Charlotte Theatre News

Queen City Theatre Company

holds auditions for “Dog Sees God”

 

Queen City Theatre Company announces auditions for Bert Royal’s anauthorized sequel to the comic strip characters from Peanuts, “Dog Sees God,” to be held on December 9 ^th and December  10 ^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 December 9th and Monday December 10th.

Auditions will begin at 7.00 pm .

 

Queen City Theatre Company is excited to announce auditions for the unauthorized comedy that took Broadway by storm and finally allowed Charlie Brown and the gang to grow up, ” Dog Sees God ” by Bert Royal.   The production will be directed by QCTC Artistic Director, Glenn Griffin and performances will take place at Spirit Square - Duke Power Theatre from February 7th through February 23rd, 2008.

 

The cast:

 

The cast of “Dog Sees God” consists of 4 woman and 4 men, ages 21-30

 

Men

 

CB: (Charlie Brown)   A little more sure of himself…but still a blockhead.

Van:   (Linus)  Always the philosopher in childhood is now a pothead.

Matt :  (Pig Pen)  A pathological neat-freak (he applies a layer of  Purell to his hands whenever he touches anyone) whose dirtiness has been internalized - he’s sex-obsessed and homophobic.

Beethoven :  (Schroeder) He became the school outcast prior to events in the play when it was revealed that he was sexually-abused by his father.

 

Women

 

CB’s Sister:   (Sally) Growing up and trying to find a personality of her own.

Tricia York :  (Peppermint Patty) Loves to party and throws her own insecurities onto others.

Marcy : (Marcy)  Still calling Patty, sir, but loves to party and gossip with her friend.

Van’s Sister : (Lucy) A pyromaniac and has been institutionalized for setting the Little Red-Haired Girl’s hair on fire

 

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

 

The play:

 

 When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that’s both haunting and hopeful.

 

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

Auditions@queencitytheatre.com

Interns needed for backstage crew of “A Mad, Mad Madrigal,” for one-week run at Spirit Square. Commitment is 10 days, Dec. 13-23^rd.

 

Stipend:

Free doughnuts.

Lots of wassail.

Rampant fun.

$50.00 for full run

 

Be part of the mayhem! Email or call Stan. 704-567-9964 stanpeal@yahoo.com

 

More about the show (including spiffy YouTube vid)…

http://www.epicartsrep.org/

 

MEET THE PARKERS

Matthews NC-  Meet the Parkers. Ralphie Parker that is.

The Matthews Playhouse of Performing Arts will be bring Jean Shepard’s beloved story “A CHRISTMAS STORY” to life this December. Join us for the stage version of this Christmas classic. Complete with a bunny suit, a leg lamp, an Orphan Annie decoder pin, and Santa, the big man himself, this show will tickle your funny bone and tug on your heart strings at the same time, as you will remember what it was like being a child during the holidays.

“A CHRISTMAS STORY”  Features some of the area’s finest talent. Including Matthews Playhouse staples Betsey Dalzell as Mother, Bryce Cyrier as Old Ralph, Kathy Hatt as Miss Shields, and introducing Matt Tilson as Ralphie Parker.The show is being directed by Matthews Playhouse Artistic Associate Robbie Jaeger .

“A CHRISTMAS STORY” opens December 8th and runs through the 16th. Ticket prices and performance times vary.

For more information, a full performance schedule, ticket prices or a complete cast list, please log onto to www.matthewsplayhouse.com. or give us a call at 704.846.8343.

THEATRE CHARLOTTE

2008-2009

81^st Season

GODSPELL

Conceived by John-Michael Teblak

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

Sep 11-14; 17-21; 24-28, 2008 (Wed, Thu performances at 7:30; Fri, Sat at 8 pm; Sun at 2:30 pm) (14 performances)

Details:  (Musical.)  One of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time.  Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, GODSPELL boasts a score that includes “Day by Day,” “Prepare Ye,” “Learn Your Lessons Well,” “All for the Best,” “All Good Gifts,” and “By My Side.”  Drawing from various theatrical traditions, such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville, GODSPELL is a groundbreaking and unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love.  GODSPELL can be performed virtually anywhere with the simplest of sets, costumes, lights and music.  All you need is an ensemble of 10 to 13 performers to bring the material to life.  Through an arrangement between Music Theatre International and the American Association of Community Theatre, every fifth performance is royalty free, with a 10% discount on rental materials (scripts, scores, orchestrations). 
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO  

