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AUDITION NOTICE – for Huguenot Community Players

Courtney — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:28:53 +0000

AUDITION NOTICE – for Huguenot Community Players

Harvey, a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by Mary Chase

This delightful comedy offers sharp wit, unforgettable characters and bit of romance. When Elwood P. Dowd introduces his friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half- foot rabbit, to his sister’s friends, we know the fun is about to begin!

Director Art Trotter seeks 6 men and 6 women ages 20-60

Auditions: Sunday & Monday, Feb 19 & 20 at 7:00pm promptly

Auditions, rehearsals & performances will be held at:
Huguenot United Methodist Church
10661 Duryea Drive, Richmond, VA 23235 (804-272-6820).

Bring resume and headshot if possible. Those auditioning will read from the script. No actors are paid.

Rehearsals begin: March 1
Performances dates: April 20-28, 2012

For more information: director Art Trotter 264.3209

The Acts of Faith Festival at The Gayton Kirk Presbyterian Church

Courtney — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:28:11 +0000

The Acts of Faith Festival at The Gayton Kirk Presbyterian Church

Mark Twain’s Civil War by Ray Carver

A completely Richmond-created show based on Twain’s writings and
speeches he gave to veterans groups, the play deals with issues of war,
loyalties, and faith. The one-night only performance will be followed
by a panel discussion with the Director and local Civil War experts. As
Richmond acknowledges the Sesquicentennial, the conversation will
highlight Twain’s connection to Richmond and how the Civil War continues
to impact religion and politics in our region.

7 PM Saturday, February 25, 2012
The Gayton Kirk, 11421 Gayton Rd Henrico, VA 23238

Admission: pay what you wish
(anything over $10 will be donated to The Acts of Faith)

Ticket Reservations
marktwainscivilwar@gmail.com

804-741-5254
www.thegaytonkirk.org

AUDITIONS – Barksdale Theatre & Theatre IV

Courtney — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:27:06 +0000

AUDITIONS

For full details, including location, cast breakdowns, what to prepare, and how to make an appointment, please visit:
http://m1e.net/c?72042827-FcOqrwhPq8qpM%407205171-GWH90hzVHAQjY

Please see contact information at the link above for all questions.

1. ADULT AUDITIONS

Barksdale Theatre & Theatre IV
Open Call – Adults
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
=== By appointment only.

SHOW TITLES:
Relatively Speaking
In The Next Room or the vibrator play
Theatre IV Touring Productions
Other Titles TBD

Please click the link above for more information and contact details.

2. CHILDREN’S AUDITIONS

Theatre IV’s Seussical
Sunday, February 19th
=== By appointment only. See contact info below.

Directed by Chase Kniffen
Musical Direction by Jason Marks

Rehearsals will begin on or around March 26, 2012
Performance Dates: April 27 – May 20, 2012

Casting 2 boys and 2 girls age 9-13

Please click the link above for more information and contact details.

“Marriage Can Be Murder!” – Mystery Dinner Playhouse

Courtney — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:23:50 +0000

“Marriage Can Be Murder!”

Valentine’s Day
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

You’re invited to Lisa and Michael’s wedding and reception where audience members solve a comedy murder mystery during a four course dinner. Show at 7:30 pm. Located inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel – Richmond West at 6531 Broad Street, Richmond. Tickets are $48.00 which includes dinner, show and tax. Presented by Mystery Dinner Playhouse. For reservations & info call 804-649-2583 or visit their website at www.MysteryDinner.com

Sundays @ The Shop

Heather Falks — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:22:27 +0000

February 12th @ 7:00pm

Sundays @ The Shop Presents

An Evening of Barbara Lindsay’s Short Plays

The Shop

Zero East Fourth Street Richmond, Va 23224

An Evening of Barbara Lindsay’s Short Plays

GRUNIONS with Matt Polson & Rachel Hillmer

ON THE LINE with Stan Baranowski and Rachel Blackburn

AN ACTUAL BABY PERSON with Mary Maile and John Curry

FIGHTING MR. RIGHT with Emily Marsh and Jay Welch

HERE TO SERVE YOU with Keith Fitzgerald, Ted Carter and Martin Garner

West End Comedy Downtown Improv at CenterStage Comedy Club

Courtney — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:27:30 +0000

West End Comedy Downtown
Improv at CenterStage Comedy Club
sponsored by Altria

Show Information
Friday, February 3 8:00 pm mature audiences show

Tickets: $10 per ticket (+$1 service fee)

Celebrate Valentine’s Day early with your special someone at CenterStage Comedy Club (600 E Grace St). West End Comedy Downtown will entertain audiences with side-splitting improv comedy sponsored by Altria on Friday, February 3.

