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SUMMARY:AUDITIONS: August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON
DESCRIPTION:AUDITIONS: August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON\nPlaying in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater\nBy August Wilson\nDirected by Rovin Jay\nAUDITION DATES:  Jan. 2-4\, 2025\n\nThursday\, Jan. 2\, 2025 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call\nFriday\,  Jan 3\, 2025 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call\nSaturday\, Jan. 4\, 2025 – Noon – 3pm: Callbacks – By invitation only.\n\n(Auditioners only need to come to one night of open call auditions.) \nPERFORMANCE DATES:  Feb. 22 – Mar. 22\, 2025\n  \nAUDITON NOTICE:\nTITLE: August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON \nAUTHOR: August Wilson \nDIRECTOR: Rovin Jay \nRUN:  February 22 – March 22\, 2025 \nFridays & Saturdays 8pm\, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events. \nThis is a volunteer community theater production.  Non-Equity.  There is no pay.  \nAUDITION DATES:\nOpen Call: \nDates: Thursday\, January 2 and Friday\, January 3\, 2025 \n(Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions.) \nTimes: 7pm – 9pm \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse   \nCallbacks: By Invitation Only. \nDate: Saturday\, January 4\, 2025 \nTimes: 12pm – 3pm \nREHEARSALS:\nFirst Read-Through: Monday\, January 6\, 2025 at 7 pm  \nRegular Rehearsal: Starting\, Tuesday\, January 7\, 2025: \nMondays – Thursdays\, 7pm – 10pm  \nSaturdays\, 10am – 3pm \nSome Possible Sundays\, 6pm – 9pm  \n(Please see beginning rehearsal schedule BELOW for specific dates and times.) \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse \nNOTE: Open to working with some minor conflicts except for tech dates and performances. \nAUDITION REQUIREMENTS:\nBring a headshot and resume.  \nPlease prepare a 1 min. monologue from an August Wilson play.  \nSides for cold readings will also be available at the auditions. \nSHORT SYNOPSIS:  \nSet in 1936 Pittsburgh\, this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama explores an African-American family’s struggle with their heritage and legacy through the story of a brother and a sister fighting over an invaluable family heirloom – a piano intricately carved with their family’s history.  \nCASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:\nNOTE: All roles are of Black/African descent. \nBOY WILLIE (M\, 30s\, Black/African descent.) Berniece’s brash\, impulsive\, and fast-talking brother. Coming from Mississippi\, Boy Willie plans to sell the family piano and buy the land where his ancestors once worked as slaves. (Ability to play the piano a plus\, but not necessary to be cast in part.) \nBERNIECE (F\, 30s\, Black/African descent.) Sister of Boy Willie. Strong-willed and emotionally complex. She blames her brother for her husband’s death\, remaining skeptical of his bravado and chiding him for his rebellious ways. (Ability to play the piano a plus\, but not necessary to be cast in part.) \nLYMON (M\, 30s\, Black/African descent.) Boy Willie’s longtime friend. Lymon is more taciturn than his partner\, speaking with a disarming “straightforwardness.” Fleeing the law\, he plans to stay in the North and begin life anew. He is obsessed with women. \nDOAKER (M\, 40s-60s\, Black/African descent.) Berniece and Boy Willie’s uncle. Wise and grounded\, Doaker has spent his life working for the railroad. Like Wining Boy\, he is a member of the family’s oldest living generation.  \nWINING BOY (M\, 40s-60s\, Black/African descent.) A charming\, former musician who drifts in and out of his brother Doaker’s house whenever he finds himself broke. He recounts anecdotes from his travels and\, along with Doaker\, provides a connection to the family’s history. (Ability to play the piano a plus\, but not necessary to be cast in part.) \nAVERY (M\, 30s\, Black/African descent.) Fervently religious\, he is a preacher who is trying to build his congregation. Avery moved north to court Berniece after her husband died. He is honest and ambitious and has found opportunities unavailable to him in the rural South. \nMARETHA (F\, 11\, Black/African descent.) Berniece’s daughter. Curious and lively\, Maretha symbolizes the next generation of the Charles family. \nGRACE (F\, 20s-30s\, Black/African descent.) A vibrant young woman whom both Boy Willie and Lymon try to pick up. \nBEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:\n\n\nThe Piano Lesson Beg. Reh. Schedule V.3Download
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SUMMARY:2025 STUDIO COLLABORATIVE SEASON
