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Auditions Announced for FIX ME, JESUS at Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoSun, Jan. 13 at 4-6pm
Mon, Jan. 14 at 7-8:15pm

1530 Central Ave, Middletown, Ohio 45044

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Cold Reading form the script

PRODUCTION DATES:

  • APRIL 5, 6, 12 at 8:00 pm
  • APRIL 13th at 3:00 pm & 8:00 pm

REHEARSAL AND PRODUCTION WEEK COMMITMENT:
Rehearsals begin: March 3
Production Week: March 30 – April 4
Once the show is cast and we have everyone’s conflicts, etc. We will build a rehearsal schedule that will hopefully work for all involved.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
Ages are reference points if you think you can pull of the recommended age than please auditions.

  • Annabell Armstrong: Female, late 20’s early 30’s
    Attractive, intelligent, socialite with political ambitions who dreams of making a difference.
  • Young Annabell: Female, 10
    intelligent, precocious, able to do a Texas accent.
  • Annabell’s Mother: Female, mid 30’s to early 40’s
    very attractive, vulnerable, struggling to save her own marriage as well as please her uncompromisingly conservative mother.
  • Annabell’s Grandmother: Female, late 50’s to mid-60’s vigorous, resolute, dressed in black, staunch conservative Texas matriarch determined to maintain her family’s social and political power, right or wrong.
  • Mrs. Craig: Female, Early to mid-50’s
    a long-time sales clerk at Neiman Marcus who always manages to provide a nurturing atmosphere for her stressed-out clients.
  • Dr. Maxwell Feld: Male, late 40’s to mid-50’s attractive, a “pull no punches” New York Jewish psychiatrist struggling with his own marriage and his place in Texas society, a fish out of water.

ABOUT THE SHOW:
In a Dallas Texas, Neiman Marcus changing room, on the most important day of her life, Annabelle Armstrong frantically searches for the perfect dress. A rising star in the Texas Democratic Party, Annabelle is trapped in the Reagan eighties. Her political career, love affair, finances, and family relations are in crisis; and strong-minded characters from her past begin to appear from behind the changing room mirror. FIX ME, JESUS is a dark comedy—the hilarious, timely, and poignant story of a woman who finds herself at the epicenter of history and politics, struggling for personal independence and social justice against the lifelong theft of her own power

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MIRACLE OF 34TH STREET: A Live Musical Radio Play Runs Dec. 14-22

MLT_Miracle on 34th St logoMIRACLE OF 34TH STREET: A Live Musical Radio Play
Middletown Lyric Theatre
Dec. 14-22
[Middletown]

Direction & musical staging by Charley Shafor
Music & vocal direction by Jay Mills

Adapted from the original 1947 LUX Radio Broadcast this “live radio play” complete with Foley effects and a score of holiday carols, Miracle on 34th Street  is a beloved musical that will melt even the most cynical of hearts. Our story begins as Doris Walker frantically recruits a last minute replacement for a drunken Santa for Macy’s Christmas parade. The man proves ideal for the job and for good reason – he says his name is Kris Kringle and that he’s the real Santa Claus. This tale takes us all the way to the Supreme Court where one little girl’s belief makes all the difference in this “Miracle.”

  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 14-15 at 8pm
  • Fri, Dec. 21 at 8pm
  • Sat, Dec. 22 at 3pm & 8pm

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OTHER DESERT CITIES Runs Nov. 9-17

MLT_Other Desert Cities logoOTHER DESERT CITIES
Middletown Lyric Theatre
Nov. 9-17
[Middletown]

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Linda Callahan as Silda Grauman, Sally Fint as Brooke Wyeth, Fred Hunt as Lyman Wyeth, Elizabeth Long as Polly Wyeth & Dan Maloney as Trip Wyeth

Brooke Wyeth after a six year absence returns home to Palm Springs to celebrate Christmas with her parents, brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history – a wound they don’t want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it. This production contains adult language.

  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 9-10 at 8pm
  • Fri, Nov. 16 at 8pm
  • Sat, Nov. 17 at 3pm & 8pm

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Actors Needed for MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: A Live Radio Play at Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoMiddletown Lyric Theatre
middletownlyric.org

  • Wallace Ainsley as Male Character Actor :Various. Versatile. Baritone – B3-E4
  • Alex Mialdo as Foley Artist and serves as Announcer. Bass/baritone – F2-E4 

ABOUT THE SHOW:
MIRACLE ON 34th STREET: A Live Musical Radio Play
Adapted from the original 1947 LUX Radio Broadcast this “live radio play” complete with Foley effects and a score of holiday carols, Miracle on 34th Street  is a beloved musical that will melt even the most cynical of hearts. Our story begins as Doris Walker frantically recruits a last minute replacement for a drunken Santa for Macy’s Christmas parade. The man proves ideal for the job and for good reason – he says his name is Kris Kringle and that he’s the real Santa Claus. This tale takes us all the way to the Supreme Court where one little girl’s belief makes all the difference in this “Miracle.”

Contact: Charley at  cshafor@middletownlyric.org for more information or audition

Rehearsals begin November 10

Performances: December 14, 15, 21 & 22

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Cast Announced for OTHER DESERT CITIES at Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoMiddletown Lyric Theatre is pleased to announce the cast for OTHER DESERT CITIES.

The cast includes:

  • Linda Callahan as Silda Grauman
  • Sally Fint as Brooke Wyeth
  • Fred Hunt as Lyman Wyeth
  • Elizabeth Long: Polly Wyeth
  • Dan Maloney as Trip Wyeth

Directed by Charley Shafor, performances run Nov. 9-17.

For more information visit www.middletownlyric.org.

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