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Oh so many AUDITIONS
Lettice & Lovage
at THE EMPTY SPACE
Written by Peter Shafer
Directed by Bob Kempf
Saturday, December 16, 2006 Noon - 3 PM
OPEN CALL.
Seeking: 5 Women and 3 men, strong with language, adept at comedy,
English accents a definite plus.
The script hilariously depicts the evolution of an unlikely friendship between two women, both of whom possess a passion for history. Miss Lettice Douffet is the boldly eccentric tour guide who invents outlandish fantasies in protest of all things she deems uninteresting or second-rate. Lotte Schoen is her uptight employer at London's Preservation Trust who holds Lettice's livelihood in her hands. The two come head-to-head when Lotte disapproves of the bizarre historical inaccuracies Lettice includes in the tour of Fustian House, a gloomy Tudor manor with a rather bland history. Eventually, the women realize their shared passion. Lotte gradually moves into Lettice's world of theatrics and imaginary madness, though not without near-fatal results.
Performance dates: February 9 - 24, 2007
The Empty Space is located at 706 Oak Street.
More information can be obtained by calling The Empty Space at 327-PLAY (327-7529).
Glengarry Glen Ross
at THE SPOTLIGHT THEATER
Written by David Mamet
Directed by Roger Mathey
Sunday December 17 6p - 9p
and
Monday December 18 6p - 9p
OPEN CALL.
Roles: 7 males
Performance dates: February 23, 2007 - March 17, 2007
This scalding comedy took Broadway and London by storm and won a Pulitzer Prize. Never has the author's ear for the rhythms of contemporary speech been more keen than in this tale of cutthroat competition among real estate salesmen. Roma is in the lead for the monthly sales award for a new Cadillac while former top salesman Shelly Levene is riding a streak of bad luck. They are dependent on Williamson to give them hot leads, and Williamson ruthlessly pits them against each other. In the first act, the salesmen vie for position as they gulp their cocktails in the local Chinese restaurant. The second act shifts to the office, where the promising Glengarry Glen Ross leads have been filched. Eventually, Williamson screws Roma out of his car and nabs the bag man.
The Spotlight Theatre is located at 1622 19th Street, downtown Bakersfield.
Call 661 634 0692 for more information.
Big Knuckles
Written by Randall Messick
Directed by Bob Kempf and Jeremiah Heitman
Saturday, December 16, 2006 from 12 PM - 3 PM
Seeking: 5 Women, 7 men.
Performances dates:
January 12 - 27 at 11 PM.
Kindergarteners, craziness and cults combine in this zany comedy exploring celebrity status in the world today!
The Empty Space is located at 706 Oak Street.
More information can be obtained by calling The Empty Space at 327-PLAY (327-7529).
FOUR
Written by Christopher Shinn
Directed by Jeremiah Heitman
Saturday, December 16, 2006 from 12 PM - 3 PM
Seeking; 3 Men
The part of Abigayle has already been cast.
Performance dates:
February 9-24 at 11 PM.
On the Fourth of July in Hartford in 1996, June, a sixteen-year-old boy, meets up with a closeted, married man he's met over the Internet. On the same night, in the same city, this man's sixteen-year-old daughter agrees to go out with Dexter, a twenty-year-old low-level drug dealer. In and around the city, on the American night of independence, these two couples get to know each other, moving from strangers to intimates. In lonely landscapes of movie theatres, fast food restaurants, darkened churches and public parks, they discover the limits of desire and the possibilities for transcendence.
The Empty Space is located at 706 Oak Street.
More information can be obtained by calling The Empty Space at 327-PLAY (327-7529).
The Vagina Monologues
at THE EMPTY SPACE
Written by Eve Ensler
Directed by Amy Hall
Saturday, January 13, 2007 Noon - 3 PM
and
Sunday, January 14, 2007 11 AM - 1:30 PM
OPEN CALL.
Seeking: All types of women ... Young, old, actors, singers, dancers, painters, poets, writers, teachers, mothers, daughters, students ... Every woman!
Performance dates: V-Day ~ March 2 & 3, 2007
The Vagina Monologues ~ March 9 - 17, 2007
An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who "liked to look at it."
The Empty Space is located at 706 Oak Street.
More information can be obtained by calling The Empty Space at 327-PLAY (327-7529).
Macbeth
at THE EMPTY SPACE
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Porter Jamison
Sunday, January 14, 2007 2 PM - 5 PM
and
Saturday, January 20, 2007 Noon - 3 PM
OPEN CALL.
Seeking: Enthusiastic, dedicated actors and actresses to take on one of the Bard's darkest plays. Experience with Shakespeare a plus, but not necessary.
Performance dates: April 13 - 28, 2007
Three witches tell Macbeth, the leader of a Scottish clan, that he will be “king hereafter.” They tell Banquo, Macbeth’s friend, that his descendants will be kings. At once Macbeth’s “vaulting ambition” drives him to consider killing King Duncan to gain the crown. When Lady Macbeth learns of the witches’ prophecy, she realizes that her husband is “too full of the milk of human kindness” to commit murder. She knows that she must take the initiative if his dream is to be achieved...
The Empty Space is located at 706 Oak Street.
More information can be obtained by calling The Empty Space at 327-PLAY (327-7529).
Labels: auditions
Thursday, December 07, 2006
A Christmas "Miracle" At Spotlight
This time, 'Miracle' is on 19th Street
By Camille Gavin
"Miracle on 34th Street" was a hit with the sold-out house at Spotlight Theatre at last Friday's opening night. Roger Mathey, the director, told theater-goers at a pre-performance party that the show's main message is the importance of having faith -- to believe in something, no matter what one's particular religion is.
Serious as that sounds, the show itself is fast-paced, funny and sparked by engaging performances by John Fowler, as a very believable Kris Kringle, and Amelia Egland, as a cynical little girl who scorns the world of make-believe.
There's a bit of romance too, provided by Abby Chapin, playing a hard-boiled career woman, and Joshua Hensley, Kringle's defense lawyer, who pucker up for a couple of fairly innocent but long-lasting onstage kisses.
The show is set in the 1940s and costumed appropriately for that period. Based on a novel by Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder, it tells the story of a man who is hired by Macy's Department Store in New York to play Santa Claus. Problems develop when Santa, who believes he really is Santa, begins sending customers to Gimbel's, Macy's competitor.
To add to the aura of make-believe -- and making props pretty much unnecessary -- still photos depicting specific locations are projected on a backdrop that's framed as if it were a giant picture.
COME SEE FOR YOURSELF!
Thursdays - Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2pm
Tickets for this event are $18 for general admission, $15 for students, seniors, and active military.
Save $3 by getting your tickets a day in advance of the performance!
The Spotlight Theatre is located at 1622 19th Street, downtown Bakersfield.
Call 661 634 0692 for more information or to make reservations.
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