photos by Reg Madison Photography
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
MURDER AT THE PROP TABLE - Glendale Community College - October 7 - 10, 2021
by Ed Bassett
Directed by David Seitz
Stars of the stage and screen, Alex and Lynn are unhappily married; Alex loves Jane, but Jane is Herbert’s girlfriend; and Herbert wrote the play that Alex and Lynn are starring in with hopes of making a triumphant comeback to the stage. Add a confused gardener and a stage manager trying to keep things in order, and you have a recipe for disaster with a dash of love, a sprinkle of loathing, a splash of suspicion, and one dead body.
Jane: Melissa Galván
Alex Puddington (Reginald): Aaron Ciolek
Lynn Puddington (Miss Penny): Amanda Hoag
Stage Manager (a character): Dion Belcher
Herbert (Mr. Canfield): Ric Grant
Hal (the gardener and more): Garrett Venable
Monday, October 4, 2021
Auditions for NUNSENSE at Hale Centre Theatre announced for October 9
Hale Centre Theatre will be holding auditions for the musical Nunsense. The show will be directed by Cambrian James with music direction by Cathy Hauan. Nunsense is scheduled to run from January 11th, 2022 through February 15th, 2022. Performances will be Mondays and Tuesdays with matinee and evening performances. This production will have two casts with approximately 9 performances each.
In-person auditions are available by appointment only on October 9th. Video submissions are due by October 9th at 10:00 AM. Important: if submitting your video audition select the "Video Appointment" box on the sign up page.
Auditions are open to all and we extend an invitation for all races and ethnicities to submit. Posted ages are guidelines only.
Synopsis
The hilarious international hit! After 52 poor sisters are accidentally poisoned by the convent cook, The Little Sisters of Hoboken stage a talent show in order to raise the money to bury their dearly departed. With ballet, tap dancing, semi-professional circus performing and more!
Author
Dan Goggin
Audition: Oct 9, 2021
Callback: Oct 16, 2021
First Rehearsal: Nov 15, 2021
Payment Type: Paid
Payment: $50 per performance
Contact Information
Maddie Staley
480-497-1181
Playing Dates
Jan 11, 2022 - Feb 15, 2022
Company
Hale Centre Theatre
50 West Page Avenue, Gilbert, AZ 85233
The Bridge Initiative announces Building Bridges at ASU Kerr
The Bridge Initiative announces Building Bridges @ ASU Kerr, a new collaboration of twice-monthly offerings from October 2021 through May 2022. This two-pronged series centers community conversation using theatre as the lens to interrogate our world and relationships to each other. Monthly Muse will be offered one Sunday each month, kicking off Sunday, October 10th, at 6pm. The Broadway Book Club... TODAY! will be presented one Thursday each month starting Thursday, October 21st, at 11am. All programming takes place at ASU Kerr, 6110 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85253.
With the division and fracturing caused by the COVID pandemic and current political climate, The Bridge Initiative aims to be the bridge in our community, creating a safe space for audiences and artists to engage in dialogue and healing. ASU Kerr has strict COVID protocols including mandatory masking and its intimate venue dictates smaller attendance and additional reassurance of a safe space. Artistic expression and exploration as well as theatre's role in empathy building have perhaps never been more vital as we return to communal spaces. Building Bridges is emblematic of the nontraditional programming The Bridge Initiative is exploring as it spends 2021-22 redefining what theatre is and can be.
Monthly Muse programming launches Sunday, October 10th at 6pm with Filling the Creative Well: For Artists & Everyone! curated by Natalie Andrews. Facilitated by some of the Valley’s leading experts on creativity, including Cyndi Coon and Brian Foley, this hands-on learning experience will take participants through a series of guided exercises, games, and visualizations to focus imagination and sharpen creative problem-solving skills.
The Broadway Book Club... TODAY! is hosted by Brenda Jean Foley and Will Rogers, with Broadway veteran James May serving as musical director. Special guest on Thursday, October 21st at 11am will be Kelli James Chase whose professional career highlights include the original Broadway production of Les Miserables. The show's format will include live performance and conversation, including opportunities for the audience to be in dialogue with the artists.
Building Bridges is produced by The Bridge Initiative in collaboration with ASU Kerr and funded in part by Scottsdale Arts. Tickets pay-what-you-can from $10 general admission, $5 for students: https://www.ticketmaster.com/ASU-Kerr-Cultural-Center-tickets-Scottsdale/venue/204827
Auditions for THE CURIOUS SAVAGE at Paradise Valley Community College announced for October 7
Directed by Gary Zaro
Casting Protocol: Call 602-787-6553 or email gary.zaro@paradisevalley.edu to sign up
for a 5 minute audition time slot
When: October 7, 2021; 6:00pm-8:30pm
Callbacks: October 8, 2021; 7pm– 9pm
(Be prepared to Cold Read)
Where: Studio Theater Building M-East
18401 North 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85032
Contact: 602-787-6553 gary.zaro@paradisevalley.edu
Headshot and Resume: Preferred but not required
Prepare: Auditions will be by cold readings from the script
Rehearsals Begin: October 11th (Monday through Friday from 6:30p-9:30p)
Performance Dates: November 12 — November 21st
Performance Times: November 12, 13, 19, 20 @ 7:30pm, November 14, 21 @ 2pm
Play Synopsis: Mrs. Savage has been left ten million dollars by her husband and wants to make the best use of it, in spite of her grown-up stepchildren’s efforts to get their hands on it. Knowing that the widow’s wealth is now in negotiable securities, and seeing they cannot get hold of the fortune, the stepchildren commit her to a sanatorium hoping to “bring her to her senses.” In the sanatorium Mrs. Savage meets various social misfits, men and women who just cannot adjust themselves to life, people who need the help Mrs. Savage can provide. In getting to know them, she realizes that she will find happiness with them, she hesitates to go out into a hard world where people seem ready to do anything for money.
