Be On Our Stage - Upcoming Auditions

Jamie Meador studies information about the show
 before auditioning for Chicago

You've still got a bit of time to think about it, but we'd just love to have you in one of our shows.  Our auditions are open to anyone in the community - and for most shows, we provide all the audition material (so you can just show up and knock our socks off!)

Did you know that every show at ACT has new (to us, anyway) actors? It's true.  In Chicago, for instance, more than half of the cast are making their ACT debuts!  They're joined onstage by powerhouse ACT veterans - and I don't use the term "powerhouse" lightly when talking about Rachelle Roberts, Janet Oliver, Andre Ellerby, Ruth Butler, Jamie Meador, Matt Harper, and Jacob Walas.

Think about coming out for one of the shows this season!  Here's a partial list of dates - and you can find more info here.

February 21-22, 2012: To Kill a Mockingbird
A Mainstage Production directed by Ralph Redpath
Performs: April 20 - May 6, 2012
Seeking: 9 men, 5 women, 2 boys, 1 girl
(Note: Children should appear to be between 9 and 13 years of age.)

March 13, 2012: Over the River and Through the Woods
A Readers Theatre Showcase Production directed by Thelma Cousins
Performs: March 30 - April 1, 2012
Seeking: 3 men, 3 women

April 10-11, 2012: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
A Mainstage Production directed by Jeff Catanese
Performs: June 1-17, 2012
Seeking: 5 men, 4 women

"The Boxcar Children" is looking for some ... children. And adults.

Go on a diet. Start exercising. Or start acting. ACT can't help much with the first two New Year's resolutions, but we're offering you a chance at the third.

Auditions for ACT's Mainstage March performance The Boxcar Children will take place Sunday, January 3rd from 4-6pm and Monday, January 4th from 6-8pm at the theatre.

Director Lori Beland Hilliard is seeking four students (8 and older) and ten adults (all ages) for the show. Families are encouraged to audition.

Perusal scripts are available for checking out at the ACT box office. Questions: 828-254-1320.

(See complete 2010 rehearsal schedule.)

Rehearsals for the show will begin January 14 and primarily will be held Monday - Thursdays from 6:30-8:30pm. Technical rehearsal will be all day Sunday, March 1.

The Boxcar Children runs for three weekends from March 5-21. The performance run also will include two school morning matinees.

The Big Bang wants you!

ACT's production of The Big Bang may not be until January, but the time to audition is right around the corner.

The Big Bang: A musical staged as a backers’ audition for an 83.5 million dollar, twelve hour stage history of the world from creation to the present. Eighteen side splitting numbers portraying Adam and Eve, Attila the Hun, the building of the pyramids, Julius Caesar and Columbus, among others, give potential investors a taste of the impending extravaganza. In the process, the opulent Park Avenue apartment “borrowed” for the occasion is trashed as the two snatch its furnishings to create makeshift costumes while singing and clowning their way through the show.

Audition details:

When: Sunday November 1 and Monday November 2: 7-9pm at ACT
Seeking: 2 Males
Details: Auditionees should prepare a 16 bar musical piece and bring sheet music for the accompanist.