Friday, February 3 at 8:00 pm is the West End Comedy Downtown upcoming show at the CSCC Rhythm Hall sponsored by Altria. For only $10 at the premier venue in Richmond, West End Comedy Downtown will entertain audiences in the style of a Whose Line Is It Anyway mature show. These talented comedians will use YOUR suggestions and may even bring an audience member on stage to create a night of hilarity. Bring friends, grab a cocktail from the CSCC bar, and be ready to laugh. Come see some of the best improv in the city!

We accept cash, check, and credit cards. Call West End Comedy at (804) 496-1714 with questions. For January 13 tickets in advance, visit http://bit.ly/WestEndComedy-CenterStage-Feb3 or call (800) 514-ETIX (3849).

West End Comedy Downtown is a troupe of experienced and talented comedians specializing in improvisational comedy. For West End Comedy show information and to join the troupe email list, visit www.wecomedy.com.

AUDITIONS for THE THEATRE LAB @ Firehouse Theatre Project

Courtney — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:24:33 +0000

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

W H O ?
Seeking 15 enthusiastic, passionate and talented up-and-coming theatre artists with a burning desire to create, experiment and play! Selected company members will gain experience in a professional theatre setting, while creating original works & performance pieces, filled with exciting opportunities for a new generation of working actors!

W H A T ?
Please prepare the following:
-A monologue (length of your choosing)
-A song (if you’re a singer)
-A portfolio (any design, directing or production work)
-Anything else that you think will impress us! (show off!)

W H E N ?
February 4th
2-5pm: audition appointments*
6pm: callbacks & member selection

W H E R E ?
Firehouse Theatre Project
1609 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23220

W H Y ?
A new ensemble-based theatre company for young professionals, aged 15-30, to explore, invent and perform original, new and classic works in a creative, collaborative environment.

H O W ?
To set up an audition appointment, contact THE THEATRE LAB’s Creative Director, Deejay Gray at: deejaygray88@gmail

IN ATTENDANCE AT AUDITIONS:
Carol Piersol, Artistic Director, FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT
Annie Colpitts, General Manager, FIREHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT
Deejay Gray, Creative Director, THE THEATRE LAB @ FTP
Melissa Rayford, Associate Director, THE THEATRE LAB @ FTP
Billy-Christopher Maupin, Acclaimed Actor/Director/Producer

THANK YOU & WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT THE THEATRE!

AUDITION NOTICE For Richmond Triangle Players’ production of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

Courtney — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:23:18 +0000

AUDITION NOTICE

For Richmond Triangle Players’ production of

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart.

Directed by Julie Fulcher-Davis. Musical Direction by Kim Fox.

Richmond Triangle Players is seeking two men and two women according to the following breakdown. All roles paid. Auditions will consist of 16 bars each of 2 contrasting songs. Provide sheet music. Accompanist provided.

June, Jeune, Junie Faye, Junita, Juny: 20′s-50′s, soprano
Mother Abby, Abby, Auntie Abby, Abigail Von Schtarr, Fraulein Abby: 30′s-50′s mezzo soprano/alto
Big Willy, Billy, William, Bill, Villy: 20′s-50′s, tenor
Jidder, Jitter, Mr. Jitters, Phantom Jitter, Jütter: 30′s-50′s, baritone/bass

WHEN:

Auditions will be held by appointment on Saturday March 3, 2012 beginning at noon at Richmond Triangle Players, 1300 Altamont Avenue.

CONTACT:

For more information or to schedule an audition, contact Corrie Barton 804-482-1618 or email: coraniaid@gmail.com

About the show:

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is a musical about musicals! In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. The basic plot: June is an ingenue who can’t pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord. Will the handsome leading man come to the rescue? The variations are: a Rodgers & Hammerstein version, set in Kansas in August, complete with a dream ballet; a Sondheim version, featuring the landlord as a tortured artistic genius who slashes the throats of his tenants in revenge for nor appreciating his work; a Jerry Herman version, as a splashy star vehicle; an Andrew Lloyd Webber version, a rock musical with themes borrowed from Puccini; and a Kander & Ebb version, set in – what else? — a speakeasy in Chicago.