Roles Available: 3 Men, 2 Women
LILY BELLE - the middle stepchild of Ethel
SAMUEL - the youngest stepson of Ethel
FAIRY MAY - Cloisters patient
JEFFREY - Cloisters patient
HANNIBAL - Cloisters patient
Additional Info: All performers cast in the production are required to register for the
THP 201AA Theatre Production Class (1 credit).
review - LEGENDS OF: THE WEREWOLF - Southwest Shakespeare Company
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| Beau Heckman photo by Devon Adams |
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 October 15
"Based on his play Legends Of: The Werewolf, Beau Heckman is clearly a big fan of the classic 1970s TV show "In Search Of ...,"...Heckman has appeared in more than a dozen plays at Southwest Shakespeare Company and he makes his playwriting debut with the company with this mostly one-man piece that traces the history of werewolves. While there are a few small shortcomings, it is very fun and entertaining and makes for a nice spooky show for the Halloween season...Heckman is a skilled actor and his work here is very good. As he tells the stories he becomes the various characters in them, with the keen use of accents and different body postures. He also makes the material interesting and fresh....a worthy playwrighting debut and a fun, spooky theatrical outing." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Auditions for GODS OF COMEDY at Stage Left Productions announced for October 9
Saturday October 9 2021 9a-1pm
Casting 4 Women & 3 Men
Performance Dates January 20-February 6 2022
Rehearsals Begin December 7
What to prepare: 2 minute comedic monologue
Pay: 400.00 Stipend
Auditions will be held at Stage Left Productions
11340 West Bell Road # 105 Surprise AZ 85378
Casting 4 Women 3 Men
Daphne Rain- (LEAD) Mid 20's-30's An American Academic.
Dean Trickett- (Supporting) Female 50's+ She is a force of nature with an English Accent. She is a happy and wildly ungainly, with a loud laugh.
Ralph Sargent- (Lead) Male Mid 30's An American Classicist, bursting with energy and very good looking.
Dionysus- (Lead) Male 30's+ The God of Comedy he is boisterous, loves the good life, he is also the God of Misrule with a hearty appetite. Must have good comedic timing.
Thalia- (Lead) Female 20's+ She is a demi-God, she is beautiful, joyous, and full of charm. Must have good comedic timing.
Brooklyn DeWolfe- (Supporting) 30's+ Everything about her is beautiful and perfect. Also plays Zoe in the first scene.
Aristide/Aleksi/Ares (Supporting) Male 20's+ Plays all three characters, good looking, good with dialects and comedic timing.
Video Submission may also be accepted and can be emailed to auditions@stageleftaz.com
Saturday, October 2, 2021
URINETOWN - Arizona Broadway Theatre - November 4 – 14, 2021
Get ready for a brilliant comedic musical satire! Set in the not-so-distant future, Urinetown takes the Mainstage this November! In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage caused by a 20-year drought has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America’s greatest art forms. Don’t miss this hilariously funny, fast-paced, and touchingly honest musical at Arizona Broadway Theatre.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 7:30
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00
Officer Lockstock: Josh Pike
Little Sally: Zoey Waller
Mrs. Pennywise: Jazmin Moehring
Hope Cladwell: Cassie Miller
Bobby Strong: Kieran Klaphake
Caldwell Cladwell: Braiden Lee
Mrs. McQueen: Jocelyn Kleinman
Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry: Oakley Rhinehart
Officer Barrel/Dr. Billeaux: Adrian Bahnerth
Little Becky Two Shoes: Delaney Spanko
Tiny Tom: Tanner Osborne
Josephine Strong: Lily Nelson
Senator Fipp/Robby the Stock Fish: Landon Kalinowski
Soupy Sue: Jaely Damasco
review - NEXT TO NORMAL - Mesa Community College Music Theatre
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| Lindsay Decoste, Austin Stuart, and Riley Thornton photo by Melody Stuart |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
This production ran from September 22- 25
"With a fantastic score and an emotionally rich story that focuses on the impact of mental illness on a family, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's Pulitzer Prize winning Next to Normal is one of the best contemporary musicals of the past 20 years...With a superb cast, clear direction, impressive creative elements, and a sensational orchestra, Mesa Community College's recent production of this musical was stellar....Lindsay Decoste beautifully captured the wide range of constantly changing emotions of Diana...As Dan, Austin Stuart did an excellent job portraying the compassionate and caring husband and father. ...Jayla Quartullo was exceptional as Natalie, showing a young woman desperately seeking some kind of connection but also possessing an amount of assurance that everything will be okay. Riley Thornton did an excellent job portraying Natalie's brother Gabe, who serves, somewhat, as the antagonist of the piece...Bennett Smith was fun and charming as Henry, the stoner, nerdy boy who falls for Natalie. ...Trevon Powell and RJ Gray did good work portraying two of Diana's doctors, with Powell delivering a crowd-pleasing and compelling performance....Under Darin Shyrock's music direction the cast's vocals soared and the nine-piece orchestra, which was larger than the original Broadway orchestra, delivered the best sound I've heard for a production of this show as well as one of the tightest-sounding orchestras I've heard in town....This is the first live production I've seen at MCC since Tregoney Shepherd has taken over their Music Theatre department and, based on how moving, rich and rewarding an experience it was I can't wait to see what she's got planned." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
