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September 28, 2021 · 9:45 am

Auditions Announced for RIPCORD at Mariemont Players

MPI_logo 2020The Mariemont Players and director Becky Collins are happy to announce auditions for the March 2022 production of RIPCORD.

Audition Information​

Dates

  • Thursday, October 7th, 7 pm – 9pm
  • Sunday, October 10th, 1pm – 3pm

Location

  • Mariemont Players, Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227

Auditions will consist of cold reads from the script. For advance copies of the sides please contact director Becky Collins at beckykcollins@gmail.com.

The director will also accept video auditions of a prepared comedic monologue, submitted by October 10th. To submit a video audition please email the video to the director and include your name, preferred roles, and contact information.​

Performance Dates

  • March 11 – 27, 2022

Vaccination Policy

Please note: The Mariemont Players requires all actors to be fully vaccinated before attending auditions, rehearsals, and performances. All production crew members must also be fully vaccinated before joining a production.

Synopsis

For 4 years, irritable and sarcastic Abby Binder has kept a room to herself at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, through sheer force of her rude personality. Nursing disappointment at the direction her life has taken, she has no room for distraction. When bubbly, bright, and unbearably cheerful Marilyn Dunne is placed in her room, Abby tries her usual tricks, but fails to scare her annoying new roommate away. Abby resorts to new tricks taking place in haunted houses, sky dives, Craigslist, and the local park. Ripcord is an enemies-to-friends story.

Set in contemporary New Jersey (accent not required), we are aspiring to cast a diverse and representative group of actors. Previous acting experience is not required. Please contact Becky Collins with any accommodation requests or questions.​

Characters

  • Abby Binder: She/her, 60-90+
    Abby is a blunt, no-nonsense, stern resident at Bristol Place Senior Living; she uses her biting humor to prohibit people from getting close to her; her past has left her with a simmering bitterness; roommates with Marilyn; wants the room to herself and will get it by any means necessary.
  • Marilyn Dunne: She/her, 60-90+
    Abby’s chipper, chatterbox roommate at Bristol Place Senior Living; a warm and pleasant personality who always means the best; her strength lies in her ability to always keep her chipper cool, even in extreme situations; ultimately, she is looking for a friend.
  • Benjamin/Lewis/Clown: He/his, 30-49
    Benjamin: The estranged son of Abby; reclusive and shy; rough around the edges; a former addict who has relapsed many times; he is trying to make a better life and comes to make amends with his mother. Lewis: Marilyn’s son, who is also a skydiving instructor; knowledgeable and lively. Clown: An actor in a haunted house who plays an evil clown that tries to steal and eat a baby.
  • Scotty: He/his, 20-39
    A bright, dedicated, and committed resident aide at Bristol Place Senior Living; an aspiring actor; he is trying to do his job to the best of his ability, but he will not shy away from putting their foot down with Marilyn when needed.
  • Colleen/Woman in White: She/her, 30-49
    Colleen: The bright, sunny, lighthearted, perky, quirky, and caring daughter of Marilyn and wife of Derek; high-energy like her mother, but with more fierceness; will go to extreme lengths to help her mother win the room and to gain a friend. Woman in White: An actress in a haunted house who is trying to save her baby from the Clown.
  • Derek/Zombie Butler/Masked Man: He/his, 30-49
    Derek: Colleen’s other half, literally and figuratively; more realistic and reserved than his wife; always cautious and worried. Zombie Butler: An actor who is leading the haunted house tour. Also plays Masked Man.

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September 27, 2021 · 1:37 pm

Auditions Announced for THE WIZ JR at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati

TCTC_new logoBe a part of the magic and take a leap into the spotlight for TCT’s production of The Wiz JR.

This audition is open to all people, ages, and talents!

Whether you see yourself as a beginner who only sings in the shower and dances in the kitchen, or you’ve performed with us before, everyone is welcome on our stage. We want you to show us what you’ve got for a chance to be a part of TCT’s modern telling of this classic story we all know and love.

Deadline to submit is Oct. 8th.

Click here to Submit Your Audition

Work with a Broadway Director! Directed by Zhailon Levingston
Straight from Broadway’s Chicken & Biscuits, Hadestown, and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

THE WIZ JR.
Book: William F. Brown
Music & Lyrics: Charlie Smalls
Additional Material: Tina Tippit
Adaptation: Deondra Kamau Means
Directed by: Zhailon Levingston
Choreographed by: Ayodele Casel, Torya Beard & Amanda Castro

A beloved Broadway gem, THE WIZ infuses L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with a dazzling mix of rock, gospel and soul music. This timeless tale of Dorothy’s adventures through the Land of Oz is a fun, family-friendly, and modern musical.

Rehearsals: February 28 – March 26, 2022

Tech in the Taft Theatre: March 30-April 1, 2022
(Daytime/Evening)

Performances: April 2-11, 2022

Morning and Afternoon performances during school days. Morning, afternoon and evening performances Friday-Sunday.

