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July 17, 2019 · 9:18 am

Auditions Announced for MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET and HAND TO GOD at Cincinnati Landmark Productions

CLPCincinnati Landmark Productions to hold auditions for MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET as part of the Covedale Center’s Marquee Season and HAND TO GOD as part of the Incline Theater’s District Series Season.

Saturday, August 17th Noon-4:30pm
Sunday, August 18th 6:30-9:30pm

Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
801 Matson Pl, Cincinnati 45204

Callback for HAND TO GOD are Monday, August 19th from 6-8pm

Callback for MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET are Tuesday, August 20th from 6-8pm

Please note: Everyone will not have to attend callbacks – you will be asked to attend (and expected to attend if asked). However, not being asked to callbacks doesn’t mean you won’t be cast.

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

For HAND TO GOD

  • You will read from the script
  • Must be a minimum of 18 years of age to audition.

For MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET the Musical

  • Please prepare 16 – 32 bars of a song that best demonstrates your vocal ability, musical theatre style.
  • You may be tested for dance ability for a role that moves
  • You may read from the script.
  • Must be a minimum of 16 years of age to audition.
  • The role of Susan will be played by a child – Actor can be 7-11 years of age, but must look young 6-8 years of age).

For Both shows Adults MUST HAVE A RESUME listing theatrical experience in order to audition. A headshot/picture is appreciated. Please bring a headshot and resume for each show you are auditioning for, e.g. 2 shows =2 headshots and resumes; 3 shows =3 headshots etc.

No more than 2 conflicts will be accepted during the rehearsal process for each of these productions.

All roles are paid positions. No Roles have been precast.

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

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET the Musical
Book by Meredith Willson; Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Based on the 20th Century Fox film, with story by Valentine Davies and screenplay by George Seaton
Dec, 5 – Dec. 29, 2019 at the Covedale Center

A holiday classic from Meredith Willson, the writer of the musical classic, The Music Man! Single mother, Doris Walker, doesn’t want her six-year-old Susan’s head filled with romantic notions. Their neighbor, Fred Gailey, tries to woo Doris by taking Susan to see Santa Claus at Macy’s, where Doris works. Doris is not impressed, but when it turns out that Macy’s Santa may, in fact, be the real Kris Kringle, a wave of love spreads across New York City that melts even the most cynical hearts. Filled with humor, spectacle and such beloved songs as “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” “Pinecones and Hollyberries,” and “My State, My Kansas,” this joyous, heartwarming musical is pure family entertainment for the holidays!

Tim Perrino, Director; Greg Dastillung, Music Director; Karie-Lee Sutherland, Choreographer, Angelica Ortiz, Stage Manager

HAND TO GOD
By Robert Askins
January 23 – Feb. 9, 2020 at the Incline Theater

After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationship with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and – most especially – his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. HAND TO GOD explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, mortality, and the ties that bind us.

Dylan Shelton, Director; Steven Ducker, Stage Manager

For more information on auditions, contact us at (513) 241 – 6550. Check us out on the web @ www.CLPShows.org

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July 15, 2019 · 10:45 am

Auditions Announced for SILENT SKY at Fairfield Footlighters

fflSILENT SKY by Lauren Gunderson.
Directed by Burt McCollom.

Aug. 12 & 13 at 7-9pm
Fairfield Community Arts Center
411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield, OH 45014

Auditions for 4 Female / 1 Male
Consist of cold-readings from the script. Please be prepared to list all rehearsal conflicts. A small head-shot and theatre resume are nice, but not required.

CASTING FOR:

  • Henrietta Leavitt (casting for age mid-30s): brilliant, meticulous, excited, wears a period hearing aid.
  • Margaret Leavitt (casting for age mid-30s): Henrietta’s sister, handsome, creative, sweet, sister who plays the piano.
  • Williamina Fleming (casting for age mid-50s): smart and fun, Scottish .
  • Annie Cannon (casting for age mid-40s): the leader of the female group at Harvard, terse, sure, grows into a Suffragette firebrand.
  • Peter Shaw (casting for age mid-30s): the head astronomer’s apprentice…and the man.

Rehearsals: Monday through Thursday, 6:30 PM to 9 PM, starting September 30. Cast read-thru on Monday, August 19.

Performance dates: Nov. 15-17

ABOUT THE SHOW:
With warm-hearted wit and infectious joy, Silent Sky tells the riveting true story of Henrietta Leavitt, a pioneering scientist in an age when women couldn’t even vote. Despite not being allowed to touch a telescope, Henrietta and her coworkers at the Harvard Observatory made ground-breaking discoveries about the universe that are still vital today, over a century later. If you liked the movie Hidden Figures, you won’t want to miss this “luminously beautiful play” that will change how you look at both the heavens and the earth.