By Alfred Uhry 

Nov 6-9; 12-16, 2008 (Wed, Thu at 7:30 pm; Fri, Sat at 8 pm; Sun at 2:30 pm) (9 performances)

Details:  (Comedy/drama) Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, it takes place in Atlanta, GA.  “Gone With the Wind” is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta’s elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season.  Especially concerned is the Freitag family:  bachelor Adolph, his widowed sister, Beulah (Boo) Levy, and their also widowed sister-in-law, Reba.  Boo is determined to have her dreamy, unpopular daughter, Lala, attend Ballyhoo, believing it will be Lala’s last chance to find a socially acceptable husband.  Adolph brings his new assistant, Joe Farkas, home for dinner.  Joe is Brooklyn born and bred, and furthermore is of Eastern European heritage—several social rungs below the Freitags, in Beulah’s opinion.  Lala, however, hints broadly about him taking her to Ballyhoo, but he turns her down.  This enrages Boo, and matters get worse when Joe falls for Lala’s cousin, Reba’s daughter, Sunny, who is home from Wellesley for Christmas vacation.  Will Boo succeed in snaring Peachy Weil, a member of one of the finest Jewish families in the South?  Will Sunny and Joe avoid the land mines of prejudice that stand in their way?  The family gets pulled apart and then mended together with plenty of comedy, romance and revelations along the way.
SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD

By Ken Ludwig

Jan 29-Feb 1; Feb 4-8, 2009 (same as above) (9 performances)

Details:  (Comedy.)  Lights, Camera, Shakespeare!  It’s 1934 and Shakespeare’s famous fairies Oberon and Puck magically have materialized in Hollywood on the set of Max Reinhardt’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Warner Brothers Studio.  Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour, they are ushered into the world of the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves.  A feisty flower helps lure blonde bombshells, movie moguls and other arrogant show biz folks into loopy love triangles with raucous results.  Mischievous magic sparkles in this hilarious movieland romp by the author of Broadway’s “Crazy for You,” “Lend Me a Tenor,” and “Moon Over Buffalo.”  Winner of the 2004 Helen Hayes Award for Best Play and one of the most-produced plays by US community theatres in the last two years.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN

By Arthur Miller

March 19-22; 25-29, 2009 (same as above) (9 performances)

Details:  (Drama.)This American classic, written by one of America’s greatest playwrights, was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play.  The story is known worldwide, having to do with the last days of a failing salesman, who seeks to find out, by a tragic series of soul-searching revelations of the past life he has lived with his wife, his sons and his business associates, just where and how he has failed to win success and happiness.  A thrilling work of deep and revealing beauty, that was last presented by Theatre Charlotte in 1999 and went on to become one of  Theatre’s greatest successes.
THE FULL MONTY

Book by Terrence McNally

Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek

April 30-May 3; 6-10; 13-17, 2009 (same as GODSPELL)

Details:  (Musical.) Seeing how much their wives enjoy watching male strippers during their “girls night out,” unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, NY come up with a bold way to make some quick cash.  In the process, they find renewed self-esteem, the importance of friendship and the ability to have fun.  As the guys work through their fears, self-consciousness and feelings of worthlessness, they come to discover that not only are they stronger as a group, but that the strength they find in each other gives them individual courage to face their demons and overcome them.  This is a musical adaptation of the award-winning movie of the same name.  “There is great heart to THE FULL MONTY, and the ultimate themes expressed in the show are great lessons for everyone.  And the truth be told, through creative directing and staging, the final impact of the show can be achieved without ever losing your shorts”…Music Theatre International.  “Memory grabbing melodies, outlandish lyrics…” Ben Brantley, NY Times.  “It’s a blockbuster!”  Clive Barnes, NY Post.

The UNC Charlotte Department of Dance & Theatre Directing I class presents Red Light Winter, a new play written by Adam Rapp, Monday and Tuesday, December 3 and 4, Robinson Hall Black Box, 8 PM.  Admission is free.

The play contains adult themes and sexual situations.

 

Please contact James Vesce (jvesce@uncc.edu) or Darren Moorehead (dtmooreh@uncc.edu) with any questions.  Thanks again!

 

NC Stage is producing It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play this weekend, December 1st and 2nd for four performances in the Duke Power Theatre at Spirit Square.

