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January 3, 2024 · 6:33 pm

PRIVATE LIVES Runs Feb. 2-11

BCT_Private LivesPRIVATE LIVES
Beavercreek Community Theatre
Feb. 2-11
[Beavercreek]

Elyot and Amanda, once married and now honeymooning with new spouses at the same hotel, meet by chance, reignite the old spark and impulsively elope. After days of being reunited, they again find their fiery romance alternating between passions of love and anger. Their aggrieved spouses appear and a roundelay of affiliations ensues as the women first stick together, then apart, and new partnerships are formed.

  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 2-3 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 4 at 3pm
  • Fri-Sat. Feb. 9-10 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 11 at 3pm

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January 2, 2024 · 5:10 pm

Auditions Announced for DEAR WORLD at The Drama Workshop

TDW_VERTThe Drama Workshop, led by director Dennis Murphy and musical director Linda Abbott, will hold a second round of auditions for the musical DEAR WORLD on Monday, Jan 29. The auditions begin at 7 pm with doors opening at 6:30 for sign ups. Auditions will be held at the Glenmore Playhouse, 3716 Glenmore Ave. Cheviot, OH 45211. 

The production is still in need of 3 middle-aged men, and 1-2 younger men. There are also still roles available for women. One character is mute, playable by any gender. We’d like to cast someone for that role who knows ASL, but someone willing to learn would be good too!

DEAR WORLD has music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, famous for such musicals as Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage au Folles. Book is by Lawrence and Lee.

Based on a play called The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux, the plot follows the eccentric Countess Aurelia and her struggles against the straitlaced authority figures in her life. She and her cohort defend their Parisian neighborhood against scheming and corrupt developers. The forces of idealism, love, and poetry win over those of greed, materialism, and science.

Performances for DEAR WORLD will be May 3 thru 19, 2024.

An accompanist will be provided for auditions. Please bring sheet music in your key with cuts clearly marked.  Also bring a headshot and resume, and any conflicts February 1 through May 19, 2024.

Please use this link to sign up for an audition slot. http://tiny.cc/cegrvz

For questions please email the director at durfsworld@yahoo.com

ROLES AVAILABLE

Principals

(4 female; 2 male)

  • The Countess Aurelia – the Madwoman of Chaillot. Mezzo/Alto
  • Mme. Constance – the Madwoman of Passy. Mezzo Soprano
  • Mme. Gabrielle – the Madwoman of St. Sulpice. Soprano
  • The Sewerman – an elegant slob with superb manners,authority on underground Paris
  • Nina – a waitress at the Café Francis
  • Julian – a young assistant to the Presidents. Tenor

Supporting

  • The Sergeant – a Police Officer assigned to Chaillot, near the Seine
  • The Waiter at the Café Francis
  • The Mute – a young street urchin
  • President Number One – The International Substrate of Paris, Inc.
  • President Number Two – The International Substrate of Paris, Inc.
  • President Number Three – The International Substrate of Paris, Inc.
  • The Prospector – a Cassius-like cadaver of a man in an oversized raincoat

Produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals

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January 2, 2024 · 5:09 pm

2024-2025 Season Announced by Springboro Community Theatre

SCT_logoSpringboro Community Theatre is excited to announce 2024-2025 Season

First, we are happy to return to North Park Amphitheatre for our “under the stars” production of TREASURE ISLAND!
TREASURE ISLAND
Book and Lyrics by Jim Eiler
Music by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy
Auditions: June 10-12, 2024
Performance Dates: August 2-4 and 9-11, 2024
Robert Louis Stevenson’s thrilling tale of pirates, treasure maps, mutiny on the high seas and pieces of eight follows Jim Hawkins, an ordinary youth drawn into a dangerous race for buried treasure against the treacherous Long John Silver. As the Robert Louis Stevenson himself wrote, “If this don’t fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day.”

STAGE KISS
By Sarah Ruhl
Auditions: July 29-31, 2024
Performances: September 13-15 and 20-22, 2024

Art imitates Life. Life imitates Art. When two actors with a history are thrown together as romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama, they quickly lose touch with reality as the story onstage follows them offstage. Stage Kiss captures Sarah Ruhl’s singular voice; it is a charming tale about what happens when lovers share a stage kiss—or when actors share a real one.

