Auditions for Follies by MAD Theater

Auditions for Follies by MAD Theater

NASA Goddard’s Music and Drama Club (MAD Productions) has an immediate need for young men and young women (ages 18 to 35) for the cast of “Follies”, to be produced from October 27 through November 11. Looking for singers/actors, dancing ability a plus. Opportunities for an actor to play the lead role of Young Ben and also for an actress to understudy the lead role of Young Sally. Male dancers and showgirls are also needed. Dance for women includes a tap number. All roles are unpaid. Contact director Kim Weaver at kim@kimweaver.com.

Follies
Book by James Goldman
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Kim Weaver
Produced by Eliot Malumuth
Music Direction by Randy Barth
Choreography by Katrina Jackson

Performances: October 27 – November 11, 2017

Location: Barney & Bea (GEWA) Recreation Center, Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Follies is an affectionate, melodious and in-depth reflection upon life and American musical theater. It’s 1971 and Dimitri Weissmann is hosting a reunion of his ex-Follies performers. We watch them as they relive the follies from their past and create new ones along the way. This lively reunion is a large ensemble show with excellent songs and dances for lead, supporting and featured performers.


Auditions for A Tuna Christmas by the Bowie Community Theatre, Aug 28-29

Auditions for A Tuna Christmas by the Bowie Community Theatre, Aug 28-29

The Bowie Community Theatre announces auditions for:

A Tuna Christmas
By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard.
Directed by: Ken Kienas

Bowie Community Theatre announces auditions for “A Tuna Christmas” by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard. Auditions will be held on Monday, August 28, and Tuesday, August 29, from 7:00pm – 9:30pm at the Kenhill Center, 2614 Kenhill Dr. in Bowie MD. Call-backs, if needed, will be held Thursday, August 31.

The director will cast 2 to 6 men or women able to play characters of various ages and sexes. There are 22 characters in the play. It was originally written and played by 2 men. Actors are required to take on various personalities with quick costume changes as they exit and come back on stage. The director will determine the number of actors cast at auditions.

Performances are scheduled to run November 3-19, 2017.

Theatre: Bowie Community Theatre performs at the Bowie Playhouse.

It’s Christmas in Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies! Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities. It’s 24 hours before Christmas and the delightfully eccentric characters of Tuna attempt to cope with seasonal traumas such as the disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol, and a yard-decorating contest being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom.

Auditioners will be asked to do cold readings from the script. Please bring any conflicts you have for September through November, resume, and picture, if available. The play opens November 3 and runs weekends through November 19. You may email the director, Ken Kienas, at kkienas@yahoo.com with any questions.

For more information, see: http://www.bctheatre.com/audition.html.

Auditions for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Laurel Mill Playhouse, Aug 19-23

Auditions for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Laurel Mill Playhouse, Aug 19-23

The Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for:

To Kill a Mockingbird
Dramatized by Christopher Sergel. From the book by Harper Lee.
Directed by Jen Sizer
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Auditions for To Kill a Mockingbird will be held on:
August 19, 2017 at 4:00 PM
August 21, 2017 at 7:00 PM
August 23, 2017 at 7:00 PM

Director Jen Sizer will be casting:
12 men and 8 women
Actors and actresses will be asked to do cold readings from the script.

Performances are scheduled to run from October 20, 2017 to November 12, 2017.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Scout, a young girl in a quiet southern town and her brother, Jem, are being raised by their widowed father, Atticus, and by a strongminded housekeeper, Calpurnia. Atticus, a lawyer, taken on a legal defense that stirs the emotions of the entire town. Atticus fights his legal battle with a result that is part defeat, part triumph. As Atticus comes out of the courthouse, the deeply moved town minister tells Scout, “Stand up. Your father’s passing!”

For more information, see: https://laurelmillplayhouse.org/auditions.php.

Auditions for The Man Who Came to Dinner by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 14 & 15

Auditions for The Man Who Came to Dinner by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 14 & 15

Prince George’s Little Theatre announces auditions for:
The Man Who Came to Dinner
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Keith Brown
August 14 & 15, 2017

Auditions for “The Man Who Came To Dinner” will be held Monday, August 14th and Tuesday, August 15th 7:30 pm at The Bowie Playhouse (16500 Whitemarsh Park Drive Bowie, MD 20715) with call backs Thursday, August 17th at the New Carrollton Municipal Center (6016 Princess Garden Parkway New Carrollton, MD 20784). Please try to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to start time to sign in and fill out paperwork. No appointment needed. Auditions to consist of cold readings from the script. Rehearsal will also be at the Municipal Center.

Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Description: Sheridan Whiteside, critic, lecturer, wit, radio orator, intimate friend of the great and near great, met his Waterloo in the shape of a small piece of ice on the doorstep of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley, of Mesalia, Ohio, while trekking across the country on his annual lecture tours. Result: the idol of the air waves rests until further notice in the home of the surprised Mr. and Mrs, Stanley. Possibility: Christmas may be postponed this year. So runs the lead article in the Christmas 1939 issue of Time magazine. Whiteside turns the Stanley household upside down, forcing everyone in town to cater to his egotistical demands. Meanwhile, his beloved secretary has given her notice after falling in love with a local reporter, and Whiteside must engage every weapon in his considerable arsenal of guile and manipulation to keep her in his employ—including blackmail, deceit, and the intervention of a femme fatale actress Lorraine Sheldon and the elegant British wit of playwright Beverly Carlton. A three-ring circus of machinations and celebrity appearances ensues.

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

Auditions for The Wizard of Oz at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 7-10

Auditions for The Wizard of Oz at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 7-10

The Greenbelt Arts Center announces auditions for:

The Wizard of Oz
Directed by Jon Gardner
Music Directed by Daniel Flores
Choreographed by Rikki Howie Lacewell
Produced by Win Britt

Auditions for The Wizard of Oz will be held at the Greenbelt Arts Center on Monday August 7, Tuesday August 8, and Thursday August 10 at 7PM, with callbacks Saturday August 12 at 10AM.

Rehearsals will begin September 17, and performances run November 24 to December 17.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Please prepare a short song that demonstrates your vocal ability. Bring sheet music for the piano accompanist or sing a capella, we will not use backing tracks. Auditions will include movement or dance, so please dress appropriately. There may be readings from the script at the auditions or call-backs.

Bring a headshot and résumé if you have one, or be prepared to list your experience. Also have a list of all conflicts for September 17 through December 17 to include all days of the week.

All roles are open and unpaid.

Dorothy and Toto travel to Oz and join a Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion in search of the Wonderful Wizard. The beloved musical movie version of The Wizard of Ozis brought to life on the GAC stage with Wicked Witches, Flying Monkeys, Ruby Slippers, Munchkins, and more. Songs include “Over the Rainbow”, “If I Only Had a Brain”, “Yellow Brick Road” and “We’re Off to See the Wizard”. This high-energy show will delight your whole family. We will be doing the 1987 Royal Shakespeare Company revival version, which closely follows the screenplay from the 1939 MGM musical film.

For character listing, and all the other details, please download the audition announcement.

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