  • AUNT EM: Female Identifying, Dorothy’s Aunt. Life has not been easy for her and promises little else. Harsh towards Dorothy at times, but acts out of love.
  • DOROTHY: Female Identifying, Bright eyed and alive as can be. Would rather remain a child as long as possible instead of accepting the responsibilities of adulthood.
  • UNCLE HENRY: Male Identifying, Dorothy’s Uncle. Physically run-down from years of hard work on the farm. Often acts as the voice of reason towards Aunt Em.
  • ADDAPERLE: Any gender identity, any age, Good Witch of the North. Has magic powers they refer to as “doing tricks.” Their magical abilities don’t always pan out as well as they would like them to.
  • SCARECROW: Any gender identity, any age, Tired of being a scarecrow and the prospect of not going anywhere. Embarks on the journey to see The Wiz in hopes they can provide a brain.
  • TIN MAN: Any gender identity, any age,  Human at one time. Lost all their limbs to a cursed axe. Joins in the journey in hopes the Wiz will provide them a heart because “it isn’t enough to be good looking.”
  • LION: Any gender identity, any age, Travels around the jungle scaring people, but has “a yellow streak a mile wide.” Coward state stems from deeper mother issues and gets. Joins in the journey to see the wiz to gain some courage.
  • THE WIZ: Any gender identity, any age, All-powerful leader over the land of Oz. Hides their true nature behind the façade of a temperamental leader. Their true identity is an enigma.
  • EVILLENE: Any gender identity, any age, Wicked Witch of the West. Low-down evil. Not a kind bone in their body nor kind thought in their rotten mind.
  • GLINDA: Any gender identity, any age, Good Witch of the South. Prettiest of all the witches. Very wise in the way of show-business.
  • ENSEMBLE: A group of Adults, Teens, and children to play a wide variety of characters and features including munchkins, Citizens of Oz, Gatekeeper, Lord High Underling, Winged Monkeys and understudy principal roles.  Seeking extremely strong and versatile Dancer, Singer, Actors. Tumbling and tap ability a HUGE plus

Click here to submit your audition.

THE WIZ Adapted from “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” By L. Frank Baum. Book by William F. Brown. Additional Material by Tina Tippit. Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls. Copyright 1975, 1979, 2006, 2010.

This Sixty-Minute Version of THE WIZ JR. was developed by The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Deondra Kamau Means, Resident Artist.

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September 20, 2021 · 1:39 pm

Auditions Announced for WELL at Falcon Theatre

FT_logoFalcon is excited to be able to resume in-person auditions this season! We will be following all CDC guidelines for safety.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • Use Falcon’s online Audition Form to submit your information prior to auditions (see below)
  • Must submit a digital version of your resume (PDF Preferred)
  • Headshots must be PDF, or JPEG format
  • NOTE: Due to current COVID-19 safety precautions, all actors are required to be fully vaccinated

WELL by Lisa Kron
Directed by Burgess Byrd

Audition Details:

  • Auditions will be held in person on October 4th and 5th from 6:30-8:30 PM. Actors only need attend one of the 2 audition days. All actors are requested to submit an audition form prior to attending auditions. Click the link below to register for auditions.
  • Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
  • Questions, contact director Burgess Byrd: burgessbyrd72@gmail.com

Character Descriptions:

  • Lisa – 30s or 40s – New York Performance Artist
  • Ann – Lisa’s Mother
  • Ensemble – (1 white man, 1 black man, 1 white woman, 1 black woman – ages flexible). These actors play all the other roles in the play (and play within the play).

Production dates: Nov. 19-Dec. 4

Click here to sign-up for the WELL Audition

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September 20, 2021 · 11:13 am

Auditions Announced for YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU at Village Players

vp_logoVillage Players of Fort Thomas announces open auditions for YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

  • Sunday, Oct. 17, 2 pm
  • Monday, Oct. 18, 7 pm.

Directed by Greg Hatfield
Produced by Angela Klocke Forbes and Peggy Kenney

The Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy is returning to Village Players! The Vanderhof household, headed by Martin Vanderhof, and filled with family and friends, is a busy one. Everyone is coming and going and doing what they please. But when Martin’s granddaughter becomes engaged to her successful boss’s son, and his parents have to meet the Vanderhof family, let’s just say they might not share the same ideals.

AUDITION LOCATION:
Village Players
8 North Ft. Thomas Avenue
Ft. Thomas, KY 41075

AUDITION DETAILS:

  • Resume and head shot appreciated, but not required.
  • Cold readings from the script.
  • Be prepared to list all conflicts between Jan. 9 and March 5.
  • Masks will be required to enter the building and must be worn in waiting areas until called. Masks may be removed during the actual audition process, which will take place in another room.

Rehearsals will begin the week of January 9.
Performances are February 25-27 and March 3-5.

