Theater Auditions
Bristol Riverside Theatre is seeking strong, local, singers and dancers, ages 10 to 18 years old for its upcoming production of “big: The Musical.” Young actors will share roles and will perform in half of the performances. Past experience is not required.
Choreography and music pre rehearsals will be on Saturdays and Sundays, February 10 through 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Staging rehearsals run from Monday, February 19, through Sunday, March 10. Each week young actors will rehearse up to 4 weekday evenings (4 to 8 p.m.) plus Saturdays (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Sundays (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
Technical rehearsals take place March 12 to 15. Young actors may need to miss parts of the school day, though we will keep this to a minimum. Rehearsals are noon to 8 p.m. with most young actors called from 3 or 4 to 8 p.m.
Preview performances Entail rehearsals from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday through Thursday, March 19 through 21, in which young actors may be asked to miss a portion of the school day for important last-minute rehearsals.
Performances are March 19 through April 14, Wednesday through Sunday. There are Wednesday/Thursday matinees at 2 p.m., so young actors will have to leave school early for those performances.
Parents of interested young actors should email casting@brtstage.org. In reply to your email, you will receive a short script, vocal track/music, and dance combo video to create an audition video.
Callbacks will be in person at Bristol Riverside Theatre, by invitation. The theater is located at 120 Radcliffe Street in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
Somerset-based Villagers Theatre has announced auditions for its upcoming Kidsvill production of “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka.”
This adventure follows Charlie Bucket on a visit to Willy Wonka’s mysterious and magical chocolate factory in a captivating adaptation of Roald Dahl’s fantastical tale.
Auditions, rehearsals, and performances will take place at The Villagers Theatre at 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset. For directions and other information, visit www.villagerstheatre.org
The performance schedule is as follows:
Saturdays, March 9 and 16, at noon and 4 p.m., and Sundays, March 10 and 17, at noon.
Auditions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 23 and 24, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. All those auditioning will be asked to sing a brief song as well as perform a simple dance combination. For those unable to attend in-person, video auditions may be submitted as an alternative.
Please prepare 32 bars of a musical theater selection and provide clearly marked sheet music in the correct key for the accompanist. Alternatively, prerecorded accompaniment may be played from Bluetooth compatible devices. A cappella auditions are not allowed.
Please wear comfortable, form-fitting attire that is easy to move in. Dance-style shoes are not necessary, but encouraged. Hair should be kept neatly out of the face. Photos and/or video of auditionees may be taken for reference purposes.
Callbacks will be held in-person on Saturday, January 27, from 3 to 7:30 p.m. by invitation only. Those invited to callbacks will be notified no later than Thursday, January 25.
Rehearsals will begin Tuesday, January 30, and will generally be four days a week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with occasional Monday rehearsals. Evening rehearsals will generally take place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.; weekend rehearsals will generally take place from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Additional rehearsals may be scheduled to accommodate conflicts or other rehearsal needs as performances draw closer.
Tech week rehearsals will occur every evening beginning Sunday, March 3, and are mandatory for all cast members.
Dance Auditions
Roxey Ballet will hold open auditions for dancers ages 4 and up for the annual Chlidren Classic Stories productions of “Carnival Of The Animals” and “Sleeping Beauty: Aurora’s Wedding.”Auditions will be held on Saturday, January 20, at the Mill Ballet School, 46 North Sugan Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Audition times are as follows: ages 4 to 6, 3 to 3:30 p.m.; ages 7 to 10, 3:45 to 4:15 p.m.; ages 11 to 13, 4:30 to 5 p.m.; ages 14+, 5:15 to 6 p.m. All dancers must pre-register online by Friday, January 19, at noon.
Please fill out the registration form at www.roxeyballet.org and pay the $39 audition fee. An additional participation fee applies for those accepted to the cast.
The first day of rehearsals and parent meeting take place Saturday, January 27. Subsequent rehearsals will run Friday evenings for older cast members and soloist roles between 4 and 8 p.m. and on Saturdays for all cast members between 2 and 8 p.m.
Performance dates are April 13 at Mill Ballet and April 20 and 21 at Villa Victoria Theater in Ewing.
Voice Auditions
Join Voices Chorale now by setting up a brief, stress-free audition. All voice parts are welcome, especially tenors and basses. Auditions will be Mondays, January 15, 22, 29, and February 5 before/after rehearsals. We rehearse from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Music Together, 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road in Hopewell. The spring concert will be Saturday, May 11, at 4 p.m. and will feature Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass interspersed with contemporary pieces including Sting’s “Fragile” arranged by Mac Huff. Visit www.voiceschoralenj.org for more information.
Join the Chorus
The Gardenstatesmen male a cappella chorus invites all guests to their fun and interesting rehearsals to sing or listen and stay as long as they like. Upcoming rehearsals take place Tuesdays, January 16, 23, and 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Plainsboro Recreation Center, 641 Plainsboro Road . Call 609-462-3371 for more information.
