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May 9, 2018 · 9:28 am

Auditions Announced for ALL MY SONS at Beyond the Curtain

BTC_All My Sons logoTue, May 22 at 7pm
Thu, May 24 at 7pm

6457 Kennedy Ave/6556 Montgomery Road
(It’s on the second floor of the building which houses a vintage store and a Jamaican bbq joint, on the corner of Kennedy and Montgomery. There will be prominent wayfinding signs on the outside and inside to guide the auditionees to the audition space.)

Performance dates are Aug. 11 & 12 at Hoffner Lodge

Bring a resume, headshot, and prepare a monologue.

For questions or to schedule a time, contact eaverrilli@gmail.com.

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May 8, 2018 · 1:58 pm

Auditions Announced for A CHRISTMAS STORY: The Musical at Ghostlight Theatricals

GLT_logoDinner Theatre Holds Auditions for A CHRISTMAS STORY: The Musical

Project Seeks Children for Starring Roles as well as Professional Adult Chorus

Ghostlight Theatricals in association with Rising Star Resort & Casino in Rising Sun, Indiana will hold auditions for “A Christmas Story: The Musical” on Saturday, May 26 from 1-6pm in the Kaplan Studio at Cincinnati Ballet, 1555 Central Parkway in Cincinnati.  To schedule an audition, actors should email gltheatricals@gmail.com and request an appointment.  Video submissions will also be accepted prior to May 26 at that same email address.

“A Christmas Story: The Musical” is a professional dinner theatre production at the Grand Theatre at Rising Star Resort & Casino. There are principal roles available for children who can play ages 8-12 and ensemble roles for adult singer/dancers. Children auditioning should have very strong acting, singing and dancing skills and some on-stage experience. All performer contracts will include negotiable weekly compensation as well as dining vouchers. There are stage management and technical crew positions available as well. Rehearsals begin in October with weekly dance classes for young actors and daily rehearsals beginning for everyone October 29. Performances are Thursday-Sunday November 15-December 28, 2018. Rising Sun is located 45-minutes from Cincinnati just across the river on Highway 56.

Auditioning actors will be asked to provide a photo and resume and prepare 90 seconds of material including one comic monologue and one song in the style of traditional Broadway musicals.  An accompanist will be provided. Some actors may be asked to sight-read from the script or score and learn a brief dance combination. Those interested in stage management and technical theatre should also request an audition time and prepare for a brief interview.  All auditions and interviews will be conducted by Director Darrin Murrell and Producer Gerald Pauwels.  More information about the company can be found at www.glthetricals.com.

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May 7, 2018 · 10:15 am

Auditions Announced for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at Footlighters Inc.

FLI_logoFootlighters is proud to announce auditions for the second show of the “Seeing Stars” 2018-2019 season, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER!

Directed by Chad Brinkman
Produced by Cathy Lutts and Gary Rogers
Vocal Director: Matthew Nassida
Stage Manager: Janet Wisner

Show Runs November 29, 2018 – December 15, 2018

Sign up for an audition slot at SignUpGenius here.

Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be the legendary Peter Pan. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair…and the bonds of friendship, duty and love. This wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, features a dozen actors portraying more than 100 unforgettable characters. Peter and the Starcatcher uses ingenious stagecraft and the limitless possibilities of imagination to bring this timeless story to life.

Sunday, June 3 – 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday, June 5 – 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Callbacks will be held on Wednesday, June 6 – 7:00 PM

Stained Glass Theatre
802 York Street
Newport, KY 41071

For additional information, please contact producer Cathy Lutts at preciousmoment65@gmail.com.

Audition information:

  • Please bring a resume listing your theatrical experience.   A headshot/picture is appreciated but not required.
  • Please prepare a one-minute monologue of your choosing. You will also be asked to participate in a small group improvisational exercise.
  • Callbacks will consist of readings from the script and a short vocal selection from the show will be taught by the musical director. You may also be asked to participate in a movement exercise, and to read a paragraph in your best British accent.

