San Diego Reader February 25, 2016 63
SCOTT SUCHMAN
AUDITIONS 42nd Street
SAN DIEGO MUSICAL THEATRE 4652 Mercury St., Clairemont Seeking singers, dancers, and actors. Singers, prepare an old Broadway song in the style of the show, nothing contemporary. You may sing from the show. Please bring sheet music in the correct key and an accompanist will be provided. Non- singing roles must attend the singer call and bring a short character-y song. First performance Friday, May 27; closes Sunday, June 12. Email
atjill@sdmt.org for an audition. Auditions: MAR. 6 11AM
American Idiot KIT CARSON PARK 3333 Bear Valley Parkway, Escondido Be prepared to sing 1-minute of a rock song to accompaniment. Bring a CD or MP3 player with a backing track. No a cappella auditions. Audi- tions will be open so be prepared to sing in front of production team and other auditioners. We are looking for confidence, exuberance, and passion, so don’t hold back. Callbacks will consist of a dance routine and vocal harmony to be taught there. The male lead(s) may have an opportunity to play acoustic guitar during the show. This skill is not required to get the role. Runs June 24 to July 9, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 8pm. Auditions: APR. 11 & 12 7PM
Chapter Two
LAMPLIGHTERS COMMUNITY THEATRE 5915 Severin Dr., La Mesa Performances May 13 to June 12, Fri- days and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. All roles available. Readings will be from the script. Auditions: MAR. 13 & 14 7PM
Evita
FREDERICKA MANOR, 183 3RD AVE., CHULA VISTA
SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE, 79 HORTON PLAZA, DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. 619-544-1000. 7PM TUESDAY.
accompaniment track. Callbacks Feb- ruary 27, 2:30pm-5pm. Rehearsals begin March 8. Performances June 10, 11, and 12.
Auditions: FEB. 25 3:30PM
Little Mermaid Jr. STAR THEATRE 402 N. Coast Hwy., Oceanside Age 7 to 18. Arrive with 16 bars or 1 minute of an audition song in the style of classic musical theatre with CD (preferred) or smartphone accom- paniment. No background vocals and no a cappella singing. Audition forms and rehearsal schedule available at audition.
Auditions: FEB. 29 & MAR. 2 4PM
Noises Off BROADWAY THEATRE 340 E. Broadway, Vista Non-Union only. Synopsis: Hired to helm an Americanized take on a Brit- ish play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. During practice ses- sions, things run smoothly. However, when Lloyd and his actors begin a series of performances leading up to a Broadway premiere, chaos ensues. Star actress Dotty, is quickly passing her prime, male lead Frederick, has no confidence, and bit actor Selsdon, is rarely sober.
Auditions: FEB. 28 7PM
Once on This Island DAVID AND DOROTHEA GARFIELD THEATRE
4126 Executive Dr., La Jolla Theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale The Little Mer- maid.
Auditions: FEB. 29 6PM & MAR. 1 6PM
Pinocchio
SAN MARCOS COMMUNITY CENTER 3 Civic Center Dr., San Marcos The City of San Marcos Theatre West invites youth ages 7 to 17 to audition. Be prepared to sing a one- minute excerpt from a song of your choice. Bring an instrumental CD if desired. Also bring a school photo and a short list of past experiences you have had speaking, singing, or dancing in front of a group. Begin- ners are welcome. Performances at the San Marcos Community Center March 17, 18, 19, and 20. Auditions: FEB. 29 5PM
Auditions are open call and begin with vocals, followed by a dance call. Dress appropriately to dance. Strong singers, dancers, and actors of all ethnicities, shapes, and sizes needed; open to ages 15 years old or older. Prepare 16 to 32 bars of music in the style of the show and bring sheet music in the proper key as an accompanist will be provided. MP3 okay.
Auditions: MAR. 6 6PM, MAR. 8 8PM Fame
SAN DIEGO CREATIVE ARTS PROJECT STUDIO
4715 30th St., Suite 4, Nor- mal Heights
Prepare a one-minute song and a one-minute monologue. Be prepared to sing and dance. Bring a recorded
Ten Minute Madness NORTH PARK VAUDEVILLE AND CANDY SHOPPE 2031 El Cajon Bl., North Park
Spring Awakening! Winner of eight Tony Awards, set in late 19th century Germany, this musical —book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik — weaves a tale of teenage discovery and the inner and outer tumult of blossoming sexuality. Fran
Gercke directs. HOWARD BRUBECK THEATRE AT PALO- MAR COLLEGE, 1140 W. MISSION RD., PALOMAR COLLEGE. 760-744-1150. 7PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 2PM SUNDAY.
Sugar The Coronado Playhouse, now in its 70th year, takes on the musical version of an iconic Marilyn Mon- roe performance. Sugar follows the script of the classic 1951 film Some Like It Hot, adding musical numbers so these familiar characters can let loose. While it is certainly not the best you’ll ever see, the spirit of com- radery and enthusiasm are alive on the Coronado production. Worth a try. Review by Jon Reimer CORONADO PLAYHOUSE, 1835 STRAND WAY, CORONADO. 619-435-4856. 8PM THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS, 2PM SUNDAYS, THROUGH MARCH 6.
