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ANTI-REVIEW AUDITIONS THEATER Red Velvet has characters
from Poland, France, Jamaica, England, and America. Almost every accent was either wrong or over-indulged. Example: in the final scene the reporter (Amelia Pedlow) does a tirade about her sorry plight in an often incomprehensible Pol- ish accent. Sean Dugan’s Pierre LaPorte spoke Language Lab French, etc. Another puzzle: throughout
Act One, the cast shouted, with the leads jack-hammering hard stresses. In Act Two, everyone toned down. Was this a then vs. now styles “concept”? Or did someone rush into the dressing room at intermission and urge the actors to play just to the house, not Coronado Island? Though lit too dimly, Jason
Sherwood’s coffee brown, grained-wood set solves poten- tial problems. An ancient arch, ornate on one side, blank on the other, revolves from backstage to the foot-lit front, and from 1867 to 1833. The rest of the Globe production could use his inventiveness.
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UPCOMING SHOWS
Ballast Diversionary Theatre stages the world premiere of Georgette Kelly’s “poetical exploration of the waking and dream lives of two trans- and cisgender couples as they come to terms with the new lives they find
themselves in.” Matt Morrow directs. DIVERSIONARY THEATRE, 4545 PARK BL., UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. 619-220- 0097. MAY 4 THROUGH JUNE 4.
Chicago San Diego City College Drama Pro- gram presents John Kander and Fred Ebb’s “Musical Vaudeville” (each of the numbers is reminiscent of a specific vaudeville performer). It’s the Roaring Twenties. Chorus girl Roxie Hart murders her faithless lover and convinces her hapless hus- band, Amos, to take the rap. Katie Rodda directs, with choreography by Kristin Arcidiacono and musical direction by Michael Farley. SAVILLE THEATRE AT SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE, 14TH AND C ST., CITY COLLEGE. 619-388-3676. APRIL 21 THROUGH APRIL 30.
Clybourne Park Palomar College stages Bruce Norris’ follow-up to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. Act One takes place in 1959, as white community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in the pres- ent day, as the now predominantly
Bat Boy: The Musical OCEAN BEACH PLAYHOUSE 4944 Newport Ave., Ocean Beach A dark comedy, based on a June 23, 1992 story about a half-boy, half-bat dubbed “batboy” who grew up living in a cave. Minimum 16 bars, contempo- rary/rock music strongly encouraged. This show requires strong voices and features many different types of music. It is best to sing a song that shows off your entire range. Non-Equity. Runs September 21-October 22, Thursday- Saturday 8pm; Sunday at 2pm. Starts on August 15th: Tuesday-Friday 7-10pm, Saturday 12-4pm, Sunday 6-10pm.
Auditions: APR. 9 2PM
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying PATIO PLAYHOUSE THEATRE 116 S. Kalmia Street
Prepare a one-minute of song to accompaniment. Song style should be similar to the show. Bring a CD or MP3 player with a backing track. No a cap- pella auditions. If you are interested in a non-singing ensemble role, email
mattfitzgerald@patioplayhouse.com to set up an invite to the dance callbacks. Callbacks will consist of a dance rou- tine, vocal harmony, and reading from sides. Sign up at
patioplayhouse.com. Big business means big laughs in this clever lampoon of life on the corporate ladder. A tune-filled comic gem that took Broadway by storm, winning both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize, the play follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive. Auditions: APR. 9 7PM
Much Ado About Nothing CORONADO PLAYHOUSE 1835 Strand Way, Coronado For its annual Free Shakespeare show, the Coronado Playhouse stages the Bard’s comedy about love, war, and the war of wits between Beatrice and Benedict. E-mail audition@coronado-
playhouse.com with your name and telephone number and headshot/ resume attached. Put “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” in subject when e-mailing. For preliminary auditions, sides will be emailed to you and are available for download below or advance preparation. The sides do not have to be memorized, but auditionees should be very familiar with the excerpts. Please ensure you have read the full play in advance of the auditions so as to be familiar with the charac- ters, plot, themes, language, etc. Auditions: APR. 24 & 25 6PM
Spring Awakening ONSTAGE PLAYHOUSE 291 Third Ave., Chula Vista Runs July 7 to August 12 (Thursdays- Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm). Possible one-week extension. Prepare a one-minute pop/rock song
African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification. Annie Hin- ton directs. PALOMAR COLLEGE, 1140 WEST MISSION RD., SAN MARCOS. MAY 5 THROUGH MAY 14.
