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CenterStage Players is pleased to announce auditions for their fall production of ROCK OF AGES.

Auditions will be held at the Dunham Arts Center (1945 Dunham Way – Cincinnati) on Sunday, April 7 from 1:00-5:00 PM and on Monday, April 8 from 6:30-9:30 PM. Callbacks (if needed) will be on Wednesday, April 10 beginning at 6:30 PM. All individuals auditioning must be 18 or older.

It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980’s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily glad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into realities. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherrie, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock-n-roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled strip into yet another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherrie, and the gang save the strip (and themselves) before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, and more hold the answer.

Roles Available (no roles have been pre-cast):

• Drew – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Lonny – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Sherrie – Female Identifying (Mezzo-soprano/Alto)
• Dennis Dupree – Male Identifying (Baritone)
• Justice Charlier – Female Identifying (Mezzo-soprano/Alto)
• Stacee Jaxx – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Hertz Klinnerman – Male Identifying (Baritone)
• Regina – Female Identifying (Mezzo-soprano/Alto)
• Franz Klinnerman – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• The Mayor – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Waitress #1 – Female Identifying (Alto)
• Constance Sack – Female Identifying (non-singing role)
• Ja’Keith – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Joey Primo – Male Identifying (Tenor)
• Ensemble (6-8 people all genders and voice types)

Director: Allie Webber
Producer: Fred Hunt
Music Director: Kristi Heiner
Choreographer: Garrett Klaas

For auditions, please prepare 12-16 bars of an 80’s rock song or musical theatre song in the style of the show. Please NO songs from the actual show. An accompanist will be provided so please provide clearly marked sheet music. Bring comfortable clothes for a dance call during auditions as well as your current headshot and resume.

Rehearsals will begin on June 30 and the show plays for two weekends beginning September 6. Please reserve an audition spot by using the following link:
www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DA8AF29A1F85-48033269-rock#/

Walk-ins will be accepted provided there is an opening in the schedule. In the event you cannot make either audition date, video auditions will be accepted. Please follow the same guidelines (you will need a vocal audition video as well as a sample of your dance skills) and send your audition videos (along with your headshot and resume) to amwebber1993@gmail.com with the subject line ‘ROA AUDITION’. Deadline to submit video auditions is midnight on Sunday, April 7 (NO EXCEPTIONS!).

CenterStage Players announces auditions for our March 2024 production of ‘The Ladies Foursome’ by Norm Foster

AUDITION VENUE AND DATES:
Evendale Cultural Art Center – 10428 Reading Rd

• Saturday November 4 – 2:00-3:30 pm in the Lower Art Studio
• Sunday November 5 – 2:00-3:30 pm in the History Room

At the corner of Glendale-Milford Road and Reading Road, you can only enter via the east-bound lane of Reading Road. Parking and entrance are at the rear of the building. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Rehearsals will begin in early February 2024.

SHOW DATES: March 15-23, 2024
SHOW VENUE: Bell Tower Arts Pavilion – 3270 Glendale Milford Rd.

THE LADIES FOURSOME CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
(For all roles, a passing familiarity with golf clubs would be a plus but is not a necessity)

• Margot (50-55): A heavy drinker. Owns a construction company. Divorced & estranged from her daughter.
• Tate (42): The angst-y stay-at-home mother of three teenagers. Husband is a surgeon.
• Connie (50-55): Attractive TV news anchor. A flirt. Competitive.
• Dorie (around 40): Six kids. Vacation spa owner. Former Las Vegas singer. Angry with her life’s direction.

SHOW SYNOPSIS
The day after their friend Cathy’s funeral, Margot, Tate, and Connie gather for a round of golf in honor of their recently departed fourth. There, they are joined by another woman, an old friend of Cathy’s they’d never met. Over the course of eighteen holes, secrets and confessions unravel as the women discuss love, sex, children, and everything in between. A funny, fast-paced, heartwarming story of friendship inspired by The Foursome.

QUESTIONS? CONTACT –
Steve Phelan (Director) – stevephelan7588@gmail.com
Kelly Geoppinger (Producer) – kgeoppinger33@gmail.com
Gregory Smith (Producer) – eerf99@aol.com