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Cast Announced for FIRST DATE at Stage Left

SL_logoStage Left, Miami University’s musical theater organization has announced the cast for their spring musical, FIRST DATE.

  • Chris LaMendola as Aaron
  • Paige Galberg as Casey
  • Emily Olson as Woman 1
  • Micki Smolenski as Woman 2
  • Jake O’Brien as Man 1
  • Thomas Gillotti as Man 2
  • Al Oliver III as Man 3

Performances run April 26-28.

For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/mustageleft/

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Auditions Announced for GREASE at Footlighters Inc.

fli_logoAuditions for GREASE at Footlighters
Footlighters is proud to announce auditions for the first show of the “Seeing Stars” Footlighters 2018-2019 Theatre season, GREASE!

Directed by Arlene Borock-Balczo
Produced by Jim Curtis and Amie Marmer
Vocal Director: Alan Masters
Stage Manager: Janet Wisner
Choreographer: Amanda Emmons Shumate

SIGN UP FOR YOUR AUDITION TIME BY VISITING THIS LINK: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0448aeae2babfc1-auditions

Show Runs September 20, 2018 – October 6, 2018

Here is Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head “greaser” Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their “Summer Nights” as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as “Greased Lightnin’,” “It’s Raining on Prom Night,” “Alone at the Drive-In Movie” recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. An eight-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals, along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world’s most popular musicals.

Tuesday, March 20 – 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 22 – 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
If needed, callbacks will be held on Saturday, March 24 – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

SIGN UP FOR YOUR AUDITION TIME BY VISITING THIS LINK: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0448aeae2babfc1-auditions

Stained Glass Theatre
802 York Street
Newport, KY 41071

For additional information, please contact Arlene Borock-Balczo at arleneborock@gmail.com

Please prepare a full song (5 minute maximum) that will showcase your vocal range and acting ability. An accompanist will be provided. Callbacks will consist of cold readings from the script and a dance combination.

We welcome anyone between the ages of 16 to mid-30s to audition for the high school roles. No roles have been precast.

DANNY ZUKO: Male (Range: tenor, D4–B5)
The leader of the Burger Palace Boys; good-looking, strong and confident, with an air of easy-going charm

SANDY DUMBROWSKI: Female (Range: Soprano, A3–F#5)
New girl in town; sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, and innocent

BETTY RIZZO: Female (Range:Alto A3–C5)
Leader of the Pink Ladies; tough, sarcastic and outspoken but vulnerable

FRENCHY: Female (Range: Alto, A3–D5)
A dreamer; good-natured but not too smart, she is heavily made up, fussy about her appearance, particularly her hair. She can’t wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician

MARTY: Female (Range Alto, C4–C5)
The ‘beauty’ of the Pink Ladies; pretty and looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. She tries to act sophisticated.

JAN: Female (Range: Alto, A3-C5)
Funny, loud, compulsive eater and awkward member of the Pink Ladies. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys

DOODY: Male (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)
The youngest of the guys; small, boyish and open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude towards the other guys. He also plays the guitar.

KENICKIE: Male (Range: Tenor, C4–F5)
The second in command of the Burger Palace Boys; tough-looking, tattooed, surly and avoids any show of softness. He has an offbeat sense of humor.

SONNY LATIERRI: Male (Range: baritone, G3–A5)
A member of the Burger Palace Boys; funny Italian-American, he is a braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he’s a real lady-killer

ROGER: Male (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)
The anything-for-a-laugh stocky type of boy; a clown who enjoys winding people up, he is full of mischief and is always dreaming up half-baked schemes and ideas

VINCE FONTAINE: Male (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
A typical ‘teen audience’ disc jockey; slick, egotistical and fast-talking. He is also a veteran ‘Greaser.’

CHA-CHA, aka CHARLENE DIGREGORIO: Female (Range: Alto, C4–C5)
The best dancer at St. Bernadette’s; a loud mouth, she wins the dancing competition with Danny.

EUGENE FLORCZYK: Male (Range: Tenor, A3–E5)
The class valedictorian; physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. He’s a typical ‘apple-polisher’ – both smug and pompous, but gullible.

JOHNNY CASINO: Male (Range:Tenor, G4-E5)
All-American, rock-star “greaser” student at Rydell High, whose real name is Clarence

MISS LYNCH: Female (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
A no-nonsense, serious, loud, English teacher

PATTY SIMCOX: Female sure-of-herself, but can be given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. She’s a bit of a pain and unpopular with the Pink Ladies, and can twirl a baton.

TEEN ANGEL: Male (Range: Tenor, E4–F5)
Frenchy’s suave and slick guardian angel, who encourages her to stay in school.

