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Auditions for Crowns by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 11 & 13

Auditions for Crowns by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 11 & 13

2nd Star Productions announces auditions for:
Crowns
by Regina Taylor
Director & Choreographer: Rikki Howie Lacewell
Music Director: LeVar Betts
Producer: Cheramie Jackson

Auditions: October 11 & 13, 2022 at 7pm at the Bowie Playhouse.

Performances: November 18 – December 17, 2022
Performances: February 10 – 25, 2023, Fridays through Sundays. *Closing Saturday performance is a matinee.

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young Black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion. The conclusion finds the standoffish young woman, whose cultural identity as a young black Brooklyn woman has been so at odds with the more traditional and older Southern blacks, embracing hats and their cultural significance as a part of her own fiercely independent identity.

For more information including audition preparation, parts to be cast, audition forms and sides, see: https://www.2ndstarproductions.org/auditions/

Auditions for The Last Five Years by Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 22-23

Auditions for The Last Five Years by Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 22-23

Greenbelt Arts Center announces auditions for:
The Last Five Years
by Jason Robert Brown
directed by Meg Nemeth
produced by Pamela Northrup

Auditions:
Monday, August 22, 2022 at 7pm
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 7pm
Performances: Nov. 4-19, 2022

Location: Greenbelt Community Center
For more information click here.

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show.

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

Auditions for The Sound of Music by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 22-23

Auditions for The Sound of Music by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 22-23

2nd Star Productions announces auditions for:
The Sound of Music
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Director Beth Terranova
Music Director Vashti Burgess
Choreographer Summer Moore

Auditions: August 22 & 23, 2022 at 7pm at the Bowie Playhouse.

Performances: November 18 – December 17, 2022

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and the title number, The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars. The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision.

Audition Dates & Times: Monday, August 22 and Tuesday, August 23 at 7 pm
Audition Location: The Bowie Playhouse, 16500 Whitemarsh Park Drive, Bowie MD 20715
*Auditioners should attend either the Monday or Tuesday dates, but not both.
Unavailable for the audition dates but interested in an alternate audition time? Please email info@2ndstarproductions.org.
Callbacks Date & Time: Wednesday, August 24 at 7pm
Callbacks Location: The Bowie Playhouse, 16500 Whitemarsh Park Drive, Bowie MD 20715
*Please keep Wednesday evening clear in case you are called back. If you are needed for callbacks, you will be notified by email by noon on Wednesday, August 24.
Performances: November 18 – December 17, 2022, Fridays through Sundays. *Closing Saturday performance is a matinee.
Rehearsals: Rehearsals will primarily be held on Tuesday nights (7-10 pm), Thursday nights (7-10 pm), and Saturday mornings (11-3 pm) beginning in late August or early September. Not all actors will be required for all rehearsals, and conflicts can be honored. Load-in is Saturday, November 5, and technical rehearsals will run almost every day until opening on November 18.
COVID-19 Policies: 2nd Star is requiring that all participants in our productions are fully-vaccinated and boosted (as eligible). Please bring proof of vaccination to auditions. Auditioners must mask when in the Playhouse, but may unmask for the audition itself if comfortable. Performances will be unmasked (audiences will be masked and required to provide proof of vaccination).
Additionally, all participants will be masked for all rehearsal until tech week. Beginning with tech week, participants will be tested weekly. 2nd Star is happy to provide tests for those who do not have access to them.
All Volunteer: 2nd Star Productions is an entirely volunteer-run organization. No acting or production team roles are paid.

For more information including audition preparation, parts to be cast, audition forms and sides, see: https://www.2ndstarproductions.org/auditions/

Auditions for And Then There Were None by Upstage Artists, Aug 19 & 20

Auditions for And Then There Were None by Upstage Artists, Aug 19 & 20

Upstage Artists announces auditions for:
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
Directed by Megan and Michael Safko

Auditions:
Friday, August 19, 2022 at 7pm
Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 3pm
Performances: Oct. 28-30 and Nov. 4-6, 2022

Location: Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705
For more information click here.

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, the bloodbath begins and one by one they are brutally murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme.

COVID NOTE: We are dedicated to keeping everyone safe during the run of this show. All actors will be required to wear a mask while rehearsing, and while backstage during the performance. The only time you will be permitted to remove your mask is while ON stage.

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

Auditions for Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Aug 2 & 3

Auditions for Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Aug 2 & 3

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club announces auditions for:
Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne and Adolphe d’Ennery
as translated into English for production in 1874 under the direction of Bolossy and Imre Kiralfy
directed by Jon Gardner
produced by Eliot Malumuth

MAD invites you to auditions for Around the World in 80 Days, on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 2 & 3, at 7:00pm in the building 3 auditorium at NASA Goddard. Those auditioning should come to one night but not both. Callbacks, if necessary, will be either Thursday, August 4 at 7:00pm, or Saturday, August 6 during the day.

Auditions: Tuesday & Wednesday, August 2 & 3, 2022 in the Goddard Building 3 auditorium

Performances: October 29 to November 20, 2022, Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees, 8 performances in 4 weekends.

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Around the World in 80 Days is Jules Verne’s classic tale of action, adventure, comedy and drama. Phileas Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 days, and sets off that very night accompanied by his French servant Passepartout. As they travel, they interact with the people they meet along the way, accumulate additional traveling companions, and have dramatic adventures. The story includes ships and trains, snakes and an elephant, disguises, duels and deceptions!

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

If you wish to audition, please fill in the on-line audition form, COVID survey form and conflict form no later than Sunday, July 31 if you have a NASA badge, or Tuesday, July 26 if you do not. In addition, you may email a theatrical resume and headshot to Jon Gardner. If you do not already have a current NASA or MAD badge, or if your MAD badge expired during COVID (most badges did expire), then please fill in the audition form as early as possible in order to initiate the process for a MAD badge, which currently takes more than a month.