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January 1, 2024 · 2:30 pm

Auditions Announced for ComedySportz Cincinnati

CSZ_logoWe’re expanding our roster!

ComedySportz is fast-paced, all ages friendly, short-form competitive improv. We are looking for improvisers who want to be a part of the team.

WHEN: THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH 6:30-8:30

WHERE: Madcap Education Center 3064 Harrison Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45211

WHO: Performers and improvisers with basic improvisation skills, interested in doing all ages-friendly short form improv (must be 18 years or older).

WHAT: Wear clothing you can move in and a willingness to play! Please also bring a headshot or photo and theatrical/performance resume.

**This does not have to be a professional head shot, but something that will help us remember who you are after a day of seeing performers.**

Learn more and sign up at our website www.cszcincinnati.com.

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January 1, 2024 · 2:01 pm

Auditions Announced for NO EXIT at Xenia Area Community Theatre

XACT_logoAUDITION NOTICE – NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sartre

Auditions are Monday and Tuesday January 8 and 9 2024 at 7pm at Xenia Area Community Theater (X*ACT), 45 East Second Street, Xenia.

– Auditions consist of cold readings. Email the director (mhtaint@gmail.com) for the audition sides if you’d like an advance copy. Monologues not required (but we’ll be glad to hear it if you wish).

Can’t make the audition dates? Email the director for another option.

– Please bring all schedule conflicts from January 11 through March 10

– An actor’s CV or biography is HIGHLY recommended.

– Rehearsals will be Tuesdays through Thursdays, 7 – 9:15 pm at X*ACT. Note: Valet will normally have only 1 rehearsal per week

– All roles are open.

– There is some very light touching and one small bit of stage combat (stabbing) planned. All of this, of course, will be done with the actor’s full consent. Some productions of this play are rather explicit (undressing, fondling) – this is NOT the plan here. This play is about ideas and dialog, not stage action. Feel free to email the director if you have any questions or want more details.

– For all questions, please contact the director, Mike Taint at mhtaint@gmail.com

Performances are March 1 – 10, 2024

PLOT SUMMARY

Two women and one man are locked up together for eternity in one ordinary looking room in Hell, with no way out. The irony of this Hell is that its torture is not the traditional “fire and brimstone”, but of the humiliation of each soul as it is stripped of its pretenses by the cruel curiosity of the other two damned. It is an eternal torment. Now almost a century old, Sartre’s morality play remains a masterpiece of Existentialist Theater

CHARACTER LIST

– Ages listed are ages the actors need to be capable of playing

– All 4 roles are open to all ethnicities.

  • Joseph Garcin (some translations as “Vincent Cradeu”)
    Lead. Male. 30ish to 50ish A journalist from Rio who arrives in hell after having been shot twelve times for refusing to fight in an unnamed war; he is cowardly, self-centered, and often cruel.
  • Estelle Rigault
    Lead. 30ish to 50ish A wealthy socialite who is in Hell for infanticide. She relies on her looks to manipulate others; she is vain, shallow, and desperate for attention.
  • Inez Serrano
    Lead. Female. 30ish to 50ish A manipulative and sadistic postal worker; she is blunt, abrasive, and fiercely independent. She is in Hell for seducing a married woman which results in a murder/suicide
  • Valet (“Boy” in some translations)
  • Supporting. Male or Female or Nonbinary. 20ish and up An enigmatic figure who acts as jailer for the three damned.

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December 27, 2023 · 6:27 pm

Auditions Announced for FIVE LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE at Magnolia Theatre Company

MTC_logoMagnolia Theatre Company, Dayton’s feminist theatre company, announces auditions for the remainder of their 2023-24 season.

Auditions will be held January 5-6, 2024 at the Metropolitan Arts Center 126 N. Main St. Dayton, OH 45402, Studio A Second Floor. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Please register with this audition form. Sides are provided in form.

Callbacks will be held on January 6 from 1-3pm (only as needed).

Personnel: Gina Handy Minyard (Founding Artistic Director and Director – FIVE LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE

FIVE LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE by Andrew Habgood and Evan Linder
Rehearsal start date: March 1

Rehearsal frequency: 3-4 days a week throughout March (weekdays will be evenings, weekends will be mid afternoon) March 1,2,8,9,12-16,20-23, 26-30 *subject to change
Tech: April 1-3, 2024 evenings

Performance dates: April 4-7, 2024 PNC Arts Annex (5 performances)
Director: Gina Handy Minyard

Breakdown:
Description: It’s 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. As the assembled “widows’ await the announcement of the society’s prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! Has the Communist threat come to pass? How will the “widows” respond as their idyllic town and lifestyle faces attacks?

