Auditions for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 28-30

Auditions for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 28-30

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for:
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley Auditions
by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Directed by Ilene Chalmers
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Auditions Sunday, September 28th, 2025, from 11am to 1pm, and
Tuesday, September 30th from 7pm to 9pm

Performances December 5 – 21, 2025
Performances Fri. at 8 PM; Sat. at 1 or 2 PM; Sat at 8 PM; Sun. at 2 PM.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

THE STORY: A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Mary is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas at Pemberley, an unexpected guest sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an intellectual match, and possibly even love.

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Auditions for The Spitfire Grill by 2nd Star Productions, Sep 30-Oct 2

Auditions for The Spitfire Grill by 2nd Star Productions, Sep 30-Oct 2

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse announces auditions for:
The Spitfire Grill
Directed by Karen Fleming

Audition dates: September 30 & October 2, 2025

Performances: January 23 – February 8, 2026

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Based on the hit 1996 film, this musical is a heartwarming and inspirational tale of redemption, perseverance and family.

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Auditions for The Hollow by Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 7 & 8

Auditions for The Hollow by Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 7 & 8

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for:
The Hollow
By Agatha Christie
Directed by Larry Simmons
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Audition Dates: Sunday & Monday, September 7 & 8, 2025 at 7PM

Performance Dates: October 31 – November 23, 2025
Performance Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse.

Web of Murder is a gripping murder mystery who-dunnit filled with dark family secrets, blackmail, greed, and revenge. Set in a brooding mansion high atop a remote cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the play centers on the wealthy heiress Minerva Osterman, who has convened her potential heirs for an advance reading of her will. Confined to a wheelchair for many years, the domineering Minerva has turned her desolate mansion into a virtual prison – not only for herself, but also for her quiet and long-suffering daughter Stephanie and her gentle and sympathetic housekeeper Nora, as they daren’t disobey lest they be disinherited. She is cared for by her personal physician, Dr. Adler, who also resides in the mansion. Fearing that her death may be imminent, Minerva has summoned all her possible heirs to watch their reactions as the will is read. She knows that it will please some and disappoint others – unless they take the sinister steps necessary to protect their interests. She asks her two nieces, Mary and Belle, to come alone, but they arrive with their respective fiancés, whom Minerva grudgingly allows to stay. Before revealing the contents of her will, however, she has the mysterious Dr. Adler put her into a hypnotic trance, during which she picks up a deck of cards and turns over the three of clubs – the card of death. Her prediction is that someone in the room will die before the weekend is over – a prediction that comes true when she herself dies. After that, more bodies turn up, and fear and suspicion grow among those remaining. The will mysteriously disappears before it was ever read. In the end, after agonizing twists and turns a murderer is unmasked – in a chilling, exciting climax that is held off until the final perilous moments of the play.

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Auditions for Kong’s Night Out by Upstage Artists, Aug 6-7

Auditions for Kong’s Night Out by Upstage Artists, Aug 6-7

Upstage Artists announces auditions for:
Kong’s Night Out
By Jack Neary
Directed By Rick Bergmann

Audition dates: August 6 & 7, 2025 at 7pm

Performances: October 10-12 and 17-19, 2025

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

The tale of what happened in the hotel room next to the hotel room where Ann was whisked out of the bed and into the Manhattan night by King Kong because there’s always a backstorv. Myron Siegel is a low-end Broadway producer who desperately wants to be high end. The trouble is, he has, for his entire career, been sabotaged by his arch-rival, who is ultra-famous for making movies about scary jungle creatures. That producer’s father and Myron’s father were also rivals back in the day and the rivalry has lived on. As the play opens, Myron has just learned that the rival producer has booked a theatre directly across from the theatre where Myron’s potential bonanza Foxy Felicia is about to open. Nobody on the Rialto knows what he’s up to, but it’s big, really, really big! Myron gathers his entourage – his sassy mother, his gangster henchman, his Hungarian backer and his wide-eyed niece straight off the bus from Buffalo – and concocts a plan to find out what the mystery show is all about. He discovers the show is about a monkey, a very large monkey. As the story unfolds, the seven doors on the set fly open and slam shut constantly, there’s mistaken identity, pies in the face, deceit, underhandedness, and even a couple of romances along the way. You have all the ingredients of a crazy, fast-paced farce, where every moment is cleverly and meticulously coordinated with the events depicted in the 1933 movie.

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Auditions for Web of Murder by Bowie Community Theatre, July 28-29

Auditions for Web of Murder by Bowie Community Theatre, July 28-29

The Bowie Community Theatre announces auditions for:
Web of Murder
by Jonathan Troy
directed by Randy Tusing

Audition Dates: Monday & Tuesday, July 28 & 29, 2025, 7:00pm
Callbacks, if needed: Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Audition Location: 8327 Pondview Drive, Millersville MD

Performance Dates: October 31 – November 23, 2025
Performance Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse.

Web of Murder is a gripping murder mystery who-dunnit filled with dark family secrets, blackmail, greed, and revenge. Set in a brooding mansion high atop a remote cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the play centers on the wealthy heiress Minerva Osterman, who has convened her potential heirs for an advance reading of her will. Confined to a wheelchair for many years, the domineering Minerva has turned her desolate mansion into a virtual prison – not only for herself, but also for her quiet and long-suffering daughter Stephanie and her gentle and sympathetic housekeeper Nora, as they daren’t disobey lest they be disinherited. She is cared for by her personal physician, Dr. Adler, who also resides in the mansion. Fearing that her death may be imminent, Minerva has summoned all her possible heirs to watch their reactions as the will is read. She knows that it will please some and disappoint others – unless they take the sinister steps necessary to protect their interests. She asks her two nieces, Mary and Belle, to come alone, but they arrive with their respective fiancés, whom Minerva grudgingly allows to stay. Before revealing the contents of her will, however, she has the mysterious Dr. Adler put her into a hypnotic trance, during which she picks up a deck of cards and turns over the three of clubs – the card of death. Her prediction is that someone in the room will die before the weekend is over – a prediction that comes true when she herself dies. After that, more bodies turn up, and fear and suspicion grow among those remaining. The will mysteriously disappears before it was ever read. In the end, after agonizing twists and turns a murderer is unmasked – in a chilling, exciting climax that is held off until the final perilous moments of the play.

For more information, click here.