Long Beach Playhouse

THE UPPERCLASSMEN
2017-12-10 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Upperclassmen come to the Long Beach Playhouse for another year of comedy and improv!
Playing in the Studio theater.
Tickets are $5.00 presale*, $10.00 at the door.
(For online tickets, click the $5 dollar presale discount option in the process of purchasing tickets.)

AUDITIONS: PACK OF LIES
2018-01-02 19:00 - 2018-01-04 22:00
TITLE: PACK OF LIES
AUTHOR: Hugh Whitemore
DIRECTOR: Sharyn Case
RUN: Feb. 24 – March 24, 2018
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: Tues., Jan 2 and Wed., Jan 3, 2018
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Thurs., Jan 4, 2018: 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: Sat., Jan 6, 2018, Noon – 3 pm
Regular Rehearsal: Starting Jan 8, 2018, Monday – Wednesday, 7pm – 10:30 pm, Saturdays 10 am – 1 pm (Subject to change)
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. Sides from the script for cold readings will be provided at the auditions.
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
The Jacksons are a nice middle-aged English couple whose best friends are their Canadian neighbors, the Kroegers. All is well, until a detective from Scotland Yard makes ever-increasing demands to use their home to trap a Soviet spy ring and implicates the Kroegers. Should they betray their friends? And at what price?
Time: Autumn and Winter, 1960-61
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
BOB JACKSON (M – 40-50) Solid, middle class business and family man. Outgoing, affectionate. Dialect: English, required.
BARBARA JACKSON (F – 40-45) Sweet and somewhat naïve English housewife, vulnerable. Dialect: English required
.JULIE JACKSON (F – 14-16), Their daughter. Young, high-spirited, devoted to “Aunt” Helen. Dialect: English required.
HELEN KROEGER (F – 40-50) Strong personality, good sense of humor, talkative. No dialect required, but Canadian flavor.
PETER KROEGER (M – 50-55) Quiet, unassuming, defers to his wife. No dialect required, but Canadian flavor.
STEWART (M or F – 40-50) Scotland Yard Detective. Strong, no-nonsense investigator, little tolerance for dramatics. Dialect: English required.
THELMA (F – late 20s) Scotland Yard Observer. Smart, funny, empathetic, but professional. Dialect: English required.
SALLY (F – 30ish) Scotland Yard Observer. Smart, professional, more no-nonsense than Thelma. Dialect: English required.
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ORDINARY DAYS
2018-01-05 20:00 - 2018-01-14 17:00
The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.
ORDINARY DAYS
Company: Take the Stage Long Beach
Tickets: $24 – Regular Ticket
$20 – Students/Seniors
$15 – Groups of 10 or more (no group leader comps)
All Tickets are General Admission
DESCRIPTION:
ORDINARY DAYS tells the story of four New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for happiness, love, and cabs. Through a score of vibrant songs, their experiences ring startlingly true to life. Adam Gwon’s musical is for anyone who’s ever struggled to appreciate simple things in a complex place.
COMPANY STATEMENT:
Take the Stage Long Beach is an educational theatre and production company with more than 10 years of teaching and production experience in the greater Long Beach area. It is owned and operated by Bethany and Jamieson Price, Long Beach-based theatre professionals and CSULB Theatre Arts Department alumni. Additional information can be found at www.TaketheStageLB.com.

The Upperclassmen present Yes And So Can You
2018-01-13 09:30 - 2018-02-20 21:00
The Upperclassmen present Yes And So Can You!

Two Separate Classes this New Year along with a fun drop in day to test out the waters of Long Beach Playhouse Improv!

Drop In Day
January 6th 9:30-11:30 am
Free to the Public but Space is Limited, RSVP by emailing Fernando Huerta at nando2244@aol.com

Improv Introduction Level: Saturdays from 9:30-11:30 am

Jan 13, 2018-Feb 17, 2018

Long Beach Playhouse
$125.00
Long Beach improv and comedy troupe The Upperclassmen present “Yes And So Can You”, a 6-week course on the art of improv for intro level students. Perfect for anyone looking to improve their performance skills, funnybones, or social acumen!
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Improv Character Development: Tuesdays from 7:00-9:00 pm
Jan 16, 2018- Feb 20, 2018
Long Beach Playhouse
$125.00
For students looking to expand past the intro phase of improv, creating characters with interesting traits.

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Both classes instructed by the Upperclassmen’s Fernando Huerta, long time performer and graduate of Groundlings, Second City, and Nerdist schools of improv. For more information or questions please contact Fernando at 562-277-2198 or emailing nando2244@aol.com

BLACK COFFEE
2018-01-13 20:00 - 2018-02-10 23:00
In this seldom seen and intricately crafted mystery, Agatha Christie weaves scientific discoveries, international espionage, and unimaginable murder together to give the audience a night of unraveling the knots of danger and suspense. Christie’s master sleuth, Hercule Poirot, teams up with Captain Hastings and Inspector Japp to solve the murder of accomplished physicist Sir Claud Amory, who has constructed a workable formula for one of the most deadly weapons known to man – the atomic bomb. Not only must Poirot solve the murder, he must retrieve the stolen formula before it falls into the hands of some of the most infamous spies on the planet.
CAST LIST:
David Clark Hutchison (SIR CLAUD AMORY)
David Vaillancourt (CAP. ARTHUR HASTINGS OBE)
Hayley Jackson (BARBARA AMORY)
Henry Weaver (DR. CARELLI)
Jessica Plotin (LUCIA AMORY)
John Russell (INSPECTOR JAPP)
Lawrence Ingalls (TREDWELL)
Martha Duncan (CAROLINE AMORY)
Mike X Carson (DR. GRAHAM)
Patrick Peterson (RICHARD AMORY)
Rick Reischman (HERCULE POIROT)
Lee Samuel Tanng (EDWARD RAYNOR)
SHOW TRAILER:

PERFORMANCE AND PRESS PHOTO GALLERY:

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 1: Lawrence Ingalls (TREDWELL)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 2: Patrick Peterson (RICHARD AMORY), Jessica Plotin (LUCIA AMORY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 3: Henry Weaver Jr. (DR. CARELLI), Hayley Jackson (BARBARA AMORY), Martha Duncan (MISS CAROLINE AMORY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 4: David Clark Hutchison (SIR CLAUD AMORY), Jessica Plotin (LUCIA AMORY), Lawrence Ingalls (TREDWELL), Martha Duncan (MISS CAROLINE AMORY), Henry Weaver Jr. (DR. CARELLI), Patrick Peterson (RICHARD AMORY), Hayley Jackson (BARBARA AMORY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 5: Mike X Carson (DR. GRAHAM), Patrick Peterson (RICHARD AMORY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 6: Rick Reischman (HERCULE POIROT), Jessica Plotin (LUCIA AMORY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 7: Rick Reischman (HERCULE POIROT), David Vaillancourt (CAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS, O.B.E.)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 8: David Vaillancourt (CAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS, O.B.E.), Rick Reischman (HERCULE POIROT), Hayley Jackson (BARBARA AMORY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 9: Lee Samuel Tanng (EDWARD RAYNOR), Rick Reischman (HERCULE POIROT), David Vaillancourt (CAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS, O.B.E.)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 10: Lee Samuel Tanng (EDWARD RAYNOR), John Russell (INSPECTOR JAPP)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 11: Rick Reischman (HERCULE POIROT), Henry Weaver Jr. (DR. CARELLI), David Vaillancourt (CAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS, O.B.E.)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 12: Henry Weaver Jr. (DR. CARELLI), Hayley Jackson (BARBARA AMORY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 13: Rick Reischman (HERCULE POIROT)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

Agatha Christie’s BLACK COFFEE (MAINSTAGE, JAN. 13th – FEB. 10th, 2018)
PHOTO 14: BACK ROW: Mike X Carson (DR. GRAHAM), David Clark Hutchison (SIR CLAUD AMORY), Lee Samuel Tanng (EDWARD RAYNOR), David Vaillancourt (CAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS, O.B.E.), Rick Reischman (HERCULE POIROT), John Russell (INSPECTOR JAPP), Lawrence Ingalls (TREDWELL), Henry Weaver Jr. (DR. CARELLI), Patrick Peterson (RICHARD AMORY), FRONT ROW: Martha Duncan (MISS CAROLINE AMORY), Jessica Plotin (LUCIA AMORY), Hayley Jackson (BARBARA AMORY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

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KILL A BETTER MOUSETRAP
2018-01-19 20:00 - 2018-01-21 17:00
The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.
KILL A BETTER MOUSETRAP
Company: Lanny Panlock Productions
Tickets: $15 Regular Price:
$12 Students and Seniors
$13 Online with Promo Code
All Tickets are General Admission
DESCRIPTION:
In this one-act play, Miles Merbinoe has reasons and a plan to make the world’s longest-running play— Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap— disappear. Unfortunately, Mr. Merbinoe isn’t all there himself…
His gentler efforts having all backfired on him, Merbinoe decides to borrow a leaf from Dame Agatha’s own works…and resort to murder!
COMPANY STATEMENT:
Lanny Panlock Productions is dedicated to providing literate, high-quality entertainment with an emphasis on celebrating the great artists of the past.