LEGALLY BLONDE: The Musical
Book by Heather Hach
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe & Neil Benjamin
Audition Dates: September 16-18, 2024
Performance Dates: November 15-17 and 22-24, 2024

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

For our first youth theatre production of the 2024-2025 season, Springboro Community Theatre is proud to present “Failure: A Love Story” by Phillip Dawkins!

FAILURE: A Love Story
by Phillip Dawkins
Audition Dates: November 18-20, 2024
Performance Dates: January 3-5 and 10-12, 2025

By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead — expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head, disappearance, and finally consumption. Tuneful songs, and a whimsical chorus follow the story of Nelly, Jenny June, and Gerty as they live out their lives above the family clock repair shop near the Chicago River, before their time unexpectedly runs out. A magical, musical fable where, in the end, the power of love is far greater than any individual’s successes or failures.

ASSASSINS
Book by John Weidman, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Audition Dates: January 6-8, 2025
Performance Dates: February 28-March 2 and March 7-9, 2025

ASSASSINS lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical “revusical” that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.

Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express
By Agatha Christie & Ken Ludwig
Audition Dates: March 3-5, 2025
Performance Dates: April 25-27 and May 2-4, 2025

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.

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January 2, 2024 · 5:08 pm

Cast Announced for ANNIE at Stage Right Musical Theatre Company

SRMTC_AnnieBlending the talent of the region together

Williamstown, KY – Stage Right Musical Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the cast for their upcoming production of “Annie the Musical” running January 26 – February 4 at the Williamstown Performing Arts Center.

“Stage Right is always excited to bring talented artists into Grant County,” Artistic Director John Siedenberg II says of the casting, “we are even more thrilled to mix local actors into the mix too. We have actors from all over the region and beyond coming together to bring this classic musical comedy to life in a new and exciting way.”

The company of Annie stars Adalynn Coleman as the titular redhead, with Joshua Van Nort as Oliver Warbucks. Annie Schneider, Mary Vosseberg, Trey Finkenstead, Cassidy Perme fill the respective roles of Grace, Miss Hannigan, Rooster, and Lily St. Regis. The ensemble consists of Scout Grass, Jackson Greene, Madisyn Kelley, Mckinley Grace Lustenberg, Kelli Philips, Heather Mizer, Ivy Mizer, Leighton Holladay, Donald George Huening, Kimmie Anne Thierauf, Brett Price, and Rachel Gardner.

The orphans of Annie will be played by Catherine Bergstrom, Lilian Crowe, Echo Mizer, Jaclyn Crousey, Natalie Miller, Maggie Zink, Elaine Becker, Sky Drawdy, Kendyl Nickell, and Evelyn Heubach.

The production is helmed by John Siedenberg II, with stage management by Shannon Eaton, Music direction by Kristi Hiner, Choreography by Shelby Coleman, costume designs by Emily Carroll, and production design by John Siedenberg Sr.

The presenting sponsor of this production is the Grant County Tourism & Convention Commission.

“The Sun’ll come out…tomorrow! The classic hit musical Annie comes to brilliant life this winter. Everyone’s favorite redhead charms everyone she meets in 1930s New York City. Dropped on the doorstep of an orphanage years ago, Annie longs to meet her true parents while escaping the wrath of orphanage owner Miss Hannigan. When the gruff billionaire Oliver Warbucks invites Annie to join him for Christmas, her dreams of family come to life in unexpected ways, befriending President Franklin D Roosevelt, foiling Miss Hannigan, and finding home in unexpected places. Annie the Musical is the perfect musical for the entire family.”

Annie performances will be as follows:

  • January 26 and February 2, 3 at 7:30
  • January 27 at 3:30
  • January 28 & February 4 at 2:30

Tickets are on sale now at www.StageRightMTC.org

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January 2, 2024 · 5:07 pm

BY THE BOG OF CATS Runs Feb. 2-11

WSU_Bythe Bog of CatsBY THE BOG OF CATS
Wright State University
Feb. 2-11
Festival Playhouse [Dayton]

Directed by Gina Handy Minyard, artistic director, Magnolia Theatre Company

By the Bog of Cats is a furious, uncompromising tale of greed, betrayal, murder, and profound self-sacrifice. Loosely based on Euripides’ tragedy Medea and set on the bleak, ghostly Irish landscape of the Bog of Cats, this provocative drama discloses one woman’s courageous attempts to lay claim to that which is hers—as her world is torn in two.

  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 2-3 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 4 at 2pm
  • Fri, Feb. 9 at 8pm
  • Sat, Feb. 10 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 11 at 2pm

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