Category Archives: Auditions

Auditions for Christmas Belles by Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 21 & 22

Auditions for Christmas Belles by Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 21 & 22

Auditions for Christmas Belles
By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten
Directed by Joe Thompson

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse.

Bowie Community Theatre announces auditions for “Christmas Belles” written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, and directed by Joe Thompson. Auditions will be held on Monday, September 21, and Tuesday, September 22, from 7:00pm – 9:30pm at the Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr in Bowie MD (off of Route 3 South between Routes 450 and 50). Call-backs, if needed, will be Thursday, September 24. Auditionees will be asked to do cold readings from the script and participate in an improvisation. Please bring any conflicts you have for October through December. The play opens December 4 and runs weekends through December 20.

Synopsis: A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this Southern farce about squabbling sisters, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator. It’s Christmas time in the small town of Fayro, Texas, and the town not exactly in a festive mood. The hot-flash-suffering Honey Raye Futrelle is desperately trying to keep the Tabernacle of the Lamb’s Christmas Program from spiraling into chaos as the rest of the citizens of Fayro spin out of control. Things are not looking too promising. This hilarious holiday journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to shake the mistletoe and bring a smile to your face.

Auditions for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by PGLT at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 15 & 16

Auditions for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by PGLT at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 15 & 16

Auditions for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
By Christopher Durang
Directed by Estelle Miller

Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” a comedy by Christopher Durang and the 2013 Tony award winning best play, will be PGLT’s second production of the 2015-16 season. It will be directed by Estelle Miller.

Auditions will be held on Tues. Sept. 15 and Wed. Sept. 16, 2015 at The Bowie Playhouse (our performance space) from 7 to 10 pm. Address: 16500 White Marsh Park, Bowie, MD 20715 (directions)

Call backs will be Monday Sept. 21 at the New Carrollton Municipal Building (our rehearsal space) from 7 to 10 pm. Address: 6016 Princess Garden Parkway, New Carrollton, MD 20784 (directions)

Questions? Call Estelle Miller, the director, at 410-757-4193 or 410-279-9499 & leave a message so she can return your call. Or email her at eimiller@cablespeed.com

Performance dates are: January 8, 9, 15, 16, and 22, 2016 @ 8 pm and Sundays January 10, 17 and Saturday January 23, 2016 @ 2 pm.

Synopsis: Set in the present, Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up, eventually leading to threats to sell the house. Also on the scene are sassy maid Cassandra, who can predict the future, and a lovely young aspiring actress named Nina, whose prettiness somewhat worries the imperious Masha.

For more information including characters to be cast see: http://www.pglt.org/auditions.html

Auditions for Man of La Mancha at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 12, 13 & 16

Auditions for Man of La Mancha at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 12, 13 & 16

Auditions for Man of La Mancha
Written by Dale Wasserman
Directed by Daniel Douek
Produced by Maureen Rogers
Musical Director: Mimi Kuhn McGinniss

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 2:30 PM
Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 7:00 PM

Description: The classic story about tilting with windmills and reaching the unreachable star, set in a Spanish dungeon in the 16th century. Don Quixote de la Mancha’s quest for honor and right in a world gone mad is deeply moving but laced with humor and superb music.

-Please prepare 16-32 bars of a Broadway style song and bring sheet music or CD/iPod accompaniment track.
-There will be cold readings from the script
-Movement exercises as a group, will include some dancing.
-Bring a list of your conflicts through February 2016
-Resume/Head shot (or photo to be turned in with Resume)
-No appointments, come at the beginning of audition.
-All roles are open

Rehearsals starting late October 2015. There will be about 2 to 3 rehearsals a week. Man of La Mancha will run from February 26th through March 20th, 2016 for Fridays and Saturdays and 2 selected Sunday Matinees!

Performances are scheduled to run from February 26, 2016 to March 20, 2016.
For more information and roles to be cast, see: http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org/auditions.php or contact producer Maureen Rogers at 301-452-2557 or e-mail maureencrogers@gmail.com, or e-mail the theatre at LMP@laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Auditions for Any Given Monday by Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 24 & 25

Auditions for Any Given Monday by Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 24 & 25

Auditions for Any Given Monday
By Bruce Graham
Directed by Ann Lowe-Barrett

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Auditions for Any Given Monday by Bruce Graham, will be held at the Greenbelt Arts Center on Monday and Tuesday, August 24th and 25th, at 7PM. Callbacks, if needed will be Wednesday, August 26. Director Ann Lowe-Barrett is casting 2 men and 2 women; see below for listing. All roles are open. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. There is no need to prepare a monologue.

Rehearsals begin August 31 and are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, except for tech week beginning Nov 1 when they are every night. You will be asked at auditions about any schedule conflicts you may have.

Story of the play: Lenny is a great guy: a good teacher, an excellent father, and a loving husband. So when his wife leaves him for a smooth-talking lothario who builds Walmarts, his life is shattered. While he consoles himself with watching his favorite movie, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, his best friend Mick takes matters into his own hands. Now Lenny must decide what he will stand up for and who he will stand up to. How far is too far to get back to happily-ever-after?

For more information see: http://www.greenbeltartscenter.org/Default.asp#audition

Auditions for The Music Man by 2nd Star Productions, July 28 & 29

Auditions for The Music Man by 2nd Star Productions, July 28 & 29

AUDITION NOTICE!! The Music Man
by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse
Book, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson

Auditions for The Music Man will be held at the Bowie Playhouse in Bowie, MD (16500 Whitemarsh Park Dr, Bowie, MD 20715) on Tuesday, July 28 and Wednesday, July 29 at 7 PM. Callbacks will be on Thursday, July 30 at 7 pm. All roles are open! All ages and ethnicities are encouraged to audition – all roles are open to all ethnicities!!

Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song that will showcase your voice in the style of the show. Accompanist will be provided. Bring a headshot and resume if you have one, as well as a complete list of conflicts for August 1 through November 14. Please dress appropriately for a dance/movement audition.

Rehearsals begin at the start of August, and will primarily be Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 pm and Saturdays at 11:00 am until tech weeks when they will be daily. The show runs at the Bowie Playhouse October 16 – November 14, 2015 Fridays/Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 3pm, closing with a matinee Saturday, November 14 at 3 pm.

Questions can be sent to 2ndstarbowie@gmail.com.

Directed by Jane Wingard
Music Direction by Joe Biddle
Choreography by Andrew Gordon
Assistant Directed by Nathan Bowen

Synopsis: The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.