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March 6, 2018 · 12:01 pm

Auditions Announced for trueBASEBALL at trueTHEATRE

TRUE_logoWhether you have a true, personal, baseball-themed story to pitch for our Spring show or you want to play spectator, we invite you to the Northside Tavern on Wednesday, March 14th, to experience True Theatre’s first-ever LIVE audition night!

We’re ultimately looking for 5 people to tell their stories in 10 – 12 minute form as part of the lineup at our April 30th show, but before that, we need to find them.   We’re asking that those interested in pitching a story prepare a 4 – 5 minute mini-version of their story. Those brave enough to take the mic get a drink on us and a ticket to the show (to share with a friend if we end up drafting you!).

We won’t be able to accommodate everyone who wants to pitch on our roster for the evening, so be sure to reserve you spot by giving us a preview through our website at https://www.truetheatre.com/contact-1/.

Doors “open” at 6:30 in the back. At 7, it will be time to play ball!
This isn’t the only way to pitch a story for trueBASEBALL, but it’s the first way and those who wait until after, risk missing their chance.

So come on down for socializing, storytelling, and what are probably going to be some very obvious baseball puns!

To learn more about us, visit our website or write us with any questions at info@truetheatre.com.

Date: Wednesday, March 14
Time: 6:30 socializing/7:00 go!
Where: The Northside Tavern,  4163 Hamilton Ave A, Cincinnati, OH 45223
Cost: FREE

See you there!

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March 6, 2018 · 11:12 am

Auditions Announced for EGAD! THE WOMAN IN WHITE at The Drama Workshop

TDW_VERTDue to the illness of the director, the March 16th audition is cancelled. The rescheduled date is Wed. March 21 from 7-9pm. Auditions will still be held on Sunday, March 18 from 2-4pm. Please contact Elaine Volker, eavolker@gmail.com if you cannot make those dates. The director can arrange to meet with you at a convenient time.

The Drama Workshop will hold auditions for the comedic melodrama Egad! The Woman in White on March 16 at 7:00 p.m. and March 18 at 2:00 p.m. at the Glenmore Playhouse, 3716 Glenmore Ave., Cheviot, OH 45211.   The doors will open 30 minutes before each session. There are roles available for actors and actresses ranging in age from 17 to 70.  In addition, musical and specialty acts will be auditioned at a later date.  The play will run August 10 – 26 at the Glenmore Playhouse.

Egad! The Woman in White is a laugh-oriented, old-fashioned melodrama based on the Wilkie Collins’ classic. Set in London, the play features a disreputable villain who seals his wife in a madhouse in order to steal her vast fortune.  But he’s scared of the mysterious “Woman in White” who’s escaped from the asylum in order to seek him out. A parade of comedic characters and a dual between villain and villainess bring gales of laughter, terminating only when the villain is brought to justice in an outrageous and audience-cheering finale. Directed by Marcha Hunley.

The play features roles for 7 women and 3 men ranging in age from 17 – 70.  Additionally, specialty and musical performers who will perform between the play’s scenes will be auditioned at a later date.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. No appointment is necessary. Headshots and resumes are appreciated but not required.

Characters in Egad! The Woman In White include:

  • Sir Percival Glyde – a complete scoundrel, but rather charming in a villainous way.
  • Dora – his inept housekeeper.
  • Lawyer Gilmore – all business and a thorn in the side of Sir Percival.
  • Countess Fasco – a clever creature, up to no good. Runs the madhouse.
  • Mrs. Gatherick – a victim of Sir Percival’s character.
  • Frederick Fairlee – a hypochondriac, given to fits of sneezing.
  • Marian – his niece, lovely and sincere.
  • Laura – another niece, in love with the drawing master but promised to Sir Percival.
  • Walter Hartwright – the drawing master in love with Laura. Manly, honest, a good sort.
  • Miss Peach – an attendant in Countess Fasco’s asylum.
  • The Woman in White – a figure of mystery and a cause for alarm.

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March 5, 2018 · 4:46 pm

Auditions Announced for THE FOREGINER at Lebanon Theatre Company

LTC_logoMon & Tue, March 19 & 20 at 7pm

Lebanon Theatre Company
10 S Mechanic St
Lebanon, Ohio 45036

Produced by Dawn Stone
Directed by Wayne Dunn

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the play, and we welcome auditioners of all experience levels!