AVAILABLE ROLES:

  • Penny Sycamore: 40s-50s. The daughter of Martin Vanderhof, mother of Essie and Alice, and wife of Paul. She wants to do it all: playwright, painter, sculptor, but can’t seem to focus on just one thing.
  • Essie: late 20’s – early 30s. Daughter of Penny and Paul, granddaughter of Martin. She wants to be a dancer, but she’s not very good inspite of taking lessons from Boris Kolenkhov.
  • Rheba: 30s. The household maid. She understands the family.
  • Paul Sycamore: late 40s-mid 50s. He loves to make fireworks and gets excited about them. He has a quiet charm among the other characters.
  • Mr. De Pinna: 40s-50s. He was delivering ice to the home and just decided to stay. He fits right in.
  • Ed: late 20s-early 30s. Essie’s husband who love his printing press and the xylophone.
  • Donald: 30s. Rheba’s boyfriend whose makes himself right at home at the Vanderhofs.
  • Martin (Grandpa) Vanderhof: 60+. The patriarch. He’s very kind and tolerant of anything anybody wants to try to do. He’s very unassuming and his attitude and manner are that of a wise man.
  • Alice: early 20s. Penny and Paul’s daughter who works outside the house and knows the real world.
  • Tony Kirby: mid 20s-early 30s. Personable young man, who is in love with Alice. The boss’s son, he nevertheless has a need for something more and sees something in the way the Vanderhofs live their lives.
  • Boris Kolenkhov: late 40s-mid 50s. A Russian dance teacher, who is big and demonstrative.
  • Mr. Kirby: 50s. Tony’s father, a successful businessman who wants his son to take over the business. He is very disapproving of Tony’s engagement and the Vanderhofs in particular. The Kirbys represent the high society folks of the time.
  • Mrs. Kirby: 50s. Tony’s mother who shares her husband’s views, maybe even more so. What we would call the stuffy matron part.
  • Gay Wellington: 40s. Once a big star, alcohol has made her age well beyond her years.
  • Olga: 40s. Former Russian Countess now working in a restaurant following the Revolution. Big and brassy.
  • Henderson: 30s-40s: IRS man, trying to get to the bottom of Martin’s tax problems. (May be doubled as one of the G-Men.)
  • 3 G-“Men” (FBI agents): Any age/gender. Three G-men burst in, getting the terrorists and bomb-makers that are the Vanderhofs.

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September 20, 2021 · 9:53 am

Auditions Announced for DRINKING HABITS at Sunset Players

SSP_logoOpen auditions for Sunset Players’ production of DRINKING HABITS by Tom Smith, directed by Dan Hawkins, to be held:

  • Sunday, October 10th at 7pm
  • Monday, October 11th at 7pm
  • Wed, October 13th at 7pm

Several roles are still open. Please see us at Wednesday, October 13th at 7 PM at The Arts Center at Dunham, 1945 Dunham Way, Cincinnati, OH 45238. Or email Dan Hawkins at danhawkins66@gmail.com for other arrangements.

The Arts Center at Dunham, 1945 Dunham Way, Cincinnati, OH 45238.

Performance dates are Feb 18, 19, 25, 26, 27 and March 3, 4 and 5, 2022
All shows are at 8PM, except Thursday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 3 PM
Read through or two in December. Rehearsals begin early January.

Synopsis
Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent’s doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancées, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.

Characters

The cast of eight consists of three men and five women.

The age range listed with the characters is a suggested age range. It does not mean that the actor must be within that age range.

  • Sister Philamena (F) – Age range: any. One of the three nuns who live at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing convent. Has secretly been making wine for several years with Sister Augusta in order to keep the convent open. Both Sister Philamena and Sister Augusta are devout and are dedicated to their calling. They are also joyful and humorous.
  • Sister Augusta (F) – Age range: any. One of the three nuns who live at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing convent. Has secretly been making wine for several years with Sister Philamena in order to keep the convent open. Both Sister Philamena and Sister Augusta are devout and are dedicated to their calling. They are also joyful and humorous.
  • George (M) – Age range: 20s to early 40s. Caretaker and gardener at the convent. George isn’t dumb but he isn’t the brightest person either.
  • Mother Superior (F) – Age range: 40s to early 60s. Has been in charge of the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing for many years. Hates alcohol, especially wine. Somewhat wily.
  • Paul (M) – Age: Plays 24. Newspaper reporter. Co-worker and former fiancé of Sally. Paul is an orphan. He’s a good writer, but his conscience sometimes gets in the way of his reporting. Actor must be willing to wear a nun’s habit
  • Sally (F) – Age range: 20s to 30s. Award-winning newspaper reporter. Used to be engaged to Paul. Left him standing at the altar on their wedding day to cover and important story. Quick witted and sometimes sharp tongued.
  • Sister Mary Catherine (F) – Age: Plays 24. A novice nun sent to the convent to finish her training. Meek and timid.
  • Father Chenille (M) – Age range: 40s to 60s. Priest of the local parish that the convent is next to. Patient, understanding, and a little clumsy.

Auditions will involve cold readings from the script. A head shot will be appreciated, but not required. Rehearsals begin in December.

If you cannot make the audition dates and are interested in a role, contact Dan Hawkins at danhawkins66@gmail.com to schedule an alternate audition.

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