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LIMITED RUN:
Monday, April 29, 2024
Ronin Theatre Company presents THE HAIRY APE May 30-June 2
THE HAIRY APE Debuts May 30th at the Irish Cultural Center
Ronin Theatre Co. presents Eugene O’Neill’s social class crisis
On May 30, Ronin Theatre Company presents a limited run of Eugene O’Neill’s THE HAIRY APE at the Irish Cultural Center in Phoenix.
The son of Irish immigrants, O’Neill’s play is about a steamship stoker who is belittled by the spoiled daughter of a rich industrialist. “One scathing insult erupts into a social-class crisis,” said the show’s director Skip Emerson.
In his Ronin Theatre debut, Logan Watters portrays the protagonist ship worker Bob “Yank” Smith. Watters has also performed in ORANGE SKIES and MISSED APPOINTMENT at other Valley venues.
Antoinette Martin-Hanson plays the socialite, Mildred Douglas. Martin-Hanson has been in several Ronin productions including LYSISTRATA, MONSTER OF TEMPE TOWN LAKE and PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD.
Supporting cast members Michael Bundy II (Secretary, Ensemble), Ty Hainlen (Prisoner, Ensemble), Jason Hall (Aunt, Ensemble), Seth Scott (Long, Ensemble) and Carlin Thomas (Paddy, Ensemble) bring unique backgrounds to their roles ranging from stage to film.
THE HAIRY APE runs May 30 through June 2 with two matinees and three evening performances. Tickets are $30 for regular admission, $20 for Cultural Center members, students, veterans and seniors over 60. Reservations are encouraged and available online at www.azirish.org/ronin-theatre.
The remainder of Ronin’s 2024 Season features VENUS IN FUR, HAUNTED CASTLE and CORIOLANUS. VENUS will be staged at Stage Left Productions in Surprise and the last two at the Irish Cultural Center.
More information at ronintheatre.com and Facebook.com/ronintheatreco.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Cast announced for BYE BYE BIRDIE at Almost Famous Theatre Company
Albert Peterson Patrick KeyserRose Alvarez Ellie CrandallKim MacAfee Vivienne SpamerDoris MacAfee Pam CrandallHarry MacAfee Kirk ThompsonRandolph MacAfee Aiden HarenConrad Birdie Isaac GreenlandMrs. Mae Peterson Carolynn RussellHugo Peabody Christopher DevousUrsula Merkle Madison MillerMrs. Merkle Giselle FoxMayor LaGina BevansAlice/Ensemble Daniella IgnatovaPenelope/Ensemble Cara JohnsonSad Girl/Ensemble Portia PereraGloria Rasputin/Ensemble Abby BranchMaude/Policman/Ensemble Jordan KingHarvey Johnson/Ensemble Vance MonyerReporter/Ensemble Sean Tofavaha
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Auditions for SEUSSICAL JR at Limelight Performing Arts announced for April 27 & May 4
Get ready to Seussify your summer! Limelight Performing Arts is thrilled to announce auditions for Seussical Jr! Whether you're 4 or 18, come join the fun as we bring Dr. Seuss's whimsical world to life on stage!
Auditions will be held on two spectacular Saturdays:
April 27 or May 4
Don't miss your chance to be part of this fantastical journey through the pages of Dr. Seuss's beloved stories!
Mark your calendars and get ready to shine like a Sneetch or dance like a Who!
Limelight Performing Arts will bring Seussical Jr. to the Mesa Arts Center from August 12-20.
Limelight is casting kids ages 8-18 (details below about a separate, no-cut opportunity for kids 4-10).
Callbacks will be held on Friday, May 10, from 4-6:30 PM, and on Saturday, May 11, from 9-11:30 AM
Rehearsals will begin on Wednesday, May 22.
Learn more, register for an audition and pick an audition time at ll-pa.org/auditions.
WHOVILLE Seuss experience:
Limelight is also offering a special, no-cut experience for kids 4-10.
Learn more at ll-pa.org/auditions.
Get the details and sign up www.ll-pa.org/auditions
We will be announcing one more summer show soon, with auditions coming in late May. Stay tuned for details!
Cast announced for SLEEPING GIANT at Stray Cat Theatre
THE NAÏF - KSJUSHA POVOD
THE RACONTEUR - LOUIS FARBER
THE CONVERT - ALLISON SELL
THE MESSENGER - TANNER J. CONLEY
UNDERSTUDY CAST
THE NAÏF - RAIJENE RODRIGUEZ
THE RACONTEUR - PHILLIP BEAUPRE
THE CONVERT - ÁNGELA GONZÁLEZ
THE MESSENGER - KEITH PICHARDO
Video Audition Submissions for SPRING AWAKENING at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre due by May 2
Co-Directed by Lynzee and Mark 4Man
Music Directed by Mark 4Man
Choreographed by Madison Macdonald
Submit your audition to auditions@desertstages.org
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Cast announced for SHE KILLS MONSTERS at Mesa Community College
Agnes: L Walsh
Tilly: Mantra Rostami
Chuck: Sedrikk Cramer
Orcus: Jeff Rudolph
Miles: Alex Parker
Steven: Donavan Carabillas
Vera/Beholder: Tori Adam
Lilith: Jaiden Weid
Evil Tina/ Student: Grace Kuhn
Evil Gabbi/ Farrah the Fairy/ Skeleton: Meghan Perales
Kaliope: Isabelle Milot
Narrator/ Fighter: Alvin Grio
Fighter: Andy Gongora
Fighter: Matt Elvis
Fighter: Moon Cox
Monday, April 22, 2024
David A. Tucker II to Feature at Arizona Theatre Company's Inaugural National Latine Playwrights Festival
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Arizona Theatre Company is delighted to announce the winner of the 2023 National Latine Playwrights Award. Chicano playwright, David A. Tucker II, has won the award for his black comedy, The Nude, for which he will receive $2500 and a professional workshop and a public reading of the play to launch a National Latine Playwrights Festival, slated for June 2024.