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) will have a paid preview on Wednesday, May 9, Open on Thursday May 10, and play Thursday through Saturday evenings through June, with matinees on Sunday May 20 and 27. Auditions will begin soon after show is cast.

Audition Notice – Leading Ladies

haymarketiiproductions — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:21:25 +0000

Haymarket II Productions is holding auditions for a production of Ken Ludwig’s ‘Leading Ladies’. Director Ellen Malloy is looking for 5 men (ages, 20′s, 30′s (2), 40′s and 50′s), and 3 women (ages 20′s, 30′s and elederly) Auditions will be held at the Mechanicsville Library January 31 and February 1st from 6:30-8PM. We ask that you bring an up to date resume, a comedic monologue to perform and possibly stay to read from the script. Rehearsals will be held in Mechanicsville and King William. Performances will be in King William in March TBA. No performers are paid. Haymarket II Productions is a 501(c)3 community theater. Call Ellen Malloy on 512-4181 for further information.

AUDITION NOTICE: ROCKY HORROR – FTP

Courtney — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:59:09 +0000

AUDITION NOTICE: ROCKY HORROR

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

A Rock Musical with book, music and lyrics by Richard O’Brien

Directed by Jase Smith

Musical Direction by Leilani Mork

Auditions:

Saturday February 18, 1:00 – 4:00 pm,

That sweet transvestite and his motley crew are coming to Richmond this Summer! Break out the corsets and stilettos and let’s do the Time Warp again. Dr. Frankenfurter is having a party and poor Brad and Janet need to use his phone. They are treated to an evening of singing, dancing and outright craziness. Come see why this show is still drawing fervent fans nearly 40 years later.

Strong language and sexual situations. Actors you will not be asked to reveal anything covered by a bathing suit/bikini, but if you are at all shy or modest, please just come see the show (almost all characters wear a corset, panties, fishnets, heels and garters). All actors must be at least 18 years old.

Rehearsals begin mid-May

Performance Dates: Thursdays – Sundays July 19 – August 19

For the audition:

Auditions will be held at Firehouse Theatre

Prepare 32 bars of a rock song or a song from a rock musical, preferably NOT from The Rocky Horror Show

Bring your own sheet music, accompanist provided

No appointment needed

*The roles of Frank N. Furter, Janet, Riff Raff and The Narrator have been pre-cast.

Available roles:

Brad Majors: (Rock Tenor, 20s) Handsome and wholesome

Columbia: (Mezzo, 20s-30s) One of Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter’s groupies. Strong character actor, tap dancing required.

Rocky Horror: (Rock Baritone/Tenor, 20s) The result of one of the Dr.’s experiments: “the perfect man with blonde hair and a tan.” Must be physically fit.

Eddie / Dr. Scott: (Rock Tenor, 30-50) A delivery guy who rocks. / An older gentleman, a rival scientist, in a wheelchair. STRONG character actor.

Usherette / Magenta: (Husky Rock Mezzo/Alto, 20’s-40) A very strange servant of Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter.

For more information, contact director Jase Smith at jasesmith@yahoo.com

The RVA ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

Courtney — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:55:52 +0000

RVA Environmental Film Festival Announces

Schedule, Ticket Information, and Sponsors

On February 4–5, 2012, the James River Film Society and the Sierra Club Falls of the James Group will join together to present another exciting RVA Environmental Film Festival at the Byrd Theatre (2908 W. Cary Street) in Richmond, Virginia. The event showcases films designed to raise awareness of environmental issues relative to all residents of our planet, Earth.

Highlights include personal appearances by Appalshop filmmaker Mimi Pickering and A/V Geeks founder Skip Elsheimer, a don’t-miss 35mm screening of Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi, and screenings of recent films The City Dark (about light pollution), a prize winner at last year’s South by Southwest Film Festival, and The Big Uneasy (about New Orleans’ 2005 disaster) with a special “virtual” appearance by director Harry Shearer via Skype.

TICKETS

Festival passes are available for $15 at Chop Suey Books, (2913 W. Cary St., 804-422-8066) and Video Fan (403 Strawberry St., 804-353-7891)—or through Eventbrite (www.rvaenvironmentalfilmfest2012.eventbrite.com). Individual program tickets are $5 at the door or through Eventbrite. Check www.rvaenvironmentalfilmfestival.org for up-to-date feature time and ticket information.

