Call today: Downeaster’s Laramie Project needs MEN.

The Downeaster Theatre Company
1120 N Pennsylvania Ave, near Old Town 

New theatre group The Downeaster, is looking for 4 male actors 18+ to round out our production of The Laramie Project. Actors will play various roles in this play dealing with a town’s reaction to Matthew Shepard’s death, a gay hate crime — revealing the depths and heights of human cruelty and compassion.

Downeaster will be performing a portion of the show next month at The Renegade Theatre Festival, and the full show will go up in Oct.


For more details please call Kate Willis at 517-599-0737.
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8/6-7 - THE HOME TEAM Auditions at Riverwalk Theatre
Dramedy by Kim Carney, 
Directed by Emily Clark
Auditions: Sun & Mon, August 6 & 7, 7 pm
Shows: Oct. 19-29, 2017


It’s the most important day of the year for the Gurley family – the Spartans and Wolverines face off! This year, however, their annual TV football ritual is interrupted by a mysterious woman who turns their world upside down. A hilarious and touching look at one family’s efforts to transcend the past and embrace the future. 
NEVA: Woman in her late 50s
JOHNNY: 33, Oldest of Neva’s grown “children “
WAYNE: 31, Second oldest son
MARION: 29, Neva’s only daughter
DUKE: 27, The youngest of the four 
ERIN: 27, The girlfriend of Wayne.
Auditioners are encouraged to read the script in advance and be prepared to read from it. (Note that the script 
includes adult language and topics.) Scripts at Riverwalk office 482-5700

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8/9-10 - Starlight Dinner Theatre seeking young actors for One Slight Hitch

Starlight Dinner Theatre will be holding auditions for "One Slight Hitch" a comedy by Lewis Black on Wednesday, August 9th and Thursday, August 10th at 7 pm. Location: Rising Star Studio of Dance Arts, 211 S. Bridge Street, downtown DeWitt north of the bridge located behind Jon E. Arendsen Designs. 

Show dates are May 4, 5 & 6 and May 11 & 12, 2018. The show will be directed by award-winning director, Mona Gille (see short bio below)
Email Artistic Director, Linda Granger, at [email protected] for a perusal copy of the script.

CHARACTERS:
Ryan - early 30's. Until 7 months ago, he had lived with Courtney for 2 1/2 years. Free spirit, day dreamer, under achiever, Jack Sparrow/Hippy

Harper (male) - early 30's. Logical and wealthy. Engaged to Courtney. Sweet, kind, attentive, anal, considerate. "Ken" to Courtney's "Barbie"

3 sisters:
P.B. (female) 16 years old. Loosest in family. 

Melanie - 20's, nurse, attractive and psychotic. Wild child, likes to drink and flirt - party girl.

Courtney - 20's - 30's Freelance writer. Has just published her first novel which was almost successful. "Barbie" to Harper's "Ken".

Mona has directed at Lansing Civic Players and Riverwalk Theatre. Shows directed are The Rainmaker, Wait Until Dark, Lost in Yonkers, The Lion in Winter (Thespie Award - Director), Heaven Can Wait, The Secret Garden, Da, The Diary of Anne Frank, Steel Magnolias (Thespie Award - Director).
http://starlightdinnertheatre.com

7/23 - Ixion AUDITIONS for GIDEON’S KNOT

This weekend we are seeking two powerhouse actresses for this heart-wrenching play.

Audition Date: July 23
Audition Time: 1-3 PM
Location: Capital Area District Library Auditorium 401 S. Capitol Lansing, MI

Roles Available:
Heather: Female 30-45
Corryn: Female 30-45

THE STORY: Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the mother's son, Gidion. Gidion may have been bullied severely—or he may have been an abuser. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion's act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.

Auditions will be cold reads from the script. No appointments necessary.

Directed by Erica Beck 
Performance Dates: October 14, 15, 21 & 22

To aspire
     To inspire
          To contemplate

http://www.ixiontheatre.com

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8/9-10 Starlight AUDITIONS for ONE SLIGHT HITCH

YOUNG PEOPLE!!! Starlight Dinner Theatre will be holding auditions for "One Slight Hitch" a comedy by Lewis Black on Wednesday, August 9th and Thursday, August 10th at 7 pm. 

Location: Rising Star Studio of Dance Arts, 211 S. Bridge Street, downtown DeWitt north of the bridge located behind Jon E. Arendsen Designs. 

Show dates are May 4, 5 & 6 and May 11 & 12, 2018. 