Originally established in 1995 by ATC’s Playwright-in-Residence/National Latine Playwrights Award Festival Director, Elaine Romero, under former Artistic Director David Ira Goldstein, the National Latine Playwrights Award has amplified the Latine voice for nearly two decades. 24 of the 26 recipients of the award have gone on to be produced across the United States and around the World. ATC’s long history of recognizing Latine voices is echoed in its embrace of new work that does not bend to genre, form, or subject.
Notable winners of the National Latine Playwrights Award include Luis Alfaro, Karen Zacarías, Kristoffer Diaz, Octavio Solis, and Charise Castro Smith, co-writer of Disney hit Encanto (Golden Globe, Winner, Best Motion Picture, Animated), and more.
“I could not be prouder to see our new A.D., Matt August, grow the NLPA into a bonafide festival that will ensure that these fantastic new works will not only touch our Arizona communities in Phoenix, but reach further into our national and international communities,” said Romero. “The NLPA has always been about launching Latine playwrights into the stratosphere. The National Latine Playwrights Award and Festival increases our commitment to that launch.”
“I am excited to expand the reach of the National Latine Playwrights Award with the launch of a corresponding festival,” said Matt August, Arizona Theatre Company Kasser Family Artistic Director. “Our hope is that as we grow the festival, we will discover, and nurture, new stories and voices that will have a local, national and global impact.”
The Nude follows a struggling artist, his investment-savvy girlfriend, a rival painter, and an ambitious gallery owner as they find their lives and work intertwined in more ways than one in this dark art-world comedy. Max is an emerging painter who struggles to gain traction in the elite art world. His girlfriend, Stephanie, is a successful associate in a global investment firm that takes her everywhere but where she really wants to be. Ernst’s artistic labors-of-love adorn hotel lobbies and restaurant bathrooms when what he dreams of is an actual gallery show. And gallery owner, Marty, needs nothing more than to discover the Next Big Thing.
Taking place in the present-day art world, “The Nude wrestles with the idea of what it means to be an artist, who is recognized, who isn’t, and why,” said Romero.
David A. Tucker II has had several plays developed at theaters across the nation. His theatrical works include Smoke (2018 O’Neill Theater Conference Finalist and 2018 AITAF Bridge Award Finalist), Veils, Persistence of Vision, Baghdad (about his experiences commanding a military unit in Iraq), Under the Skin and North Wind Blowin’ (Chicago Dramatists’ 2006 Many Voices Project).
Growing up in a Mexican-Anglo family, Tucker’s plays often explore collisions of race, culture and political systems. Since 2008, he has been teaching creative writing to wounded military veterans and their caregivers through the Writers Guild Initiative.
The National Latine Playwrights Festival reading will take place on June 14 at Tempe Center for the Arts. For more information, please visit ATC.org.
Auditions for GREASE at TheaterWorks announced for May 6 & 7
Directed by Chanel Bragg, Choreographed by Cydney Trent, and Music Directed by Ken Goodenberger.
Auditions will be held May 6th & May 7th, 5:30pm-9:30pm.
(Please note, this is for performers ages 16 - Adult)
Explorers' Theatre Collective's NEW WORKS FESTIVAL is this weekend!
Explorers' Theatre Collective is hosting their first New Works Festival, aimed to bring local playwrights and actors together to bring new content to the Valley.
This year they will be featuring works from writers Everett Pervall, Jackson Stake, Avery Tignini, and Brian Fleisch.
More information and tickets available ETCOLLECTIVE.ORG
WEEK AT A GLANCE: April 22-28, 2024
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OPENING:
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Review Highlights: TITANIC - Hale Centre Theatre
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"The musical Titanic stands as a powerful testament to one of history's most tragic events. With its factual basis and lush, operatic score, the musical brings the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic to life in a poignant and emotionally resonating manner. Hale Centre Theatre's production may take a more minimalistic approach compared to other productions I've seen, including on Broadway, where they had a three-level set and areas of the stage that tilted to 45 degrees, but it still manages to deliver a moving and emotional journey. With an exceptional cast and some of the most stirring vocals I've heard in years, Hale's production effectively captures the hopes, dreams and fears of the passengers and crew aboard the ill-fated ship." - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)
"With Hale Centre Theatre and a forum that possesses no set or backdrops in the traditional sense, focus on the performers is even more concentrated, and it works incredibly well. Director Cambrian James has presented a unique retelling of the horrific event that occurred on April 15, 1912, when the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and sank in the middle of the Atlantic....it’s in the mind of the audience where the full horrors of an enormous passenger ship, a floating city considered unsinkable, happens...the reality of what is happening is conjured in an audience’s mind by the behavior, the panicked dialog, and the superb singing voices of the large ensemble." - David Appleford, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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