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HAIR

About the Play

Director: Rovin Jay
Run: Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm

It has a surprising if perhaps unintentional charm, its high spirits are contagious, and its young zestfulness makes it difficult to resist. - New York Post
Synopsis

Rediscover the wonders, pains, and joys within “the age of Aquarius.” HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory. With an infectiously energetic rock beat, the show explores ideas of identity, community, global responsibility, and peace, as it remains as relevant as ever, examining what it means to be a young person in a changing world.  Once a mirror held up to the explosive and experimental life of young people in the 1960s, HAIR now provides all ages a microscopic view of the eternal struggle of youth finding their voice.

This Playhouse production will feature full frontal nudity, simulated drug use, adult language, and other adult situations. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

CAST LIST:
  • Shannon Wynne (JEANIE)
  • Jacob Rachuy Stephenson (BERGER)
  • Latonya Kitchen (DIONNE)
  • Jules Ronquillo (WOOF)
  • Celia Ruskin (CRISSY)
  • Lorne (HUD)
  • Justyn High (SHEILA)
  • Gregory Bystritski (CLAUDE)
  • David Poncé  (MARGARET MEAD)
  • Carole Louise Duffis (TRIBE)
  • Mikey Israel (TRIBE)
  • Alyssa Garcia (TRIBE)
  • Corey Patterson (TRIBE)
  • Arystaysha Torres-Salas (TRIBE)
  • Jeseka Luna (TRIBE)
  • Will Ardelean (TRIBE/BAND)
  • Austin James (TRIBE/BAND)

 

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Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

About the Play

Director: Aurora Culver
Run: Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

Synopsis

In this tragic masterpiece by Shakespeare, Othello, a powerful Moorish general, elopes with the Venetian lady Desdemona, inciting his envious friend Iago to put into motion a scheme to end their nuptial happiness through the poison of false accusations, distrust, rage, and eventually murder.  With powerful themes of love, jealously, race, and toxic masculinity, the story of OTHELLO is just as relevant to our culture today as when it was written over 400 years ago. Come experience the passion, terror, and pain inflicted on this exceptional marriage by politics, doubt, and deep-seated betrayal. 

CAST LIST:
  • Alexander Harris (OTHELLO)
  • Don Kindle (IAGO)
  • Christian Jordan Skinner (CASSIO)
  • Amara Phelps (RODERIGO)
  • Carly Taylor (DESDEMONA)
  • Hillary Weintraub (EMILIA)
  • David Hutchison (BRABANTIO)
  • Lorraine Winslow (DUKE)
  • Brendan Backman (LODOVICO)
  • Lorenzo Mireles (GRATIANO)
  • Bernard-Benjamin Villa (MONTANO)
  • Erin Snett (BIANCA)
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WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

About the Play

Director: Ryan Holihan
Run: Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

[Water By The Spoonful] is a combination poem, prayer and app on how to cope in an age of uncertainty, speed and chaos. When cyber meets the real world, anger gives way to forgiveness and resistance becomes redemption; the heart of the play opens up and the waters flow freely. - Variety
Synopsis

In this 2012 Pulitzer Prize winning drama,  Quiara Alegrîa Hudes, writer of the book for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, introduces us to Elliot, a veteran of the Iraq war. As he struggles to find his place in the world, we are also introduced to the members of an addiction chat room just trying to get through the day. When Elliot’s mother dies, cyber meets reality, anger gives way to understanding, and the resistance to their pasts and each other becomes a chance at forgiveness. In this heartfelt meditation on lives on the brink of redemption, the boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace, as birth families splinter, and online families collide. 

CAST LIST:
  • Synida Fontes (ODESSA ORTIZ)
  • Marco Andrew Estrada (ELLIOT ORTIZ)
  • Maria V. Oliveira (YAZMIN ORTIZ)
  • Jeff Jacobs (FOUNTAINHEAD a.k.a. JOHN)
  • Robin D. Harrison (CHUTES&LADDERS a.k.a.  CLAYTON “BUDDY” WILKIE)
  • Rose Kim (ORANGUTAN a.k.a. MADELEINE MAYS)
  • Jonathan Garcia (A GHOST/PROFESSOR AMAN)

 

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THE HATMAKER’S WIFE

About the Play

Director: Shinshin Yuder Tsai
Run: Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

What makes The Hatmaker's Wife a success is its dexterity and fluidity. Yee's characters and story lines jump back and forth not only between the realistic and the fantastical but also between gut-laughter funny and hit-you-in-the-gut sad — and they do so with astounding truthfulness - TheatreMania
Synopsis

In Lauren Yee’s comic fairy tale inspired by the Jewish folktales of Sholem Aleichem, we are introduced to a young woman who moves in with her boyfriend expecting domestic bliss. Instead, she finds discomfort, displacement, and the realization that she needs more.  In this witty and often deeply touching comedy, she finds assistance and guidance from the unlikeliest of sources — a wall in her new home. As the wall shares with her the magical tale of an old hat-maker and his long-suffering wife, this sweet and surreal story bends time and space to redefine the idea of family, home, and true love itself.