First Date Horton Grand Theatre presents an
West Side Story STAR THEATRE 402 N. Coast Hwy., Oceanside
that best shows your vocal range. We encourage pop/rock music from any source – not just musical theatre. Bring sheet music in correct key. An accompanist will be provided. No a cappella or pre-recorded music or back- ing tracks (CD). Please be familiar with the show. Callbacks April 24. Callbacks will consist of dancing, reading sides from the script and vocals from the show score. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes that you can move in. If you have any questions regarding auditions or cannot reserve an audition slot email
ospspringawakening@gmail.com. Auditions: APR. 22 10AM, APR. 23 4PM
I CYNICALLY SPENT the entirety of Laura Eason’s Sex with Strang- ers, which played last month at San Diego Rep, awaiting the other shoe. It never dropped. Ethan (Connor Sullivan) blogged about picking up girls in bars and got a book deal for it. At least on the surface, he hates the life where he’s been typecast as a superficial uber-bro. I figured his sensitive soul for a ruse, a cunning attempt to trick Olivia (Lisel Gorrell- Getz) into bed and the audience into sympathy. Indeed, during inter- mission, I overheard the two younger women say they “liked Ethan, even though he’s a bit ridiculous.” Joke’s on me. Unlike the rapey
Come prepared with 16 bars in the style of West Side Story or classic Broadway. A song from the show is fine. Bring music with CD (preferred) or smartphone accompaniment (no background vocals and no a cappella singing). Audition forms and rehearsal schedule will be available at auditions. Dance auditions: Thursday, June 1, 6 to 9 pm. Callbacks: Saturday, June 3 at 9 am. Rehearsals begin Monday, June 12. Runs July 21, 22, 28, and 29 at 7:30 pm, July 23 and 30 at 2 pm. Auditions: MAY 30, 31, & JUNE 1 6PM
Women in Jeopardy! LAMPLIGHTERS COMMUNITY THEATRE 5915 Severin Dr., La Mesa
pickup “artists” on whom Ethan is loosely modeled, the charac- ter’s sincere longing to join the literati runs more than skin deep... which reminded me of The Wire. For those who don’t remem-
Heathers the Musical OnStage Playhouse presents the satirical musical comedy, based on the Daniel Walters film, about “a posse of mean girls, Heather and Heather and Heather,” who rule Westerberg High. At least until Veronica, alleged misfit, rejects them and begins a rela- tionship with J.D., “the dark and sexy new guy.” Manny and Tony Bejarano direct. ONSTAGE PLAYHOUSE, 291 THIRD AVE., CHULA VISTA. 619-422-7787. APRIL 21 THROUGH MAY 27.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script (however you may choose to perform a two-minute comedic monologue). Callbacks, if nec- essary, are Tuesday, May 16 at 7 pm. Runs July 7 to 30, Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. All roles available. Description: Divorcees Mary and Jo are suspicious of their friend Liz’s new dentist boyfriend in this new comedy. He may look a bit creepy, but is there really anything to worry about? The fact that his oral hygienist was recently murdered could be just a coincidence…. Auditions: MAY 14 & 15 6PM
To add your audition to our listings, go to
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uproarious musical comedy about the chances we take to find love. Based on a book by Austin Wins- berg. Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. F. Scott Lapp directs. HORTON GRAND THEATRE, 444 FOURTH AVENUE, SAN DIEGO. 858-560-5740. MARCH 31 THROUGH MAY 7.
James and the Giant Peach Coronado Playhouse offers the popular musical based on Roald Dahl’s book. “James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that looks boiled and Aunt Spiker is bony and screeching. He’s very lonely until one day something peculiar happens. At the end of the garden a peach starts to grow and GROW AND GROW.” CORONADO PLAYHOUSE, 1835 STRAND WAY, CORONADO. 619-435-4856. JUNE 9 THROUGH JULY 2.
The Music Man The Welk Resort Theater mounts Meredith Willson’s hugely popular musical about how “fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef.” Songs include “76 Trombones,” “Trouble,” and “Till There Was You.” WELK RESORT THEATRE, 8860 LAWRENCE WELK DR., ESCONDIDO. 888- 802-7469. MAY 5 THROUGH JULY 13.