The show will be directed by award-winning director, Mona Gille (see short bio below)
Email Artistic Director, Linda Granger, at [email protected] for a perusal copy of the script.

CHARACTERS:
Ryan - early 30's. Until 7 months ago, he had lived with Courtney for 2 1/2 years. Free spirit, day dreamer, under achiever, Jack Sparrow/Hippy

Harper (male) - early 30's. Logical and wealthy. Engaged to Courtney. Sweet, kind, attentive, anal, considerate. "Ken" to Courtney's "Barbie"

3 sisters:
P.B. (female) 16 years old. Loosest in family. 

Melanie - 20's, nurse, attractive and psychotic. Wild child, likes to drink and flirt - party girl.

Courtney - 20's - 30's Freelance writer. Has just published her first novel which was almost successful. "Barbie" to Harper's "Ken".

Mona has directed at Lansing Civic Players and Riverwalk Theatre. Shows directed are The Rainmaker, Wait Until Dark, Lost in Yonkers, The Lion in Winter (Thespie Award - Director), Heaven Can Wait, The Secret Garden, Da, The Diary of Anne Frank, Steel Magnolias (Thespie Award - Director).


http://www.starlightdinnertheatre.com

The Downeaster Theatre performs at 1120 N. Pennsylvania Ave, Lansing, 48906 - and headed up by Kathryn Willis.

The Downeaster Theatre
http://www.thedowneastertheatre.com 

AUDITIONS coming up for The Laramie Project at 7 pm July 13-14 & 10 am Saturday the 15th - no need t0 prepare - cold reads from the script only.
https://www.facebook.com/events/201392657025704/?ti=cl  



The East Lansing Community Theatre performs in Hannah Center and focuses on Shakespeare and headed up by Mike Stewart. 

 "The Tempest". The Audition dates are: Monday July 17th from 6:30 to 9pm. And Tuesday July 18th from 6:30 to 9pm. These Auditions will take place at The Hannah Community Center 819 Abbot rd. East Lansing, Michigan The East Lansing Community Promotes Non-Traditional Casting, Which means that all roles are open to anyone! 

All rehearsals are at the Hannah Community Center and will begin on Monday July 24th and run Monday thru Thursday from 6:30 to 10pm until our Tech week which begins September 10th. With the first opening of the East Lansing Community Theatres production of The Tempest on Thursday September 14th thru Saturday September 16th. And again the following week Thursday September 21 thru Saturday September 23rd. Performance times begin at 7pm each of those nights. All performances are at the Hannah Community Center. 

Our Second production Will be "12th Night". Auditions dates are: Sunday January 21st from 6:30 to 9pm and Monday January 22nd from 6:30 to 9pm. Rehearsals begin Monday January 29th and also run Monday thru Thursday 6:30 to 10pm . Until start of Tech week Sunday March 11th. Performances are March 15th thru 17th and again the following week March 22nd thru 24th. Performances begin at 7pm. All of the above held at the Hannah Community center.

NOTE: I got the audition dates wrong on the CALENDAR I recently sent… My bad; thanks Ben C.
See the list of Peppermint shows below all the audition dates.

• PCTC's season auditions are Thursday and Friday, Aug 3 & 4; 6-10pm; Miller Performing Arts Center, 6025 Curry Lane, Lansing


July

7/9-10 - 7 pm AUDITIONS for musical, She Loves Me, directed by Meghan Eldred - RWT

7/17-18 - Monday & Tuesday 6:30 to 9pm  - AUDITIONS for Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Hannah Community Center at - ELCT

7/28-29 – 7pm Friday/Saturday – AUDITIONS for Coyote on a Fence by Bruce Graham, directed by Paige Tufford – Black Box 168 Gannon Building – LCC
 

August 
8/3-4 - 6-10 pm, AUDITIONS for Peppermint Creek season  Miller Performing Arts Center, 6025 Curry Lane, Lansing  - PCT -  note these dates are CORRECTED from the previous calendar I sent; oops. - PCTC
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8/6-7 - 7 pm AUDITIONS for The Home Team, directed by Emily Clark - RWT

8/9-10  - 7 pm - AUDITIONS for "One Slight Hitch" Lewis Black comedy directed by Mona Gille.  Wednesday and Thursday, August 9 & 10, 7 pm at Rising Star Studio of Dance Arts, 211 S. Bridge Street, downtown DeWitt, right behind Jon E. Arendsen Designs, north of the bridge - STL


