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Auditions Announced for DAMN YANKEES, BLITHE SPIRIT and THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at Warsaw Federal Incline Theater

WFIT_Sign at nightSat, Jan. 7 from 1-5pm & Sun, Jan. 8 from 4:30-8:30pm
Callbacks are Mon, Jan. 9 from 6-10:30pm

Warsaw Federal Incline Theater – 801 Matson Place, Cincinnati, OH  45204 (East Price Hill).

If you’d like the audition forms sent to you in advance, email Jennifer Perrino at jenniferperrino@covedalecenter.com.    

For the musicals, DAMN YANKEES and THE DROWSY CHAPERONE:

  • Please prepare 24-32 bars of a classic musical theatre song (30 seconds – 1 minute) that best demonstrates your voice.
  • Bring sheet music in the correct key.
  • Please dress appropriately for a dance audition.
  • A theater jazz dance combination will be taught at the initial audition.  Please note: You WILL NOT need to do the dance audition if you are auditioning for a non-dancing role.
  • Must be a minimum of 17 years of age to audition.
  • Must have a resume listing theatrical experience in order to audition.
  • A headshot/picture is appreciated.

For the play, BLITHE SPIRIT:

  • Prepare a 30-60 second comedic, British Monologue.
  • Must be a minimum of 17 years of age to audition.
  • Must have a resume listing theatrical experience in order to audition.
  • A headshot/picture is appreciated.

Please bring ONE COPY of your resume (and headshot if available) for EACH production you are auditioning for.

For the Callbacks on January 9th:

  • 6-7:30pm Callbacks for DAMN YANKEES include singing and reading from the script.
  • 7:30-9pm Callbacks for THE DROWSY CHAPERONE include singing and reading from the script.
  • 9-10:30pm Callbacks for BLITHE SPIRIT include reading from the script.

Cast members do not have to be the actual ages of the characters in any of the productions, butut must be able to look age appropriate and act accordingly.

No more than two conflicts will be accepted during the rehearsal process for each production.  All roles are paid positions.  No roles have been precast.

DAMN YANKEES
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler
Book by Douglass Walop and George Abbott
Based on the novel The Year The Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop

Directed by Matt Wilson
Music dircection by Steve Goers
Choreography by Kate Stark

Rehearsals begin Sun, April 9, 2017
Performance dates: May 24-June 18, 2017

Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd trades his soul to the Devil, for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. Transformed into young baseball sensation Joe Hardy, he leads the hapless Washington Senators to the final game for the pennant, only to realize the true worth of the life he’s left behind. Light, fast-paced and devilishly clever, Damn Yankees is a home-run hit featuring all-American subject matter and an irreverent sense of humor. Featuring classic songs like “Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets!)”, “You Gotta Have Heart” and “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO.”, Damn Yankees is a wicked, romantic comedy – winner of 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical!

BLITHE SPIRIT
Book by Noel Coward

Directed by Bob Bruner

Rehearsals beging Tue, May 30, 2017
Performance dates: June 28-July 23, 2017

The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when she calls up the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira! Elvira then hilariously haunts Charles’s marriage second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost! As things go wildly out of control, Charles will do anything to restore order in this world – and the next!  The 2009 Broadway production won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play – and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress: Angela Lansbury! 

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin AND Don McKellar

Directed and choreographed by Angela Kahle
Music directed by John Slate

Rehearsals begin Tue, June 27, 2017
Performance dates: Aug. 2-27, 2017

The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz age musical featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. The show comes to life on stage as the man guides the audience through crazy plot and characters: two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not so bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone – all mixed up in an evening of madcap delight.  Featuring great songs like “I Don’t Wanna Show Off”, “Cold Feets” and “As we Stumble Along”, The Drowsy Chaperone is the winner of 5 Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score.

For more information on auditions, contact us at 513.241.6550.  Check us out on the web at  www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.

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A GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Runs Jan. 3-8

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National Touring Company. Kristen Beth Williams as Sibella Hallward & Kevin Massey as Monty Navarro in a scene from A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER. Photo by Joan Marcus.

A GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Broadway in Cincinnati
Jan. 3-8
Aronoff Center [Downtown]

Gentleman’s Guide tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession, by any means necessary. All the while, he’s got to juggle his mistress (she’s after more than just love), his fiancée (she’s his cousin but who’s keeping track?), and the constant threat of landing behind bars! Of course, it will all be worth it if he can slay his way to his inheritance… and be done in time for tea. The Hollywood Reporter raves, “Gentleman’s Guide restores our faith in musical comedy” and The New York Times cheers, “it will lift the hearts of all those who’ve been pining for what seems like a lost art form.” Kindly get your tickets now for the new musical that will have you dying with laughter!

  • Tue-Thu, Jan. 3-5 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, Jan. 6 at 8pm
  • Sat, Jan. 7 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 8 at 1pm & 6:30pm

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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Runs Dec. 15-18

PrintIT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Cinematic Plays Theatre Company
Dec. 15-18
West Chester Activity Center

A radio play where actors, musicians and sound-effects artists fill the stage, and act out the classic holiday story as it would have been presented in the golden age of radio.

  • Thu, Dec. 15 at 7pm
  • Fri, Dec. 16 at 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 18 at 3:30pm

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A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Runs Dec. 15-18

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A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Sinclair Community College Theatre
Dec. 15-18
Blair Hall Theatre [Dayton]

Directed by Gina Kleesattel
Music Directed by Katherine Frauman

Back by popular demand, this holiday show is becoming a sell out family tradition at Sinclair! First shown as an animated TV special based on Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts characters, this faithful adaptation brings Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang LIVE ON STAGE. This colorful 40-minute production offers a perfect introduction for young children to LIVE theatre. All patrons, regardless of age must have a ticket, including infants.

  • Thu, Dec. 15 at 12pm
  • Fri, Dec. 16 at 12pm & 7pm
  • Sat, Dec. 17 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Sun, Dec. 18 at 2pm & 4pm

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EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME!) Runs Dec. 14-31

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Justin McCombs, Sara Clark & Billy Chance.

EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME!)
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Dec. 14-31
Downtown

CSC’s holiday smash hit Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) is back! What begins as another annual production of A Christmas Carol, soon devolves into a slightly irreverent look at all of our favorite “Beloved Holiday Classics” including It’s a Wonderful Life, Frosty, Rudolph, Charlie Brown and more! Three actors (with the help of Santa) send up everything from Dickens to Dr. Seuss in 90 minutes of high octane jollity and frivolity.

  • Wed-Fri, Dec. 14-16 at 7:30pm
  • Sat-Sun, Dec. 17-18 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Tue-Fri, Dec. 20-23 at 7:30pm
  • Tue-Fri, Dec. 27-30 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Dec. 31 at 2pm  & 7:30pm

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