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Upcoming Auditions >> Archive
Beavercreek Community Theatre is always looking for local talent including actors and musicians for our productions. Below is a list of our upcoming auditions:
The Who's Tommy Auditions
Beavercreek Community Theatre
Monday
April 12 & Tuesday, April 13 at 7pm
Performance dates: June
18-27, 2010
Directed by Chris Harmon
Choreography by Annette
Looper
Music Direction by Judy Varner
Please prepare 1 minute
of a rock/rock opera song
An accompanist and CD player will be
provided
Only necessary to come to one of the dates
Callbacks will
be Thursday, April 15 at 7pm
Everyone called back will be expected
to learn a small dance combination and sing from the score
Book
by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Music by Pete Townshend
Lyrics
by Pete Townshend
Additional Music and Lyrics by John Entwistle
and Keith Moon
Based on The Who's rock-opera, Tommy
Two Acts,
Book Musical, Pop / Rock, Thru Sung / Operetta, Rated PG
Original
Broadway Tour version
Characters
Principals
*
Tommy, Age: 16-25, A young boy who descends into a catatonic state.
* Captain Walker, Age: 25-40, Tommy's handsome father, a Royal Air
Force Captain
* Mrs Walker, Age: 18-40, Tommy's mother
*
Cousin Kevin, Age: 15-30, Tommy's cousin who's a bully. He becomes head
of Tommy's security force after he's cured.
* Uncle Ernie, Age:
30-55, Tommy's drunk, perverted uncle. He runs Tommy's Holiday Camp.
* The Boyfriend, Age: 20-35, Mrs. Walker's boyfriend, killed by
Captain Walker.
* The Hawker, Age: 20-50, Leader of New Age Cult
* The Gypsy, Age: 20-35, A drug dealer and prostitute
* The
Specialist, Age: 30-50, A doctor who has new theories on how to cure
Tommy
* The Specialist Assistant, Age: 20-30, An assistant to the
specialist
* Sally Simpson, Age: 13-20, A typical teenage girl
obsessed with Tommy.
* Local Lads and Lasses: Cousin Kevin's
friends
Peter Townshend’s tale of a young boy’s journey from
pain to triumph is the most electrifying evening of rock and roll ever
to play in a theatre!
After witnessing the accidental murder of
his mother's lover by his father, Tommy is traumatized into catatonia,
and as the boy grows, he suffers abuse at the hands of his sadistic
relatives and neighbors. As an adolescent, he’s discovered to have an
uncanny knack for playing pinball, and when his mother finally breaks
through his catatonia, he becomes an international pinball superstar.
Synopsis: July 5 & 6, 2010
7:00 pm
Those wishing to audition should prepare a short Broadway Style
song (1 min) that shows your range and belting abilities, an
accompanist will be provided. There will be cold readings from the
script & you will be taught and asked to perform a short dance number....(more)
July 5 & 6, 2010
7:00 pm
Those wishing to audition should prepare a short Broadway Style
song (1 min) that shows your range and belting abilities, an
accompanist will be provided. There will be cold readings from the
script & you will be taught and asked to perform a short dance number.
Call 937-429-4737 (leave a message) or e-mail director@bctheatre.org with any questions.
Now With Actual Casting Info!
MID-LIFE! The Crisis Musical
SYNOPSIS:
With a balanced look at the “joys” of growing older, through a cast of three men and three women, MID-LIFE! strikes a chord with anyone regardless of age. A series of scenes and sketches poke fun at the frustrations of mammograms, love handles, weekend warriors and proctology exams. The cleverly crafted songs celebrate forgetfulness, reading glasses and menopause but also touch on the sentimental wisdom that the later years afford us. MID-LIFE! Is a hilarious romp with an honest humor about the trials and tribulations of the unavoidable aging process. Welcome to MID-LIFE!
CAST:
3 Men and 3 Women.
Strong Character actors needed of all shapes and sizes.
Various Vocal Ranges.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the subject material of the show, a certain physical “look” or “type” of actor and actress is needed for the authenticity of this production. If you are fortunate enough to not “look” old enough for the appropriate age for the songs and sketches, unfortunately you cannot be considered. (Translation – if you look under the age of 30 you will probably not be able to be cast. Sorry.)
AUDITION INFO
Auditions will be held at 7:00 PM on Monday January 3rd, 2011 and Tuesday January 4th, 2011. Those auditioning are asked to come prepared with a short audition song – preferably not from the show. Those auditioning will also be asked to read from the script and may be taught portions of songs from the show.
When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Ve...(more)
By Mary Chase
When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood's hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also! The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion. When he shows up at the sanitarium looking for his lost friend Harvey, it seems that the mild-mannered Elwood's delusion has had a strange influence on more than one of the doctors. Only at the end does Veta realize that maybe Harvey isn't so bad after all.
Produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service
Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris & George Reinblatt
Based on Sam Raimis 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college kids who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror, it's not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is...(more)
Book & Lyrics by George Reinblatt
Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris & George Reinblatt
Based on Sam Raimis 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college kids who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror, it's not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, camp takes on a whole new meaning.
Produced through special arrangement with samuel French Inc.
