Charlotte Theatre News

 

Locations

Open Door Studios – 1221-B The Plaza, Charlotte, NC

Booth Playhouse – 130 N. Tryon, Uptown Charlotte (on the stage)

 

Prices*:

1 class             $15.00

2 classes          $25.00

3 classes          $40.00

4 classes          $45.00

5 classes          $50.00

*Does not include Aerial Dance Fabric Workshop.

 

Aerial Dance Fabric Workshop - $30.00 per person

 

All checks are made payable to Caroline Calouche & Co. with ‘Charlotte Dance Festival’ in the memo line.

 

 

Argentinean Tango / Anabella Lenzu (NYC):  Acquire both a repertoire or tango vocabulary of movement and the leading and following techniques in a close embrace.  No previous Tango experience or partner required. Topics include: correct posture, technical control, rhythms and styles.

 

Tap / Alyssa Mackenzie from Footnotes Tap Ensemble (Raleigh, NC):

We invite you to come and explore the world of tap choreography while also discovering its historical significance.  Learn a selection from the Footnotes repertoire and gain a better understanding of why we love tap dancing!  All levels welcome, but some training is recommended.

 

Humphrey/ Limon based Modern Dance / Anabella Lenzu (NYC): We will experience the principle “Fall and Recovery,” as a metaphor for how the human being resists gravity and reality.  The emphasis will be an exploration of the use of space, imagination, coordination and body control & how breath affects movement.

 

Mixed-Modern Dance / Enrique Cruz deJesus, Artistic Director of Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company (NYC):

Enrique Cruz DeJesus’ style of choreography and teaching is described as a mixture of modern techniques and urban folk styles. It is modern dance, based in the Horton and Graham techniques, and infuses ballet, jazz, and Afro-Latin movement. Mr. Cruz DeJesus emphasizes the importance of the well-rounded dancer and his work challenges dancers to go beyond their comfort zone of a single or familiar style of movement to find value in various styles combined.

 

Aerial Dance Fabric Workshop / Laura Cannon and Nicole Whiteside from Blue Lapis Light (Austin, TX): The class will focus on basic techniques on aerial fabric. This will include strength building, stretching, climbing and movement techniques on the cloth.  There is an 8 person maximum for the workshop.

 

**All registration must be done in advanced for the workshop.  No walk-ups.  All participants above the age of 18.**

                                                                                          

Contemporary Dance / Karola Lüttringhaus from alban elved dance company (Wilmington, NC): Karola creates athletic contemporary dance works, which seek to shape meaning from the rich array of emotional experience. Her work is fiercely physical, tracing the changeable electricity of thought and sensation that underlies human interaction and interpersonal relationships.  Frequently incorporating technologies, digital media, aerial work and outdoor performances into her dance works she expands the boundaries of dance performance, creating startling and evocative psychological landscapes.

The Children’s Community School, a K-8 charter school in Davidson is looking for someone to teach sign language as a guest artist for 2-6 weeks, starting right after Labor Day, 5 days a week (could possibly be shared by 2 people).  If anyone is interested, or has a potential contact, I would appreciate hearing from you -

Davidson Community Players announces auditions for Driving Miss Daisy, by Alfred Uhry, directed by Melissa Ohlman-Roberge. “Driving Miss Daisy” is winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play.Audition Date: September 10 (Callbacks if needed September 11)
Audition Time: 7:00 p.m. — Please arrive no later than 8:00 p.m. to audition.
Audition Place: Room 216 at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, located on the corner of Main Street and Concord Road in Davidson, bordering the campus of Davidson College.
Please Prepare: Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script; a one-minute monologue is encouraged but not required. Bring a headshot or photo and a resume if available. Bring conflict list to the auditions.

Roles Available:

1. Daisy Werthan, a widow, ages from 72 to 97 during the action of the play
2. Boolie Werthan, her son, ages from 40 - 65 during the action of the play

Please note: the role of Hoke will be played by award-winning actor Sidney Horton 

Play Synopsis:
It is 1948, in the Deep South, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Wertham, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son Boolie that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful black man, Hoke. Miss Daisy immediately regards Hoke with disdain and he in turn, is not impressed with her patronizing tone or her latent prejudice. In a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to and more dependent on each other.

