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SUMMARY:AUDITIONS: HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION
DESCRIPTION:AUDITIONS: HADESTOWN: Teen Edition\nProduced by The Jewel Box Children’s Theater Company in collaboration with the Long Beach Playhouse\nPlaying in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater\nBook by Book\, Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell\nDirected by Anna Kate Mohler\nMusical Direction by Andy Zacharias\nChoreography by Lea Mano\n  \nAUDITION DATES:  Feb. 4 – Feb. 6\, 2025\n\nTuesday\, Feb. 4\, 2025 – 6pm – 9pm: Open Call\nWednesday\,  Feb. 5\, 2025 – 6pm – 9pm: Open Call\nThursday\, Feb. 6\, 2025 – 6pm – 9pm: Callbacks – By invitation only.\n\n(Auditioners only need to come to one night of open call auditions.  We are only seeing in-person auditioners during audition times – no video submissions.) \nPlease register for an audition time slot by visiting jewelboxct.org/hadestown\nAudition Registration opens on January 21st \nLINK TO AUDITION TIME SLOT REGISTRATION\nPLEASE NOTE: In compliance with Concord Theatrical’s rules\, all actors must be 19 or younger for the entire production. All minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.\n  \nPERFORMANCE DATES:  April 25th – May 24th\, 2025\n  \nAUDITION NOTICE:\nTITLE: HADESTOWN: Teen Edition\nPRODUCERS: The Jewel Box Children’s Theater Company in collaboration with the Long Beach Playhouse \nAUTHOR: Book\, Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell \nDIRECTOR: Anna Kate Mohler \nMUSICAL DIRECTOR: Andy Zacharias \nCHOREOGRAPHER: Lea Mano \nRUN:  April 25th – May 24th \nFridays & Saturdays at 8pm\, Sundays at 2pm.  \nThis is a volunteer community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay. \nAUDITION DATES:\nOpen Call:  \nDates: Tuesday February 4th & Wednesday February 5th\, 2025 \n(Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions. We are only seeing in-person auditioners during audition times – no video submissions.) \nTimes: 6pm – 9pm \nIn compliance with Concord Theatrical’s rules all actors must be 19 or younger for the entire production. \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse   \nPlease register for an audition time slot by visiting jewelboxct.org/hadestown \nAudition Registration opens on January 21st \nLINK TO AUDITION TIME SLOT REGISTRATION\n  \nCallbacks: By Invitation Only. \nDate: Thursday February 6th \nTimes: 6pm – 9pm \nREHEARSALS:\nFirst Read-Through: Saturday February 8th from 12 – 3pm \nRegular Rehearsal: Monday through Thursday from 6pm – 9pm Starting February 10th \n(Please see beginning rehearsal BELOW schedule for specific dates and times.) \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse *please note\, some rehearsals may take place at the Jewel Box Studio at 2050 Santa Fe Ave\, Long Beach\, CA 90810 \nAUDITION REQUIREMENTS:\nIn compliance with Concord Theatrical’s rules\, all actors must be 19 or younger for the entire production.  All minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Bring headshot and resume if possible. We will also have a short form for you to fill out when you arrive.  \nAT THE OPEN CALL: Please bring a headshot and resume if possible. Please prepare 16 bars of a contemporary musical theater or folk/pop song in the style of the show but not from the show – please no Jason Robert Brown or Sondheim songs. Bring printed sheet music for live accompanist. Karaoke or recorded tracks will not be permitted. Be prepared to take direction and answer questions.  \n*Please note\, all first time or newer auditioners are encouraged to attend one of the free audition workshops that will be taking place at the Long Beach Playhouse on Saturday January 18th from 9am to 12 noon Saturday February 1st from 9am to 12 noon.  \nTo register for an audition workshop\, visit jewelboxct.org/hadestown \nLINK TO AUDITION WORKSHOP\n  \nSHORT SYNOPSIS:  \nThis intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice\, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz\, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature\, doubt against faith\, and fear against love. \n  \nCASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:\nPLEASE NOTE:  This production will be double cast.  The two sets of casts will alternate on different performances of the run.  