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January 13, 2020 · 9:37 am

2020-2021 Season Announced by Dare to Defy Productions

D2D Productions is thrilled to announce our ’20-21 season. We will be rocking out all season long with your favorite movie gone musical, 80’s hits and 70’s power anthems.

Make sure to check back tomorrow for some more exciting new developments with D2D.

SCHOOL OF ROCK the Musical
by Julian Fellowes, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, Mike White
“Rock of Ages” is presented by special arrangement with The Musical Company, a Concord Theatricals Company.
09/04/2020-09/05/2020

CARRIE the Musical
Music by Michael Gore
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
Based on the novel by Stephen King
CARRIE the musical is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com
10/29/2020 – 11/01/2020

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! JR.
Originally Adapted and Produced for the Stage by Theatre BAM
From the Series Created by
George Newall and Tom Yohe
Based on an Idea by David McCall
Originally Conceived and Directed by Scott Ferguson
Book byScott Ferguson, Kyle Hall and George Keating
Music and Lyrics by
Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, David Frishberg,
Kathy Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe
Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR.
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
http://www.mtishows.com
11/20/2020-11/21/2020

ROCK OF AGES
Book by Chris D’Arienzo
Arrangements and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp
“Rock of Ages” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
02/04/2021-02/07/2021

SPRING AWAKENING
Book & Lyrics by
STEVEN SATER
Music by
DUNCAN SHEIK
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
SPRING AWAKENING is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
http://www.mtishows.com
04/15/2021-04/18/2021

HAIR
Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado
Music by Galt MacDermot
Produced for the Broadway stage by Michael Butler
Originally Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival Theatre HAIR
HAIR is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK www.tamswitmark.com
06/11/2021-06/14/2021

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December 10, 2019 · 11:07 am

Auditions Announced for BONNIE & CLYDE at Dare to Defy Productions

Dare to Defy Productions is thrilled to announce auditions for our upcoming production of the musical BONNIE & CLYDE. The show will run May 14, 2020 – May 17, 2020 at the Brightside Music and Event Center with a tentative first rehearsal on April 6, 2020.

Auditions/callbacks will be held on December 15, 2019 starting at 2:00 pm. You will not need to prepare your own songs, we will only be working material from the show. To receive callback materials, please send your headshot/resume to norgaard@dare2defy.org

All roles are available. All Ethnicities are encouraged to audition. These are paid non-union contract positions. Please see casting breakdown below.

FEMALE ROLES:

BONNIE PARKER: (18 TO 25) A BEAUTIFUL GIRL TORN BETWEEN LOVE AND FAME. CLYDE’S AMBITIOUS, STUBBORN LOVER. G3-F5
YOUNG BONNIE: THE YOUNG HOPEFUL AND FAN OF CLARA BOW, AT 10 AND 14. C#4-C5
BLANCHE BARROW: (25 TO 35) A RELIGIOUS WOMAN WHO DISAPPROVES OF THE CRIMINAL LIFESTYLE. HONORABLE AND RIGHTEOUS. MARRIED TO BUCK BARROW. G3-EB5
EMMA PARKER: (40 TO 55) BONNIES’ WIDOWED MOTHER. FRAGILE, CARING, SENSITIVE.
CUMIE BARROW: (40 TO 55) A KIND WOMAN. LOYAL AND SELFLESS. MOTHER TO CLYDE AND BUCK.
GOVERNOR MIRIAM FERGUSON: (40 TO 60) AN ENFORCER OF THE LAW AND GOVENOR OF TEXAS. TOUGH AND HARSH.

MALE CHARACTERS:

CLYDE BARROW: (18 TO 25) A CHARMING SMALL-TOWN BOY WHO CRAVES NOTORIETY. BONNIE’S RECKLESS, BOLD, DARING LOVER. A2-C5
YOUNG CLYDE: THE YOUNG SHARPSHOOTER AT 11 AND 15. B3-A5
MARVIN “BUCK” BARROW: (25 TO 35) CLYDE’S BROTHER AND OUTLAW TROUBLED BY HIS WIFE’S DISTATE FOR HIS LIFESTYLE. ADVENTUROUS AND LOYAL. B2-G4
TED HINTON: (18 to 25) A POLICE OFFER SRUGGLING TO SEPARATE HIS FEELINGS FROM HIS DUTIES. KIND AND HONEST. MADLY IN LOVE WITH BONNIE. C3-A4
PREACHER: (40 TO 65) THE TOWN’S EVANGELIST. LOUD, PASSIONATE, BOISTEROUS. A2-C5
HENRY BARROW: (45 TO 60) A HARD WORKING MAN, STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE, HUMBLE AND QUIET. FATHER OF CLYDE AND BUCK.

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October 31, 2019 · 12:03 pm

NARNIA The Musical Runs Nov. 30-Dec. 1

NARNIA The Musical
Dare to Defy Productions
Nov. 30-Dec. 1
Victoria Theatre [Dayton]

NARNIA: The Musical is a dramatization of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first and most famous of acclaimed British author C.S. Lewis’s world-renowned series, The Chronicles of Narnia.

It tells of four English schoolchildren – brothers and sisters – sent away from London during World War II to stay in the manor house of their uncle – who stumble upon (and through) a wardrobe into the magical kingdom of Narnia, held in the power of the White Witch, whose evil spell has frozen the land, so that it is “always winter – and never Christmas.” They are embraced by the talking animals, the good Narnians who resist the Witch’s evil and await the return of Aslan – the Great Lion, who is their rightful ruler. Aslan, who has long been absent from his land (so that some have even doubted his existence) has – at last! – returned, to confront the Witch, and the children are soon caught up in a fierce struggle of good versus evil.

Sat, Nov. 30 at 2pm & 8pm
Sun, Dec. 1 at 1pm & 7pm

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September 17, 2019 · 11:09 am

A NEW BRAIN Runs Oct. 17-19

A NEW BRAIN
Dare to Defy Productions
Oct. 17-19
PNC Annex [Dayton]

Cast: Bobby Mitchum as Gordon Michael Schwinn, Brent Hoggatt as Roger Delli-Bovi, Danielle Ruddy as Rhoda, Abby Hoggatt as Nancy D/Waitress, Lindsay Sherman as Mimi Schwinn, Vanae Pate as Homeless Lady, Brandon Leatherland as Mr. Bungee, John Woll as Richard, Zach King as Dr. Jafar Berensteiner & Garrett Young as The Minister

By the Tony Award-winning authors of Falsettos, here is an energetic, sardonic, often comical musical about a composer during a medical emergency. Gordon collapses into his lunch and awakes in the hospital, surrounded by his maritime-enthusiast lover, his mother, a co-worker, the doctor, and the nurses. Reluctantly, he had been composing a song for a children’s television show that features a frog – Mr. Bungee – and the specter of this large green character and the unfinished work haunts him throughout his medical ordeal.