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CenterStage Players is pleased to announce auditions for their fall production of ROCK OF AGES.

Auditions will be held at the Dunham Arts Center (1945 Dunham Way – Cincinnati) on Sunday, April 7 from 1:00-5:00 PM and on Monday, April 8 from 6:30-9:30 PM. Callbacks (if needed) will be on Wednesday, April 10 beginning at 6:30 PM. All individuals auditioning must be 18 or older.

It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980’s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily glad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into realities. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherrie, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock-n-roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled strip into yet another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherrie, and the gang save the strip (and themselves) before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, and more hold the answer.

Roles Available (no roles have been pre-cast):

• Drew – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Lonny – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Sherrie – Female Identifying (Mezzo-soprano/Alto)
• Dennis Dupree – Male Identifying (Baritone)
• Justice Charlier – Female Identifying (Mezzo-soprano/Alto)
• Stacee Jaxx – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Hertz Klinnerman – Male Identifying (Baritone)
• Regina – Female Identifying (Mezzo-soprano/Alto)
• Franz Klinnerman – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• The Mayor – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Waitress #1 – Female Identifying (Alto)
• Constance Sack – Female Identifying (non-singing role)
• Ja’Keith – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Joey Primo – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Ensemble (6-8 people all genders and voice types)

Director: Allie Webber
Producer: Fred Hunt
Music Director: Kristi Heiner
Choreographer: Garrett Klaas

For auditions, please prepare 12-16 bars of an 80’s rock song or musical theatre song in the style of the show. Please NO songs from the actual show. An accompanist will be provided so please provide clearly marked sheet music. Bring comfortable clothes for a dance call during auditions as well as your current headshot and resume.

Rehearsals will begin on June 30 and the show plays for two weekends beginning September 6. Please reserve an audition spot by using the following link:
www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DA8AF29A1F85-48033269-rock#/

Walk-ins will be accepted provided there is an opening in the schedule. In the event you cannot make either audition date, video auditions will be accepted. Please follow the same guidelines (you will need a vocal audition video as well as a sample of your dance skills) and send your audition videos (along with your headshot and resume) to amwebber1993@gmail.com with the subject line ‘ROA AUDITION’. Deadline to submit video auditions is midnight on Sunday, April 7 (NO EXCEPTIONS!).