The dates of which cast will perform when will be determined after casting. \nORPHEUS: Tenor with strong falsetto\, D3-C5. Lyre-playing poet\, gifted and naïve. Ability to play guitar or learn is a plus. \nEURYDICE: Mezzo-Soprano/Alto\, F#3-D5. A runaway\, tough and vulnerable \nHADES: Bass\, F2-C#4. Compulsive industrialist\, boss-king of Hadestown \nPERSEPHONE: Mezzo-Soprano/Alto\, F3-C5. Queen of nature and the season\, a lush \nHERMES: Tenor/Baritone\, C3-B4. Charismatic guide and storyteller\, mentor to Orpheus. \nFATES (3): Soprano\, Mezzo-Soprano\, Alto\, E3-D5 (Fate 1 up to Eb5). Three Sisters\, vicious and delicious\, voices in the head \nWORKERS (6-8): SATB. Spirits of labor and community\, a physical choral presence \nBEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:\n\n\nHadestown Rehearsal Schedule v.4Download
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SUMMARY:AUDITIONS: Neil Simon’s GOD’S FAVORITE
DESCRIPTION:AUDITIONS: Neil Simon’s GOD’S FAVORITE\nPlaying in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater\nBy Neil Simon\nDirected by James Rice\n  \nAUDITION DATES:  Feb. 10 – 12\, 2025\n\nMonday\, Feb. 10\, 2025 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call\nTuesday\,  Feb. 11\, 2025 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call\nWednesday\, Feb. 12\, 2025 – 7pm – 10pm: Callbacks – By invitation only.\n\n(Auditioners only need to come to one night of open call auditions.  We are only seeing in-person auditioners during audition times – no video submissions.) \nPERFORMANCE DATES:  April 5 – May 3\, 2025\n  \nAUDITION NOTICE:\nTITLE: GOD’S FAVORITE \nAUTHOR: Neil Simon \nDIRECTOR:  James Rice \nRUN:  April 4\, 2025 – May 3\, 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: Monday\, Feb. 10 & Tuesday\, Feb. 11\, 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: Wednesday\, Feb. 12\, 2025 \nTimes: 7pm – 10pm \nREHEARSALS:\nFirst Read-Through: Saturday\, Feb. 15\, 2025 Noon – 4pm \nRegular Rehearsal: Starting Feb. 17\, 2025: Mon – Thur.\, 7pm – 10pm; Sat. 10am – 2pm \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 headshot and resume.  \nSides for cold readings will be provided at the auditions. \nSHORT SYNOPSIS: \nThe setting of the play is a Long Island mansion. The household consists of a pious\, God-fearing tycoon named Joe Benjamin and his family: a long-suffering wife\, Rose\, a prodigal son\, David\, a pair of unique and quirky twins\, Ben and Sarah\, and the maid and butler\, Mady and Morris. One night a messenger from God\, Sidney Lipton (with a big G on their sweatshirt) arrives\, and\, as in the biblical story\, goes through all manner of temptations to get Joe Benjamin to renounce God. When he refuses\, he is visited by all the afflictions imaginable. He stands firm and the messenger has to admit defeat. \nCASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:\nJOE BENJAMIN (M\, 45-55). Joe is the patriarch of the family\, whose faith in God in tested. \nSIDNEY LIPTON (Gender Open\, but must present as Male\, 40-55). Quirky messenger from God. Sent to test Joe’s faith. \nROSE BENJAMIN (F 45-55). Joe’s wife. A pampered Log Island housewife. \nDAVID BENJAMIN (M\, or Male Presenting\, late 20’s). Eldest child of Joe and Rose. Intelligent\, sarcastic and pessimistic. David is the family ”disappointment” who never reached his potential. \nBEN BENJAMIN (M\, mid-twenties). Twin of Sarah\, youngest children of Joe and Rose. The twins have an IQ of 160 – between them. \nSARAH BENJAMIN (F mid-twenties). Twin of Ben\, youngest children of Joe and Rose. The twins have an IQ of 160 – between them. \nMADY (F\, age open). Housekeeper. \nMORRIS (M\, age open). Butler. \n  \nBEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:\n\n\nGod’s Favorite Beg. Reh. Schedule V.2Download
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SUMMARY:AUDITIONS: LBP NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2025