Performance Dates: November 8 - 11 and November 15 - 18
Rehearsal Dates: Evenings and weekends beginning September 24
Performance Location: Children’s Community School Black Box Theatre, Davidson

The Davidson Community Players is a non-profit organization established in 1965 to produce theatre that entertains, enriches and encourages community participation in the dramatic arts.

I’ve got too many scripts, and need to clear off some bookshelves. Here’s a bunch I’m done with. $3 each or 4 scripts for $10. First come, first served and all that jazz. You gotta figure out where to meet me, if I wanted to ship this stuff I’d put it on Ebay.

Email me at johnhartness AT gmail DOT com if you’re interested. There’s more to come.

Paperback

The Gardens of Frau Hess

Book of Days

The Kentucky Cycle

Lips Together, Teeth Apart

World of Mirth

6 degrees of Seperation

Grease

Spoon River Anthology

Wonderful Tennessee

Wit

Our Town

Months on End

Our Country’s Good

A Lesson Before Dying

Four

Yellowman

Chaucer in Rome

State of Shock

Rocket Man

Barbra’s Wedding (2 Copies)

Bad Dates

Oleanna

Fuddy Meers

Jeffrey (2 Copies)

Zombie Prom (5 Copies)

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead

M. Butterfly

The Dead Eye Boy

Jar the Floor

The Rainmaker

The Altruists

Onionheads

Swingtime Canteen

Laughing Wild

Copenhagen

The Butterfly Collection

Murder in the Cathedral

Blue/Orange

 

Queen City Theatre Company announces auditions for the Paul Grellong Off-Broadway hit, suspense drama “Manuscript,” to be held on August 26 ^th and August 27 ^th at 7.00 pm

 

 

Audition Location:

 

The Office of Doctor Stuart Williams,

1716 Kenilworth Avenue

Kenilworth Commons

Charlotte, NC

28203

 

Date and time:

Auditions will take place on Sunday August 26^th and Monday August 27th.

Auditions will begin at 7.00 pm .

 

Queen City Theatre Company is excited to announce auditions for the suspense drama, “Manuscript ” by Paul Grellong.   The production will be directed by QCTC Artistic Director, Glenn Griffin and performances will take place at Spirit Square - Duke Power Theatre from October 11th through October 27^th.

The cast:

 

The cast of “Manuscript” consists of 1 woman and 2 men, ages 21-30

 

David: Slim, brainy, cagy

Chris:  Athletic, warm, trusting

Elizabeth :  Pretty, sharp, ambitious.

 

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.  Please bring a recent headshot and resume with you if available.  

The play:

 

Manuscript is a twisty dark comedy about ambition and ruthlessness, with a fancifully elaborate Hitch-cockian revenge plot up its sleeve. In the bedroom of a Brooklyn Heights brownstone, three ambitious college students confront the discovery of an unpublished manuscript that can guarantee success. It’s winter break; the parents are out of town; and David is the host of this gathering. His best friend, Chris, is coming over with his new girlfriend from college, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a famous author and David an aspiring one. They’ve come to party before a fancy holiday ball. But when Chris makes a run to get their drugs for the evening it becomes clear that David and Elizabeth have a secret history. To make matters worse, Chris returns with shocking news and a stack of pages that will change their lives forever. They spin out of control on their manipulative quest for fame and, ultimately, revenge. Little is what it seems, and no one can be trusted as plot twists pile up, and the play hurtles towards a surprise ending.

 

 

For further questions feel free to contact Glenn T. Griffin at:

Auditions@queencitytheatre.com

Get involved - join QCTC in this new production

Backstage assistance is welcomed as well - prior acceptance and interview with director.

The Actor’s Crib presents a FREE IMPROVISATIONAL 101 WORKSHOP on THURSDAY, AUGUST 23nd, from 6:00-8:30pm in the ACTIVITY ROOM of the CARMEL BRANCH of the PUBLIC LIBRARY of CHARLOTTE and MECKLENBURG COUNTY, 6624 Walsh Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28226 (off of Johnston Road in the Pineville area of Charlotte.)

Learn or improve improvisational skills.  No acting or improvisational experience is necessary.

The workshop will span the spectrum of improvisational theater.  We will cram as much improv warm-up, short form improv games, and long form improv into the workshop as possible.

The address of the library is:  6624 Walsh Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28226 (off of Johnston Road in the Pineville area of Charlotte.)

