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MLT Change in Season

MLT_logoMiddletown Lyric Theatre announces a change in the season:

PAINTING CHURCHES by Tina How scheduled to be the final production of the MLT season is being replaced with:

COMEDY TONIGHT: AN EVENING OF FARCE directed by Michael Schlotterbeck & Charley Shafor

The evening will include short plays written by Christopher Durang & David Ives. Scheduled are:

  • FOR WHOM THE SOUTHERN BELLE TOLLS
  • TIME FLIES
  • VARIATIONS ON THE DEATH OF TROTSKY
  • UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
  • THE ACTOR’S NIGHTMARE

The show runs: May 30, 31 & June 6 & 7, 2014

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BPI Seeks Male Actors for Summer Show

BPI_logoThe writer and director of our summer musical, THE JESTER PRINCE, is looking to fill multiple male roles. Rehearsals start May 19, and the performances are August 1-9 at the Anderson Center Theatre. Those interested can contact the writer/director Fred at fred@tacon.net. Available roles:

LESTER THE JESTER (18-25) – Lead role. Likeable joker, but sincerely in love with the princess. Leads a band of misfits to her rescue. Strong singer and actor, good dancer. Great stage presence.

  • TUMBLESTUMP (18-40) – Fearless but clumsy steward. Dreams of becoming a knight. Good singer and actor, capable dancer.
  • SIR ROCCO WRETCHED (20-35) – The bad guy who kidnaps the princess. Strong actor, good singer. Good at being over-the-top, buffoonishly evil.
  • DIVOT / EDGAR WRETCHED (40-60) – Rocco’s timid henchman. Revealed to be Rocco’s father. Good singer and actor. NOTE: The actor playing this role must be capable and comfortable with physical comedy, specifically dropping to and tumbling on the floor.
  • PRINCE VINCE (18-35) – Pompous and wealthy prince. One of the princess’s suitors. Featured role with solos in two songs. Also a part of the ensemble. Good singer, capable actor and dancer.
  • PRINCE DARIN (18-35) – Strong and adventurous prince. One of the princess’s suitors. Featured role with solos in two songs. Also a part of the ensemble. Good singer, capable actor and dancer.

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HTG Productions Seeks Keyboard Players

MISC_keyboardHonest to Goodness Productions, Inc., is in need of a keyboard player to accompany the group called “THE GRANDKIDS” which is an ensemble group of children, ages 8 to 14, who entertain at retirement communities. Each show is 45 minutes long. The accompaniest would have to be at the recreation center or retirement facility 15 minutes before the show. The shows are usually in the early evening. There are five or six songs to play — all very simple — and sound effects to to put in at places in the skits or monologues as the children are performing. The person interested would not have to bring the keyboard. I have a keyboard with sound effects and it would be an easy thing to put down the numbers for each effect and go along with the scripts. The show is a lot of fun!

Right now, the group is new; we have a gig in July and more will come up as our marketing gathers some speed. We are going in for “short” money till the group garners some performances and gets popular; to start, we could afford to pay a keyboardist $50 per show.

My name is Sunny Monnig, President of Honest to Goodness Productions, Inc., a 501(C)(3) charity corporation. We also have the group called “K.I.D.S.” which stands for “Kids In Difficult Situations,” that entertains in elementary schools in the Greater Cincinnati area.

For more information to know more about us, please go to our website at: www.kidshtog.org and click on the “GRANDKIDS” link. If you go through the various pages, you’ll get an idea of how we have operated for a number of years. Please call me or write to me if you are interested.

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Audition Accompanist Needed for BB’s JOSEPH…

MISC_keyboardHELP! We need a pianist for auditions for JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT presented by Bart’s Bards.

Auditions will consist of playing accompaniment from sheet music provided by the Auditioners.

Auditions are:

  • Saturday, March 22nd 1-4 PM
  • Sunday, March 23rd 6-9 PM
  • Tuesday, March 25th 6-9 PM
  • Saturday, March 29th 1-4 PM (Possible callbacks) 

Unfortunately, we do not have a budget for this – we are looking for people who could volunteer out of the kindness of their hearts.

Please contact Fred Hunt (nwlsdhunt@fuse.net or 513.266.6755) if you can help on any or all of these dates.

Thanks in advance!

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CCM Prep Offers Theatre Design and Tech Workshop Summer Camp

CCMPREP_logoA summer camp for Theater Techies!! What an awesome idea!!

Do you know a high school student who is fascinated by light boards, spotlights, sound boards, props, costumes and scenery and who now wants to know more so they can do more?

This summer the CCM Preparatory Department is offering high school students captivated by stagecraft a chance to take their knowledge and skills to the next level with the Theater Design and Tech Workshop, July 7- 19 at the College-Conservatory of Music. This full-day camp is a comprehensive hands-on program that will introduce students to all the production fields as well as how the design elements of a production are conceived, rendered and implemented. Students will take away practical knowledge they can use in their present high school and community theater endeavors and also explore whether this might be a career path for them to pursue. Either way, it will be two weeks of techie heaven!

For more information, download the attached flyer, check out our website at ccm.uc.edu/prep/immersion2014 or call Dennis Murphy at 513.556.2595.

In-person interviews are coming up on March 22 but you can also apply online before June 7th.

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