The story takes place in a fishing lodge in rural Tilghman County, Georgia where two Englishmen, Froggy and Charlie, arrive as guests. The shy Charlie agreed to accompany Froggy on the trip after his sick wife begged him to go. When people at the lodge try to talk to Charlie, however, he remains silent: he is terribly shy, depressed about his wife’s illness, and cannot find the words to reply. Froggy claims that Charlie cannot talk because he is a “foreigner” from an exotic country, and does not understand English. Taking the explanation that he’s a non-English speaker as fact, the lodge’s guests quickly begin revealing their secrets, and Charlie soon discovers scandals amongst some of the residents of the lodge.

CHARACTER LIST:

  • Charlie Baker – a meek proofreader for a science fiction magazine; he has a merrily adulterous wife whom he loves. He is witty and funny while also very smart. He is extremely shy but living at the lodge and being in contact with such wonderful people, Charlie soon comes out of his shell and eventually finds himself the center of attention as the hero.

  • S/Sgt. “Froggy” LeSueur – a cheerful British Army man who teaches the use of explosives

  • Betty Meeks – an elderly widow who owns a resort lodge and mothers her guests. She has a fun, sarcastic nature, but she is very nurturing to all who come in contact with her. She is a hard worker, and her weak body carries all of the work she has done throughout the years.

  • Rev. David Marshall Lee – engaged to Catherine and, “it would appear, a good young man to have on our side”.[3] He comes in and out of the play and always seems like a charmer when the ladies are around. When it is just him alone with Charlie however, he begins to show his true colors.

  • Catherine Simms – a pretty heiress going through an emotional time. She is kind and caring towards Ellard and quickly shows Charlie the same attention.

  • Ellard Simms – Catherine’s dim-witted brother, heir to half the family money if Catherine decides he is “smart enough to handle it”. He is a kind, gentle hearted man but no one really gives him the time of day until Charlie comes into the picture. Charlie not only helps Ellard become more in tune with really how bright he is, but is also taught by Ellard what it means to be patient and lighthearted.

  • Owen Musser – a superstitious, dangerous racist man that lives in town.

  • Various Townspeople

Performances will be May 18-20 and 25-27.

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March 5, 2018 · 4:25 pm

Auditions Announced for THE MUSIC MAN at Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre

CYPT_The Music ManCincinnati Young People’s Theatre (CYPT) announces audition dates and times for its 37th annual summer musical.

THE MUSIC MAN
Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey

Tim Perrino, Director; Steve Goers, Music Director;
Angela Kahle, Choreographer

AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD at The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
4990 Glenway Avenue.
Cincinnati, OH 45238
(513) 241 6550

AUDITION DATES:
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Monday, May 14, 2018

As of Monday, March 5th you may set up your audition appointment at the following links:

Link to sign up for OPEN AUDITIONS: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b48abaa28a4fa7-20181

Link to sign up for TECH/PRODUCTION CREW interviews:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48ABAA28A4FA7-20182

You may also email Jennifer Perrino, Producer at jenniferperrino@CLPShows.org OR call the box office at 513.241.6550 Monday – Friday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

(See scheduled audition time slots below – item #3. Read further for information about tech positions)

REQUIREMENTS:
1. Must be 13 – 19 years of age at the time of the audition

2. All auditionees MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO AUDITION by:
Clicking one of the links above or
Email Jennifer Perrino at jenniferperrino@CLPShows.org or
call the box office @ 513 241 6550 – Monday – Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Please note: You must provide your age, a good phone number and an email address when setting up your audition.

You may request a specific time slot as listed in #3 below:

3. Audition times include:

  • Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 11am, Noon, 1pm and 2pm.
  • Sunday, May 13, 2018 @ 6:30pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm.
  • Monday, May 14, 2018 @ 6:30pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm.

4. It is important you arrive 15-20 minutes BEFORE your scheduled audition time to fill out paperwork.

5. Please prepare a song from a musical theater show that best represents your singing voice (please bring sheet music for our accompanist).
Please note: Do not expect to sing a cappella or with pre-recorded music.