When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900’s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers”, charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love.

The true story of 19th century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications; Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believe in both, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the heavens and Earth.

For more information, contact Burt McCollom at bmccollom@cinci.rr.com

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July 11, 2019 · 9:52 am

Auditions Announced for ANDRE’S MOTHER and MOTHER AND SONS at Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoAuditions for ANDRE’S MOTHER and MOTHER AND SONS by Terrence McNally

Middletown Lyric Theatre
1530 Central Avenue
Middletown, Ohio 45044
513-425-7140

Directed by Charley Shafor
cshafor@middletownlyric.org

AUDITIONS
August 5, 6 & 7 @ 7pm – 8:30pm
Cold readings from script

PRODUCTION DATES
November 1, 2, 8 & 9 – there is a matinee on the second Saturday

ANDRE’S MOTHER
At Andre Gerard’s memorial, his lover Cal Porter tries one last time to get through to André’s mother, an imposing figure in Andre’s life. Not realizing her hidden emotions, he tells her everything he can before leaving her alone to deal with her own sense of grief and loneliness. Also attending are Cal’s father Arthur and his sister Penny. This small group of mourners let us see into the AIDS health crisis and how it can affect society’s outlook on acceptance.

MOTHERS AND SONS
It’s now twenty years since Andre Gerard’s funeral and his mother Katherine has decided to pay an unexpected visit to her late son’s partner Cal, who is now married to another man and has a young son. Challenged to face how society has changed around her, generations collide as she revisits the past and begins to see the life her son might have led. A multi-generation look at the AIDS crisis, gay marriage, survivor guilt, homophobia and fear are revealed through humor, anxiety, regret and longing and possibly a lesson that any problem can be solved with Oreos and milk.

CHARACTERS: All ethnicities considered. If you feel you look the age than please audition. Two of the characters in ANDRE’S MOTHER, Arthur Ogden and Penny Ogden have been cast

KATHERINE GERARD – This character plays herself at two different ages somewhere between her mid-to late 40’s to her 60’s. She has recently widowed and still angry and bitter over losing her only child to HIV. Katherine needs to show a wide range of emotion from humor to fear to abject sorrow.

CAL OGDAN – This character plays himself at two different ages ranging from his mid to late 20’s to his 40’s. He is a financial advisor. He was Andre’s partner and perhaps like other widows and widowers, still has deep feelings for a deceased partner that they will carry forever. Now married to Will, Cal is only too aware of how they live in a safer more accepting world

WILL PORTER—Will is in his late 20’s early 30’s and carries a physical confidence that gay men are now living in a more inclusive world and can marry the one they love. He is a writer who is very aware of what Andre meant to Cal but has accepted that Cal is in love with him until Katherine’s arrival.

BUD OGDAN-PORTER—Bud, son of Cal and Will, is a precocious 6-year-old boy who brings an innocence and love to an otherwise tense situation. We are looking for a boy between the age of 6 to 10 who can pass for a 6-8-year-old.

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July 10, 2019 · 2:49 pm

Auditions Announced for ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at Troy Civic Theatre

TROY_logoDirector Derek Dunavent announces auditions for the musical, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS.

Auditions are being held Monday, July 22 and Wednesday, July 24, at 7pm at the Barn in the Park. There will not be any auditions on Tuesday, due to another event that night.

Derek is looking for 6 men and 6 women, of various ages.

Please be prepared to sing up to 32 bars of a song. You may also be asked to sing or read selections from the show.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (by Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller) will be presented September 27-29, October 4-6.

For additional information, please contact Derek Dunavent through their Facebook event.

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July 9, 2019 · 12:59 pm

Auditions Announced for THE UNEXPECTED GUEST at St. Paul Players

SPP_logoAuditions for St. Paul Players Fall show THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie.

Tue & Thu, July 9 & 11 at 7pm

St. Paul Lutheran Church. Parking lot is at 121 Willow St. Reading, 45215.

Performance dates: October 18-20 and 25-27.

Directed  by Mary Benken

Cast requirements: 3 women, 6 men

Lost in the fog a stranger seeks refuge in a nearby house only to find a man shot dead and his wife standing over him with a smoking gun.  But the woman’s dazed confession is anything but convincing and the unexpected guest decides to help.  Remarkably the police clues point to a man who died two years previously but as the ghosts of a past wrong begin to emerge a tangled web of lies reveals family secrets and chilling motives where the real murderer turns out to be the greatest mystery of all.

For more information contact the director at maryangela1969@aol.com

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