 

I’d like to offer MTA members 2 for 1 tickets for any of the performances.  Shows are at 2 and 8 each day and tickets are available through CarolinaTix at this link

 

http://www.blumenthalcenter.org/default.asp?blumenthal=59&objId=422

 

Also, for your information, 2 of our cast members are being interviewed on the Ken Conrad morning show on Mix 106.1 and they will be giving away 3 pairs of tickets to the show.

 

 

Charlie

 

 

Blurb from website:

 

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, by Joe Landry, is a new stage adaptation of the classic movie. North Carolina Stage Company and immediate theatre project (known as itp) present this warm and funny play December 1st and 2nd, in the Duke Power Theater at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. Both companies are based in Asheville, NC, and this production marks their Charlotte debut.

In this clever adaptation, playwright Joe Landry gives new life to the familiar story by setting it in the studios of the fictional WBFR Radio on Christmas Eve, 1946. The five hard-working radio actors of WBFR portray dozens of characters from the movie, switching effortlessly between voices. Underscoring the radio drama are live sound effects, utilizing the old-fashioned techniques of radio shows like The Lone Ranger or The Shadow. 

 

The play stars Asheville actors Lauren Fortuna, Hans Meyer, Willie Repoley (a Charlotte native), Joe Sturgeon, and Kathryn Temple. It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is directed by Hans Meyer, co-founder of immediate theatre project. Meyer has directed past itp productions The Glass Menagerie (2004) and All My Sons (2006) and is a graduate of Guilford College, where he met itp Producing Director Willie Repoley and Managing Director Lauren Fortuna. 

 

NC Stage was founded in 2001 by husband and wife team Charlie and Angie Flynn-McIver (also a Charlotte native) and is currently in its 6th season at its 99 seat theatre in Downtown Asheville.  www.ncstage.org

A Tuna Christmas, the Holiday favorite branded by writers Jason William, Joe Sears and Ed Howard as “the Comedy with Tex-Appeal”, returns to North Carolina this season opening at the McGlohon Theatre - Spirit Square on Wednesday November 28^th. 

 

Produced by the Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, A Tuna Christmas is set on Christmas Eve somewhere west of the Pecos where all comic hell breaks loose as the delightfully eccentric Tuna Texans cope with seasonal traumas, a disaster prone production of A Christmas Carol, a yard decorating contest being sabotaged by the mysterious “Christmas Phantom,” and the arrival of Aliens from Outer Space!

Arles Struvie and Thurston Wheelis broadcast local merriment and near disaster from hometown Tuna Texas radio station OKKK, introducing 30 zany characters all played by just two actors (and split second costume changes), Tom Olson and Josh Elicker!!!

 

A hilarious opportunity to spend your holidays in Texas’ third smallest town where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies; A Tuna Christmas will play November 28^th through December 9^th, Wednesday – Saturday performances at 8:00PM and Sunday matinees at 3:00PM.

 

Tickets are $22 for Adults and $20 for Students and Seniors.  Tickets may be purchased online at www.carolinatix.org or by calling the Box office at 704-372-1000.  More information can be found at www.nccast.com.

 

CPCC Theatre will hold auditions for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Monday, December 3rd & Tuesday, December 4th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm for kids and from 7:00pm to 9:00pm for adults in the Halton Theatre in the Overcash Academic and Performing Arts Center on the CPCC Central Campus. 

 

The production calls for approximately 20 kids 7 to 12 years old, 17 men 16 – 60+ years old and 13 women 16 to 60+ years old.  All roles are open.  

 

Auditionees need a prepared song of 16 bars and should be dressed for a brief dance audition. An accompanist will be provided. Bring your sheet music with you. No recordings or unaccompanied singing. You do not have to be a current CPCC student to participate. College credit is available to those who qualify.

 

Rehearsals will begin early January 2008. We generally work Sunday – Thursday evenings. Performances will be held on February 15 -24, 2008 in the Halton Theater.

We are also looking for people interested in working backstage as Stage Manager, set crew, props, etc.

Direction & Choreography: Ron Chisholm; Music Direction: Drina Keen

 

For more information call Tom Hollis, at 704-330-6835 M-F 9a – 5p. Or email me at Tom.Hollis@cpcc.edu. Or visit our website at arts.cpcc.edu.