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Submissions Open for BROADWAY NIGHTS: A Broadway Revue at Fairfield Footlighters

Fairfield Footlighters is pleased to announce auditions for BROADWAY NIGHTS: A Broadway Revue

Director: Kate Brauer-Bell
Music Director: Elizabeth Hickerson
Choreographer: Genevieve Perrino

The show includes four performances September 26-28. Rehearsals will be Monday-Thursday starting August 4. Not all performers will be called to all rehearsals. Rehearsals and shows will take place at the Fairfield Community Arts Center (411 Wessel Dr, Fairfield, OH 45014.) Soloists will be expected to work independently to prepare their pieces for the production. No conflicts will be accepted in the final two weeks.

Your songs should be from well-known shows and/or well-known musical theatre composers. This is your chance to sing the well-known Broadway favorites from the infamous “do not sing” lists! The more well known and beloved, the better. Submit 2 one-minute cuts (approximately 32 bars each) of two pieces you would potentially like to perform in the show. Ideally songs should be from roles that you might be cast to play (age, gender, etc.) Please choose one piece before 1990 and one piece 1990 or later. Duets are welcome! If submitting a duet, both performers should submit the same duet recording as part of their own audition package.

Please submit headshot, resume, and dance reel or video demonstration of your dance abilities. (If you don’t have any of the aforementioned items, you are still welcome to submit your audition!)

Email your materials no later than 4pm on July 21 to kbbauditions@gmail.com. Callbacks by invitation will take place July 28. Please answer the following for each song you submit:

Title of Song
Title of Musical
Composer of Musical
Year First Produced on Broadway
Total Length of Full Song (Minutes and Seconds)

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2025-2026 Season Announced by Fairfield Footlighters

Magic is in the air for Fairfield Footlighters 2025-2026 Season! All performances will be held at the Fairfield Community Arts Center. Stay tuned to fairfieldfootlighters.org for audition information and ticket sales.

Broadway Nights: A Musical Revue
book by Kate Brauer-Bell & Elizabeth Hickerson
September 26-28, 2025

Directed by Kate Brauer-Bell
Music Directed by Elizabeth Hickerson
Produced by Dan Schindler

Shakespeare in Love
by Lee Hall
November 14-16, 2025

Directed by Shelby Carter-Collins
Produced by Kate Brauer-Bell

The Nerd
by Larry Shue
February 13-15, 2026

Directed by Mark Lunsford
Produced by Anna Brown and Nicholas Brown

Harvey
by Mary Chase
May 15-17, 2026

Directed by Nicholas Brown
Produced by Kathy Brown and Abby Engel

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ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID Runs May 23-25

ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID
Fairfield Footlighters
May 23-25
Fairfield Community Arts Center

Directed by Ginny Johnson

Cast: Natalie Johnson as Nari, Cathy Woodruff as Sedalia, Peggy Allen as Charlie, Carmen Art as Deedra, Melissa Trinidad as Libby Ruth & Becky Cole as Monette

Always A Bridesmaid is the rollicking tale of four loyal and determined women who definitively answer the question, “Just how far are you willing to go to keep a promise to a friend?” If you’ve ever elbowed a stranger out of the way to catch a bride’s bouquet, seriously questioned the mental stability of the duo saying “I do”, or been forced to wear the world’s ugliest bridesmaid dress, this deliriously funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy is definitely for you…and your dearly beloved!

  • Fri, May 23 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, May 24 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 25 at 2pm

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Cast Announced for ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID at Fairfield Footlighters

Fairfield Footlighters is thrilled to reveal the cast of its forthcoming spring production of ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID:

  • Kari – Natalie Johnson
  • Sedalia – Cathy Woodruff
  • Charlie – Peggy Allen
  • Deedra – Carmen Art
  • Libby Ruth – Melissa Trinidad
  • Monette – Becky Cole

Performances run May 23-25.

Thank you to all that attended auditions and please stay tuned for our upcoming announcement regarding our 2025-26 season!

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Auditions Announced for ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID at Fairfield Footlighters

Fairfield Footlighters announces auditions for our upcoming spring production of ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID by Jones Hope Wooten.

Directed by Ginny Johnson & produced by Nicholas Brown.

Auditions will be held Monday February 24th and Wednesday February 26th at the Fairfield Community Arts Center (411 Wessel Drive Fairfield, OH 45014) from 7pm-9pm.

Production dates will be May 23rd-25th.

Sign up to Audition: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050F4AABAB2AAAF49-55218148-always#/

Synopsis: In this hilarious comedic romp, four friends have sworn to keep the promise they made on the night of their Senior Prom: to be in each other’s weddings … no matter what. More than thirty years later, these Southern friends-for-life are still making “the long walk” for each other, determined to honor that vow. Libby Ruth, the hopeful romantic with the perfect marriage, believes – in spite of all evidence to the contrary – that her friends can find the very same happiness. Headstrong Deedra’s “rock-solid” union hangs by a thread when she discovers her husband of many years has not only a wandering eye but the hands to match. Monette, flashy, high-spirited and self-involved, continues to test her friends’ love and patience with all-too-frequent trips down the aisle. And salt-of-the-earth, tree-hugging Charlie discovers – the hard way – that marital bliss is not the end of her rainbow and panics in outrageous style when the opportunity presents itself.

Hop on this marriage-go-round for a laugh-out-loud journey with these beleaguered bridesmaids as they navigate the choppy waters of love and matrimony. Libby Ruth, Deedra, Monette and Charlie are committed to the notion that careers, waistlines and even marriages may disappear, but real friendships last a lifetime. Forsaking all others, in sickness and in health, they repeatedly struggle to stage the perfect wedding in spite of fistfights at the altar, runaway brides and the mistaken, and unfortunate, release of a flock of white doves on the first day of hunting season.

List of Characters:

  • Kari Ames-Bissette (Female), late 20s, kind-hearted, spirited Southern charmer
  • Libby Ruth Ames (Female), late 40s, hopeless romantic, sweet country woman, plain-spoken and guileless
  • Sedalia Ellicott (Female), 60s, a gregarious, energetic Virginia hostess and life-force
  • Monette Gentry (Female), late 40s, kinda flashy, kinda trashy, Southern-to-the-bone flirt
  • Charlie Collins (Female), late 40s, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, acerbic Southern free spirit
  • Deedra Wingate (Female), late 40s, headstrong with a dry wit, no-nonsense Northern transplant

Please come to auditions prepared to cold read from the script as well as provide a list of conflicts from March 1st-May 19th.

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