MARK TWAIN TONIGHT
2018-01-26 20:00 - 2018-01-27 23:00
The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.
MARK TWAIN TONIGHT
Company: Jaxson Brashier Producing
Tickets: $15
All Tickets are General Admission
DESCRIPTION:
Recreating the one man show that starred Hal Holbrook on Broadway, Jaxson Brashier portrays Mark Twain as a 70 year old humorist in this 90 minute production. Adapted from Twain’s own words for a commentary on slavery, religion, and politics, mixing the satire with comic yarns about life on the Mississippi.
COMPANY STATEMENT:
Starring Jaxson Brashier & directed by Gregory Cohen in the fashion of Twain himself, “The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”
In order to protect the future we must preserve our past for the generations to follow, and who better to preserve than the father of American Literature & Satire, Mark Twain.

LBP STAFF AND FRIENDS FUNDRAISER
2018-02-03 20:00 - 23:00
LBP STAFF AND FRIENDS FUNDRAISER
Company: LBP, Madison Mooney producing.
Tickets: $10
DESCRIPTION:
The Staff, Volunteers, and Friends are coming together to raise some money for LBP while having fun onstage! From songs, to drama, to puppets, you never know what you may get at a Staff Cabaret. Just buckle up and enjoy the ride!
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LYMAN
2018-02-09 20:00 - 2018-02-11 17:00
The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.
LYMAN
Company: LYMAN The Play, produced by John Dameron
Tickets: $20
DESCRIPTION:
LYMAN is a 2-act play set in a multi-universe. It centers on the life of Lyman Liri, a piano prodigy and Vietnam veteran who becomes homeless in our current universe. Each scene is a different destiny of Lyman based on the choices he makes at universal points in his life. Guest-starring Lou Beatty Jr. (Betty White’s “Off Their Rockers”).
COMPANY STATEMENT:
LYMAN demonstrates how each of us is only one choice away from being homeless ourselves. It encourages audiences to see their own reflection in the face of every homeless person they meet and, hopefully, inspires them to make a difference.
“If we could accept the truth that all homeless people are capable of being heroes and all people are capable of being homeless, then perhaps homelessness could once and for all be solved.”
– Anne Johnstonbrown

AUDITIONS: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
2018-02-12 19:00 - 2018-02-14 23:00
TITLE: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
AUTHOR: Rick Elice, with Music by Wayne Barker, Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
DIRECTOR: Gregory Cohen
MUSICAL DIRECTION: Kysa Cohen
RUN: April 7 – May 5, 2018
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: February 12th & 13th, 2018
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: February 14, 2018; 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
Date and Time:
First Read-Through: February 18, 2018 at Noon – 3:00pm.
Regular Rehearsals: Starting Feb. 19, 2018, Mon. through Thurs. nights 7:00-10:00pm, and possible Saturday mornings, 9:00am-12:00pm (when needed).
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. Cold readings from the script will be provided at the auditions. Prepare a short ballad and bring sheet music (an accompanist will be provided). Come prepared to move.
SHORT SYNOPSIS: This is a highly theatrical re-imagining of the origin story of Peter Pan. All actors play multiple roles in this story-theatre style tale of an orphan and his friend, a fabled “starcatcher” as they battle pirates, mermaids and unscrupulous seafarers and bureaucrats. Highly physical, broad comedians are required to embody a variety of narrators, characters, props and scene pieces and bring the magic to life.
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
NOTE:
All characters will double as other characters (even if not listed). British accents are required and other accents couldn’t hurt. I am open to casting either gender in all roles (but they will be playing the listed sex) and encourage all nationalities, ethnicities, ages and body types to audition. In short, I’m casting an acting ensemble that will melt into whatever character or theatrical need we can imagine.
BLACK STACHE (M or F to play Male, 20s-30s) A fearsome pirate in search of a hero worthy of his villainy; highly flamboyant and theatrical
MOLLY (Female, 13-early 20s) A starcatcher in training; a born leader; tough, romantic, and fearless
BOY/PETER (Male, 13-early 20s) A somewhat damaged orphan who finds the hero inside himself
GREMPKIN/MACK/SANCHEZ/FIGHTING PRAWN (M or F to play Male, 20s-50s) An evil schoolmaster, a lousy sailor, a pirate, and the King of the Mollusks
MRS. BUMBRAKE/TEACHER (F or M to play female, 20s-60s) Molly’s still attractive nanny and an ancient mermaid
SLANK/HAWKING CLAM (M or F to play Male, 20s-40s) A vicious sea captain and the heir apparent to the Mollusk throne
SMEE (M or F to play Male, 20s-60s) First mate to Black Stache; a loyal, hardworking, if not so bright, pirate
PRENTISS (M or F to play Male, teens to 20s) One of Peter’s fellow orphans; yearning to be a leader, but a bit of a coward
ALF (M or F to play Male, 40s-60s) An old sea dog, smitten with Mrs. Bumbrake; tough and loyal, but guided by his innate morality
LORD ASTER (M or F to play Male, 40s-60s) Molly’s father, a starcatcher and the very model of a Victorian English gentleman
CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (M or F to play Male, 20s-40s) The legendary explorer who eventually dies on his expedition to the South Pole; currently the Captain of the fastest frigate in the British navy.
TED (M or F to play Male, teens-early 20s) The third orphan of the triumvirate; called Tubby (but not necessarily heavy). He has a love of everything edible.
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LONG BEACH SKETCH/PROV FESTIVAL
2018-02-16 19:00 - 2018-02-17 23:00
The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.
LONG BEACH SKETCH/PROV FESTIVAL
Company: The Upperclassmen
Tickets: $8
DESCRIPTION:
Like peanut butter and chocolate, or the saxophone and 1980s soft rock, some things just belong together. THE LONG BEACH SKETCH/PROV FESTIVAL celebrates two great tastes together – sketch and improv comedy – from some of the funniest and most original troupes performing today in a two-night extravaganza of absurdity.
On Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, Long Beach Sketch/Prov will offer three comedy workshops as part of the Festival. If interested, please RSVP to sketch.prov.festival@gmail.com. Payment will be taken the day of by cash or check.
The Work Shops:
“Silence. Space. Storytelling. Connection.”

12:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M.
$20

Connecting and telling stories come to us much easier when we slow down. In this workshop, learn the power of silence and how to use the space around us to connect with our scene partners in an improvised story. We’ll learn how to give focus, develop presence and awareness, and even discover the time to speak. Discover skills that are as relevant in our workplace and relationships as they are in improv storytelling.

About the Instructor
Lauren Baumbauer is a director and manager for Modjeska Unscripted Theater in Lake Forest, CA. Having studied extensively at Spectacles Improv Engine in Fullerton and the Impro Studio in Los Angeles, Lauren’s teaching focuses on narrative storytelling and discovering unique forms of improvised expression.

“Etch the Sketch”
12:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M.
$20

Comedy sketches are tricky beasts to wrangle, especially for such a short time. For this workshop, students are asked to bring in a 2-5 page first draft of a sketch and/or 1-2 pages of ideas and premises. We’ll derive our lessons from these, focusing on character, how to write for performance, and how to adapt sketches for both stage and film.

