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March 30, 2015 · 3:02 pm

Auditions Announced for ANNIE GET YOUR GUN by Encore Youth Theatre

EYT_logoEncore Youth Theatre in Butler County, Ohio is a non-profit organization dedicated to the arts and education of area youth. The summer show for 7th- through 12th-graders will be “Annie Get Your Gun,” performed July 23-25, 2015.

Auditions for “Annie Get Your Gun” are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thurs., May 14, 2015 and 10 a.m. Sat., May 16, 2015 at First Baptist Church, 1501 Pyramid Hill Blvd., Hamilton. Auditioners should prepare a 1-minute upbeat song to perform and dress comfortably to learn a dance.

The show will be directed by Chris Beiser and produced by Lynn Huff and Diane Noonan. Shows are performed at Parrish Auditorium on the Miami University Hamilton campus. Rehearsals take place four nights a week leading up to the show, plus other dates as needed. Get more information at www.encoreyouththeatre.net.

Encore also seeks to fill the following paid positions for this show: Rehearsal pianist, vocal director, set designer and set builder. Please contact Noonan at (513) 291-0135 dianenoonan1@live.com to express interest.

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March 20, 2015 · 11:21 am

Auditions Announced for ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Xenia Area Community Theatre

xactMarch 23 and 24 at 7:00 pm

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
by Joseph Kesselring

Directed by Tony Copper

In  this classic screwball comedy, Mortimer Brewster,  a drama critic, must deal with his two charming elderly aunts who take to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with homemade elderberry wine laced with arsenic and “just a pinch” of cyanide and  with his  two brothers, who believe they are Teddy Roosevelt and Boris Karloff.

Auditions are cold readings from the script.  No preparation required.

Needed:  Nominally, 3 women & 11 men
Some parts are not gender specific.

Show Dates:  May 29-June 7

Auditions are held at the
Xenia Area Community Theater
45 E. Second St.
Xenia, OH 45385
937-372-0516

director@xeniaact.org

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March 18, 2015 · 10:18 am

Additional Auditions Announced for CLYBOURNE PARK at Sunset Players

SSP_logoSunset Players will be having additional auditions for CLYBOURNE PARK on March 29th and April 1st. The auditions will start at 7:30 PM and will be held at the Arts Center at Dunham (1945 Dunham Way, 45238). The auditions will be cold readings from the script.

Winner of 2011 Pulitzer Prize and 2012 Tony Award, Clybourne Park, directed by Mike Burke, explores race, real estate and communication in two acts set 50 years apart.

Act One takes place in 1959 with nervous community leaders trying to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in the present day in a now predominantly African-American neighborhood battling to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.

Each cast member will play two roles, a character in Act 1 set in 1959 and a different character in Act 2 set in 2009.

Roles still available include:

  • White male: 40s to 50s
  • While female: 40s
  • Black female: 30s
  • Black male: 30s
  • White male: 30s
  • White male: 20s

Show dates are July 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 & 25. For questions, contact Mike Burke at mwb_45238@yahoo.com.

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March 17, 2015 · 12:50 pm

SERIALS 2: THE THUNDERDOME Episode 4 – Who Survived?

KTC_Series2And the survivors, as announced by from Know Theatre of Cincinnati:

RESULTS TIME!
Here are the official results from Episode 4 of the Thunderdome. This was another nail-biter, everyone.

Continuing on to Week 5 are, in alphabetical order:

  • ANDY’S HOUSE OF [BLANK]
  • A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO LOSS
  • SO IN TENTS

And don’t forget: we’re heading into the final episode, which means that two of the shows that have been voted off will have the chance to return (including the two that faced the bucket of arbitration this week)!

WHICH SHOW WILL BE RESURRECTED BY THE VIEWERS?!

  • Will we find out how much the Figure is like a Cinderblock?
  • Will we check back in with Peggy Hart and learn just what Darn Good Coffee will make a man do?
  • Will we learn His Satanic Majesty’s next request?
  • Will we go back in orbit in with a Barrel of Monkeys?
  • Will we live Happily ever after?
  • Will we take a look at what This Couple does now?
  • Will we find out the next step to Blogging Like A Champ?

If you’ve been to Serials! YOU’LL Get a vote! Check your e-mail! You have 24 hours to make your voice heard!

(Note that THE NEXT 15 MINUTES is not eligible for resurrection, as Chris Wesselman has decided to leave the Thunderdome and walk the Fury Road. Godspeed, Chris Wesselman. Godspeed. ‪#‎wesselmeat‬)

SEE YOU ALL FOR THE CRAZY FINALE!

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March 17, 2015 · 10:14 am

Auditions Announced for SHREK The Musical by Queen City Productions

Queen City Productions will be holding auditions for its first production of the 2015-2016 season; SHREK The Musical. It’s the hilarious, family-friendly film transported to stage with show-stopping numbers and larger than life characters!

Auditions will be held at Thomas More College on:
Thursday, April 16th from 6:00-9:00pm
Saturday, April 18th from 3:00-9:00pm

Invited callbacks will be:
Sunday, April 19th from 6:00-9:00pm

All auditionees should be at least 7 years of age and should prepare a song that best features their vocal ability and their personality. All songs should be from a musical or a Disney movie and can be either acapella, on a cd or on an ipod/tablet. Everyone will also be asked to do a cold read from the script. There will be a tap dance audition for anyone who can tap and for anyone auditioning for Fiona, Teen Fiona or Young Fiona. Please bring tap shoes if you have them.

Auditions will be done in groups starting approximately every 30 minutes. To schedule and audition, please email us at queencityproductions@yahoo.com.

Rehearsals will begin around May 3rd and the show is tentatively scheduled for June 19-28. All rehearsals and performances will be at Thomas More College.

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