CAST LIST:
  • Tod Walker (HETCHMAN)
  • Rose London (HETCHMAN’S WIFE)
  • Henry Weaver (MECKEL)
  • Amara Phelps (VOICE)
  • Roxanne Martinez (WALL)
  • Jeremy Cooley (GABE)
  • Dondre Massey (GOLEM)
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EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR

About the Play

Director: James Rice
Run: Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

If the Coen Brothers decided to set a feminist revenge tale in Atlanta and sprinkle it with Dixie Chicks pixie dust, it might look something like EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR, a raucous comedy of friendship, domestic abuse, and performance-as-catharsis. - ArtsCritic Atlanta
Synopsis

If the Coen Brothers created a mashup of  Shakespearean revenge tale and outrageous comedy, it would be EXIT, PURSED BY A BEAR. Join Nan as she forces her abusive husband, Kyle, to watch her and her over-the-top cheerleading friend, Simon, reenact scenes from their horrible relationship as he’s tied to his La-Z-Boy.  Will Nan be able to make Kyle see the painful truths of their marriage, or will she leave him to be mauled by a bear at the end to her performance piece?  Come see the playwright of Silent Sky, Lauren Gunderson, as she explores the comedy, the pain, and the chance of being eaten, in this comic gem of a play.

CAST LIST:
  • Fiona Austin (NAN CARTER)
  • Michael Kaye (KYLE CARTER)
  • Deva Marie Gregory (SWEETHEART)
  • Lee Samuel Tanng (SIMON BEAUFORT)
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AUDITIONS: PURSUED BY A BEAR

About the Play

Director: James Rice
Run: , Performs April 27 - May 25, 2019

Synopsis
AUDITION NOTICE

TITLE: EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR

AUTHOR: Lauren Gunderson

DIRECTOR: James Rice

RUN:  April 27, 2019 – May 25, 2019

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, March 4 & Tuesday, March 5, 2019  

Times: 7pm – 9pm

Location: Long Beach Playhouse  

Callbacks:

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.

REHEARSALS:

First Read-Through: March 9, 2019 Noon – 3 p.m.

Regular Rehearsal: Starting March 11, 2019, Mondays – Thursdays, 7:30pm – 10:30pm,  Saturdays, 10am – 3pm.

Location: Long Beach Playhouse

LINK TO BEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

 

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Bring headshot and resume. Sides for cold readings will be provided at the auditions.

You can read the play for free at the Playscripts, Inc.’s website: https://www.playscripts.com/play/2416#

SHORT SYNOPSIS:  

Nan has decided to teach her abusive husband Kyle a lesson. With the help of her friend Simon (acting as her emotional — and actual — cheerleader) and a stripper named Sweetheart, she tapes Kyle to a chair and forces him to watch as they reenact scenes from their painful past. In the piece de resistance, they plan to cover the room in meat and honey so Kyle will be mauled by a bear. Through this night of emotional trials and ridiculous theatrics, Nan and Kyle are both freed from their past in this smart, dark revenge comedy.

CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

All characters sing with a Georgia dialect. All ethnicities welcome.

NAN CARTER (F, 27-35) Pretty and quick. Determined to end the abuse in her life. (Character has a Georgia dialect and must be able to sing Karaoke to Jefferson Starship “ Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now.”)

KYLE CARTER (M, 27 – 37)  Big, messy. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. (Character has a Georgia dialect.)

SWEETHEART/PEACHES/SUPERKYLE (F, 20 -25) Plays all three parts. Functions as Kyle in re-enactments but hotter.  (Character has a Georgia dialect and must be able to sing Karaoke to Jefferson Starship “ Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now.”)

SIMON BEAUFORT (M, 20s) Gay, pretty, strong, and bitchy. Cat-like in movement. Wears girl’s red cheerleading outfit for a time. (Character has a Georgia dialect and must be able to sing Karaoke to Jefferson Starship “ Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now.”)