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4

10:00 AM-12:30 PM – I SPEAK FOR THE TREES DOUBLE BILL

10:00 AM – THE LORAX – ALL AGES! This one is FREE!

THE LORAX (animated from a story by Dr. Seuss, 1972, 30 min.) The Lorax is the loveable caretaker of trees everywhere, always trying to minimize the damage done by the greedy Onceler, who sees trees solely as a source of personal profit. A poignant tale for young and old that resonates like the sound of a rusting chainsaw.

11:00 AM-12:30 PM – IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

(Dir: Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman, 2011, 90 min.) In 2005, a sweep by the FBI busted the outlawed, underground Earth Liberation Front—labeled America’s #1 domestic terror threat for its firebombings of Northwestern paper mills and the monkey-wrenching of logging equipment. The group’s rise and fall is related via the radicalization of Daniel McGowan, who went from environmental activist to facing a future of life imprisonment. Interviews with various members and actual news footage round out the ELF story—a story of young people whose idealistic passions knew no earthly bounds.Outside Magazine called it a “most urgent documentary” while Variety said it “has to be seen to be believed.”

1:00-3:30 PM – A WATER TRILOGY WITH APPALSHOP’S MIMI PICKERING

THE RIVER (Dir: Pare Lorentz, 1937, 30 min.) Lorentz was hand-picked by President FDR to head the short-lived United States Film Service, and one of the best works to emerge was The River—arguably one of the first environmental films ever made. Chronicling the decades of soil and forest mismanagement along the Mississippi River basin, its bitter consequence, and what the government was doing about it, Lorentz created a rhetorical tour-de-force of visual montage, lyrical voice-over by Thomas Chalmers, and a memorable score by Virgil Thompson. A classic of Americana, it belongs on the same shelf as Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land.

THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN (Dir: Mimi Pickering, 1975, 40 min.)

BUFFALO CREEK REVISITED (Dir: Pickering, 1985, 31 min.) with director Mimi Pickering of Appalshop! On February 26, 1972, a coal-waste dam owned by the Pittston Company collapsed at the head of a hollow in West Virginia, unleashing a wall of sludge that left 4,000 homeless and 125 dead. In its aftermath, filmmaker Pickering and crew interviewed survivors, company officials, and investigators. Despite emerging evidence, Pittston denied any wrongdoing, calling the event an “act of God.” Ten years later, Pickering revisited the site and found the reconstructive effort stalled due to a centuries-old pattern of corporate control over the region’s resources. The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry in 2005, Newsweek called it a “devastating expose,” and Film Quarterly cited its “balance between emotion and analysis.” A Q&A with filmmaker Mimi Pickering of Appalshop will accompany the screenings. Appalshop began in 1969 as an experiment in community-based filmmaking on environmental and cultural issues and is located in Whitehead, Kentucky.

4:00-6:00 PM – GREEN REDUX WITH A/V GEEKS’ SKIP ELSHEIMER!

A/V GEEKS presents THE LAST TIME WE WERE GREEN (90 min.), an entertaining collection of 16mm ecology films from the 1960s and 1970s that address the problems of pollution and raise the question, “Why did we ever stop being green?” Films include: Pitch In, Uncle Smiley Goes Down the River, Land Betrayed, and more! Skip Elsheimer founded and maintains the A/V Geeks Educational Film Archive of more than 24,000 educational and industrial 16mm films. He curates film programs at such venues at the Museum of the Moving Image, Alamo Drafthouse (Austin), Coolidge Corner Theatre (Brookline, Massachusetts), Anthology Film Archives, Aurora Picture Show (Houston), and Chicago Filmmakers.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5

1:00-4:00 PM – LIFE OUT OF BALANCE: A DOUBLE FEATURE

KOYAANISQATSI (Dir: Godfrey Reggio, 1983, 86 min.) On beautiful 35 mm film! Released in 1983 by first-time director Godfrey Reggio, Koyaanisqatsi, which is Hopi for “life out of balance,” was hard to describe—a documentary without words or a definable subject featuring Ron Ficke’s mind-blowing time-lapse cinematography and a hypnotic score by Philip Glass. Now considered a classic, Koyaanisqatsi as an environmental manifesto of industrial life on this planet is unequalled, and although Reggio’s rhetoric is muted, the message is clear—that man has shifted a precarious relationship dangerously out-of-balance.