6. Dress appropriately as you will be required to complete a dance audition.

7. You will be asked to read from the script as well.

All auditionees must complete all three parts of the audition process (singing, reading script, dancing). If all areas are not completed, then he/she will not be considered for a role in the show.

Participation Fee: All participants (on stage and off) are required to pay a participation fee for this summer program. Fee will be due at the first rehearsal: $175.00 for performers (includes costume and show t-shirt); $50.00 for Techies (includes show t-shirt).

Attention Techies: Interviews will be set up for those interested in working tech for this production. Set up your audition by calling the box office at 513.241.6550 Monday – Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Or email Jennifer Perrino, Producer at jennifeperrino@covedalecenter.com to request a particular time slot.

Interviews slots include:

  • Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 1:00 and 2:00 pm
  • Sunday, May 12, 2018 @ 6:00 and 7:00
  • Monday, May 14, 2018 @ 5:00 and 6:00

Please Note: A limited amount of funds are in place to assist with the participation fee. Funds are distributed on a confidential basis. Everyone is encouraged to audition, regardless of ability to pay! Choosing the cast of the show is based upon talent, enthusiasm and availability only. Ability to pay the participation fee is never a factor in casting decisions.

The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.

What is CYPT? Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre (CYPT) provides a summer of great experience for performers and techies alike. Many of our members are now professional actors, singers, dancers, technicians and musicians. Others are Drama, Opera, Music Theatre, Voice, Music and Broadcasting majors at colleges all over the country. To date, over 2,200 teens have been a part of CYPT!

CYPT has produced 36 years of exciting shows, including: Jesus Christ Superstar, Footloose, 42nd Street, Children of Eden, Hello Dolly, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Anything Goes, The Pajama Game, Godspell,
Les Miserables, Crazy For You, The Wedding Singer, Grease, Footloose, Hairspray, West Side Story, Beauty and the Beast and many more!

CYPT is the recipient of the Post-Corbett Award for Outstanding Arts Organization, plus, the National Recreation and Parks Arts and Humanities Award, and the Ohio State Award for Best Student Program.

CYPT brings together 100 teens each summer, on stage and off. In 2015, participants came from 38 different schools, from all over the Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana region.

CYPT is for you! The teenage performer/techie interested in three things: 1) Theatrical Experience; 2) A Summer project with a difference; 3) A lot of new friends with the same interests.

The MUSIC MAN Performance Dates:

  • Thursday July 26 (7:30 pm)
  • Friday, July 27 (8pm)
  • Saturday, July 28 (8pm)
  • Sunday, July 29 (2pm)
  • Wed, August 1 (7:30 pm)
  • Thurs. August 2 (7:30pm)
  • Fri. August 3 (8pm)
  • Saturday Aug. 4 (8pm)
  • Sunday, Aug. 5 (2pm and 7:30 pm)

Tickets go on sale Monday, January 22, 2018! Adult $18; Senior $16; College Students $16.00; High school/younger $14.00. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 513 241 6550 OR via the web @www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com

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March 2, 2018 · 11:01 am

Auditions Announced for PARADE at CenterStage Players

CSPOH_logoAuditions for Centerstage Players’ Production of PARADE

March 18th 5-8PM & 20th 6:30-9PM

Auditions will be held off site at The Arts Center at Dunham as our rehearsal/performance space, Lockland High School, will be in use at that time.

Dunham Arts Center
1945 Dunham Way, Cincinnati, OH 45238
To sign up for an audition slot via Signup Genius:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b45a8ad2da20-parade

Call Backs (if needed): March 21st
Production Dates: Late September 2018

Rehearsal/Performance Location:
Lockland High School
249 W Forrer, Cincinnati, OH 45215
Rehearsals will begin in mid July, 3 days per week from 7-9 PM dependant on cast availability.

Book by Alfred Uhry
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Co-Conceived by Harold Prince
Based on the true story of the trial
and lynching of Leo M. Frank

Director: Amanda Borchers
Music Director: Allen Lindsey
Producer: Fred Hunt
Choreographer: Garrett Klaas

About the show:
The tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of a man wrongly accused of murder is brought to theatrical life. Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, the stirring TONY Award winning PARADE explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds. In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor’s false testimony seal Leo’s fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience, and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • Please prepare 32 measures of a ballad or up tempo musical theater piece.
  • An accompanist will be provided, please provide music in the appropriate key with your cut noted.
  • Please no acapella auditions or CDs.
  • You may be asked to perform a
    cold read from the script.
  • Callbacks will only be used if necessary.

