Footlighters and director Bunny Arszman are excited to announce the cast of our third show of the 2024-2025 season, ALTAR BOYZ!
ALTAR BOYZ runs February 13 – March 2, 2025, so get your tickets now!
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Footlighters is pleased to announce auditions for DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS!
Directed and choreographed by Jerry Weisenhahn
Music direction by Charlie Wilhelm
Co-produced by George Fee and Kristen Vincenty
Auditions:
Audition Requirements:
Auditions will consist of three parts:
More information such as synopsis & character descriptions can be found above at the Sign Up Genius link or Footlighters.org/auditions.
Productions dates: May 1-18
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THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Footlighters, Inc.
Sept. 19-Oct. 6
Stained Glass Theatre [Newport]
Directed by Dennis Murphy
Vocal and Music Direction by Linda Abbott
Choreography by Dennis Murphy
Produced by Jennifer Day and Janet Wisner
Cast: Eric Thomas as Man In Chair, Clare Hingsbergen as The Drowsy Chaperone, Mary Ann Sprague as Janet Van De Graaf, James Lindeman as Robert Martin, Ben Essex as Aldolpho, Michael Richart as George, Lisa Breithaupt as Mrs. Tottendale, Robert Weidle as Underling, Jeremy Fischer as Feldzieg, Kristin Schisler as Kitty, Ken Macke as Gangster #1, Doug Bruening as Gangster #2 & Virginia Venegas as Trix
Ensemble: Kathleen Connor, Nicole Line, Racheal Patranek, Abbie Schuler, Molly Simpson & Afton Skeeters
To chase his blues away, a reclusive musical theater addict shares his favorite Broadway cast album with the audience. Magically, the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone bursts to life in his apartment as he delivers a running commentary about the show. The musical tells the hilarious tale of a wedding between a popular Broadway starlet and a handsome, tap-dancing millionaire. But will the wedding take place? With a forgetful best man, a scheming ex-producer, two gangsters in disguise, and a perpetually inebriated chaperone, what could possibly go wrong?
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NEWPORT, KY — The Footlighters, Inc., is proud to present a bubbly love letter to the Golden Age of musical theater, a show that sparkles with mayhem, mix-ups, and a wedding (or four!): The Drowsy Chaperone.
To chase his blues away, a reclusive musical theater addict shares his favorite Broadway cast album with the audience. Magically, the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone bursts to life in his apartment as he delivers a running commentary about the show. The musical tells the hilarious tale of a wedding between a popular Broadway starlet and a handsome, tap-dancing millionaire. But will the wedding take place? With a forgetful best man, a scheming ex-producer, two gangsters in disguise, and a perpetually inebriated chaperone, what could possibly go wrong?
Award-winning actor and published playwright Eric Thomas makes his musical theater and Footlighters debut as the show’s narrator, “Man in Chair.” After catching the theater bug watching his niece and nephew perform, Eric made his Cincinnati community theater debut in Village Players of Fort Thomas’ Almost Maine in 2014. He has been an onstage fixture at numerous groups over the last 10 years, including Mariemont Players, Village Players, and The Drama Workshop. Eric has served as The Drama Workshop’s President for four years and produces its Home Brew Theatre, an annual festival of short plays of local authors. He’s an engineer for Toyota by day, and community theater has allowed him to try his hand at new skills such as directing, producing, set building, light designing, and even tap dancing! He is the proud recipient of the Outstanding Performer award from the Kentucky Theater Association festival and the Kentucky Playwright’s Workshop award for Best Monologue.
Performances:
Tickets: $25 each and available online at footlighters.org/tickets or by contacting the box office via text or phone call at (859) 652-3849 or FootlightersTickets@gmail.com.
The Footlighters, Inc., has been producing quality community theater shows in Greater Cincinnati for over 60 years. The group was established in 1963 by a small group of community theater volunteers who wanted to bring theater opportunities to the west side of Cincinnati.
In 1987, the group bought the Salem United Methodist Church in Newport and transformed it into The Stained Glass Theatre. The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a Kentucky landmark. In September of 2021, Footlighters completed the third and final phase of their accessibility project by adding ADA-compliant seating in their theater to complement the ADA ramp and elevator installed in 2017 and 2018, allowing access for all patrons with limited mobility.
For more information, please visit footlighters.org or like The Footlighters, Inc., on Facebook.
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ALTAR BOYZ
Book by Kevin Del Aguila
Music and Lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker
Conceived by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport
Director: Bunny Arszman
Vocal Director: Libby Beiting-Lipps
Choreographer: JV Katz
Dance Captain: Genevieve Perrino
Producers: Tom Peters and Mary Stone
Audition Dates:
Sunday, September 22 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Monday, September 23 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Invited Callbacks, if Needed: Wednesday, September 25
Performance Dates: February 13 – March 2, 2025
Location: Footlighters’ Stained Glass Theatre
802 York Street
Newport, KY 41071
What to prepare and bring:
Footlighters’ top priority is to provide a safe and healthy environment for all participants in our productions. Therefore, we are respectfully requiring all individuals who are cast in this show to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the first rehearsal, subject to reasonable accommodations for those with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs that preclude vaccination. If you face a barrier to vaccination due to disability or religious belief, or otherwise have had difficulty with access to vaccination, please contact Mary Stone at maryinnyc@yahoo.com or Tom Peters at sloanpeters@hotmail.com to discuss reasonable accommodation.
Show Synopsis:
Altar Boyz is a hilarious spoof of a fictional Catholic boy band performing on the last night of their national “Raise the Praise” Tour. The Boyz are five all-singing, all-dancing heartthrobs from Ohio: Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan, and Abraham. The cast must be strong singers and “boy band” dancers with a lot of stamina. Any gymnastic ability would be very welcome but is not a must.
This production staff is committed to bringing together a diverse group of people who are dedicated to bringing this story to life. We encourage performers of all races, ethnicities, sexualities, and body types to audition. No roles have been precast. The playing age range should be 20s to early 30s. Performers must be 18+ to audition for this show.
Roles:
Matthew – The handsome and charismatic founder and leader of the group.
Vocal range: Baritone – C3 to B4
Mark – A very sensitive young man who loves Cher. Comedic role.
Vocal range: Tenor – C3 to E5
Luke – The bad boy of the group. Streetwise, but rather dim in every other way. Raised on the wrong side of tracks.
Vocal range: Baritone – C3 to A4
Juan – The Latin lover with a passion for beautiful women.
Vocal range: Baritone – C3 to Bb4
Abraham – The nice Jewish boy who loves hip-hop. Abe loves singing and dancing and is the member of the group who understands the message better than the rest.
Vocal range: Baritone – C3 to A4
Sign up for an audition spot directly!
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