in the end, life is what you make it.

Panelists called ALL NEW PEOPLE “humorous, highly paced and intriguing…funny and bittersweet”. They praised director Jared Doren: “he has the actors prepared and in synch…he gave them plenty of opportunies to stretch.” The entire ensemble was applauded for the “depth and believability” of their performances.

Untethered’s ALL NEW PEOPLE runs through November 30th. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.untetheredtheater.com.

Nominations for LCT awards will be determined and announced at the end of the season and winners awarded at the annual LCT party in the summer.The League of Cincinnati Theatres was founded in 1999 to strengthen, nurture and promote Cincinnati’s theatre community. LCT provides its member companies and individual members with education, resources and services to enhance the quality and exposure of the theatre community in Cincinnati and increase community awareness, attendance and involvement. More information about the League can be found at www.leagueofcincytheatres.info.

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November 10, 2014 · 12:04 pm

THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES Runs Nov. 14-23

FFL_House of Blue LeavesTHE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
Presented by Fairfield Footlighters
Nov. 14-23
Fairfield

Directed by James C. Davis

Cast: Chris Server as Artie Shaughnessy, Jackie Marshall as Bananas Shaughnessy, Cindy Miller as Bunny Flingus, Helen Mullen as Corrinna Stroller, Diane Minnich as Head Nun, Teresa Riestenberg as Nun #2, Spencer Berta as Ronnie Shaughnessy, Philip Wilder as Billy Einhorn, Michael Reardon as White Man & FG Anderson as MP/Policeman

Artie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zoo-keeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night, plying his wares at piano bars in Queens, New York where he lives with his wife, Bananas, much to the chagrin of Artie’s downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus, who’ll sleep with him anytime but refuses to cook until they are married. On the day the Pope is making his first visit to the city, Artie’s son Ronny goes AWOL from Fort Dix stowing a home made-bomb intended to blow up the Pope in Yankee Stadium. Also arriving are Artie’s old school chum, now a successful Hollywood producer, Billy Einhorn with starlet girlfriend in tow, who holds the key to Artie’s dreams of getting out of Queens and away from the life he so despises. But like many dreams, this promise of glory evaporates amid the chaos of ordinary lives.

  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 14-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 16 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 21-22 at 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 23 at 2pm

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