photos courtesy Spotlight Youth Theatre
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Cast announced for THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Hale Centre Theatre
Cindy Lou: Michala Montaño
Missy: Karissa Anderson
Betty Jean: Alice Johnson
Suzy: Brie Wadsworth-Gates
understudies:
Missy / Cindy Lou: Gracie Gamble
Suzy: Diana Stapley
Betty Jean: Melissa Van Slyke
Your first look at LEGALLY BLONDE at Starlight Community Theater
photos courtesy Starlight Community Theater
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Childsplay's YETi announces Auditions for their Young Playwrights Festival on February 15
Each year, Childsplay mentors a handful of playwrights through the process of writing a 10 minute play. Then members of YETi's teen ensemble direct the pieces to be performed in a two day festival.
We are looking for actors of ALL AGES to perform. From youth as young as 8 years old to 100! We will be casting anywhere from 20 - 40 actors and some actors may be cast in multiple roles. Performers of all abilities, genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds are encouraged to audition. Actors have the option to perform with script in hand.
This is a super fun and impactful event and actors get to help give these young artists an unforgettable experience that they will carry with them always. Network with other artists and have fun doing it.
Important Dates:
Auditions: Saturday February 15th, between 1 PM - 3 PM
Rehearsal #1: Saturday, February 22nd, between 12 PM - 5 PM (exact times TBD)
Rehearsal #2: Saturday, March 1st, between 12 PM - 5 PM (exact times TBD)
Rehearsal #3 (Tech Rehearsal): Wednesday, March 5th, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Rehearsal #4 (Tech/Dress): Thursday, March 6th, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Performance #1: Friday, March 7th, Call Time: 6 PM | Showtime 7 PM | End Time: 8/8:30ish
Performance #2: Saturday, March 8th, Call Time: 6 PM | Showtime 7 PM | End Time: 8/8:30ish
Click here to learn more and submit your audition application: childsplayaz.org/playwrights25
Questions? Email yeti@childsplayaz.org
BABALON - Ronin Theatre Company and Space 55 - January 30-February 16, 2025
Space55 & Ronin Theatre’s New Season Blasts Off With A Play About Rockets, Sex Magick, & L. Ron Hubbard
Space55 has been putting on rarely seen and world premiere plays for 18 seasons in downtown Phoenix. From showcasing the work of local playwrights to putting on avant-garde classics like Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi, Space55 is dedicated to spotlighting underground art that’s adventurous and uncompromising.
Ronin Theatre Collaborative focuses on storytelling and adding a unique voice to the valley through rarely done or premiere plays. Space55 and Ronin Theatre are opening their latest seasons with a co-production, bringing a North American premiere from a celebrated UK playwright to downtown Phoenix:: Babalon by Paul A. Green.
In the 1940’s, Jack Parsons worked in his lab by day to build rockets; by night, the young scientist would host occult parties in his Pasadena home. Both a pioneering rocket scientist and disciple of Aleister Crowley, Parsons attracted strange souls to him like moths to a flame. People like the mysterious artist Marjorie Cameron and the notorious L. Ron Hubbard. Together these three would work mystic rituals in the desert to invoke the goddess Babalon and usher in a new era. They would make history together… and tragedy
Based on an incredible true story, Paul A. Green’s Babalon follows Parsons, Hubbard, Cameron, and Crowley as they commune and scheme and conjure their futures into being. A U.S. premiere, Space55 and Ronin Theatre Company are proud to bring this poetic, haunting work of speculative theatre to life.
Directed by BJ Garrett, Babalon features performances by Angel Lopez, Clara Bentz, Matt Clarke, Cody Goulder, Melody Knudson, Maddie Miller, and Ken Bailes.
Babalon will be performed at two venues: The Irish Cultural Center (Jan. 30-Feb. 2) and Stage Left Productions (Feb. 7-16).
Friday performances at 7:30pm; Saturdays at 2pm & 7:30pm, Sunday performances at 2pm. Thursday show at ICC is at 7:30pm. The closing day performance on Feb. 16 will be at 5pm.
Tickets can be purchased online via the following links:
Irish Cultural Center: https://www.azirish.org/ronin-theatre/
Stage Left Productions: https://tinyurl.com/stageleftboxoffice
About the playwright:
Paul A. Green grew up in London and studied at Oxford and the University of British Columbia. Several of his works for the stage have been collected in Babalon and Other Plays (Scarlet Imprint). In addition to writing several novels (including The Qlipoth and Beneath the Pleasure Zones) and poetry (collected in 2012’s The Gestaltbunker), he has made radio documentaries on aspects of the occult and paranormal featuring Colin Wilson, Francis X. King, and Iain Sinclair, among others; while the plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, CBC Canada, RTE Ireland and Resonance FM and have been staged by Travesty Theatre and New Theatre Works. He has performed or presented at many venues, most recently at the Final Academy, Magickal Arte Bristol, the Moot with No Name, the Electric Palace Hastings and St Augustine’s Tower in Hackney. He has especially enjoyed collaborations whether with musicians like the late Vincent Crane or with the artist Jeremy Welsh, creating video poems like The Slow Learning and Radial City. He now lives in Hastings.
Auditions for RADIUM GIRLS at Theatrikos Theatre Company announced for February 15 & 16
Radium Girls Audition
Radium Girls tells the true story of women who painted watch dials with radium in early 1900s factories. Led by Grace Fryer, they fought for justice after suffering radiation poisoning from their work. The play examines corporate negligence, worker rights, and the struggle for accountability in an era of industrial exploitation.
The production features an efficient one-week rehearsal and technical preparation period. Following a readers theatre format without script memorization required, this single performance will be presented with all proceeds benefiting the Cancer Support Community of Arizona - Flagstaff.
"I am thrilled to be directing Charity Reader's Theatre for Theatrikos for the benefit of CSCAZ. It's a great honor to be picked to direct such an important event for the theatre and such a great cause," said Adam Wintz, Director.
Auditions are February 15 at noon and February 16 at 10 am. Performance February 22, 730 pm.
Monday, January 13, 2025
Review Highlights: THE LION IN WINTER - Order Chaos Theater Company
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| Tyler Brignone and Virginia Olivieri photo by Todd Sandberg |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
Click here for more information on this production that runs through January 26
"Order Chaos Theater Company's production of The Lion in Winter is a rich and rewarding theatrical treat, with a wonderful cast and crisp direction that breathe life into James Goldman's sharp, witty, and emotionally charged script about the battle for succession within a royal family. The combination of powerful performances, refined direction, and simple yet effective creative elements results in a production that resonates, filled with intrigue, humor, conflict, and raw human emotion." - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)
WEEK AT GLANCE: January 13-January 19, 2025
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