Tell Me on a Sunday Vista’s Broadway Theater presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rarely pro- duced first act of his Broadway hit, Song and Dance. This one person performance show tells the story “of an ordinary British hat-maker who journeys to America in search of love and learns that “the road to love is never as simple as it seems.”
James Vasquez directs. BROADWAY THEATRE, 340 E. BROAD- WAY, VISTA. 760-806-7905. 7:30PM THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS, 1PM & 7:30PM SATURDAYS, 1PM SUNDAYS, THROUGH FEBRUARY 28.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? It’s as if Edward Albee took all the TV sitcoms and traditional family value films of the 50s, shoved them in a vise, and squeezed out demons. Who’s Afraid is a three-act, atonal opera that frisks, tests, and smashes limits, including the emotional limits of actors. Intrepid Theatre Company has done a remarkable job with one of the most demanding plays in the English language. They have also rebalanced the story. Instead of a star vehicle — “Here’s Martha!” — Christy Yael-Cox has directed an ensemble show; all points of view matter, with George’s a mite fore- most. Robert Smyth (George), Deb- orah Gilmour Smyth (Martha), Ross Hellwig (Nick), and Erin Petersen (Honey) all excel. And the play still packs a whallop. No. Make that sev-
GB Productions is holding auditions for the annual series of short plays. Looking for an ensemble group to perform seven new short plays. Show runs first three weekends in May. Auditions will be one-minute mono- logue, short cold reading, and a bit of improv. Stipend. Info/appointment: 619-647-4958. Auditions: FEB. 28 2PM
To add your audition to our listings, go to
sdreader.com/ events/submit and select Auditions as the category.
eral. Critic’s Pick. HORTON GRAND THEATRE, 444 FOURTH AVE., DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. 619- 234-9583. 7:30PM THURSDAYS, 8PM FRIDAYS, 2PM & 8PM SATURDAYS, 2PM SUNDAYS, THROUGH MARCH 26.
UPCOMING SHOWS
Mack & Mabel Lamplighters Community Theatre presents Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart, and Leonard Spigelgass’s musical about silent film director Mack Sennett’s ill-starred love for
IAN PIKE Puck Will Make Amends
WITHIN MOMENTS of The Metromaniacs’ opening lines, I had visions of Blackadder dancing in my head. Specifically, I thought about an episode of Blackadder the Third, in which the Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie) hires a duo of famous actors to help him improve his image. Throughout the episode, the superstitious actors panic every time Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson)
his major discovery, Mabel Nor- mand. Kirsten Giard and George Bailey direct.
LAMPLIGHTERS COMMUNITY THEATRE, 5915 SEVERIN DR., LA MESA. 619-303- 5092. MARCH 11 THROUGH APRIL 10.
The Miracle Worker Lamb’s Players Theatre stages Wil- liam Gibson’s drama about the early life of Helen Keller and the struggle of Annie Sullivan to teach the deaf, dumb, and blind child. Robert
Smyth directs. LAMB’S PLAYERS THEATRE, 1142 OR- ANGE AVE., CORONADO. 619-437-0600. MARCH 4 THROUGH APRIL 10.
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show “How do you do I/See you’ve met my/Faithful handy man…” Cygnet
says, “Macbeth,” because they consider it bad luck to utter the name of “Te Scottish Play.” In
The servant Lisette in The Metromaniacs
Don't say "Macbeth" to
order to ward off the evil spir- its, the actors perform a ritual of chanting the nonsense rhyme,
Theatre stages this “satirical trib- ute to the science fiction and B-list horror movies of the 20th Century.” Brad and Janet go for a ride on a dark and particularly stormy night. Sean Murray directs and plays Frank ‘N’ Furter. CYGNET THEATRE, 4040 TWIGGS ST., OLD TOWN. 619-337-1525. MARCH 19 THROUGH MAY 1.
Sideshow Shenanigans, or Be Careful What You Drink For its 12th annual, family-friendly melodrama, North Park Vaudeville & Candy Shoppe stages Summer Golden’s new play about a side show run by an unscrupulous promoter in the early 20th century. “Will Gro- ver Grotesque find love with Miss Ni Eve?”
these two from Blackadder
“hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck to make amends” while they play a modified game of pattycake, before painfully tweaking each other’s noses. It’s classic comedy gold, and the lampoon- ing of the outlandish actors in that epi- sode finds its long- lost cousin in The Metromaniacs farci-
cal treatment of poetry-crazed, 18th-century Parisians. continued on page 67
NORTH PARK VAUDEVILLE AND CANDY SHOPPE, 2031 EL CAJON BL., NORTH PARK. 619-220-8663. MARCH 5 THROUGH MARCH 20.
Waiting for Godot Fruitlessmoon Theatreworks 2016 presents Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece about Godot (whoever he, she, they, it turns out to be), about waiting, and about what to do while waiting — and about a tree that loses its leaves. Aimee Green-
berg directs. WHITE BOX THEATER AT NTC, 2590 TRUXTUN RD., STUDIO 205, BUILDING 176, LIBERTY STATION. 619-225-1803. MARCH 25 THROUGH APRIL 10.
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