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July 20, 2018 · 9:45 am

Auditions Announced for OTHER DESERT CITIES at Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoMiddletown Lyric Theatre
1530 Central Avenue
Middletown, Ohio 45042
513-425-7140

AUDITION DATES & TIMES:

  • Tuesday August 7th – 7pm – 8:15pm
  • Wednesday August 8th – 7pm – 8:15pm

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • Cold Reading form the script

PRODUCTION DATES:

  • NOVEMBER 8, 9, 16 at 8:00 pm
  • November 17 at 3:00 pm & 8:00 pm

REHEARSAL AND PRODUCTION WEEK COMMITMENT:

  • Rehearsals Begin: Early to mid-October
  • Production Week: November 4 – 8

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:

Ages are reference points if you think you can pull of the recommended age than please auditions.

  • Lyman Wyeth (Lead): Male, 50’s – 60’s
    patriarch of the family, a real patrician of Californian royalty. Hollywood “B” actor with some celebrity and political influence, seemingly conservative but with a sense of humor and a deep love and care for his adult children.
  • Polly Wyeth (Lead): Female, 50’s – 60’s
    Lyman’s wife. Graceful, funny, and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Deeply devoted to the preservation of family and all it stands for, and even more, the health of her husband.
  • Brooke Wyeth (Lead): Female, late 20’s  – upper 30’s
    Lyman and Polly’s adult daughter. Writer, lives in New York although born in California. Thrives on solitude, coffee shops, intelligent conversation, and being understood. Loves family but also independence.
  • Trip Wyeth (Lead): Male, 20’s – lower 30’s
    Brooke’s brother. TV producer. Easy going, takes life as it comes. Loves being around family and, oddly, all its traditions. Devoted to older sister and her health.
  • Silda Grauman (Supporting): Female, 50’s – 60’s
    Polly’s sister. Indeterminate age, a former TV writer, definitely from the more Bohemian gene in the family. Impulsive, creative, reckless, fragile, and funny. Rather be living alone but is dependent upon Polly and Lyman for support entirely.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

OTHER DESERT CITIES
by John Robin Baitz

Brooke Wyeth after a six year absence returns home to Palm Springs to celebrate Christmas with her parents, brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history—a wound they don’t want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it.

Directed by Charley Shafor

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July 17, 2018 · 11:45 am

Auditions Announced for Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival

OTRFF_logoAudition – Actors
Paid position Cincinnati, Ohio – pop up performances Aug & Sept 2018

The Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival is September 26-30. Leading up to the festival actors will present speeches from the film industry that encourage viewers to celebrate diversity, differences and our shared humanity.

Auditions at LADD: 3603 Victory Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH 45229
LADD is a 42-year-old organization that is guided by the belief that everyone has ability and value. LADD empowers adults with disabilities to live, work and, connect.

Tuesday, July 31 from 1-3pm and 6-8pm
Time of audition- in 10 minute increments.
Sign up at: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F094CAFAF23A64-film
If you have a problem signing up please email Jennifer Timm, jenn.timm@laicommunications.com.
We will do our best to accommodate you.

Performers can read speeches and monologues provided at the audition or bring their own material. All text must come from the film industry and can include: award speeches given by industry professionals, monologues from movies, or presentations on why the film industry should represent a diverse population.

Actors will perform this meaningful material to the public as pop up street theater. Performance dates will be decided by the group based on availability. Pop up performances will be weekends and weekday afternoons/evenings prior to the OTR International Film Festival Sept 26-30.

Diversity is all about differences, and the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival is a universal approach to the City of Cincinnati celebrating its shared humanity, regardless of background, education, gender, ethnicity, nationality, generation, age, religious background, sexual orientation, or ability.

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July 17, 2018 · 11:13 am

Auditions Announced for A CHRISTMAS STORY at the Covedale Center

CLPCincinnati Landmark Productions to hold auditions for A CHRISTMAS STORY by Philip Grecian. Based on the movie A CHRISTMAS STORY, Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

  • Saturday, August 18th Noon to 5:00pm
  • Sunday, August 19th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
  • Monday, August 20th 6:00pm to 9:00pm

The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
4990 Glenway Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45238

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

All auditionees will read from the script (this is a play).