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2025 Studio Collaborative Season where we offer outside\, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.  We have a diverse and unique line up planned\, so check out the description of the shows below!\n1. TED TURNER AND THE LAST ROUND UP\nCompany: Noah Wagner\, Producer \nDates: Jan. 10\, 11 @ 8pm\, Jan. 12 @ 2pm\, Jan. 17\, 18 @ 8pm\, Jan. 19 @ 2pm 2025 \nTickets: $20 \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/ted-turner-and-the-last-round-up/ \nDescription:  \nThe man who brought satellite television and 24-hour cable news to the world\, and who devoted his late life to environmental causes\, spends his waning days in Montana\, trying to remember it all and wondering what it meant\, all while dealing with a degenerative mental condition.  His interlocutor guides him along. \n2. ELEANOR’S STORY: An American Girl In Hitler’s Germany\nCompany: Ingrid Garner\, Producer \nDates: Jan. 24\, 25 @ 8pm\, Jan. 26 @ 2pm\, 2025 \nTickets: $25 \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/eleanors-story-an-american-girl-in-hitlers-germany/ \nDescription:  \nTELEGRAPH’S #1 Theatre Pick\, Edinburgh Fringe 2017 \nBased on Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s best-selling memoir\, this internationally acclaimed adaptation—performed by her granddaughter\, Ingrid Garner—details Eleanor’s youth as an American caught in WWII Berlin. \nDuring the Great Depression\, 9-year-old Eleanor’s family moves from the U.S. to Germany in pursuit of work. But when war breaks out as they are crossing the Atlantic\, return to America becomes impossible. While desperate for Allied victory\, the family faces bombings\, Gestapo threats\, the final battle for Berlin\, and the perils of Russian occupation. \nPunctuated with humor and accompanied by cinematic sound and video\, Garner embodies her ancestors in this coming-of-age odyssey\, delivering an account of war more relevant than ever. \nCompany Statement: \nIngrid Garner is an award-winning playwright/actor based in Los Angeles. Her work highlights exceptional stories of tenacious women in fierce circumstances. \n3. 9/10ths\nCompany: Greg Atkins\, Producer \nDates: Jan. 31\, Feb. 1 @ 8pm\, Feb. 2 @ 2pm\, 2025 \nTickets: $25 General Admission\, $20 Student/Senior \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/9-10ths/ \nDescription:  \n9/10ths is an award-winning anthology of nine 10-minute scenes that take the \naudience into the brain of playwright Greg Atkins. In Tempus Fugit\, a time-travel comedy\, Gary wants to propose\, until his girlfriend–from the future—arrives to try and stop him.  A corporate team building outing goes horribly wrong in Loanly Ladies. Then there is Bunnies\, where two friends meet in a hotel room\, one on the run and the other there to arrest him in a sweet and humorous look at friends facing the inevitable. Swipe is a fast and funny look at the modern world of dating. These\, plus five other playlets take the audience on a wild ride through a variety of styles\, characters and worlds. \nProducer Statement: \nGreg Atkins is the creative force behind Atkins Ink\, an international entertainment company that has written/directed shows for: South Coast Repertory\, Laguna Playhouse\, Costa Mesa Playhouse\, Elton John AIDS Foundation\, National Hispanic Media Coalition\, State Farm Gamerhood\, Activision\, Facebook and the Disney Company to name a few.  Atkinsink.com \n4. ICON’S ONLY\nCompany: Green Light Group Productions\, Danielle Moore\, Producer \nDates: Feb. 7 \, 8 @ 8pm\, Feb. 9 @ 2pm\, 2025 \nTickets: $25 General Admission\, $20 group rate for groups of 10+ \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/icons-only/ \nDescription:  \nIcons Only is a new cabaret tribute to multiple extraordinary women of the 20th century and beyond\, through the lens of original musical theater songwriting. The piece explores cultural influencers ranging from the queen of jazz Ella Fitzgerald to Audrey Hepburn\, who served as a spy in the Dutch resistance before becoming an award-winning actress and humanitarian; record-breaking pilot Grace Huntington; boundary-pushing painter and Disney concept artist Mary Blair; and multiple icons of pop\, R&B\, and country music. Featuring music & lyrics by Danielle E. Moore (Audrey; Ink & Paint; BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop)\, Icons Only reveals untold stories of trailblazers both revered and unknown\, with the goal of putting audience members in their (often fabulous) shoes.  \nCompany statement:  \nGreen Light Group Productions (GLG) was founded to close the gender gap in musical theater authorship as the first (and only) U.S.-based producing organization dedicated to developing and producing musical theater written and composed by women and nonbinary artists. Its inaugural development opportunity for new work\, Sound Balance\, opened in Fall 2024 with support from NYSCA/A.R.T. New York and The Pride Network’s Transformational Leadership Initiative. www.greenlightgroupproductions.com \n5. LBP STAFF AND FRIENDS CABARET FUNDRAISER 2025\nCompany: LBP\, Madison Mooney\, Carole Louise\, & Serena Bottiani-Henderson\, Producers \nDates: Feb. 14 &15 @ 8pm\, 2025 \nTickets: $20 \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/lbp-staff-and-friends-cabaret-fundraiser-2025/ \nDescription:  \nThe Staff & Friends Cabaret Fundraiser is back and better than ever! This year’s two night event will showcase beloved volunteers and staff members of the Playhouse performing songs\, scenes\, stand up\, and more! Let’s celebrate with a night of fun and raise some funds for LBP! \n6. WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE . . .