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One-Day Paid Gig - reading new play

7/28/2022

ONE DAY PAID ACTING GIG AT RIVERWALK - college-age actors

Looking for four actors, two male, two female that can play college-aged characters. It is for a staged reading at Riverwalk Theatre. You will be needed at the theatre from 10 AM until 8:30 PM on Saturday, October 8th.
We will rehearse during the day and conclude with a reading open to the public.
For your time and talent, you will be paid $100. If interested please call the playwright, Roger Rochowiak at
517 336-7443

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Peppermint auditions Merrily We Roll Along

7/14/2022

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8/21-22 - Peppermint Creek Theatre Company
Auditions for “Merrily We Roll Along”
Auditions being held at Lansing Media Center
2500 S. Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910
Sun, Aug 21 & Mon, Aug 22, from 6-9pm

Callbacks as needed on Tues, Aug 23, 6:30pm

Auditions will consist of reading from the script and singing. Prepare a song selection that showcases your vocal range and story-telling abilities. An accompanist will be provided.

For further information, contact director Ben Cassidy at: [email protected]

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
The ages listed for each role are a guideline as many are seen at varying ages throughout the show or are playing multiple characters.

All ensemble roles are speaking roles, featured vocally, and will play some other roles that are not listed below.

FRANKLIN SHEPARD (Male, 25-40 years old, Baritone) – A successful and sometimes seemingly vapid songwriter turned film producer. An innocent optimist when younger; talented and tormented.

CHARLEY KRINGAS (Male, 25-40 years old, Baritenor) – Smart and driven lyricist, Frank’s longtime best friend. Sometimes intense and stubborn. Becomes increasingly frustrated with Frank over the years, however is also optimistic when he is younger.

MARY FLYNN (Female, 25-40 years old, Mezzo) – Quick-witted, sardonic, and intelligent writer, and best friends with Frank and Charley. Secretly in love with Frank. Her younger optimism gets clouded over by missed opportunities and she turns to alcohol as this happens.

GUSSIE CARNEGIE (Female, 30-40 years old, Mezzo) – A brash and seductive Broadway legend who leaves her producer husband (Joe) for Frank, destroying two marriages in the process. She knows how to get what she wants.

BETH (Female, 25-35 years old, Soprano) – A dewy-eyed romantic, who is Frank’s first wife and mother to their son. Her naiver ideals fall away when faced with the truth about Frank’s affair with Gussie.

JOE JOSEPHSON (Male, 35-50 years old, Baritone) – Loud and boisterous Broadway producer, and husband to Gussie. He enjoys the glitz and glam of success. He eventually loses both Gussie and his money.

FRANK JR. (Male, 5-10 years old) The son of divorced parents, Frank and Beth. Energetic and eager to please; should sing well.

JEROME (Male, 35-45, also Ensemble) – Frank’s lawyer.

SCOTTY (Female, 35-50, also plays MRS. SPENCER and Ensemble) – Frank’s agent.

MRS. SPENCER (Female, 35-50, also plays SCOTTY and Ensemble) – Beth’s mother, set in her ways but supportive.

TERRY (Male, 35-50, also plays MR. SPENCER and Ensemble) – Friend of Frank’s.

MR. SPENCER (Male, 35-50, also plays TERRY and Ensemble) – Beth’s father, midwestern and conservative.

TYLER (Male, 25-35, also Ensemble) – Frank’s friend and the inventor of the answering machine.

MEG (Female, 20-30, also Ensemble) – A fling of Frank’s, a young starlet looking for success in LA.

KT (Female, 25-35, also Ensemble) – Successful TV personality who worked her way up.

RU (Male, 25-35, also Ensemble) – Friend of Frank’s. DORY (Female, 25-35, also Ensemble) – Friend of Frank’s. BUNKER (Male, 30-45, also Ensemble) – Friend of Frank’s.

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Riverwalk Auditions 2 Shows

7/14/2022

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Two Riverwalk Auditions:

Perusal scripts for all shows are available at the Riverwalk office, Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 5:30 pm.
Call 517-482-5700 to check availability: [email protected]
audition forms are available online at www.riverwalktheatre.com/auditions.html

7/24-25 - Riverwalk Auditions for Bell, Book and Candle
Comedy by John Van Druten
Directed by Amy Rickett
Auditions: Sunday & Monday,
7/24 & 25, 7 pm
Rehearsals start: August 7
Shows:  Sept. 22-25 & Sept 29-Oct. 2

Witch Gillian Holroyd casts a spell on publisher Shepherd Henderson who falls madly in love with her. Because witches cannot fall in love, Gillian must choose between the life of a witch or the life of a normal.

Cast of Characters:
Gillian Holroyd - Female 27-35 years old
Shephard Henderson - Male 30-40 years old
Miss Holroyd (Gillian’s Aunt) - Female 40-80 years old
Nicky Holroyd (Gillian’s Brother) - Male 25-50 years old
Sidney Redlitch  - Male 50-70 years old

This play is OPEN to Non-Traditional casting which is defined as “the casting of ethnic minority actors in roles where race, ethnicity, or gender is not germane.” There are moments between Gillian and Shep that involve kissing (1950’s kissing).

7/31-8/1 - “Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine”
Seriocomedy (ensemble) by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Rose Jangmi Cooper
Audition Dates:  Sun & Mon, July 31 and August 1, 2022 at 7 pm.
Production Dates:  Oct 20-23 & 27-30, 2022

FABULATION is a social satire about an ambitious and haughty African-American woman, Undine Barnes Calles, whose husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money. Pregnant and on the brink of social and financial ruin, Undine retreats to her childhood home in Brooklyn’s Walt Whitman projects, only to discover that she must cope with a crude new reality. Undine faces the challenge of transforming her setbacks into small victories in a battle to reaffirm her right to be.

Cast of Characters:

Note: The ensemble of five women and four men play multiple featured and ensemble characters, with the exception of the actress playing Undine. Age ranges listed are flexible.

Undine-African - American woman (30-40)
Flow/Ensemble - African-American man (30-40)
Mother/Ensemble - African-American woman (40-60)
Accountant/Guy/Ensemble - Man (30s/40s)
Herve/Ensemble - Latino man (mid-30s/early 40s)
Stephie/Ensemble - Woman (mid-20s/30s)
Father/Ensemble - African-American man (45-60)
Grandma/Ensemble - .African-American woman (50-70)
Allison/Ensemble - .African-American woman (Mid 20’s-30’s)

Be prepared to create the spectacular world of fabulation…

Come prepared to read from the script. Perusal scripts are available at the
Riverwalk Theatre Office Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm or contact us at: [email protected]

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Fowlerville needs more Angry Men

7/5/2022

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Fowlerville Community Theatre is looking for a few more men to join the cast of 12 Angry Men. The show will take place on September 22, 23, and 24, and rehearsals are on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-9pm.
Please contact: [email protected] if you are interested.

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