Rehearsals will begin the first week of October, three to four days a week and go through the opening of the show. Please be prepared to list your known conflicts for this time frame.

  • No roles have been precast.
  • All roles except Molly Aster and Boy/Peter are open to all gender identities.
  • Many of the actors will play multiple characters. It is also possible that actors will play both male and female characters.
  • This is a play with music, not a musical. There will be singing and movement, however, we welcome and encourage non-singers/dancers to audition.

Character Breakdown: (Please note – most actors will take on more than one of these roles.)

  • Boy/Peter – A lonely and hardened orphan who doesn’t miss much. Nameless, homeless, and friendless at the beginning of the play and a hero by the end. He wants a home and a family more than anything, and dreams of a life of being free.
  • Prentiss – An orphan, ambitious, hyper articulate, and logical. Prentiss yearns to be leader, even while knowing that will never happen. A bit of a blowhard with also just the teeny-tiniest touch of cowardice.
  • Ted – An orphan obsessed with food: the finding of, the eating of, the fighting over, the dreaming about. A natural performer with easy wit and quite poetic language.
  • Lord Leonard Aster – Molly’s father, a loyal subject to the Queen. The very model of a Victorian English gentleman, he is a faithful friend and a secret Starcatcher.
  • Captain Robert Falcon Scott – Lord Aster’s old school friend, the captain of the Wasp, Britain’s fastest frigate. Lives with nautical bravura and heroic patriotism.
  • Molly Aster – A young girl and Starcatcher apprentice who is taken aboard the Neverland as precious cargo. Raised to believe females can do anything males can. A natural leader, at a time when girls are mostly followers. Fearless, passionate, devoted to her father, her country and her Queen. Willing to risk everything for the sake of Doing Right. Curious and intelligent, she is only beginning to understand the confusing romantic longings that come with her age.
  • Mrs. Bumbrake – Molly’s nanny, a stereotypical British cad and outfitted with the duty of teaching Molly about womanhood. A no-nonsense, good-time gal, who still has enough of her girlish charm intact to turn a sailor’s head.
  • Grempkin – The schoolmaster of St. Norbert’s Orphanage for Lost Boys. Mean and malodorous, revels in keeping the boys in the dark and malnourished.
  • Black Stache – Long after everyone else got out of the pirate business, Black Stache continues to terrorize the seven seas in search of a worthy adversary. Famous for face foliage, Stache began shaving at age ten, had a bushy handlebar by eleven, and the blood of twenty crew on the hand by twelve. Heartless, hirsute, and suspiciously well read, partial to the poetical and theatrical, and given to a ferocity from which no good shall ever spring.
  • Bill Slank – A vicious Captain without the skill or quality to lead anyone but himself – and always into disaster. Would sell his own mother for a ship to command, would kill his best friend for a leg-up from the stinking hold he calls home. Cheerfully aids the awful machinations of those who would use starstuff for personal gain, global domination, or worse. An orphan, too.
  • Smee – Black Stache’s first mate. Single-mindedly dedicated to the captain’s every whim. Smee’s motto: “Tis good to be busy.”
  • Alf – An old seadog who’s prouder of achieving the rank of “Mister” than he should be, given the state of the competition. A white knight in search of a damsel, any damsel. Something about him appeals to the feminine sensibility; might be his bow legs, his saucy gait or his kind heart.
  • Mack: A very bad sailor who wants to be anywhere else but under the thumb of Bill Slank.
  • Sanchez: A hard-working Spanish pirate with an identity crisis.
  • Fighting Prawn: King of the Mollusk natives, son of Jumbo Prawn and Littleneck Clam.. Kidnapped by British sailors and brought in chains to England, he served as sous-chef below stairs in a country estate in Derbyshire, where, for no good reason, he learned Italian wines and mastered Italian cuisine. Since returning to his island kingdom, he has vengefully murdered any English with the temerity to land on his Mollusk Isle domain.
  • Hawking Clam: Son of Fighting Prawn. Hawking understands his father’s hatred for the British, but, as often happens with younger generations, he will gladly bend such strictures when, one day, he ascends to the Clam throne as head of the Royal Clam Clan.
  • Teacher: Formerly a salmon, now an ancient, knowledgeable mermaid.
  • Ensemble – Sailors; Seamen; Seafarers; Orphans; Pirates; Mermaids; Mollusks; Narrators