About the Instructor
Chris Mertan is a writer, director, and member of The Upperclassmen, host troupe for Long Beach Sketch/Prov. Over the decade, he has produced and staged countless sketches for both stage and screen in the greater Orange County and Long Beach area. Chris hold a degree in writing from UCSD, and specialized in drama and film.

“Character Study”
with Special Guest Instructor Andy Goldberg
3:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.
$20

Character counts, especially since it’s one of the foundations of great improv. Great characters yield great results, and in this workshop, we’ll explore the tools that help craft memorable characters to get these results. As useful for the actor and writer as for anyone simply looking to think on their feet a little better, “Character Study” shows that you can think creatively with confidence.

About the Instructor
Andy Goldberg is an actor, educator, and founder of Off the Wall, LA’s longest-running improv troupe. He is also the author of Improv Comedy, the seminal textbook originally published by Samuel French, and has either taught or performed with Robin Williams, Larry David, Bonnie Hunt, Fred Willard, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, and hundreds more.

COMPANY STATEMENT:
Established in 2010, the Upperclassmen is one of America’s only (barely) functioning comedy and improv troupes that keeps a lawyer and registered nurse on retainer.

IN PREVIEW!
2018-02-23 20:00 - 2018-02-25 22:00
The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.
IN PREVIEW!
Company: Composers Lab
Tickets: $15
DESCRIPTION:
The Composers Lab presents IN PREVIEW! a collection of original musical compositions written for the theater. Featuring new works by Anna Kate Mohler and Andy Zacharias with special guest performers ‘Phie Mura, Ziad Tabani,Lewis Leighton, and Andrew Wilcox.
COMPANY STATEMENT:
The Composers Lab serves as a platform for local theater composers to collaborate and share ideas.

PACK OF LIES
2018-02-24 20:00 - 2018-03-24 23:00
The Jacksons are a nice middle aged English couple. Their best friends are their Canadian neighbors, the Krogers. All is blissful in their world until a detective from Scotland Yard asks to use their house as an observation station to try and foil a Soviet espionage ring operating in the area. The Jacksons become more and more put out as Scotland Yard’s demands on them increase. Yet, they are really put to the test when the detective reveals that the Russian spies may be the Krogers, and asks them to help set a trap. Friendship and betrayal are at the heart of this thrilling drama. Who can they trust?
CAST LIST:
Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON)
Harriet Whitmyer (HELEN KROGER)
Susan E. Taylor (STEWART)
Cort Huckabone (BOB JACKSON)
Alan Curelop (PETER KROGER)
Sierra Henderson (JULIE JACKSON)
Elspeth Carden (THELMA)
Sarah Regli (SALLY)
SHOW TRAILER:

PERFORMANCE PHOTO GALLERY:

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 1: Sierra Henderson (JULIE JACKSON), Cort Huckabone (BOB JACKSON), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 2: Harriet Whitmyer (HELEN KROGER), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 3: Harriet Whitmyer (HELEN KROGER), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 4: Susan E. Taylor (MRS. STEWART), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON), Cort Huckabone (BOB JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 5: Sarah Regli (SALLY), Elspeth Carden (THELMA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 6: Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON), Cort Huckabone (BOB JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 7: Elspeth Carden (THELMA), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 8: Elspeth Carden (THELMA), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 9: Sierra Henderson (JULIE JACKSON), Cort Huckabone (BOB JACKSON), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON), Alan Curelop (PETER KROGER), Harriet Whitmyer (HELEN KROGER)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 10: Alan Curelop (PETER KROGER), Harriet Whitmyer (HELEN KROGER)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 11: Susan E. Taylor (MRS. STEWART), Cort Huckabone (BOB JACKSON), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PACK OF LIES (MAINSTAGE, FEB. 24TH – MARCH 24TH, 2018)
PHOTO 12: BACK ROW: Sarah Regli (SALLY), Alan Curelop (PETER KROGER), Susan E. Taylor (MRS. STEWART), Elspeth Carden (THELMA), FRONT ROW: Sierra Henderson (JULIE JACKSON), Harriet Whitmyer (HELEN KROGER), Michelle Miller-Day (BARBARA JACKSON), Cort Huckabone (BOB JACKSON)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

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AUDITIONS: NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2018
2018-02-27 19:00 - 21:00
THE LBP 2018 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
TITLE: Plays: Happy Thanksgiving & Men Overboard.
AUTHORS: Tim Boland (Happy Thanksgiving), Rich Orloff (Men Overboard).
DIRECTORS: Sheridan Cole (Happy Thanksgiving), Reed Flores (Men Overboard)
RUN: Friday, March 23rd (Happy Thanksgiving), & Saturday, March 24th (Men Overboard)
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: Tuesday, Feb. 27 (One night only for both plays.)
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
REHEARSALS:
There will be 3-4 rehearsals before the stage reading arranged between the directors and actors cast.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. Sides from the play for cold readings will be provided at the auditions.
NEW WORKS FESTIVAL INFORMATION:
This 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 audience talk back.
As 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.
THE SHOWS:
HAPPY THANKSGIVING by Tim Boland
SNYPOSIS:
Full-length play set on Thanksgiving Day, 2016, two weeks after the highly divisive U.S. presidential election. A Michigan-state (Blue state turned Red!) married couple, two conservative Republican parents, are holding their annual Thanksgiving dinner for their three adult children coming back to Jackson, Michigan (often branded as the birthplace of the Republican party): their first-born, a liberal firebrand Hillary-supporting daughter, along with their middle child, a gay Republican son, and the baby of the family, a Sandernista democratic socialist daughter. Annual Thanksgiving family gatherings are normally fraught with enough anxiety for this diverse and politically-conscious family, but after the long and contentious presidential campaign of 2016, this post-election turkey get-together threatens to be a disaster in the making. One American family and their binds of marriage, parenthood, brother and sisterhood will all be tested as the family members are challenged to answer the ultimate question, which comes first, party, candidate, country or family?
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
ARTHUR HOLDEN – (Early 60’s). Family patriarch. Old school traditionalist. Still, open-minded. Steely. Still, with a soft side.
BEV HOLDEN – (Early 60’s). The real family boss. Simple but wise. Path-of-least resistance peacemaker personality. Hidden rebel.
DEBORAH HOLDEN GONZALEZ – (Early to mid 30’s). Daughter. Liberal firebrand, passionate to the point of neuroses. Glass half-empty.
ROBERT HOLDEN – (Mid 30’s). Son. Conservative. Republican. Gay.
SARAH HOLDEN – (Later 20’s). Baby of the family. Bernie Sanders acolyte. Socially engaged. Still, a realist.
HECTOR GONZALEZ – (Mid-30’s). Husband to Deborah. Progressive liberal. Less fiery than his wife. Glass half-full.
MALIK HENDERSON – (Later 20’s-Early 30’s). Husband to Sarah. Black. Very well-read. An anarchist at heart. Still, playful, humble.

MEN OVERBOARD by Rich Orloff
SNYPOSIS:
When you’re fighting for a child’s soul, what rules apply? A New York Bar Mitzvah brings together three generation of men in a Jewish family: three middle-aged brothers who have taken different paths (becoming a politician, a therapist and a Buddhist monk), their elderly patriarch, and a precocious 13-year-old boy who doubts he’s ready to be a man. Added to this mix is the boy’s Bar Mitzvah tutor, an attractive Hungarian woman who has a past and possibly a future with the boy’s therapist uncle. MEN OVERBOARD is my boldest mix of comedy and drama as it explores, “What makes a man?”
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
ERNIE SILVER – (70’s or older). An old man, father of three
DOUG SILVER – (Mid-40’s). Ernie’s middle son, a psychotherapist
JAY SILVER – (Early 40’s). Ernie’s youngest son, a Buddhist monk,
ROBERT SILVER – (Late 40’s). Ernie’s oldest son, a Congressional candidate.
ABRAHAM SILVER – (13). Robert’s son and Ernie’s only grandchild.
EVA FUZESI – (Mid-30’s). Abraham’s Bar Mitzvah tutor, from Hungary.