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Feel free to stop by anytime during the workshop if your personal and/or professional schedule does not allow you to participate from the beginning of the workshop.

Contributions to Actor’s Crib will be gratefully accepted during the workshop.

Scott Pacitti
Actor’s Crib, Inc.
www.actorscrib.com
scott@actorscrib.com
704.301.1564

The Fort Mill Community Playhouse will present “Delval Divas,” a comedy in two acts by Barbara Pease Weber, as their dinner theatre production at the Playhouse 615 Banks Street, Fort Mill, September 20, 21, and 22. Erica Owens directs a cast of six women in this hilarious performance about four professional women sharing a lavish life style at a prison for “pink collar” crimes until one is replaced by a murderess. Admission is $25 for members and $35 for non-members and reservations are required by September 14. Seating is limited and payment must be made before reservations are confirmed.
Doors will open with a cash bar at 6:30 pm with dinner served at 7, followed by the show at 8 pm. Coffee and dessert will be served at intermission. Theatre-goers will be offered a choice of chicken or sliced pork with selected sauces, parsley potatoes, and garden salad, with an assortment of homemade cakes for dessert.

Cast members are: Amanda Profitt, Rock Hill; Angela Luksch, Fort Mill; Basia Watts, Fort Mill; Constance Collins, Tega Cay; Kelly Flanagan, Waxhaw, and Zendlyn Duellman, Charlotte.
For reservations or further information, contact the Playhouse at 803-548-8102, www.fortmillplayhouse.org, or e-mail FMCPTIX@yahoo.com.

CPCC Theatre seeks lyric tenor for role of Jinx in Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings. Age range 20 to 35 and moves well. Rehearsals to start immediately for a production that runs Sept 28 though Oct 7. Possible touring dates in November and December. For more info and to set up an audition contact Tom Hollis at 704-617-1563. Plaid will be directed by Ron Chisholm with Music Direction by Drina Keen.

 

Tom Hollis

Chair-Drama

Arts & Communication Division

Central Piedmont Community College

P.O. Box 35009

Charlotte, NC 28235

704-330-6835

Children’s Theatre of Charlotte provides FREE pre-professional training to high school actors who possess theatrical talent and a strong commitment to theatre work. Selected through auditions, the students receive CMS school credit. Ensemble meets for three hour classes most Saturdays and Sundays throughout the school year and produces one play per season.

 

Auditions for the 2007-08 Ensemble Company will be held Saturday, August 25, beginning at 1 pm at ImaginOn, 300 East Seventh Street. Please call 704-973-2848 for an audition appointment.  Students must prepare two contrasting monologues (one comic and one dramatic OR one contemporary and one classic), which should come from stage plays. Callbacks will be held on Sunday, August 26, beginning at 1 pm. Former members need not audition on Saturday, but should make an appointment for the callback on Sunday, August 26.

 

Eligibility Requirements:

·   Current student in grades 10-12 (Students do not have to attend a CMS school to participate)

·   2.0 GPA or higher

·   List of previous experience or resume and headshot if available

 

For more information on the Ensemble program, contact Mark Sutton at 704-973-2817.

The Actor’s Crib presents a FREE IMPROVISATIONAL 101 WORKSHOP on THURSDAY, AUGUST 23nd, from 6:00-8:30pm in the ACTIVITY ROOM of the CARMEL BRANCH of the PUBLIC LIBRARY of CHARLOTTE and MECKLENBURG COUNTY, 6624 Walsh Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28226 (off of Johnston Road in the Pineville area of Charlotte.)

Since Actor’s Crib is a non-profit corporation and the libary meeting room is rented, CONTRIBUTIONS WILL CHEERFULLY BE ACCEPTED !!!  Any contributions are TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.

Learn or improve improvisational theatre skills.  No acting or improvisational experience is necessary.

The workshop will cover the spectrum of improvisational theater.  We will cram as much improv warm-up, short form improv games, and long form improv into the workshop as possible.  Prepare to laugh a lot, have a boatload of fun, and if you are not careful, you might learn something !

The address of the library is:  6624 Walsh Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28226 (off of Johnston Road in the Pineville area of Charlotte.)

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To reserve a workshop slot, please RSVP as soon as possible.  30 workshop SLOTS are AVAILABLE.

The preferred communication method is email, scott@actorscrib.com   If you do not have email access, please leave a message at 704.301.1564.