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May 1, 2018 · 1:45 pm

Auditions Announced for SUPERMAN and SANTA CLAUS: The Musical at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati

TCTC_new logoSUPERMAN™ and Santa Claus: The Musical

The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is holding auditions in May for the first two MainStage productions of the 18-19 season!

All roles are paid positions. All roles are open to all ethnicities. Upon audition registration, you may indicate which shows you would like to be considered for this season. Auditions are by appointment only.

Visit www.thechildrenstheatre.com to sign-up for an audition appointment.

You only need ONE audition appointment even if you are interested in both productions.

Children ages 9-17 and adults 18+ may make an audition appointment. Appointments can be made for:

  • Monday, May 14th, 2018 between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM
  • Tuesday, May15th, 2018 between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM
  • Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM
  • May 17th, 2018 between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM

You may be asked to return and attend a “movement callback” on the day of your audition, which will take place from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM.

SUPERMAN™ callbacks will take place on Saturday, May 19th, 3PM-7:30PM.

Santa Claus: The Musical callbacks will take place on Sunday May 20th, 7PM to 10PM.

Auditions and Callbacks are held at TCT’s headquarters located at:  4015 Red Bank Road, Cincinnati OH 45227.

For information concerning auditions call Eric Byrd at 513-569-8080 ext. 21 or email eric.byrd@tctcincinnati.com.

PREPARE
You will need to prepare an age appropriate song to best show your skill set. Please prepare at least one memorized song that best shows your vocal range. (1-minute max).  Remember to bring your PIANO SHEET MUSIC for your song as we will NOT be auditioning your a cappella skills.  An accompanist will be provided. Your sheet music MUST have the piano part, not just the vocal line, and music should be in a 3-ring binder with the cut CLEARLY marked for the accompanist.  You only need a song. You do NOT need to prepare a monologue.

You may be asked to show your dance ability later in the evening, Please bring attire with you to change into in case we ask you to return.

You must bring a RECENT 8×10 headshot and UPDATED performance resume.  Even if you upload to the audition website, a hardcopy of your headshot and resume is required.

Plan to arrive at least 10-15 minutes ahead of your appointment to check/correct previously submitted paperwork. If we are ahead of schedule, we may audition you early.

Due to concentrated rehearsal periods, we ask that you do not have conflicts during rehearsals. In an effort to best facilitate all rehearsal times, all those auditioning will be asked to list all conflicts at the time of the audition.  Conflicts will result in a stipend adjustment. Please take note of when rehearsals begin, the day and evening tech and performance schedule, and bring your calendar with you to the audition.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTIONS
SUPERMAN™ is a 1960s mid-century musical with standard vocal requirements. Santa Claus: The Musical is pop/rock in style.

SUPERMAN™
SUPERMAN™ is the tale of Superman’s efforts to defeat a vengeful scientist, the new villain Dr. Abner Sedgwick, who seeks to destroy the world’s symbol of good. In this premiere adaptation of the 1966 musical, It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman, this TYA-friendly musical will be sure to soar up, up and away into the hearts of all children and the young at heart.

