Call for Dancers
Roxey Ballet hosts auditions for its upcoming production of “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” on Saturday, January 18, for ages 4 and up. Auditions will be held at the Mill Ballet School, 46 North Sugan Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania.
All dancers must pre-register by noon on Thursday, January 16, and pay a $39 registration fee. Audition slots will be divided by age groups as follows: ages 4 to 6, noon to 1:15 p.m.; ages 7 to 10, 1:15 to 2 p.m.; ages 11 to 13, 2 to 2:45 p.m.; and ages 14 and up, 2:45 p.m.
Performances of the family-friendly show will take place in May. For more information or to register for the audition visit www.roxeyballet.org.
Call for Playwrights
Villagers Theatre in Somerset is accepting submissions for this season’s Mike Sockol New Works Series – Competition for a Full Production Run through Tuesday, January 14. Selected plays can be presented as seated play readings, or as staged readings, in the Zaidi Black Box from approximately February to May.
The playwright must be a resident of New Jersey. Only one play may be submitted per playwright, per season. No musicals. The first 20 plays submitted for the Full Production Run track will be read and scored per season. If a Workshop Track Facilitator/Producer is available for the season, they may select and offer two or three of those submitted to participate in the Workshop Track.
Most plays will be reviewed in the sequential order received (sometimes by reader interest), so submit early. Depending on the number of volunteer readers available, we may not be able to review every play.
Scripts should be original, completed (or close to it), unpublished works of professional quality, that have not yet had a full production at a community or professional theatre.
There is no restriction on the subjects and topics that can be submitted for consideration.
The series is open to artists of all ages, religions, races, and creed.
Script word count should be 20,000 words or less. The script should ideally take 60 minutes to 2 hours to perform.
Plays with smaller casts (under seven characters) are preferred, but larger cast size will be considered. Shows designed to be performed on one set, with an eye toward future community theatre productions, are preferred.
No hardcopy paper manuscripts will be accepted. All submissions must be digital and sent via e-mail to NewPlaywrights@villagerstheatre.org.
The body of the email that contains the attached script must be formatted exactly as follows:
1. Authors name, address, phone number and email
2. Title of play
3. Genre of play (comedy, drama etc.)
4. Word count
5. Number of Pages
6. Number of Characters
7. Brief description of story’s premise
8. Character breakdown
9. Detailed Synopsis of play
10. Brief Bio of Author
11. Where and when have you held reading workshops for submission(s)?
12. Are you seeking a seated Play Reading, or a Staged Reading?
Due to time and budgetary restraints, a maximum of three plays will be selected for Competition Readings. Plays are selected based on a review system conducted by volunteers who read and rank the plays.
Prior to submitting your play to the Competition track, you should have already gone through several basic “readings” and “workshops” with your material. Your script should be final or close to it.
For more information visit www.villagerstheatre.org.
Call for Art
Princeton Public Library is seeking submissions of art of all types for “Our Natural World in 8×8: An Art and Poetry Exhibition.”
Artwork of any type, inspired by an original poem or one that is in the public domain, may be submitted through March 1. Entries should be eight inches by eight inches in dimension or be able to stand on an 8×8 inch surface.
Selected works from three age categories, adults included, will be displayed in the main lobby from April 1 through 21 to coincide with the Princeton Environmental Film Festival and Earth Day.
All types of art are welcome including painting, drawing, sketching, sculpture, mosaic, and collage. The use of recycled, repurposed, or environmentally friendly materials is strongly recommended.
For additional details and an entry form, see www.princetonlibrary.org/peff.
Call for Singers
Voices Chorale NJ holds spring auditions on Mondays, January 20 and 27 and February 3, at Music Together, 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road, Hopewell. Join Voices Chorale by setting up a brief, stress-free audition. All voice parts are welcome, especially tenors and basses. Auditions are held before rehearsals, which run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The choir’s spring concert will be Saturday, May 3, at 4 p.m. and will feature Mozart’s Requiem. Visit www.voiceschoralenj.org to schedule an audition.