HELD2GETHER’S GRASS-FED, FREE-RANGE SKETCH SHOW
2018-03-01 20:00 - 2018-03-03 23:00
The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.
HELD2GETHER’S GRASS-FED, FREE-RANGE SKETCH SHOW
Company: Held2gether
Tickets: $15 Regular
$10 Preview
DESCRIPTION:
Our dozen all original comedy sketches have been nurtured organically to create the purest, most satisfying laughs for the entire dysfunctional family. Taste the difference for yourself.
COMPANY STATEMENT:
Held2gether, Improv for Life was created to bring out each individual’s greatest potential through the power of improvisation. We believe the benefits of improv strengthen every part of our lives.

AUDITIONS: CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY
2018-03-05 19:00 - 2018-03-07 22:00
TITLE: CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY
AUTHOR: Lynn Nottage
DIRECTOR: Diane Benedict
RUN: April 27, 2018- May 26, 2018
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: Mon. March 5, 2018, Tue. March 6, 2018
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks: Wed. March 7th, 2018
Date and Time: 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: Saturday, March 10, 2018, 12pm-4pm
Regular Rehearsal: Sunday- Thursday evenings 7p-10pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. Prepare a 1-2 minute monologue that is truthful to your personality. Choose material that is straightforward and honest.
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
A character driven family portrait, Godfrey, still grieving from the death of his wife, moves his family from Pensacola, Florida, to Brooklyn, New York while searching for a better life for his two daughters, Ernestine and Ermina. They must make a life from their father’s choices, all while navigating the realities of race and poverty in 1950s America. In this evocative yet poignant, lyrical yet frank, painful yet poetic self-styled Glass Menagerie, the characters are made of anything but glass…
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
Ernestine Crump- (F- 18 to early 20s to play 17) – African American. She is eldest daughter of Godfrey, a studious dreamer, maternal, intelligent, stubborn, mature, self-aware, thoughtful, determined, shy, honest, and the protagonist of the story.
Godfrey Crump- (M-mid 30’s- 50)- African American. He is the Father of Ernestine and Ermina Crump, stoic, hardworking, warm, tender, somber, faithful, neat, devoted, meticulous, hopeful, and forgiving.
Lily Ann Green- (F-mid 20’s-40’s)- African American. Aunt, deceased mother’s sister. She is a non-conformist, drinker, liberated, intellectual, rebellious, savvy, loud, communist, passionate, smart, vivacious, bawdy, glamorous, sexually confident, genuinely loves her nieces. Actors who can sing a plus.
Ermina Crump- (F- 18 to early 20s to play 14-16) – African American. Younger sister of Ernestine, curious, self-assured, fierce yet fragile, humorous, rebellious, out-spoken, petulant, sexually curious.
Gerte Schulte- (F-late 20’s-40)- German immigrant and Godfrey’s new bride. Friendly, soft yet strong, no-nonsense, direct, understanding, patient, mature.

TROJAN WOMEN: A Love Story
2018-03-09 20:00 - 2018-03-18 17:00
The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.
TROJAN WOMEN: A Love Story
Company: Alchemy Theatre Company
Tickets: $20
DESCRIPTION:
Fusing elements of Euripides’s Greek tragedy, high art, and pop culture, playwright Charles Mee examines the aftermath of the burning of Troy by focusing on the plight of the women who survive and raising the question of who really suffers in war: those who live, or those who die.
WARNING: This Production utilizes Fog, Strobe Lights, Nudity, and Adult Language and Content.
COMPANY STATEMENT:
Alchemy Theatre Company is devoted to advancing the art and experience of theatre in our own community through integrity, quality, and creativity. We look to create opportunities to work with the leading artists of today in an environment that is not only respectful, committed, and welcoming, but also challenges audiences and ourselves artistically to push the envelope of what can be imagined.
We strive to treat our audiences and contributors with respect and cultivate a sense of communal curiosity about life through theatre.
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LBP NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2018
2018-03-23 20:00 - 2018-03-24 23:00
LBP NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2018
Company: LBP New Works Committee producing
Tickets: $10
DESCRIPTION:
The 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 staged reading with critical feedback from professional theatre critics and audience talk back.
THIS YEAR’S WINNING PLAYS:
HAPPY THANKSGIVING by Tim Boland – Stage Reading Friday, March 23
SNYPOSIS:
Full-length play set on Thanksgiving Day, 2016, two weeks after the highly divisive U.S. presidential election. A Michigan-state (Blue state turned Red!) married couple, two conservative Republican parents, are holding their annual Thanksgiving dinner for their three adult children coming back to Jackson, Michigan (often branded as the birthplace of the Republican party): their first-born, a liberal firebrand Hillary-supporting daughter, along with their middle child, a gay Republican son, and the baby of the family, a Sandernista democratic socialist daughter. Annual Thanksgiving family gatherings are normally fraught with enough anxiety for this diverse and politically-conscious family, but after the long and contentious presidential campaign of 2016, this post-election turkey get-together threatens to be a disaster in the making. One American family and their binds of marriage, parenthood, brother and sisterhood will all be tested as the family members are challenged to answer the ultimate question, which comes first, party, candidate, country or family?
MEN OVERBOARD by Rich Orloff – Stage Reading Saturday, March 24
SNYPOSIS:
When you’re fighting for a child’s soul, what rules apply? A New York Bar Mitzvah brings together three generation of men in a Jewish family: three middle-aged brothers who have taken different paths (becoming a politician, a therapist and a Buddhist monk), their elderly patriarch, and a precocious 13-year-old boy who doubts he’s ready to be a man. Added to this mix is the boy’s Bar Mitzvah tutor, an attractive Hungarian woman who has a past and possibly a future with the boy’s therapist uncle. MEN OVERBOARD is my boldest mix of comedy and drama as it explores, “What makes a man?”

AUDITIONS: FLIGHT
2018-03-26 19:00 - 2018-03-28 22:00
TITLE: FLIGHT
AUTHOR: Charlayne Woodward
DIRECTOR: Rovin Jay
ASST DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER: Sonya Randall
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Evan Battle
RUN: May 19th – June 16th, 2018
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: Mon. March 26 & Tues. March 27, 2018
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: Wed., March 28, 2018, 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: Sat. March 31, 12pm – 3pm
Regular Rehearsal: Sunday – Thursday evenings 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. Sides from script will be provided at the auditions for cold readings. Be prepared to learn a short movement combo
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
In 1858, on a plantation in Georgia, a young mother is suddenly sold, leaving behind her husband and their five-year-old son. Through a magical evening of storytelling, music and dance, their community shares the rich history that makes them so much more than slaves. Sharing this rich oral tradition not only comforts the father and son, but heals and strengthens the entire community as the audience has the privilege of going along for the ride. Flight is an inspirational theatrical experience for the whole family as the characters share their empowering stories, based on actual slave narratives, as well as African and African-American folktales.
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
OH BEAH (F 40+) – African American. Strong, earthy and nurturing, OH BEAH is a middle-aged woman with magical powers. A healer and midwife, she’s the matriarch of the enslaved community. Some singing and movement.
NATE (M 25 – 40) – African American. A field hand and Sadie’s husband. Nate’s the braes and strongest man on the plantation. Some singing and movement.
MERCY (F 18 – 30) – African American. A spirited young field hand. Mercy is Sadie’s best friend and Oh Beah’s apprentice. Some singing and movement.
EZRA (M 40+) – African American. The blacksmith. Ezra is the middle-aged patriarch of the community. He teaches through storytelling. Some singing and movement.
ALMA (F 20 -40) – African American. The gardener. Alma is feisty, religious and outspoken. Some singing and movement.
DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST (M/F age open) – African American. A “spirit” who embodies the rhythms of Africa, rhythms that beat within the hearts of the characters. Acting as a Greek chorus, the drummer takes us in and out of the folktales; punctuates the action; comments on characters and events; and highlights special moments
ANCESTRAL SPIRIT (M/F 18 – 30) – African American. A “spirit” who embodies the spirit of inspiration and hope. Through movement and dance, the spirit interprets, inspires and highlights special moments

