Charlotte Theatre News

Rock Hill Community Theatre announces auditions for The Odd Couple, female version by Neil Simon, directed by Susan Capotosto. Auditions will be held at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Rock Hill,  Thursday, February 28 from 7-9 pm and on Saturday, March 1 from 9-11 am and will consist of cold reading from the script. Head shots and acting resumes are helpful, but not required. Technical personnel  are also needed. Candidates for stage manager, lighting technician, and props/wardrobe master can sign up at auditions or call the theatre and leave a message (803 324 2578.)The show will be presented April 18-20 and 25-27 at Wilson Street Hall in affiliation with Come See Me. Six female and two male actors are needed.  First Presbyterian Church is located at 234 East Main Street at Saluda.

Due to illness the Miracle Worker auditions originally scheduled for Feb 25 & 26 have been postponed until March 2 &3 at 7:00pm in Pease Auditorium. More details on casting needs will follow shortly.

The CPCC Drama Department will hold auditions for two one act plays by Romulus Linney on Monday Feb. 18, 2008 @ 7pm in Pease Auditorium. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. No appointment necessary. The shows will be performed on March 27, 28, 29.

 

“Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks”

 

Ruggles, Moore, Martin, C.O., Bates-  early 30s to mid 40s in age

Lorna

Bates

Lucy Lake -late 30s to 50s,

Miss Nomura, early 30s.

 

“Sand Mountain Matchmaking”

 

 

Character Breakdown

Rebecca- Early 20’s, Strong willed, witty, Beautiful

Clink Williams- Mid Teens

Slate Foley- Mid 40’s, Wolf in sheep’s clothing, suave kind-a guy

Radley Nollins- Early 30′, Smart, handsome, “Knows what he’s talking about,” God Fearing

Lottie Siles- Older woman, with wisdom

Vester Stiles- Lottie’s Grandson

Sam Bean- Early 20’s, Genuine

 

For any information on “Sand Mountain Matchmaking”

please feel free to email or call.

 

Joshua Retamar

josh_red11yahoo.com

980-254-0048

 

For general information contact Tom Hollis-Chair-Drama- 704-330-6835

THEATRE CHARLOTTE

announces the cast of

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

(presented March 20-30, 2008)

After auditioning 81 actors for the production, the director, Ron Law has selected the following cast:

Anne Frank                    JULIE GRIGG

Otto Frank                     DAVE BLAMEY

Edith Frank                    CAROLINE GRANGER

Margot Frank                 EMILY JOHNSON

Mrs. Van Daan              JORJA URSIN

Mr. Van Daan                FRANK DOMINGUEZ

Peter Van Daan             ALEX BRIGHTWELL

Mr. Dussel                    ROBERT HAULBROOK

Miep Gies                     KATHLEEN TAYLOR

 

Mr. Kraler                     KEVIN CAMPBELL

Nazi 1                         MATT KOVAR

Nazi 2                         MARTIN HOPPE

Nazi 3                         NICK IAMMATTEO

Director:                   Ron Law

Stage Manager:        Melissa Robinson

Set Design:              Chris timmons

Lighting Design:        John Hartness

Costumer:                Suzy Hartness

Rock Hill Community Theatre Announces Performances for

Night of the Living Beauty Pageant

 

 

Rock Hill Community Theatre announces performances for our upcoming comedy Night of the Living Beauty Pageant. This play is written by Tim Kelly and directed by Richard Brashear.  

 

This play is centers on the staging of the “Miss Junior Venus Beauty Pageant” and two con men who hope attract sponsors and hundreds of high school teen girls who’ll pay a large entry fee to make them rich. Unfortunately, only seven girls enter, and there are no sponsors.  This light-hearted comedy is fun for the whole family.

 

This play was chosen partially based on the overwhelming success of My Son Is Crazy . but Promising, another Tim Kelly comedy, two years ago. Richard Brashear, who directs the show, is happy to be working with both a hilarious script and an extremely talented all-teen cast. With colorful characters  “.this play will be a lot of fun for both the audience and the cast. It’s great entertainment for everyone.”

 

All performances will be held at 134 Wilson Street, Rock Hill, SC.

Performance dates and times and ticket prices are listed below (5 and under admitted free):

Friday, February 29, 8 PM  $12 adults, $10 students and seniors

Saturday, March 1, 8 PM  $12 adults, $10 students and seniors

Sunday, March 2, 3 PM  $10 adults, $8 students and seniors

Friday, March 7, 8 PM  $12 adults, $10 students and seniors

Saturday, March 8, 8 PM  $12 adults, $10 students and seniors

Sunday, March 9, 3 PM  $10 adults, $8 students and seniors

 

To purchase tickets on-line please visit our Web site at www.rockhilltheatre.org. To make reservations or for further information please call 803-324-2578.

The Rock Hill Community Theatre will be sending a 60 minute version
of the Jonathan Larson musical “tick, tick….BOOM!” to the
Southeastern Theatre Conference on March 6-8 in Chattanooga, TN to
represent the state of South Carolina in the annual regional
Community Theatre Festival.  This production will compete against 9
other productions from through the southeast.