General Statement about casting and production:

  • This show is capable of being performed with 13-15 people playing multiple roles. We could cast upwards of 20+.
  • Parade has a complex score and requires a great deal of singing by many of the roles. This is a great opportunity for the “musical theatre serious minded.”
  • Teens that want to audition must be at least 13 years old as this musical deals with mature content.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS WITH STAGE AGES LISTED:

MALES:

  • Leo Frank: (Bari-Tenor, Low G-High G) Late 20s/Early 30s, lead role. Northern Jewish man who runs the National Pencil Factory and is falsely accused of the rape and murder of Mary Phagan
  • Jim Conley: (Tenor, Low D-High Bb) 20s. African-American janitor who works for Leo at the National Pencil Factory. A drunk and a convicted felon, as well as a master manipulator.
  • Britt Craig: (Tenor, Low D-High A) 20s/30s. Down-on-his luck newspaper man, whose career is revived by the Leo Frank trial.
  • Tom Watson: (Baritone/Bass) 30s/40s. Conservative politician and publisher, who helps to spur on the witch-hunt for Leo Frank.
  • Frankie Epps: (Tenor, Low Bb-High Ab) Teens. Mary’s friend and love interest.
  • Governor Jack Slaton: (Bari-Tenor, Low C-High G) 30s/40s. Governor of Georgia who pardons Leo Frank.
  • Hugh Dorsey: (Bari-Bass) 30s/40s. Prosecutor in the Leo Frank case, desperate for a conviction.
  • Newt Lee: (Bass, Low Bb-C) 40s/50s. African-American night watchman at the National Pencil Factory. Finds Mary Phagan’s body.
  • Judge Roan: (Bass, Low Bb-D) 50s/60s. Judge in the Leo Frank Case.
  • Luther Rosser: (Any voice part) 30s/40s/50s. Leo Frank’s lawyer, comes off as a blithering idiot.
  • Fiddlin’ John Carson: (Tenor, G-High A) 20s. First recorded country singer, who wrote popular songs about the Leo Frank Trial.
  • Young Soldier: (Tenor, Low D-High F [High A in falsetto]) Teens/20s. Young confederate soldier.
  • Old Soldier: (Bari-Tenor, Low C-High G) 50s/60s. Old man who was formerly the young confederate soldier.
  • Riley: (Baritone) 20s. African-American servant.
  • J.N. Starnes: (Any voice part). 20s/30s/40s. Police officer assigned to the case.
  • Officer Ivey: (Any voice part). 20s/30s/40s. Police officer assigned to the case.
  • Prison Guard: (Any voice part). 20s/30s/40s. Guards Leo Frank’s cell in Fulton.
  • Floyd McDaniel: (Any voice part). 20s/30s/40s. Local bartender, Irish.
  • Mr. Peavy: (Any voice part). 20s/30s/40s. Guards Leo Frank’s cell in Milledgeville.

FEMALES:

  • Lucille Frank: (Mezzo, Low A-D) 20s. Leo’s wife.
  • Mary Phagan: (Mezzo, D-D) 14. Young girl who is killed at the National Pencil Factory.
  • Mrs. Phagan: (Alto, Low F#-Bb*) 30s/40s. Mary’s mother.
  • Iola Stover: (Soprano, D-F) Teens. Friend of Mary and Frankie, who testifies against Frank.
  • Monteen: (Mezzo, Eb-Eb) Teens. Friend of Mary and Frankie, who testifies against Frank.
  • Essie: (Mezzo, Eb-Eb) Teens. Friend of Mary and Frankie, who testifies against Frank.
  • Lizzie Phagan: (Soprano) 30s/40s. Mary’s Aunt
  • Angela: (Mezzo) 20s. African-American servant.
  • Sally Slaton: (Any voice part) 20s/30s. Wife of Governor Slaton.

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