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
2018-04-07 20:00 - 2018-05-05 23:00
In this highly imaginative and theatrical origin story, we discover how a mysterious trunk filled with a mysterious substance known as starstuff is about to shape the destinies of all who encounter it. As the orphan boy Peter encounters Molly the Starcatcher-in-Training, they must thwart the fearsome pirate, Black Stache, irrevocably changing their futures forever. In this recent Broadway hit, the reimagining of the Peter Pan myth brings the audience along on a journey of adventure, comedy and music, as a dozen talented actors portray more than 100 diverse characters. Come experience the beginnings of the story that won’t grow up.
CAST LIST:
William Ardelean (BLACK STACHE)
Dakota Sioux (MOLLY)
Adriano Brown (BOY/PETER)
Raphael Buenaventura (TED)
Mia Battaglia (PRENTISS)
Lisa S. Salas (MRS. BUMBRAKE/TEACHER)
Jazzy Jones (SMEE)
Chase Evans (GREMPKIN/MACK/SANCHEZ/FIGHTING PRAWN)
‘Phie Mura (SLANK/HAWKING CLAM)
Steve Shane (ALF)
Robert Amberg (LORD ASTER)
Alexis Cueva (CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT)
Stephen Olear (BANDLEADER/ACCOMPANIST)
SHOW TRAILER:

PERFORMANCE PHOTO GALLERY:

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 1: Mia Battaglia (Prentiss), Adriano Brown (Peter), Raphael Buenaventura (Ted)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 2: Jazzy Jones (Smee), Alexis Cueva (Captain Robert Falcon Scott)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 3: Robert Amberg (Lord Leonard Aster), Dakota Sioux (Molly Aster)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 4: Steve Shane (Alf), Lisa J Salas (Mrs. Bumbrake/Teacher)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 5: Lisa J Salas (Mrs. Bumbrake/Teacher), Steve Shane (Alf), Chase Evans (Grempkin/Mack/ Sanchez/Fighting Prawn), Phie Mura (Slank/Hawking Clam), Stephen Olear (BANDLEADER/ACCOMPANIST), Mia Battaglia (Prentiss), William Ardelean (Black Stache), Robert Amberg (Lord Leonard Aster), Raphael Buenaventura (Ted)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 6: Phie Mura (Slank)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 7: William Ardelean (Black Stache), Adriano Brown (Peter)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 8: Robert Amberg (Lord Leonard Aster), Lisa J Salas (Mrs. Bumbrake/Teacher), Stephen Olear (BANDLEADER/ACCOMPANIST), Chase Evans (Grempkin/Mack/ Sanchez/Fighting Prawn), Mia Battaglia (Prentiss), Adriano Brown (Peter), Raphael Buenaventura (Ted), Phie Mura (Slank/Hawking Clam), Steve Shane (Alf), Alexis Cueva (Captain Robert Falcon Scott)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 9: Dakota Sioux (Molly Aster), Adriano Brown (Peter)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 10: Mia Battaglia (Prentiss), Dakota Sioux (Molly Aster), Raphael Buenaventura (Ted)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 11: William Ardelean (Black Stache), Jazzy Jones (Smee)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 12: Raphael Buenaventura (Ted), Chase Evans (GrempkiN), William Ardelean (Black Stache)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 13: Raphael Buenaventura (Ted), William Ardelean (Black Stache), Mia Battaglia (Prentiss)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (MAINSTAGE, APRIL 7th, 2018 – MAY 5th, 2018)
PHOTO 14: TOP ROW: Phie Mura (Slank), Jazzy Jones (Smee), William Ardelean (Black Stache), Dakota Sioux (Molly Aster), Robert Amberg (Lord Leonard Aster), Adriano Brown (Peter), Mia Battaglia (Prentiss), Raphael Buenaventura (Ted), Lisa J Salas (Mrs. Bumbrake), BOTTOM ROW: Alexis Cueva (Captain Robert Falcon Scott), Chase Evans (Grempkin), Stephen Olear (BANDLEADER/ACCOMPANIST) Steve Shane (Alf)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

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AUDITIONS: LOVE/SICK
2018-04-16 19:00 - 2018-04-18 22:00
TITLE: LOVE/SICK
AUTHOR: John Cariani
DIRECTOR: ShinShin Yuder Tsai
RUN: June 9th – July 7th, 2018
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: April 16th & April 17th, 2018
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: April 18th, 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: April 21st, 12pm – 3pm
Regular Rehearsals: Starts on April 23rd, Mon-Thurs. 6:30pm – 10pm, Saturdays 11 am – 4pm.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE: You won’t be called every day for rehearsal.
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. One minute monologue of choice.
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
Following in the steps of its cousin Almost, Maine, LOVE/SICK tells 9 different stories where the woes of love take the forefront. Misery loves company as the characters of LOVE/SICK try to make sense of life after love.
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
NOTE: All races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, etc. are encouraged to audition.

Actors must be comfortable with all types of intimacy (same-sex, hetero, etc.)
All actors in the show will be double or triple cast.
Actors auditioning for the part of the Singing Telegram Man will be asked to sing Happy Birthday a cappella.

“OBSESSIVE IMPULSIVE”
WOMAN (F, 20s – 30s) a woman who fights her impulses decently well. (Must be comfortable with physical intimacy)
MAN (M, 20s – 30s) a man who fights his impulses slightly better than well. (Must be comfortable with physical intimacy)
“THE SINGING TELEGRAM”
SINGING TELEGRAM MAN (M, 20s – 30s) a kind hearted person who’s enthusiastic about his line of work. (Must be able to sing well)
LOUISE OVERBEE (F, 30s – 40s) a woman madly, desperately in love.
“WHAT?!?”
BEN (M, 20s – 30s) a guy who’s terrified he might be in love, eager to take a leap of faith (Must be comfortable with same-sex intimacy)
ANDY (M, 30s) a guy who’s really terrified of love, and eagerness, and leaps of faith, and of anything really. (Must be comfortable with same-sex intimacy)
“THE ANSWER”
CELIA (F, 30s – 50s) a woman who knows what she wants, definitely, for sure.
KEITH (M, 30s – 50s) a man who knows what he wants, for sure, definitely.
“UH-OH”
SARAH (F, 20s – 30s) a woman who has questions, a lot of questions.
BILL (M, 20s -30s) a guy who’s perfectly content with life but maybe not the present situation.
“LUNCH AND DINNER”
KELLY (F, 30s – 50s) a woman who’s one half of the strongest power couple, 7 years strong. (Actors must be comfortable appearing in their underwear.)
MARK (M, 30s – 50s) a man who’s one half of the strongest power couple, 7 years strong. (Actors must be comfortable appearing in their underwear.)
“FORGOT”
JILL (F, 30s – 50s) a woman who is reminded she wanted more than she currently has.
KEVIN (M, 30s – 50s) a man who is happy with what he currently has.
“WHERE WAS I?”
ABBIE (F, 20s – 30s) a woman, an expert in finding things, who is searching for something. (Must be comfortable with same-sex intimacy)
LIZ (F, 20s – 30s) a woman who’s not sure she’s found what she is looking for anymore. (Must be comfortable with same-sex intimacy)
“DESTINY”
JAKE (M, 30s – 50s) a man who is recently divorced.
WOMAN (F, 30s – 50s) a woman who is recently divorced.