To enable RHCT to cover costs to get to Chattanooga, a benefit
performance will be held this coming Thursday night at South Pointe
High School in Rock Hill.

ML Graham
Uwharrie Players Secretary
jggml@ctc.net

The Chuckleheads present “Hearts, Flowers, Chocolates, Love, Romance, and All That Other Crap Comedy Improv Spectacular.”

Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Morehead Street Tavern
300 Morehead Street
Charlotte , NC 28202
704-334-2655
Admission Donation  $5.00 per person

Whether you love or hate Valentine’s Day and all the things that go along with it, you will love the Chuckleheads twisted comedic improvisational take on all things V Day. If you love “Whose Line is it Anyway, you will love this show. There will be a cash bar available thoughout the evening.

The show starts at 8pm

You’re also welcome arrive early and enjoy a delicious dinner before the show in the Morehead Street Tavern’s dining room.

After the show you can continue to party and socialize with the fun and friendly folks at the Morehead Street Tavern.

Cupid wishes he had it this good!

www.thechuckleheads.com

Epic Arts Seeks Musical Director/Accompanist

Epic Arts Repertory Theatre is looking for a Musical Director/Accompanist for our June production of Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Musical Fantasy adapted and directed by Laura Depta.

This production will include original music created especially for the show by composer Stan Peal, so we’re looking for someone adventuresome who enjoys the collaborative process. Basic accompaniment skills required, knowledge of diverse musical genres helpful.

Please contact Laura at 704-567-9964 or email lauradepta@yahoo.com

Go to http://begin.convio.net/goto/johnhartness to donate! Thanks!

If you were reading in this little corner of the interwebs last summer, you remember my participation in the 24 Hours of Booty charity bike ride. You may also have seen the t-shirt I wore at the Winter Gathering about the event. Well, I’m riding again, and once again I’ll make the pledge to ride one lap for every $50 that is donated in my name, up to 99 miles. I have a fundraising goal of $2,000 this year, because that’s what gets me a different color jersey than I got last year.

The 24 Hours of Booty is a charity bike ride in Charlotte every summer, where the streets are closed from 7PM on a Friday night until 7PM on Saturday and hundreds of cyclists take to the streets of the Myers Park neighborhood to raise money for cancer research locally and nationwide. Last year, this event raised over $750K, and I bet this year will be even bigger. I’m riding with Team Barbizon, my team from work, and we raised over $16K last year. This year I’ve set our team goal for $20K, and I think that’s very achievable.

The Booty Loop in the Myers Park neighborhood of Charlotte is a 3-mile loop through a neighborhood that’s very popular with cyclists, and I’ll do one 3-mile loop for every $50 that is donated in my name. Cancer is a bitch, and this is my way to fight the disease that has claimed the lives of some people I love. Here’s a little but about some of the people I’m riding in honor and memory of.

Blair Beasley was a fixture in the Winthrop Department of Theatre & Dance for over 20 years. In that time, he shaped a lot of lives, mine included. Blair took the time to take a cocky kid and teach him a thing or two about directing. And a thing or two about living, as well. Blair and I went through some tough times together. I was with him the night before he got sober, and we were both trashed at a party for a show neither of us had anything to do with. I took classes from Blair when he was drinking, and became his friend when he got sober. He gave me a lot of perspective on theatre, and our place in the world, and I’ll always owe him huge for that. He died a few years ago from complications from lung cancer, and I still hear his voice when I get up in front of a group of actors to address them when we start rehearsal.

I’m riding for Blair this summer, along with Caroline Crawford, the long time design professor at Winthrop who died of breast cancer right after I graduated. Without the sense of wonder and beauty that Caroline brought to the lighting design class I took from her, I likely would never have made this my career choice. Caroline had a beautiful way of looking at the world, and that infused the classes she taught. It’s a shame that whole classes of Winthrop students had to miss out on the lessons that she and Blair had for them.

Suzy’s mom died of breast cancer before we ever met, and it was just a few years ago that we both realized that if she had gotten sick now, she probably would have lived. The advances in breast cancer treatment in the past decade have been extraordinary, and that’s another reason I’m doing this ride, to give money to the local organizations that work to find a cure for this disease. I have a friend that’s working directly on a cure for types of cancer, and I think his work is great. I’m not in that field, but this is what I can do. I can put my ass on a bike, and raise money to support the people that directly fight this disease.

So help me. Go to my fundraising website and make a donation. Last year I signed up for the event less than three weeks before, and my friends kicked in a remarkable amount of money in a very short time. This year, we’ve got time, so I want more out of both of us! I rode 24 miles last year, in my first time on a bike in over 10 years. I’ve spent a lot more time on a bike this year, so I’ll re-up my pledge to do one lap (3 miles) for every $50 you give. I’m capping it at 99 miles, because that’s all I can reasonable hope to do in one 24-hour period, but don’t let that stop you from donating!

I also budgeted $50/month this year to go to charitable giving, so that will all go to Booty from now until July. So whip out that plastic, come up with some great multiplier of 72 and make a difference in the fight against cancer, both in my community and nationally. The 24 Hours of Booty ride donates to cancer research and treatment in the Charlotte area and to the Lance Armstrong Foundation nationally, so you’re supporting cancer patients all across the country when you do this.