Category Archives: Auditions

Auditions for Miss Evers’ Boys at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Nov 13 & 14

Auditions for Miss Evers’ Boys at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Nov 13 & 14

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for:
Miss Evers’ Boys

Audition Dates: November 13 & 14, 2023

Performances: February 9 – March 3, 2024

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
Miss Evers’ Boys tells the story of Nurse Eunice Evers and the men in her charge, who, between 1934 and 1970, unwittingly participated in a US Health Department study on the effects of syphilis in the Negro male. The play was inspired by the book “Bad Blood” by James Jones, which explores the ethics of this clinical study and looks at how ideas about race and the perceptions of racial “differences” affect the quality, availability, and nature of healthcare in the US.

For more information, including parts to be cast, click here.

Auditions for Urinetown by 2nd Star Productions, Oct 9-10

Auditions for Urinetown by 2nd Star Productions, Oct 9-10

2nd Star Productions announces auditions for:
Urinetown the Musical
Director: Davis Wootton-Klebanoff
Music Director: Jenni Butler
Choreographer: Summer Moore
Producers: Karen Monteith & Crista Drysdale

Audition Dates: October 9 – 10, 2023
Sun. Oct. 8, Mon. Oct. 9, and Tues. Oct. 10, at 7:00pm; Callbacks will be Wed. Oct. 11 at 7:00pm, if needed.

Performances: February 9 – March 2, 2024

Location: 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America’s greatest art forms.

In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

For more information, including parts to be cast, and to request a timed audition slot or submit a video audition, click here.

Auditions for Merrily We Roll Along by Greenbelt Arts Center, Oct 8-10

Auditions for Merrily We Roll Along by Greenbelt Arts Center, Oct 8-10

Greenbelt Arts Center announces auditions for:
Merrily We Roll Along
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
book by George Furth
directed by Roy Hammond
music directed by Joe Biddle
choreography by Rikki Howie Lacewell

Audition Dates: October 8 – 10, 2023
Sun. Oct. 8, Mon. Oct. 9, and Tues. Oct. 10, at 7:00pm; Callbacks will be Wed. Oct. 11 at 7:00pm, if needed.

Performances: January 5 – 20, 2024

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

The show tells the story of how three friends’ lives and friendship change over 20 years; it focuses particularly on Franklin Shepard, a talented composer of musicals who, over those 20 years, abandons his friends and songwriting career to become a producer of Hollywood movies. Like the play on which it is based, the show’s story moves backward in time. It begins in 1976 at the friends’ lowest moment and ends in 1957, at their youthful best.

For more information, including parts to be cast, click here.

Auditions for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Upstage Artists, Oct 6 & 7

Auditions for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Upstage Artists, Sep 29 & 30

Upstage Artists announce auditions for:
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
By Barbara Robinson
Directed By John Cusumano

Auditions: September 29 & 30, 2023

Performances: December 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 2023

Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705

In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids–probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!

For more information and to register for auditions, click here.

Auditions for A Christmas Story, the Musical by the Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 23 & 26

Auditions for A Christmas Story, the Musical by the Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 23 & 26

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for:
A Christmas Story, the Musical
Directed by Michael Hartsfield
Musically Directed by Mimi McGinniss
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Audition Dates/Times:
Saturday, September 23, 2023 – 11am – 1pm
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – 7pm – 9pm

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Performances: December 12th – December 21st, 2023
6 shows – Friday, Saturday, Sunday

This musical, which received rave reviews on its Broadway run, is based on the movie classic that runs round-the-clock on television every Christmas. Set in the 1940s in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker and his quest for the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts—an Official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Rebuffed at every turn with a similar echoing response, Ralphie plots numerous schemes to achieve his desperate desire for the coveted BB gun. All the iconic scenes from the movie are here: Ralphie’s friend, Flick, getting his tongue stuck to the flagpole; his brother, Randy, getting dressed in his snowsuit; the bullies, Farkus and Dill; the leg lamp award; the bunny suit; Christmas dinner; and many others. The delightfully versatile score ranges from gentle ballads to show-stopping full-ensemble numbers such as “Ralphie to the Rescue!”, “A Major Award,” “Sticky Situation,” “Up on Santa’s Lap,” “Somewhere Hovering Over Indiana” and the inevitable “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out!” A Christmas Story, The Musical will bring an exciting new dimension to those who have seen the movie and will certainly stand on its own for those ~ Dramatic Publishing.