8/11 - 7 pm AUDITIONS for "Swinging on a Star" musical revue from the War Years 1930-s - 40's.  Directors Linda Granger and Susan DeRosa.  Musical Director Jeff Richards.  at Rising Star Studio of Dance Arts, 211 S. Bridge Street, downtown DeWitt, right behind Jon E. Arendsen Designs, north of the bridge. Bring a prepared song. STL

8/22-23 - 6:30 pm - AUDITIONS for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - the musical on August 22nd and 23rd at Eaton Rapids High School auditorium, 810 State Street, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827 - GCT


8/29-30 – 7pm Tuesday/Wednesday – AUDITIONS for The Government Inspector adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Mary Matzke – Dart Auditorium – LCC

Greater Lansing Ubiquitous Theatres

ELCT - East Lansing Community Theatre producing Shakespeare at Hannah Community Center 819 Abbot Rd. East Lansing - see Facebook

GCT - Generations Community Theatre  [email protected] (517) - 410 - 4356

LCC - Lansing Community College Communication, Media & the Arts - www.lcc.edu/showinfo - 517-483-1488

PCTC - Peppermint Creek Theatre Company - www.peppermintcreek.org - 517-927-3016

RWT - Community Circle Players at Riverwalk Theatre, www.RiverwalkTheatre.com, 517-482-5700

STL - Starlight Dinner Theatre -www.starlightdinnertheatre.com - 517-243-6040 - Reservcations - 517 599-2779


Peppermint Creek Season — (note season auditions August 3-4)

• “Building The Wall” by Robert Schenkkan
Directed by Michael Hays
August 17 – 19, 2017 (for the Renegade Theatre Festival)

On January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Over the next sixteen months, events would unravel that test every American’s strength of character: executive actions, an immigration round-up of unprecedented scale, and a declaration of martial law. Rick finds himself caught up as the frontman of the new administration’s edicts and loses his humanity. In a play that recalls George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Nazi regime, BUILDING THE WALL is a terrifying and gripping exploration of what happens if we let fear win.

 
"I Now Pronounce" by Tasha Gordon-Solmon
Directed by Jordan Climie
Sept 21-24 & 28-Oct 1, 2017

After Adam and Nicole’s wedding culminates in an awkwardly timed fatality, the reception spins into an increasingly strange evening that leaves the bride and groom questioning just what it is they’re celebrating. But there’s no stopping the festivities: the flower girls are running amuck, the bridal party members are more preoccupied with their own flailing relationships, and everyone needs to stop ordering the blue drinks. Comedies end in marriage. Tragedies end in death. This play begins with both.

 
“Falsettos" by William Finn
Directed by Ben Cassidy, music directed by 
Nov 9-12 & 16-19, 2017

Falsettos is the tale of Marvin, who leaves his wife and young son to live with another man. His ex-wife marries his psychiatrist, and Marvin ends up alone. Two years later, Marvin is reunited with his lover on the eve of his son’s bar mitzvah, just as AIDS is beginning its insidious spread. "A masterly feat of comic storytelling and [...] visionary musical theater." -Variety


• “The Christians” by Lucas Hnath
Directed by Chad Swan-Badgero 
Feb 1-4 & 8-11, 2018


• Twenty years ago, Pastor Paul's church was nothing more than a modest storefront. Now he presides over a congregation of thousands, with classrooms for Sunday School, a coffee shop in the lobby, and a baptismal font as big as a swimming pool. Today should be a day of celebration. But Paul is about to preach a sermon that will shake the foundations of his church's belief. A big-little play about faith in America—and the trouble with changing your mind.
• “The Flick” by Annie Baker
Directed by John Lepard
march 16- 18 & 23-25, 2018 

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35 millimeter film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen. With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.

 
“I Love You Because”
Directed by Michele Booher-Purosky, 
April 26-29 & may 3-6, 2018

I Love You Because is a modern twist on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice , set in New York City. A young, uptight greeting card writer’s life is changed when he meets a flighty photographer. Along with their eccentric friends and siblings, they learn to love each other not in spite of their faults, but because of them.

The Drama Ladies present ‘Oh, Behave’! 
Directed & Created by Leah Gerstel & Megan Lawrence
May 14-21, 2018

Manners are for Everyone! Learning manners can be fun, and Eddy & Kit Mannerhausen know how to get the job done! A one-of-a-kind interactive performance for young children filled with games, songs and crafts will give your child the opportunity to improve social awareness and show kindness in everyday scenarios.  Give your child the gift of  "Manners for Life  " and set them up for lasting success. Performances perfect for ages 3 – 10.