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July 22, 2015 · 11:10 am

Cast Announced for PARADE at Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoMiddletown Lyric Theatre is happy to announce our cast for PARADE. At 20 members (and counting) this is one of our largest cast in over 7 years!

Cast:

  • Leo M. Frank: Kevin Stout
  • Lucille Frank: Julia Abanto-Bethune
  • Britt Craig: Jason Easter
  • Mrs. Phagan: Kristen Erdman
  • Gov. John Slaton: Nathan Greer
  • Sally Slaton: Angie Markham
  • Hugh Dorsey: Duane Gordon
  • Lizzie Phagan: Victoria Garcia
  • Jim Conley: Darien Wynn
  • Frankie: Seth Allen
  • Angela: Alicia Moore
  • Mary Phagan: Ashley Shamp
  • Lola Stover: Emma Janson
  • Judge Roan: Joe Cunningham
  • Monteen: Elizabeth Lindon
  • Young Soldier/Luther Rosser: Chris Scheid
  • Essie: Kayla Blair
  • Mrs. McDaniel: Pam Steiniger
  • Ivey/Guard: David Jenkins
  • Det. Starnes: Joel Butch
  • Tom Watson: TBA
  • Riley: TBA
    Newt Lee: TBA

Orchestra: TBA

Production:

  • Director/Musical Staging: Charley Shafor
  • Musical Director/Conductor: Brett Greenwood
  • Pianist: Mary Ellen Clinard
  • Scenic Design: Charley Shafor
  • Costume Design: Charley Shafor/ Angie Markham
  • Lighting/Sound Design/Projections: Edwin Toy
  • Production Stage Manager: Elizabeth Long

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July 8, 2015 · 12:22 pm

Auditions Announced for THE COUNTRY HOUSE at Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoMiddletown Lyric Theatre
1530 Central Avenue
Middletownlyric.org
513-425-7140

August 3rd & 4th 7pm

This is the OHIO Premiere for this Broadway hit!
THE COUNTRY HOME By David Margulies
Nov. 6-14

Directed by Charley Shafor

A brood of famous and longing-to-be-famous creative artists have gathered at their summer home during the Williamstown Theatre Festival. When the weekend takes an unexpected turn, everyone is forced to improvise, inciting a series of simmering jealousies, romantic outbursts, and passionate soul-searching. Both witty and compelling, THE COUNTRY HOUSE provides a piercing look at a family of performers coming to terms with the roles they play in each other’s lives

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
Ages are used as guidelines.

  • SUSIE KEEGAN: early twenties, a college student, the plainly lovely daughter of Walter Keegan and the recently deceased Kathy
  • WALTER KEEGAN: sixty-six, a successful film and stage director; granddaughter of
  • ANNA PATTERSON: the matriarch, a great and famous actress; Susie’s grandmother.
  • ELLIOT COOPER:  forty-four, a failed actor and aspiring playwright. Susie’s uncle and brother to her late mother
  • NELL MCNALLY, Walter’s girlfriend an actress in her early forties, an intelligent, inscrutable beauty.

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June 19, 2015 · 9:48 am

Part-time Technical Director Sought by Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoMiddletown Lyric Theatre a Thirty-Seven year old community theatre located in downtown Middletown, Ohio is looking for a, part-time, Technical Director for their five show season beginning in Mid-July.

We are looking for a person with strong carpentry skills and the creative ability for “repurposing.” The desired candidate will also have a strong knowledge of electrics and a working knowledge of sound. You should be a self-starter and able to work safe and independently. In addition to technical responsibilities there may, on occasion, be light maintenance or other general up-keep projects. We are a down and dirty theatre and do what it takes to get the job done. We desire someone with a great sense of humor, a passion for theatre and an attitude to be the best you can possibly be. This is an excellent opportunity for a current or recent graduate of a technical theatre program looking to build their resume. Design opportunities are available for the right person if so desired. You will work closely with in-house scenic and lighting designers.

Middletown Lyric Theatre is built on a solid foundation and beliefs of community theatre and portion of this paid position will be a certain amount of volunteer hours per show.

Please forward your letter, resume and pictures of work (if available) to: Charley Shafor, Managing Artistic Director – cshafor@middletownlyric.org or you can mail to Middletown Lyric Theatre P.O. Box 1656, Middletown, Ohio 45042. DEADLINE JUNE 30, 2015

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June 15, 2015 · 1:13 pm

Male Roles Available for PARADE at Middletown Lyric Theatre

MLT_logoOpening in September with rehearsals beginning at the end of July, first of August is Jason Robert Brown’s Musical PARADE.

In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor’s false testimony seal Leo’s fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience, and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion.

ROLES:

  • Newt Lee: African American Male – Mid 40’s to early 50’s
  • Judge Roan/Older Soldier: Ideally over 50
  • Young Confederate Soldier/Luther Rosser: Mid 20’s to early 30’s
  • Tom Watson/Detective Starnes: late 20’s to early 40’s

All roles are a part of the ensemble.
Interested performers should contact Charley Shafor at cshafor@middletownlyric.org for more information or appointment to set up an audition.

Possible Gas Stipend available if you live more than 20 miles, one way from Middletown Lyric Theatre.

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April 29, 2015 · 6:43 pm

NOVEMBER Runs May 29-June 6

MLT_November logoNOVEMBER
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
May 29-June 6
Middletown

Directed by Claire LaNicca

Cast: David Jenkins, Melodie La Nicca, Dan Nieman, Julie Poux & Michael Schlotterbeck

A beleaguered, American commander-in-chief. It’s November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith’s chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money’s running out, and nuclear war might be imminent. Though his staff has thrown in the towel and his wife has begun to prepare for her post-White House life, Chuck isn’t ready to give up just yet. Amidst the biggest fight of his political career, the President has to find time to pardon a couple of turkeys — saving them from the slaughter before Thanksgiving — and this simple PR event inspires Smith to risk it all in attempt to win back public support. With Mamet’s characteristic no-holds-barred style, November is a scathingly hilarious take on the state of America today and the lengths to which people will go to win. This play does contain strong adult language

  • Fri-Sat, May 29-30 at 8pm
  • Fri-Sat, June 5-6 at 8pm

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