DESCRIPTION:AUDITION NOTICE:\nTHE 2025 LBP NEW WORKS FESTIVAL\nTITLES: Show 1: THE ONE GOOD THING or “Are Ya Patrick Swayze?” \n                  Show 2: JUDGEMENT OF THE EYE \nAUTHORS: Joe Bravaco (The One Good Thing) \n                        Simon Bowler (Judgement of the Eye) \nDIRECTORS: Katherine White (The One Good Thing) \n                           Michael Hovance (Judgement of the Eye) \nRUN: Stage Reading of  THE ONE GOOD THING on March 28\, 2025 at 7pm. Stage Reading of JUDGEMENT OF THE EYE on Saturday\, MARCH 29\, 2025 at 7pm. There will be a talk-back after each reading. \nThis is a volunteer community theater production.  Non-Equity.  There is no pay.\nAUDITION DATES:\nOpen Call: \nDates: Tuesday\, Feb. 25\, 2025 (One night only for both plays.) \nTimes: 7 pm – 9 pm \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse   \nREHEARSALS:\nThere will be 3-4 rehearsals (usually one per week) before the stage reading arranged between the directors and the actors cast.  Rehearsals will start immediately. \n(Please see Beginning Rehearsal Schedule for days when rehearsals could possibly be scheduled.) \nFor Each Specific Show: \nTHE ONE GOOD THING  \nFirst Read-Through: March 1st\, 2025 1-4pm \nRegular Rehearsal: Mondays ONLY; March 3 – March 24\, 7pm-10pm \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse \nJUDGEMENT OF THE EYE \nRegular Rehearsals: Tuesdays in March\, 7pm – 10pm; with the possibility of some Zoom rehearsals if needed. \nAUDITION REQUIREMENTS:\nBring headshot and resume. Sides for cold readings will be provided at the auditions.  \nNEW WORKS FESTIVAL INFORMATION:  \nThis 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 (one local to southern California\, one non-local) to receive a stage reading with critical feedback from professional theatre critics and an audience talk back. \nAs it is a stage reading\, there will only be 3-4 rehearsals\, and actors will not need to memorize their scripts.  The stage reading of their show will only happen one night\, and there will be a talk back with the audience after the reading. \nSHOW 1:  THE ONE GOOD THING\nBy Joe Bravaco \nStage Reading on Friday\, March 28\, 2025 \nDirected by Katherine White \nSHORT SYNOPSIS:  \nTwo brothers in Enniskeel\, a small coastal town on the Irish Sea in Fingal County\, Ireland have deep heartfelt chats about life and loss\, in the way that Irish men do; with sarcasm\, teasing\, and brotherly love. Sometimes we wait to long to tell people how we feel and these brothers go on that journey together. \nCASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:\nJAMIE (M\, Early 30’s) a primary school teacher\, gay\, on the thin side\, maybe losing some hair. An open\, honest face. (Irish accent.) \nTOMMY (M\, Late 20’s) Jamie’s brother\, an artist\, married\, handsome\, more robust\, a ruddy complexion. (Irish accent.) \n  \nSHOW 2:  JUDGEMENT OF THE EYE\nBy Simon Bowler \nStage Saturday\, March 29\, 2025 \nDirected by Michael Hovance \nSHORT SYNOPSIS:  \nHan Van Meegeren\, a struggling Dutch artist\, realizes his skill is forgeries and sell millions of dollars of fake art. When Germany invades\, the SS compel him to sell paintings to Goering\, and he makes millions more. At the end of the war\, he is accused of selling national treasure to the enemy and is to be executed. He claims the paintings are fakes and to prove it he will paint another. His story exposes the contradictions of how we perceive and value art\, in a tale so absurd\, and with a character so flawed\, it can only be true. \nCASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:\nHAN VAN MEEGEREN (M\, 40s – 50s) Artist and Forger with a morphia addiction who wants to be remembered for their own art  (Mee-Gur-en) \nJO VAN MEEGEREN (F\, 40s) Han’s wife who may or may not know about Han’s illicit activities. \nTHEO VAN WIJNGAARDEN (M\, 30s – 40s)  Art Dealer of questionable morals. (Vin-Garden) (Doubles with Lt. Hess) \nABRAHAM BREDIUS (M\, 60s) Art Expert\, Considered the preeminent authority on Vermeer  (Bree-dee-us) (Doubles with Wooning) \nINSPECTOR HENRICH WOONING (M\, 30s-40s)  Post-War Dutch Government Investigator of potential Wartime crimes. (Woo-ning) (Doubles with Bredius) \nLOTTE (F\, 30s) a prostitute who develops a keen interest in art.  (Doubles with Emma Laan) \nLT. HESS (M\, 40s) Nazi officer with a demanding boss. (German Accent required) (doubles with Theo Van Wijngaarden)  \nJUDGE (F\, 40s) Head of the court in Meegeren’s trial (Also will read stage directions.) \nEMMA LAAN (F\, 20s) – Bredius’ ambitious secretary (Doubles with Lotte) \nGENERAL REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:\n\n\nNWF 2025 General Rehearsal Schedule V.2Download
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