Directed by: Roderick Justice

Music Direction: Brian Hoffman

Book by: David Newman and Robert Benton

Music and Lyrics by: Charles Strouse and Lee Adams

Book Adaptation by: Eric Byrd and Roderick Justice

Music Adaptation by: Brian Hoffman

Rehearsals: August 30th – Sep 29th (Aug 31st-Sept 3rd Off for Labor Day)

Tech Rehearsals: Oct 1st– Oct 5th 2018

Performances:  Oct 6th– 15th 2018

SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:

[SUPERMAN] Male, early 30’s; The famous DC comic superhero’s musical, is set in the world of 1960s ben-day comic books. This tongue and cheek charmer is your average Daily Planet writer that goes by the name Clark Kent, by day… but when danger calls he’s Superman! He fights to keep his identity secret while madly in love with Lois Lane.  Seeking a trained baritone and strong actor with athletic build and bold presence. Ideally 6’0” and taller. Must be comfortable flying. Previous flight experience a plus. Also seeking understudy.

[LOIS LANE] Female, late 20’s-early 30’s; A Dailey Planet reporter that often gets herself into troublesome situations and is saved by Superman. While infatuated with Superman, she confides in her friend, Clark Kent, about her feelings towards him. Seeking strong singing actress with a doo-wop flare. Must be comfortable flying.  Also seeking understudy.

[MAX MENKEN] Male, early 30’s; A Daily Planet Columnist who dreams of uncovering the secret identity of the famous Superman. Max is a weasel who will do anything to get his work on the front page, including colluding with the enemy.  Seeking strong singer/actor/dancer with classic golden aged Musical Theatre Bari-Tenor sound. Also seeking understudy.

[SYDNEY] Female, Mid 20’s; Max Menken’s personal secretary who is madly in love with him but can’t bring herself to admit it.  She becomes the hero of the story when she tips off the authorities about shady dealings and reclaims her power. Seeking a strong actor/singer/dancer with classic musical theatre mezzo with solid belt.  Also seeking understudy.

[ABNER SEDGWICK] Male. Late 30’s-early 50’s; the villain, an MIT physicist obsessed with destroying Superman and getting revenge on humanity.  He uses every trick in the book including enlisting the help of a troupe of crooks to rid the world of Superman. Seeking strong comedic actor who can sing/speak sing.  Also seeking understudy.

[PERRY WHITE] Male late 40’s-Early 50’s; is a Daily Planet Editor. Perry is the chief of the office and runs a tight ship.  Actor will also double as various roles in the ensemble.

[KENNETH BANGHART] mid 20’s-30’s; the host of a public service announcement video detailing Superman’s upbringing.  Actor will also double in the ensemble.

[MALE & FEMALE ENSEMBLE] Teenagers 15+ and young adults, character actors mid 40’s-50’s; Skilled and versatile dancer/actor/singers of all ages to portray citizens, policemen, crooks, secretaries, college kids, suspects, bank guards, and cover principal roles.  Tumbling skills and dance technique a HUGE plus!

Santa Claus: The Musical
After 1,000 years of faithful service, Santa Claus has decided to retire. But not all the elves in Santa’s Workshop are too thrilled about his chosen replacement. With the help of his tech-savvy daughter, Beatrice, website designer Nick is in for the adventure of his life as he prepares to take over the reins to Santa’s sleigh…before the next Christmas! Jam-packed with a sleigh-full of fun, energetic, and original Christmas music, Santa Claus: The Musical will be sure to put you and your entire family in the holiday spirit!

Directed by: Eric Byrd

Book by: Noah Putterman

Music & Lyrics by: David Christensen and Luke Holloway

Rehearsals: Oct 29th– Dec 1st

Tech Rehearsals: Dec 5th-7th

Performances:  Dec 8th-17th

SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:

[SANTA CLAUS] Male 40’s-50’s; The man himself! However, after being the man for 1,000 years, he’s finally ready to pass on the reins and find someone new to fill his boots.  Seeking strong singer/actor ideally with Bari-Tenor range up to an F.  Also seeking understudy.

[MRS. CLAUS] Female, Late 30’s-50’s; As the saying goes, behind every great man is an even greater woman. She has a heart of gold, and a little bit of sass for good measure.  Seeking strong singer/actress.  Also seeking understudy.