Content Disclosure: All roles require closed mouth lip to lip contact and highly physical comedy- (intimacy direction provided). The play discusses/portrays the following topics: sexuality, both lesbian and heterosexual.

  • LULIE STANWYCK – President
  • WREN ROBIN – Events chairwoman
  • VERONICA “VERN” SCHULTZ – Buildings and grounds chairman
  • GINNY CADBURY – Secretary
  • DALE PRIST – Historian

Note: Though Dale and Ginny are the youngest of the five officers, the ladies can vary in age. Seeking females, 20-60- any ethnicity.
Non-union. Actors will be paid a $1000 stipend at the closing of the show.

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December 19, 2023 · 5:13 pm

Auditions Announced for BIG FISH at Springboro Community Theatre

SCT_logoSpringboro Community Theatre is excited to announce upcoming auditions for BIG FISH! Auditions will be held at The Gabriel House, next to United Church of Christ (15 West Mill Street, Springboro, OH 45066) on 2 & 3 Jan at 7pm with tentative callbacks on 4 Jan. Performances will run 23-25 Feb and 1-3 Mar 2024.

Auditions will include singing and dancing and may also require cold reading/sight reading from the script. Auditioners should prepare 32 bars of a song (1-1:30 minutes) to share with us. An accompanist and a Bluetooth speaker will both be available. You may also bring a comfortable change of clothes and shoes for the dancing call.

Please be aware that due to the short rehearsal timeline, show rehearsals are expected to run Mon-Thurs evenings and some Saturday mornings (13/20 Jan, 3/10 Feb). That said, we respect and value your time and are committed to call you ONLY if/when needed.

Available roles include:

  • Edward – Adult male (35-60)
  • Sandra – Edward’s wife. Adult female (25-55).
  • Will – Edward’s adult son. Adult male (20-30).
  • Josephine – Will’s wife. Adult female (18-30).
  • Young Will – Young male (11-15).
  • Karl – A giant and Edward’s best friend. Adult male (18-40).
  • Amos – Circus ringleader. Adult male (30-50).
  • Witch – Fortune teller. Adult female (20-40).
  • Jenny Hill – Edward’s first love. Adult female (20-40).
  • Don Price – Edward’s childhood frenemy. Adult male (20-45).
  • Zacky Price – Don’s younger brother. Adult male (20-45).
  • Ensemble – An additional 30+ characters will be filled by the highly involved Ensemble! Looking for 8-10 adults and 2-3 children of assorted ages. Should be comfortable singing and moving.

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December 18, 2023 · 6:18 pm

Auditions Announced for SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Dayton Playhouse

DPH_logoAnnouncing auditions for SENSE AND SENSIBILITY by Kate Hamill
Based on the novel by Jane Austen

THE STORY: A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. Set in gossipy late 18th-century England, with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY examines our reactions, both reasonable and ridiculous, to societal pressures. When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart?

Opens: March 8, 2024
Closes: March 17, 2024

Auditions: January 15 & 16, 2024 7 PM At Dayton Playhouse

Auditions will consist of cold readings and improvisation games. All races, genders and abilities are encouraged to audition.

This is not your mother’s Jane Austen. Please come prepared to play. If you have a British accent, bring it with you however, it is not required for auditions. Looking for actors who are willing to have fun, learn, explore, work as part of a true ensemble and maybe get your hands dirty along the way.

All roles are available as follows. For ages given, anyone that can play that age will be considered. Final cast will include 10-12 people. Other than the two main characters, Elinor and Marianne, all actors will likely play multiple roles.

  • Marianne Dashwood: The middle Dashwood sister; sensitive
  • Elinor Dashwood: The eldest Dashwood sister; sensible
  • Margaret Dashwood: The youngest Dashwood sister: 10-13 years old.
  • Mrs. Dashwood: Mother to the Dashwood sisters
  • John Dashwood: half brother to the Dashwood sisters (from the father’s side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood)
  • Edward Ferrars: A gentleman; a bachelor
  • Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood: wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; Nasty.
  • Colonel Brandon: an older bachelor; over 45 years old.
  • John Willoughby: An unusually handsome young man.
  • Sir John Middleton: A country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood
  • Mrs. Jennings: A good natured, boisterous woman; mother in law to Sir John and a terror to the countryside.
  • Lady Middleton: An over-bred lady
  • Lucy Steele: A young girl from no fortune
  • Anne Steele: Lucy’s sister; indiscreet
  • Robert Ferrars: A callow young man; Edward Ferrars’ younger brother.

Also to be doubled with the cast:

  • Gossips 1-5: A chorus of high society creatures
  • Servants – including THOMAS
  • Doctor

Please contact the director, Jenni Cypher, with any questions by email at jennic42@gmail.com or by text message at 937.430.7820.

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