\nCompany: VanderHart Productions\, Bruce Hart\, Producer \nDates: Feb. 21\, 22 @ 8pm\, Feb. 23 @ 2pm\, & Feb. 28\, Mar. 1 @ 8pm\, Mar. 2 @ 2pm\, 2025 \nTickets: $25 General Admission\, $22 Senior\, $15 Student \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/with-friends-like-these/ \nDescription:  \nDive into the campy world of “With Friends Like These…\,” an LGBTQ+ stage show that humorously reimagines the classic film The Women. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Los Angeles\, the story follows Kyle Freeman\, a successful lawyer whose life takes a nosedive when he discovers his husband\, Conrad\, is cheating with Trevor\, a charming waiter. In his quest for support\, Kyle turns to his fabulous friends: Donna\, a bold gossip reporter; Adam\, a dramatic TV writer; Rodney\, a steady schoolteacher; and Sidney\, the frenemy who stirs the pot. As secrets unravel in Beverly Hills and Bel Air\, the show explores love\, betrayal\, and self-discovery\, celebrating friendship and the fabulousness of LA life—A VERY Gay Farce: Muscles\, Mayhem\, and Cocktails! \nCompany Statement: \nVanderHart Productions is an independent production company dedicated to the creation of LGBTQ+ content for stage and screen.  We have produced seven successful stage productions in Southern California including “Honey I’m Home” and “With Friends Like These…” and several feature films including the cult favorite “Homewrecker” and the romantic comedy “Open: breaking the rules”.  Our goal is to create entertaining\, inclusive\, and positive LGBTQ+ entertainment.  \n7. UNSCREWED: An Unscripted Screwball Comedy\nCompany: Modjeska Unscripted Theatre\, Nick Slimmer\, Producer \nDates: Mar. 7\, 8 @ 8pm\, Mar. 9 @ 2pm\, 2025 \nTickets: $25 \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/unscrewed-an-unscripted-screwball-comedy/ \nDescription: \n“Unscrewed: An Unscripted Screwball Comedy” takes spontaneity to the next level\, delivering a fresh experience every night. Each performance is a completely improvised\, full-length play with a whirlwind of zany characters\, unexpected twists\, and hilarious misunderstandings\, all tailored by the audience’s suggestions. Think of it as a love letter to the chaotic charm of classic screwball comedies like “Bringing Up Baby” and “His Girl Friday\,” where quick wit and slapstick reign supreme. As the cast dives into offbeat scenarios and playful banter\, no two nights will ever be the same. Whether it’s a mistaken heirloom or a wild chase for a missing pet\, expect the unexpected in this delightfully unpredictable romp! \nCompany Statement: \nModjeska Unscripted Theater (MUT) is an improvisational theater group founded in 2016 as the in-house improvisation ensemble of Modjeska Playhouse. MUT performs full improvised or “unscripted” theatre\, producing full-length unscripted plays. MUT prides itself on its ability to use to create theater through character and relationship driven unscripted plays. \nThe MUT motto: “Serve your partner\, serve the scene\, serve the story” \n8. BLACK DECEMBER\nCompany: Black Girls Productions\, Shaneisha Dodson\, Producer \nDates: Mar. 14\, 15 @ 8pm\, Mar. 16 @ 2pm\, 2025 \nTickets: $25 \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/black-december/ \nDescription:  \nBlack December is a drama set in the South at the Odessa plantation and spans across four decades (1940\, 1970\, 1990\, and present day). The story follows the lives of three Odessa women\, each grappling with a mysterious generational curse that strikes every December causing them to lose something or someone that they love. As the Odessa women struggle with love and loss\, they must figure out a way to break the curse to experience genuine happiness. The show explores themes of resilience\, faith\, trauma and family. \nCompany Statement:  \nBlack Girlz Productions was founded by Shaneisha Dodson. Our goal is to bring awareness to social issues through performance art\,  film and cultural events. Our motto is Dream BIG or Go Home!  \n9. PLAYS IN A DAY 2025\nCompany: LBP\, Alex Shewchuk\, producing \nDates: Mar. 22 @ 8pm\, 2025 \nTickets: $10 \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/plays-in-a-day-2025/ \nDescription:  \nJoin us for an exhilarating evening of theatre. Witness the work of exhausted writers\, frantic actors\, and impulsive directors as they strive to create the debut performance of a show that will never be seen again! All the shows presented will be written\, rehearsed\, and performed in just one day! \n10. LBP NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2025\nCompany: LBP New Works Committee producing \nDates: Mar. 28 & 29 @ 7pm\, 2025 \nTickets: Free \nTicket Link: https://lbplayhouse.org/event/lbp-new-works-festival-2025/ \nDescription:  \nThe annual festival nurtures emerging and established playwrights to develop new scripts. Reading 100+ scripts a year\, the New Works Literary Committee chooses two top plays to receive a stage reading with critical feedback from professional theatre critics and an audience talk back.
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