THE PINK LADIES: Ensemble(SATB)
The club-jacketed, gum-chewing, hip-swinging girls’ gang who hang around with the Burger Palace Boys.

THE BURGER PALACE BOYS: Ensemble (SATB)
A super-cool, DA-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers… or so they think.

Radio Voice: Male, Age Flexible (Rage: Tenor, A3–C5)
A Radio Voice

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Auditions Announced for BAKERSFIELD MIST at Dayton Theatre Guild

DTGOpen audition notice for BAKERSFIELD MIST by Stephen Sachs

Auditions will be held Mon & Tue, Mar 19 & 20, 2018, starting at 7pm both nights.
Production dates: May 11-27, 2018

The Dayton Theatre Guild at the Caryl D. Philip TheatreScape
430 Wayne Ave, Dayton OH, 45410
937-278-5993 — www.daytontheatreguild.org

Directed by Doug Lloyd
Produced by Rick Flynn

Maude Gutman, an unemployed bartender, lives in a trailer park and has purchased a painting for $3.00 at a thrift store that she believes to be an unknown painting by the great Jackson Pollock. She hires an art expert to verify the painting. Lionel Percy, a stuffy New York arts expert and a self-described connoisseur, goes to Bakersfield, California, to render his verdict as to whether Maude has a Pollock or a fake. This smash-hit comedy premiered in London in 2016 and has already had several productions across the United States.

Casting Requirements:

  • Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
  • A résumé and headshot are not required but are appreciated.
  • Please provide a list of all known conflicts between Mar 21 and May 27, 2018 

Character specs will be provided when available.
Audition requirements may be subject to revision or addition in the next several weeks.
Please check the Facebook event for future updates.

The show runs weekends May 11-27, 2018
First Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
Second & Third Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 5pm, Sunday 3pm

*Children under seven will not be admitted

Individual tickets on sale now

Adult: $19
Senior (60 or older): $17
Student: $12
Special pricing for groups of 10 or more, call the Box Office at 937-278-5993 for pricing
– http://www.daytontheatreguild.org/ click on “Tickets” link
– or call 937-278-5993
– or at the box office day of the show

* All individual tickets purchased in advance via our on-line ticket system or by telephone will also include a $1 convenience fee.

For more information, including auditions, see http://www.daytontheatreguild.org/

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Auditions Announced for SEUSSICAL The Musical at Bart’s Bards

BB_logoBart’s Bards and Director Maddy Fessler are excited to announce auditions for their 2018 summer show, “Seussical The Musical”! The show will run June 21st – June 24th. No roles have been precast! Looking for anyone with a love for theatre ages 6-96

Auditions will take place Saturday, March 17th from 1:00-4:00 and March 19th from 6:30-9:00 at John Paul II Catholic School, 9375 Winton Road, Cincinnati, OH 45231

Please prepare 16-32 bars of a Broadway song NOT from SEUSSICAL. An accompanist will be present, but feel free to bring accompaniment tracks if that is preferred. There will be a Choreo audition following three groups of audition time slots. Please wear appropriate clothing and shoes (no open toed shoes).

Sign up for an audition slot here:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0e4eaba92ba4fd0-seussical
**Walk ins are welcome, but people who signed up in advance will be taken first**

If you have participated in a Bart’s Bards show before and wish to be in the ENSEMBLE ONLY (not be considered for speaking roles) for Seussical The Musical, you do not need to audition. Please contact bartsbardsseussical@gmail.com to be put into the ENSEMBLE.

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CHICAGO Runs March 20-25

BIC_Terra C MacLeod as Velma Kelly and Merry Murderesses Credit Paul Kolnik

Terra C MacLeod as Velma Kelly and Merry Murderesses. Photo credit Paul Kolnik.

CHICAGO
Broadway in Cincinnati
March 20-25
Aronoff Center P&G Hall [Downtown]

Set in the legendary city during the roaring “jazz hot” 20s, Chicago tells the story of two rival vaudevillian murderesses locked up in Cook County Jail. Nightclub star Velma’s serving time for killing her husband and sister after finding the two in bed together. Driven chorus girl Roxie’s been tossed in the joint for bumping off the lover she’s been cheating on her husband with. Not one to rest on her laurels, Velma enlists the help of prison matron Mama Morton and slickster lawyer Billy Flynn, who turn Velma’s incarceration into a murder-of-the-week media frenzy, thus preparing the world for a splashy showbiz comeback. But Roxie’s got some of her own tricks up her sleeve…

  • Tue-Thu, March 20-22 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 23 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 24 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, March 25 at 1pm & 6:30pm

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