[HENCHY] Male 20’s-30’s; Santa’s “head elf” in charge of mission control. He has the most Christmas spirit of anyone in Santa’s workshop, but can be a bit of a stick in the mud when it comes to all the rules and regulations. Henchy dreams of becoming the new Santa Claus.  Seeking strong singing actor who can dance, Tenor range up to an A.

[NICHOLAS (NICK)] Male, late 30’s-40’s; A website designer and a single dad to Beatrice.  Nick is surprised to find he is in line to fill Santa’s boots. Nick has no idea what it takes, nor what it is in store to take the reins. But with the help from his daughter, he discovers he may have what it takes after all.  Seeking strong singer/actor, Tenor to a G.  Also seeking understudy.

[BEATRICE (BEE)] Female, age 12-14; Nicholas’ daughter who is a computer whiz and problem solver. Extremely mature and independent, Bree comes to the rescue more than a few times to help her Dad and save Christmas.  Seeking strong contemporary singer/actress with mix/belt to a C.  Also seeking understudy.

[THE THREE LADY ELVES] Female; mid 20’s; these three elves are the supervisors in Santa’s workshop and provide commentary throughout. [TENCHY] is the nervous and athletic one out of the trio. [CHIRPY] is the happy optimist of the group. [PUNCHY] is irritable, bookish elf who develops quite a fondness for the new Santa.  All should be high energy with extremely strong voices and attitudes, belters up to a D, must dance.  Also seeking understudies.

[ELF ENSEMBLE] Male & Female Late teens to young adult; Seeking extremely strong actor/singer/dancers with pop/rock voices and strong dance training to be in the Elf ensemble and cover principal roles.  Acrobatics and Tumbling skills a HUGE plus.

[REINDEER ENSEMBLE] Seeking 8 children to portray reindeers in key moments throughout the show. Must be over the age of 9.  Seeking strong dancers, Acrobatics and Tumbling skills a HUGE plus.

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May 1, 2018 · 1:42 pm

Auditions Announced for MORE FUN THAN BOWLING at Mariemont Players

MPI_logoMariemont Players and director Laura Berkemeier announce auditions for MORE FUN THAN BOWLING by Steven Dietz.

Audition Dates/Times:

  • 7 PM Monday, May 21st
  • 7 PM Tuesday, May 22nd

Location: 4101 Walton Creek Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45227

Performance Dates: November 2-18, 2018

Synopsis
Jake owns the bowling alley in a small Midwestern town. He is sitting on a hilltop where two of his three wives are buried. Lois was zapped by lightning while carrying a bowling trophy in a thunderstorm and Loretta was killed by a ball return machine. In his younger days, he was a promising concert musician but a foul tip baseball broke his fingers which subsequently healed into a perfect bowler’s grip. Jake replays the key frames of his life and is visited by his daughter Molly who has become adept at talking women into marrying her father for love and free lane time. But who is that nattily dressed man with dark glasses and a revolver lurking nearby?

Characters – 2 M, 3 W

  • Jake Tomlinson (35-50, dependent on Molly’s age), a widower and father with a passion for bowling . . . and really bad luck. Owner of the Dust Bowl, Bowling Alley and father to Molly.
  • Molly (mid to late teens), Jake’s daughter by his first wife. Maybe a red-head but not definitive.
  • Lois (30-40, mostly dependent on age of Jake), Jake’s second wife and Molly’s stepmother.
  • Loretta (30-40, mostly dependent on age of Molly, believably 10 years her senior), Lois’ best friend and Jake’s third wife. Also, Molly’s stepmother.
  • Mr. Dyson (20+ but really any age), a mysterious character with a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist.  The more personality, the better.

All roles are available.

Auditions will consist of cold readings of the script. For more information, contact the director, Laura Berkemeier at laura.berkemeier@gmail.com.

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