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CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY
2018-04-27 20:00 - 2018-05-26 23:00
From the fertile mind of Lynn Nottage who brought us the popular By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, comes this timeless tale of a family’s struggles in 1950s America. The Crump family, having recently lost their mother, moves from Florida to Brooklyn in search of a better life. As they struggle to rebuild, they are faced with religious division, racism, and the stresses that come from political, sexual, and social differences. A cross between The Glass Menagerie and A Raisin in the Sun, this insightful and poignant drama will surely speak to anyone where family love has gotten in the way of happiness.
CAST LIST:
Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP)
Jermaine Alexander (GODFREY CRUMP)
Jay Wilder (ERMINA CRUMP)
Gabriella Dormiere (LIILY ANN GREEN)
Loren Bowen (GERTE SCHULTE)
SHOW TRAILER:

PERFROMANCE PHOTO GALLERY:

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 1: Jay Wilder (ERMINA CRUMP), Jermaine Alexander (GODFREY CRUMP), Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 2: Gabriella Dormiere (LILY ANN GREEN) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 3: Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP), Gabriella Dormiere (LILY ANN GREEN), Jay Wilder (ERMINA CRUMP) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 4: Gabriella Dormiere (LILY ANN GREEN), Jermaine Alexander (GODFREY CRUMP) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 5: Loren Bowen (GERTE SCHULTE CRUMP), Jermaine Alexander (GODFREY CRUMP) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 6: Jay Wilder (ERMINA CRUMP), Jermaine Alexander (GODFREY CRUMP), Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP), Loren Bowen (GERTE SCHULTE CRUMP) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 7: Jay Wilder (ERMINA CRUMP), Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 8: Loren Bowen (GERTE SCHULTE CRUMP) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 9: Gabriella Dormiere (LILY ANN GREEN), Loren Bowen (GERTE SCHULTE CRUMP) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 10: BACK: Jermaine Alexander (GODFREY CRUMP), Loren Bowen (GERTE SCHULTE CRUMP), FRONT: Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 11: Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP), Gabriella Dormiere (LILY ANN GREEN) (Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 12: Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (STUDIO THEATER, APRIL 28 – MAY 26, 2018)
PHOTO 13: Jermaine Alexander (GODFREY CRUMP), Loren Bowen (GERTE
SCHULTE CRUMP), Jay Wilder (ERMINA CRUMP), Symphony Canady (ERNESTINE CRUMP), Gabriella Dormiere (LILY ANN GREEN) (Michael Hardy Photography)

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AUDITIONS: MY FAIR LADY
2018-05-01 19:00 - 2018-05-03 23:00
TITLE: MY FAIR LADY
AUTHOR: Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe
DIRECTOR: Phyllis B. Gitlin
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Stephen Olear
CHOREOGRAPHER: Kysa Cohen
RUN: June 30 – Aug. 4, with a possible extension to Aug. 11, 2018,
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: May 1st & May 2nd, 2018
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: May 3rd, 7pm – 11pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: Sat. May 5th, Noon – 4pm
Regular Rehearsals: Starting May 7th, Monday – Thursdays 7pm – 10pm, Saturdays 9am – 4pm. Final schedule determined by casting.
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. Be familiar with this iconic Broadway musical. Prepare 16 bars of a musical theatre song. An accompanist will be provided. Please do not bring music by Stephen Sondheim or Jason Robert Brown – classic musical theater songs are preferred. Be prepared to move. Be prepared to cold read. Appropriate dialect, cockney or upperclass British.
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady tells the tale of a cockney flower girl transformed into an elegant lady by a professor of linguistics who molds her and falls in love with his creation. The show features one of musical theatre’s greatest scores, including “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” and “I Could’ve Danced All Night.”
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
NOTE: All ethnicities are encouraged to audition for any role.
ELIZA DOOLITTLE – (F 18-30) A clever cockney flower girl working outside of Covent Garden. Her potential to become a lady becomes the object of a bet between Higgins and Pickering. Clever and feisty. Soprano (middle C to high G). (Cockney and upperclass British accent required.)
HENRY HIGGINS – (M 30-55) Upper class British professional bachelor, world famous phonetics expert, demanding teacher and author of Higgins Universal Alphabet. Baritone. (Upperclass British accent required.)
COLONEL PICKERING – (M 40-60) Retired British officer and author of Spoken Sanskrit. A bit doddery, but quite friendly to Eliza and Higgins. Baritone. (Upperclass British accent required.)
FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL – (M 20-30) Upper class young man who becomes smitten with Eliza. Tenor/Baritone. (Upperclass British accent required.)
ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE – (M 40-60) Eliza’s cockney father, a vigorous dustman, a comic role, light on his feet. Baritone. (Cockney accent required.)
MRS. HIGGINS – (F 50-70) Henry Higgins’ long suffering upper class mother. (Upperclass British accent required.)
MRS. PEARCE – (F 40-60) Henry Higgins’ housekeeper. Alto/Mezzo. (Upperclass British accent required.)
HARRY – (M 20-40) Drinking companion of Alfred Doolittle. Bass/Baritone. May double other roles as well. (Cockney accent required.)
JAMIE – (M 20-40) Drinking companion of Alfred Doolittle. May double other roles as well. (Cockney accent required.)
ZOLTRAN KARPATHY – (M 30-60) Hungarian linguistics expert, rival of Henry. May double other roles as well. (Hungarian accent required.)
ENSEMBLE (M-F 16 – 40) All vocal ranges. Will sing and dance as servants, flowers girls, market vendors, bar patrons, etc. May also be doubling the following roles: Lord and Lady Boxington; Mrs. Eynsford-Hill; The Queen of Transylvania; Dr. Themistotocles Stephanos; the Ambassador and his wife. Doubling to be determined in rehearsal. (Upperclass British and/or Cockney accent required.)
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FLIGHT
2018-05-19 20:00 - 2018-06-16 23:00
In 1858, on a plantation in Georgia, a young mother is suddenly sold, leaving behind her husband and their five-year-old son. Through a magical evening of storytelling, music and dance, their community shares the rich history that makes them so much more than slaves. Sharing this rich oral tradition not only comforts the father and son, but heals and strengthens the entire community as the audience has the privilege of going along for the ride. Flight is an inspirational theatrical experience for the whole family as the characters share their empowering stories, based on actual slave narratives, as well as African and African-American folktales.
CAST LIST:
Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY)
Rayshawn Chism (NATE)
Latonya Kitchen (OH BEAH)
David P. Lewis (EZRA)
Ebonie Marie (ALMA)
Ebony Lanet (ANCESTRAL SPIRIT)
Denzel Roseboro (ANCESTRAL SPIRIT)
Dupree (DRUMMER)
SHOW TRAILER:

PERFORMANCE PHOTO GALLERY:

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 1: Latonya Kitchen (OH BEAH), Ebony Lanet (SPIRIT DANCER), Ebonie Marie (ALMA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 2: Latonya Kitchen (OH BEAH)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 3: Ebonie Marie (ALMA), Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY), Latonya Kitchen (OH BEAH), David P. Lewis (EZRA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 4: Ebonie Marie (ALMA), Dupre (DRUMMER), Rayshawn Chism (NATE), Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 5: David P. Lewis (EZRA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 6: Rayshawn Chism (NATE), David P. Lewis (EZRA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 7: Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY), Ebonie Marie (ALMA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 8: Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY), Latonya Kitchen (OH BEAH)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 9: Dupre (DRUMMER), Rayshawn Chism (NATE), Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY), Ebonie Marie (ALMA), David P. Lewis (EZRA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 10: Rayshawn Chism (NATE), Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY), Ebonie Marie (ALMA), David P. Lewis (EZRA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 11: Rayshawn Chism (NATE), Latonya Kitchen (OH BEAH), Ebonie Marie (ALMA), David P. Lewis (EZRA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 12: BACK: Ebony Lanet (SPIRIT DANCER), Denzel Roseboro (SPIRIT DANCER), FRONT: Ebonie Marie (ALMA), Rayshawn Chism (NATE), David P. Lewis (EZRA), Latonya Kitchen (OH BEAH), Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 13: Dupre (DRUMMER)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

FLIGHT (MAINSTAGE, MAY 19TH – JUNE 16TH, 2018)
PHOTO 14: BACK ROW: Rayshawn Chism (NATE), Dupre (DRUMMER), Denzel Roseboro (SPIRIT DANCER), David P. Lewis (EZRA), FRONT ROW: Ebonie Marie (ALMA), Latonya Kitchen (OH BEAH), Felicia Baxter-Simien (MERCY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