The Revolutionists Moxie Theatre presents Lauren Gunderson’s “brutal comedic quar- tet” about for “very real women who
IAN PIKE A true artist at the heart of every hack
ber: in the show, Stringer Bell wanted to move his crew out of drug dealing and into real estate development. His attempts to go straight showcased an odd mix
bosses make good businessmen, and they would have started companies but for the fact that doors were closed to them for economic or demographic rea- sons. Having succeeded in crime, they later have the means to invest as conventional entrepre- neurs, realizing a kind of American Dream that involves fewer chances of assassination or imprisonment. Ethan is like Stringer
Sex with Strangers
of clever ambition and pathetic naivete. Later, Marlo Stanfield, who replaced Bell as West Bal- timore’s leading drug kingpin, ended the show meeting with those same developers in an attempt to legitimize his “busi- ness” interests. I’ve read about that same
pattern in real world organized crime. The idea is that crime
lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror” (1793-1794): Olympe De Gouge, Charlotte Corday, Marie Antoinette, and Marianne Angelle. Jennifier Eve Thorn directs. MOXIE THEATRE, 6663 EL CAJON BL., SUITE N, ROLANDO. 858-598-7620. MAY 27 THROUGH JUNE 18.
Shockheaded Peter Cygnet Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of this musical based on Heinrich Hoffmann’s Struwwel- peter. A “manic music box spins stories of naughty children and misguided parents” in the Victorian era. Rob Lutfy directs. CYGNET THEATRE, 4040 TWIGGS ST., OLD TOWN. 619-337-1525. MAY 27 THROUGH JUNE 18.
Skeleton Crew The Old Globe Theatre and Moxie Theatre present the West Coast premiere of Dominique Morris- seau’s drama about Faye’s dilemma. She works long hours in an auto plant (in Detroit, 1908) and is near retirement. BVut management has changed. Now she’s “torn between self-preservation and allegiance to her coworkers.” Delicia Turner Son- nenberg directs. SHERYL AND HARVEY WHITE THEATRE, 1363 OLD GLOBE WAY, BALBOA PARK. 619-234-5623. APRIL 13 THROUGH MAY 7.
Travels with My Aunt North Coast Repertory Theatre presents Giles Havergal’s theatrical adaptation of the Graham Greene novel. Eccentric aunt Augusta swoops in, shakes up the life of her staid bourgeois nephew, and ignites the lust for adventure buried within his gray flannel soul.” David Ellen- stain directs.
NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE, 987-D LOMAS SANTA FE DR., SO- LANA BEACH. 858-481-1055. APRIL 13 THROUGH MAY 7.
Bell in that regard. Minus the threats of death and incarcera- tion, he wants to be a real writer, like Olivia,
but he doesn’t quite know how to get there. Also like Stringer Bell, he fumbles during his mad run for the literary end zone. I’m not sure whether I believe
that there’s a true artist at the heart of every hack, but I almost want it to be so, because what could better affirm art’s integrity than that its greatest defamers aspire to be more legit?
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The Wizard of Oz San Diego Junior Theatre presents the family favorite. Dorothy Gale sings that happiness awaits her over the rainbow. A tornado shoots her to Oz. She follows the Yellow Brick Rd., joined by Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion, and learns that, rainbows to the contrary, “there’s no place like home.’. SAN DIEGO JUNIOR THEATRE, 1650 EL PRADO, SUITE 208, BALBOA PARK. 619- 239-8355. APRIL 28 THROUGH MAY 14.
UPCOMING SHOWS
Skeleton Crew The Old Globe Theatre and Moxie Theatre present the West Coast pre- miere of Dominique Morrisseau’s drama about Faye’s dilemma. She works long hours in an auto plant (in Detroit, 1908) and is near retirement. BVut management has changed. Now she’s “torn between self-preservation and allegiance to her coworkers.” Delicia Turner Son- nenberg directs. SHERYL AND HARVEY WHITE THEATRE, 1363 OLD GLOBE WAY, BALBOA PARK. 619-234-5623. APRIL 13 THROUGH MAY 7.
Travels with My Aunt North Coast Repertory Theatre presents Giles Havergal’s theatrical adaptation of the Graham Greene novel. Eccentric aunt Augusta swoops in, shakes up the life of her staid bourgeois nephew, and ignites the lust for adventure buried within his gray flannel soul.” David Ellen- stain directs.
NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE, 987-D LOMAS SANTA FE DR., SO- LANA BEACH. 858-481-1055. APRIL 13 THROUGH MAY 7.
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