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Casting Call for MLT’s PAINTING CHURCHES

MLT_logoMIDDLETOWN LYRIC THEATRE
1530 Central Avenue, Middletown, Ohio
513-425-7140 Middletownlyric.org

AUDITIONS for PAINTING CHURCHES by Tine Howe
Directed by: Charley Shafor

BY APPOINTMENT
Contact Charley at cshafor@middletownlyric.org
Performances: May 30 & 31 & June 6 & 7

CHARACTERS

  • Gardner Church: an aging Pulitzer Prize-winning poet slowly losing his mental abilities, and in the sometimes sharply toned conversations between mother and daughter. (Age 60’s to 70’s)
  • Fanny: is a slightly eccentric, tart-tongued Boston Brahmin who loves her doddering husband but fears and resents the loss of their cultured life. (Age 60’s to 70’s)
  • Margaret (Mags): fled to New York and a career as a painter. An infrequent visitor home, she wants to paint a definitive portrait of her parents while she has the chance; the work also allows her an opportunity to get a good look at them, to use the artist’s objectivity with her subjects to see them as people and not just her parents. (Age 30’s)

SYNOPSIS
Gardner and Fanny Church are preparing to move out of their Beacon Hill house to their summer cottage on Cape Cod. Gardner, once a famous poet, now is retired. He slips in and out of senility as his wife Fanny valiantly tries to keep them both afloat. They have asked their daughter, Mags, to come home and help them move. Mags agrees, for she hopes as well to finally paint their portrait. She is now on the verge of artistic celebrity herself and hopes, by painting her parents, to come to terms with them and they with her. Mags triumphs in the end as Fanny and Gardner actually step through the frame and become a work of art ineffable and timeless.

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Actor Needed: Cheswick in FT’s ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

FT_logoFalcon Theater in Newport, KY is looking for an actor to portray Cheswick in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, running March 28-April 12. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and rehearsals are Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9:30, with some possibilities of Monday rehearsals before a full Tech Week starting March 23.

Age range: early 40s-50s, male. Cheswick is one of the “acutes”, or the core patient characters in the play. Chewsick is alternately truculent and cringing. He is always demanding change, but never has the courage to see anything through.

This is a paid, contracted position.

Please contact director, Terry Gosdin (tgosdin@yahoo.com) or Ted Weil, Artistic director (tweil@falcontheatre.net) if you have questions or are interested in auditioning.

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Casting Call for BYE BYE LIVER

MISC_Casting call2Casting Call for the show BYE BYE LIVER at Below Zero Lounge 1122 Walnut St. 45202

BYE BYE LIVER is a successful sketch comedy show that’s been running in Chicago for seven years and is coming to Cincinnati. It’s a social satire that pokes fun at the follies of drinking through hilarious sketches and interactive games with the audience.

The show run time is approximately 90 minutes.

Open casting Sunday Feb 23 4-6, Monday Feb 24 7-9, callbacks Tuesday Feb 25 7-9

Rehearsals to begin Thursday February 27
Opening Night Saturday March 22

Roles:

  • 3 male leads (20-45)
  • 2 female leads (20-45)
  • 1 piano player (20-45)

Shows to run only on Saturday nights through April, with possible additional Friday show dates after April.

Show is an open-ended run, but commitments are negotiable.

Contact 628productions@gmail.com with questions

And show information/dates:

Shows are always at 8pm. Every Saturday beginning March 22, show dates currently through June 7, with more to add (the show runs indefinitely). Also, Friday June 6.

The show is at The Cabaret at Below Zero Lounge 1122 Walnut St 45202
Parking is in the lot across from the bar, $3 pay inside

www.byebyeliver.com for ticket sales

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Casting Call for Independent Film TEN YEARS DEEP

MISC_Casting call2CASTING  CALL
“TEN YEARS DEEP”
Drama
UNION AND NON-­‐UNION TALENT WELCOME

CASTING  FOR:

  • ­Male, 35-­‐40, Lead role
  • Male, 10-­‐13, Supporting role
  • Male, 40-­‐50, Supporting role
  • Female, 35-­‐45, Supporting role

 CASTING DATES:

February 8th and 9th – 10am-­‐3pm
(Email for appointment)
*Individuals may schedule independent auditions if not available for the  dates listed above.

SHOOTING DATES:

February 22, 23 and March 1, 2, 8, 9
(Dates tentative depending on characters)

If interested, please contact Tess White (whitetb@mail.uc.edu) for moreinformation and a copy of the script. Include résumé and headshot if possible.

Production Type: Independent/Student

Project Length: approx. 20 minutes

Shooting Location: Cincinnati

Director: Zachary Gerberick (513.907.2389)

Producer: Tess White

Compensation: No

Audition Location: University of Cincinnati, College-­‐Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH 45221

Mary Emery Hall: TV Studio Room
http://ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.html 

Synopsis:

A withdrawn shoe shiner begins to dig a hole in the woods behind his house. His ten year old son follows to help. As the hole grows deeper, and as the father and
son bond, more secrets from the past are revealed.

Characters:
*All roles ethnically ambiguous

[FATHER – 35-­‐40 YEARS OLD]
FATHER works as a shoeshine and is an excellent carpenter. He is a quiet, pensive man who is broken and guilt-ridden due to the murder of his wife, during which he failed to save her.He loves his son deeply, but feels that he cannot go on under the weight of his guilt. He digs a hole in which he plans to bury himself, the weight of the dirt standing as a literal manifestation of the weight of the years that are piling onto him. Protagonist.

[SON – TREVOR – 10 YEARS OLD]
SON is a loving and curious kid who, at times, displays his father’s pensiveness. He is wide-eyed to his father and to the world at large. To him, his father can do no wrong. He thinks that his mother died because of illness and that they are digging for treasure.

[NEIGHBOR – MALE – 40-­‐50 YEARS OLD]
Where FATHER is reserved and lives in his own head, NEIGHBOR is the opposite. He is loud-­‐voiced and has a solid presence. His life is exactly what it looks like, for better or for worse. He’s a typical Sunday-­‐football-­‐watching American type.

[NEIGHBOR’S WIFE – JEANINE – 40 YEARS OLD]
She is the typical wife counterpart to FATHER’S typical neighbor. JEANINE is caring, the type to bring a casserole to your door because she can. Knows about FATHER’s wife’s death and his subsequent sadness. She is understanding and sympathetic.

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Actor Needed for BAB’s WORKING

BAB_LOGOBrieabi Productions is looking for someone to fill a Male role for their upcoming production of WORKING!

Brother Trucker:

This needs to be someone who can rock the pop/blues style. Everything stays within a pretty limited range so a lot of fellas could be capable of singing this song if they are a good actor.

If interested, Please let Kevin Burton(producer) know ASAP at Kevin_Burton@me.com.

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