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AUDITIONS: THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY
2018-05-29 19:00 - 2018-05-31 23:00
TITLE: THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY
AUTHOR: Tom Jacobson
DIRECTOR: Reed Flores
RUN: July 20th – August 18th, 2018
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: May 29th & May 30th, 2018
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: May 31st, 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: June 2nd, Noon – 3pm.
Regular Rehearsal: First rehearsal June 4th; Mon-Thurs, 7-10pm with some weekend rehearsals to be determined upon final casting. (Rehearsal dates/times will vary).
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. 1 minute monologue; contemporary preferred.
You can also read from the script; sides will provided online and at the audition.
AUDITIONS SIDES FROM SCRIPT
As both roles require nudity, there will be a nudity callback at the Callbacks. Please read the guidelines for how they will take place:
NUDITY GUIDELINES
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
In one of hundreds of audition rooms in southern California, we find Warren and Brown; two men who compete to the extremes in an effort to see who is the more convincing actor. These men explore the events, based on a true story, of 1914 in Long Beach; two “special officers” infiltrated bathhouses, clubs, and public restrooms to catch affluent gay men, “social vagrants” in vulgar acts. In a mixture of heightened theatricality, and fluidity, The Twentieth-Century Way explores the differences between vulgarity and intimacy, with moments of tension, romance, and honesty.
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
NOTE: People of color are encouraged to audition.
WARREN (M – 20s-30s) confident, domineering, and charming; likes to challenge his partner, ruthless in getting what he wants. Can be sensitive and vulnerable. Dialects: New York, English (RP), Mid-Western, German, Spanish. (Part requires full nudity.)
BROWN (M – 20s-30s) endearing, charming, cunning/clever; impressionable and at times naive, but able to manipulate and gain control. Dialects: Chicago, English (RP), Scottish, Scandinavian, Southern, Italian. (Part requires full nudity.)
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LOVE/SICK
2018-06-08 20:00 - 2018-07-07 22:00
Set on a Friday night in an alternate suburban reality, the writer of Almost, Maine, John Cariani, brings us an evening of nine bittersweet romantic comedies. Simultaneously hilarious and heart-wrenching, these vignettes provide the audience with the full spectrum of being in love, exploring the joy and the pain surrounding relationships ranging from first meetings to long-term marriages. It seems that “happily ever after” may not be in the cards for all relationships, but brief successes may just make the effort worthwhile. Full of imperfect lovers and dreamers, LOVE/SICK is an unromantic comedy for the romantic in everyone.
CAST LIST:
Maria V. Oliveira (WOMEN, SARAH, LIZ)
Devon DeLamora (MAN, BEN, MARK)
Elijah Douglas (SINGING TELEGRAM MAN, BILL)
Karen Owens (LOUSIE OVERBEE, KELLY)
John Phelan (ANDY, KEVIN)
Elspeth Carden (CELIA, ABBIE)
William Jaramillo (KEITH, JAKE)
Holland Renton (JILL, EMILY)
SHOW TRAILER:

PERFORMANCE PHOTO GALLERY:

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 1: Devon DeLamora (MAN), Maria V. Oliveira (WOMAN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 2: Karen Owens (LOUISE OVERBEE), Elijah Douglas (SINGING TELEGRAM MAN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 3: Karen Owens (LOUISE OVERBEE), Elijah Douglas (SINGING TELEGRAM MAN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 4: Devon DeLamora (BEN), John Phelan (ANDY)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 5: William Jaramillo (KEITH), Elspeth Carden (CELIA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 6: William Jaramillo (KEITH), Elspeth Carden (CELIA)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 7: Elijah Douglas (BILL), Maria V. Oliveira (SARAH)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 8: Karen Owens (KELLY), Devon DeLamora (MARK)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 9: Holland Renton (JILL), John Phelan (KEVIN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 10: Maria V. Oliveira (LIZ), Elspeth Carden (ABBIE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 11: Holland Renton (EMILY), William Jaramillo (JAKE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

LOVE/SICK (STUDIO, JUNE 9TH – JULY 7TH, 2018)
PHOTO 12: BACK ROW: John Phelan (ANDY/ KEVIN), Holland Renton (JILL/ EMILY), William Jaramillo (KEITH/ JAKE), Elspeth Carden (CELIA/ ABBIE), FRONT ROW: Karen Owens (LOUISE OVERBEE/ KELLY), Elijah Douglas (SINGING TELEGRAM MAN/ BILL), Devon DeLamora (MAN/ BEN/ MARK), Maria V. Oliveira (WOMAN/ SARAH/ LIZ)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

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MY FAIR LADY
2018-06-30 20:00 - 2018-08-11 23:00
Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady is that rare musical by which all others are measured. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady tells the tale of a cockney flower girl transformed into an elegant lady by a professor of linguistics who molds her and falls in love with his creation. Featuring one of musical theatre’s greatest scores, including “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” and “I Could’ve Danced All Night,” this classic American piece of musical theatre is sure to bring a tear to your eye, a smile to your lips, and a song to your soul.
CAST LIST:
Nori T. Schmidt (ELIZA DOOLITTLE)
Lawrence Ingalls (HENRY HIGGINS)
Michael Kaye (COLONEL PICKERING)
Gregory Cohen (ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE)
Micah Lee (FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL)
Lisa J. Salas (MRS. PEARCE)
Kathleen Fabry (MRS. HIGGINS)
Caren Salas (MRS. EYNSFORD-HILL)
Austin James (ZOLTAN KARPATHY)
Dylan Boggan (ENSEMBLE)
Carole Louise Duffis (ENSEMBLE)
Serena Bottiani-Henderson (ENSEMBLE)
Gabriela Lara (ENSEMBLE)
Taryne Moyse (ENSEMBLE)
Nhi Pham (ENSEMBLE)
Noemi Salazar (ENSEMBLE)
Erika Schwartz (ENSEMBLE)
Ethan Trejo (ENSEMBLE)
Lorraine Winslow (ENSEMBLE)
TRAILER FOR THE SHOW:

PERFROMANCE PHOTO GALLERY:

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 1: Nori T. Schmidt (ELIZA DOOLITTLE), Lawrence Ingalls (PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS), Taryne Moyse (COCKNEY WOMAN), Carole Louise Duffis (HARRIET), Michael Kaye (COLONEL PICKERING)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 2: Lorraine Winslow (UPPER CLASS BRITISH WOMAN), Caren E. Salas (MRS. EYNSFORD-HILL), Micah Lee (FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL), Michael Kaye (COLONEL PICKERING), Erika Schwartz (UPPER CLASS BRITISH WOMAN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 4: Gregory Cohen (ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE), Austin James (GEORGE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 5: Gregory Cohen (ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE) & Ensemble
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 6: Ethan Trejo (COCKNEY MAN), Carole Louise Duffis (HARRIET), Dylan Boggan (JAMIE), Gregory Cohen (ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE), Serena Bottiani-Henderson (MRS. HOPKINS), Taryne Moyse (COCKNEY WOMAN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 7: Lisa J. Salas (MRS. PEARCE), Nori T. Schmidt (ELIZA DOOLITTLE), Lawrence Ingalls (PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 8: Lawrence Ingalls (PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS), Michael Kaye (COLONEL PICKERING), Nori T. Schmidt (ELIZA DOOLITTLE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 9: Kathleen Fabry (MRS. HIGGINS), Michael Kaye (COLONEL PICKERING)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 10: Noemi Salazar (MAID), Taryne Moyse (ASCOT WOMAN), Dylan Boggan (ASCOT MAN), Erika Schwartz (ASCOT WOMAN), Austin James (ASCOT MAN), Caren E. Salas (MRS. EYNSFORD-HILL), Micah Lee (FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL), Gabriela Lara (MAID)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 11: Micah Lee (FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 12: Lawrence Ingalls (PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS), Nori T. Schmidt (ELIZA DOOLITTLE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 13: Lawrence Ingalls (PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS), Nhi Pham (MAID), Noemi Salazar (MAID), Austin James (FOOTMAN), Carole Louise Duffis (MAID), Gabriela Lara (MAID), Michael Kaye (COLONEL PICKERING), Nori T. Schmidt (ELIZA DOOLITTLE), Ethan Trejo (FOOTMAN), Lisa J. Salas (MRS. PEARCE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 14: Lawrence Ingalls (PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS), Nori T. Schmidt (ELIZA DOOLITTLE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