ADULT ROLES include:

  • MOTHER – Ralphie’s Mom; age range: 35- 50
  • THE OLD MAN – Ralphie’s Dad, also plays SANTA CLAUS; age range: 35- 50
  • MISS SHIELDS – Ralphie’s teacher, also plays ELF and WICKED WITCH; age range: 20 – 40
  • RALPH– Adult, narrator, also plays COWBOY, TREE LOT SALESMAN, DELIVERY MAN, VOICE OF NEIGHBOR; age range: 25- 40

CHILDREN ROLES include:

  • RALPHIE PARKER – BB gun enthusiast (10 to 13 years of age)
  • FLICK – Ralphie’s friend and classmate, also plays DESPERADO ONE (10 to 13 years of age)
  • SCHWARTZ – Ralphie’s friend and classmate, also play DESPERADO TWO (10 to 13 years of age)
  • ESTER JANE – Ralphie’s female classmate, friend (10 to 13 years of age)
  • HELEN – Ralphie’s female classmate, friend (10 to 13 years of age)
  • RANDY – Ralphie’s little brother; (8 to 10 years old).
  • SCUT FARKAS – School bully, also plays BLACK BART; (11 to 14 years old).

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.

Marquee Season Shows at Covedale Center for the Performing Arts:

A CHRISTMAS STORY
November 29 – December 23, 2018
By Philip Grecian. Based on the movie A Christmas Story,
Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in 1940’s Indiana, follows Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case to his mother, his teacher and Santa Claus himself at Goldblatt’s Department Store. All the elements from the beloved movie are here – the family’s temperamental furnace, the school bully Scut Farkas, the boys’ bet concerning a wet tongue on an icy lamppost, the Little Orphan Annie decoder ring; and Ralphie’s father winning “a major award” – the lady’s leg lamp in a fishnet stocking! A Christmas Story has become a theatrical holiday classic!

For more information on auditions, contact us at 513.241.6550. Check us out on the web at www.CLPShows.org

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July 17, 2018 · 10:08 am

Auditions Announced for CLUE the Musical at La Comedia Dinner Theatre

LAC_logoLa Comedia Dinner Theatre in Springboro, Ohio will be holding auditions for their upcoming production, CLUE THE MUSICAL on Saturday July 21, 2018, 10 a.m., at 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro, Ohio.

CAST BREAKDOWN –

  • Mr. Boddy – Charismatic, handsome, playful host of the game. Baritone/Tenor
  • Professor Plum – Intellectual with a wry sense of humor. Baritone
  • Colonel Mustard – Pompous military man. Baritone
  • Mr. Green – Sleek, handsome, wheeler-dealer. Baritone/Tenor
  • Detective – Hard-nosed, humorous female. Role requires character singing.
  • Mrs. Peacock – Manipulative, sexy socialite. Mezzo with belt
  • Miss Scarlet – Shrewd, very attractive. Wide range with belt
  • Mrs. White – Fun loving, Cockney maid. Alto with character belt

Prepare 16 bars of a standard musical theatre song (ballad or up-tempo song), bring sheet music in appropriate key.

Please provide a current headshot and resume.

Director/Choreographer is Chris Beiser
Rehearsals begin September 10, 2018.
Performances September 27 – October 28, 2018.lol

Questions call Kris Byerly @ 937-746-4554 ext 241.
Non-equity.AT

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July 17, 2018 · 9:46 am

Auditions Announced for THIS RANDOM WORLD at Dayton Theatre Guild

DTGAuditions will be held Mon & Tue, Aug. 20 & 21 2018, starting at 7pm both nights.
Production dates: October 5-21, 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 Marjorie Strader
Produced by Deirdre Root

We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, THIS RANDOM WORLD by Steven Dietz asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny, intimate, and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.

Here is a quick interview with playwright Steven Dietz about the show.
His summation in five words: Right beside you another life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aipJsT3xJs4

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.

Character Descriptions:

  • Scottie Ward – a woman in her 70s
  • Tim Ward – her son (late 20s, early 30s)
  • Beth Ward – her daughter (late 30s, early 40s)
  • Bernadette Mitchell – Scottie’s aide (30s)**
  • Rhonda Mitchell – Bernadette’s younger sister (late 20s)**
  • Claire – Tim’s ex-girlfriend (late 20s)
  • Gary – Claire’s ex-boyfriend (30s)
  • A Man – flexible age – one scene

**The director is interested in casting non-white actors for these roles

For further information including perusal script, contact:
Marjorie Strader at mstraderia@gmail.com

The show runs weekends October 5-21, 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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