THE CITY DARK (Dir: Ian Cheney, 2011, 84 min.) is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky. It premiered in competition at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize for Best Score/Music. After moving to light-polluted New York City from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks: “Do we need the dark?” Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights—including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, philosophers, historians, and lighting designers, The City Dark is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.

4:00-6:15 PM – NATURAL DISASTER? YOU DON’T KNOW THE HALF OF IT: THE BIG UNEASY WITH HARRY SHEARER

THE BIG UNEASY (Dir: Harry Shearer, 2010, 98 min.) with Harry Shearer via Skype

In 2005, a disaster struck New Orleans. You know the rest. Or do you? The media reported that what happened in New Orleans was a natural disaster primarily affecting poor black people. On both counts, the media was wrong. But its inability or unwillingness to report the hard truth—that these tragic floods creating widespread damage were caused by manmade errors in engineering and judgment—has failed both journalism and public safety. For what happened in New Orleans could happen again in other cities across the United States. In his feature-length documentary The Big Uneasy, humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer gets the inside story of a disaster that could have been prevented from the people who were there. Shearer speaks to the tireless investigators and experts who poked through the muck as the water receded, and uncovers a courageous whistle-blower from the Army Corps of Engineers. Stick around for a Skype-aided Q&A with Harry Shearer!

OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS

Festival sponsors include: Commonwealth Solar, Urban Grid Solar, REI, Watershed Architects, Whole Foods Market, Bon Secours Health Care System, WRIR, and the Byrd Theatre.

The RVA ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL was founded as “The Biggest Picture: Richmond’s First Environmental Film Festival” in 2008 and 2009, and the James River Film Society served as fiscal agent. The Sierra Club Falls of the James Group revived the event in 2011 as the RVA Environmental Film Festival. The festival’s goal is to offer entertaining and educational films that leave attendees with increased awareness of environmental issues that we face locally and globally. For more information, email: rvaenvfilmfest@gmail.com or visit rvaenvironmentalfilmfestival.com.

Volunteer and see Lord of the Flies FREE!

Courtney — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:52:37 +0000

Henley Street Theatre is seeking volunteers to assist in the box office, as an usher or tending bar for Lord of the Flies.

All volunteers will see this production for free on the night they volunteer, as our thanks for your kind efforts.

Performances will take place at:

SPARC Center for the Performing arts,

2106-A North Hamilton Street, Richmond, VA

Please choose from the performance dates listed below and send me the date(s) you would like to volunteer. Please state whether you have a preference to working as an usher, in box office or in the bar. * All bar volunteers must be 21 or older.

Performance Dates:

Thursday, Jan. 26th (all) Wednesday, Feb 15 (ushers, bar)

Thursday, Feb. 2 (all) Thursday, Feb. 16 (ushers, bar)

Saturday, Feb 4 (bar only) Friday, Feb. 17 (bar only)

Thursday, Feb. 9 (bar only) Sunday, Feb. 19 (ushers, bar)

Friday, Feb. 10 (bar only) Thursday, Feb. 23 (ushers, bar)

Saturday, Feb. 11 (all) Friday, Feb. 24 (all)

Saturday, Feb. 25 (all)

Audition for Comic Book Diva!

enemytrans9 — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:51:13 +0000

Enemy Transmission Incorporated, a new comic book company, is looking for an actress to portray their main character, Valhalla Cindermane, at comic shows and promotional events along the East Coast! The audition is taking place from 9 AM – 2 PM on Friday January 20 at Regal Cinemas Virginia Center 20 at 10091 Jeb Stuart Parkway, Glen Allen VA 23059. This is a non-paying role, but hotel and gas expenses will be paid for the comic shows and events as well as a $30 a day food allowance. Pictures of the character are on the company website, www.enemytransmission.com . Please bring a headshot and full-length shot.

AART Reschedules Opening of Ain’t Misbehavin’

African American Repertory Theatre of Virginia — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:50:39 +0000

African American Repertory Theatre of Virginia is rescheduling the opening of Ain’t Misbehavin’ to March 31, 2012.

Changes at African American Repertory Theatre of Virginia

African American Repertory Theatre of Virginia — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:50:21 +0000

After ten years of dedicated service, Derome Scott Smith is stepping down as Artistic Director for African American Repertory Theatre of Virginia.

Be rest assured that during this transition AART will continue its commitment to maintaining a performing institution in our community committed to illuminating our diverse experiences through theatre.