MY FAIR LADY (MAINSTAGE, JUNE. 30TH – AUG. 4TH, 2018)
PHOTO 15: BACK ROW: Erika Schwartz (UPPER CLASS BRITISH WOMAN), Ethan Trejo (COCKNEY MAN), Nhi Pham (COCKNEY WOMAN), Lorraine Winslow (UPPER CLASS BRITISH WOMAN), Noemi Salazar (COCKNEY WOMAN), Micah Lee (FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL), Michael Kaye (COLONEL PICKERING), Austin James (GEORGE), Serena Bottiani-Henderson (MRS. HOPKINS), Taryne Moyse (COCKNEY WOMAN), Lisa J. Salas (MRS. PEARCE), Dylan Boggan (JAMIE), Carole Louise Duffis (HARRIET), Gabriela Lara (COCKNEY WOMAN), FRONT ROW: Kathleen Fabry (MRS. HIGGINS), Caren E. Salas (MRS. EYNSFORD-HILL), Nori T. Schmidt (ELIZA DOOLITTLE), Lawrence Ingalls (PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS), Gregory Cohen (ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

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AUDITIONS: THE TEMPEST
2018-07-09 19:00 - 2018-07-11 22:00
TITLE: THE TEMPEST
AUTHOR: William Shakespeare
DIRECTOR: Mary Schaugh
RUN: Sept. 1 – 29, 2018
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: Monday and Tuesday, July 9-10, 2018
Times: 7 pm – 9 pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 – 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: Saturday, July 14, 2018 – 12pm – 3pm
Regular Rehearsal: General rehearsal times are 7pm – 10pm, M-Th. with possible weekend rehearsals Sat. during the day and/or Sun. evenings after 5pm.
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Please come prepared with a ~1 minute Classical monologue along with your headshot and resume.
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
The Tempest, a classic Shakespeare work of power, magic, and love, tells the story of Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, living on a remote, desert island with his daughter, Miranda, and indigenous slave, Caliban. Using his magical powers, Prospero causes a storm that shipwrecks the King/Queen of Naples bringing him and his followers to the island. With the help of the spirit, Ariel, Prospero tangles the travelers into a web of worry, desperation, and jealousy. Their various journeys conclude as they are led to face Prospero, repent for their wrongdoings, and see the folly of their ways. Happily, through this fiasco, Miranda, and the King/Queen’s daughter, Ferdina, meet and immediately fall in love. Their marriage is accepted by all, including the Gods, before the group returns home to Italy. Prospero, having learned the folly of his own greed, gives up his magical power, returns to Italy, grants Ariel her freedom, and leaves Caliban to live, in his natural home, in peace.
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
PROSPERO (M 40+) Exiled Duke of Milan.
ARIEL (M or F 18+) Spirit who aides Prospero. Dance and musical ability a plus.
CALIBAN (M 18+) Son of a witch, born on the island, and questionable in human form.
MIRANDA (F 18-25) Daughter of Prospero who lives with him on the island. (Must be comfortable with same-sex intimacy.)
ALONSO/A (M/F 40+) King/Queen of Naples.
FERDINA (F 18-25) Daughter of the king/queen of Naples who falls in love with Miranda. (Must be comfortable with same-sex intimacy.)
ANTONIO (M 25+) Current Duke of Milan, Prospero’s brother.
SEBASTIAN (M 25+) Brother of Alonso/a.
GONZALO (M 40+) Counselor of Alonso/a.
STEPHANO (M 18+) Butler to Alonso/a.
TRINCULA (F 18+) Jester for the court of Naples.
ADRIANA/FRANSISCA (F 25+) Women in the court of Naples.
JUNO/SAILOR (F 18+) Queen of the gods. Dance and musical ability a plus.
CERES/SAILOR (F 18+) Goddess of fertility. Dance and musical ability a plus.
IRIS/SAILOR (M/F 18+) Messenger of the gods. Dance and musical ability a plus.
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THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY
2018-07-20 20:00 - 2018-08-18 22:00
Based on the true story of two actors who hired themselves out to the Long Beach Police Department in 1914 to entrap “social vagrants” in public restrooms, this highly theatrical tour-de-force brings to life a little known episode in Long Beach history and the history of LGBTQ rights. As these two actors become absorbed within their play-within-a-play, they explore sexual identity, institutional corruption, self-deception, and the mysteries of the craft of the theatre. This timely look at another time warns of the dangers of a government infringing on the private right to love.
Warning: This Production contains Strong Adult Content and Full Nudity.

CAST LIST:
Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN)
Noah Wagner (WARREN)

SHOW TRAILER:

PERFORMANCE PHOTO GALLERY:

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 1: Noah Wagner (WARREN), Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 2: Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN), Noah Wagner (WARREN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 3: TOP: Noah Wagner (WARREN), BOTTOM: Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 4: Noah Wagner (WARREN), Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 5: Noah Wagner (WARREN), Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 6: Noah Wagner (WARREN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 7: Noah Wagner (WARREN), Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 8: Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN), Noah Wagner (WARREN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 9: Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN), Noah Wagner (WARREN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 10: Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN), Noah Wagner (WARREN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 11: Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN), Noah Wagner (WARREN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 12: Noah Wagner (WARREN), Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WAY (STUDIO THEATRE, JULY 21st – AUG. 18th, 2018)
PHOTO 13: Noah Wagner (WARREN), Christian Jordan Skinner (BROWN)
(Michael Hardy Photography)

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AUDITIONS: SHERLOCK HOMLES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUICIDE CLUB
2018-07-30 19:00 - 2018-08-01 23:00
TITLE: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUICIDE CLUB
AUTHOR: Jeffrey Hatcher
DIRECTOR: Mitchell Nunn
RUN: Sept. 22 – Oct. 20, 2018
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: Mon. July 30 & Tues. July 31, 2018, 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: Wed. August 1, 2018, 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: August 4, 2018 Saturday, Noon – 3pm
Regular Rehearsal: Starting August 6, Mon, Tues, Wed. 7-10pm & Saturdays 9 am – Noon
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. Cold readings from the script – audition materials will be provided at the audition.
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
What if Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective found himself in a plot inspired by Robert Louis Stephenson? Enter The Suicide Club and find out. In the heart of London, there stands a windowless house where Europe’s most powerful men gather to play a murderous game. On this particular night, the club welcomes a new member, Sherlock Holmes. Does Holmes actually wish to die? Can his friend Dr. Watson save him? In this new stage thriller, the audience will become immersed in a world of mystery, comedy, and romance with plenty of twists and chills for all!
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
SHERLOCK HOLMES (M, 30 – 60) One of the greatest detective’s ever. Sharp, deliberate, calculated, nonplussed.
DOCTOR JOHN WATSON (M, 40 – 60) Fabled friend, companion and confidant of Holmes. Worried about Holmes’ depression.
PRINCE NIKITA STARLOFF (M, 25 – 40) A Russian Prince, stately, good looking and wary.
CHRISTIANE DE LABEGASSIER (F, 25 – 40) A rich French beauty, currently with the Prince.
CLUB SECRETARY (F, 25 – 50) Secretary of the Suicide Club. Direct, fascinating, alluring, confident.
MR WILLIAMS / MR ROUNDY (M, 25 – 40) English gentleman, member of the Suicide Club. Talkative, almost comical. / Pharmacist, unassuming, naïve.
MR RICHARDS / MYCROFT HOLMES (M, 40 – 60) English gentleman, member of the Suicide Club. Resigned and tired. / Sherlock’s older brother and British Intelligence Official.
MR GEORGE / INSPECTOR MICKLEWHITE (M, 30-60) German gentleman, member of the Suicide Club. Tall, big, imposing. / An English Police Detective.
MR HENRY / A. C. CROSS (M, 60 – 80) English gentleman, member of the Suicide Club. Frail old man in a wheelchair. / European Cultural Attache.
MRS HUDSON / OLDER LADY (F, 40 – 70) Holmes’ motherly landlady. / Crime witness, pretentious, put out.
LUCY O’MALLEY / MAGICIAN’S ASSISTANT (F, 20 – 40) A London streetwalker. / Beautiful assistant to a magician.
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