Friday, October 1, 2021
reviews - POUND - Theatre Artists Studio
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| Maureen Dias Watson and Steven Mastroieni photo by Mark Gluckman |
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 October 10
"In a song from the 1949 musical South Pacific, Oscar Hammerstein II wrote "You've Got to be Carefully Taught" to warn people that a person's prejudices are developed, or taught, by what they hear from others. In the play Pound, which is set in 1958, the controversial expatriate American poet Ezra Pound has been accused of treason for his anti-Semitic and un-American statements that millions heard from the hundreds of Italian radio broadcasts he made in the early to mid-1940s in which he referred to Jews as "filth" and praised Adolf Hitler, Nazism, and Mussolini's fascism. Was Hammerstein's warning correct? Did Pound's words teach people to have hatred of and take action against—or even kill—Jews? That question is at the center of playwright Sean O'Leary's intriguing and captivating drama. Theatre Artists Studio presents the local premiere of this 2018 Off-Broadway play with a superb cast and concise direction that results in a riveting and thought-provoking production...." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
"The easy way to sum up Sean O'Leary's fictionalized account of Ezra Pound's final days of incarceration at Saint Elizabeth's Hospital is to proclaim that words matter. Sure they do, but there's something deeper, more troubling, and provocative in the eponymous play (Theatre Artists Studio's compelling Season opener) that challenges one's ethical sensibilities and tolerance...and, I must say, that leaves one wondering if the playwright fell short of fulfilling his own intentions...." - Herbert Paine, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
THE OUTSIDER - Westbrook Village Players - November 11 - 14, 2021
by Paul Slade Smith
Ned Newley doesn't even want to be governor. He's terrified of public speaking; his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to fail. But political consultant Arthur Vance sees things differently: Ned might be the worst candidate to ever run for office. Unless the public is looking for... the worst candidate to ever run for office.
A timely and hilarious comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy
Cast:
Vanessa Stiller as Paige Caldwell
James Borgmann as Dave Riley
Mary Wright as Louise Peaks
Mike Sullivan as Ned Newley
Francine Rose as Arlene Vance
Rosa Leigh Sullivan as Rachel Parsons
Max Allen as A. C. Petersen
Reserved Table Seating
8 Seats per table, MASKS OPTIONAL
(if you have been vaccinated)
Tickets:
$17.00 per ticket
$12 Cactus Club
Cactus Club use your voucher for free ticket
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11,2021 –Doors open@ 6:15 PM, Curtain @ 7 PM
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12,2021 – Doors Open @ 6:15, PM Curtain @ 7 PM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13,2021 – Doors Open @ 6:15 PM Curtain @ 7 PM
MATINEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14,2021 - Doors Open @ 1:15 PM, Curtain @ 2 PM
VISTAS RECREATION CENTER BALLROOM
18825 NORTH COUNTRY CLUB PARKWAY
PEORIA, AZ 85382
PURCHASE TICKETS ON LINE AT
Box Office
Open Tuesday and Thursday
10 AM to 2 PM Tel: 623.237.3037
Actor's Youth Theatre is Hiring an Assistant Artistic Director
MISSION:
Educate, inspire and grow youth to reach their fullest potential on stage and in life.
You will be hired as an independent contractor with AYT.
The Independent Contractor Agreement contains information pertinent to the position, your specific role, compensations, AYT's code of conduct and important dates
POSITION SUMMARY:
The AYT Assistant to the Artistic Director supports the Artistic Director. They will oversee the strategy and execution of all facility activity at AYT. This is a high-visibility role, requiring collaboration with all levels and groups across the theater, while also being hands-on in bringing every event to life. This role reports to the Artistic Director or the Executive Director in the absence of an Artistic Director.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Assistant Artistic Director is a part-time position reporting to the Artistic Director.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Coordinate and support logistics of all theatre events (including the theatre's shows, classes and group performances)
• Assist the Artistic Director in coordinating staff and staff meetings
• Manages web page updates
• Manage detailed building schedules created by the Artistic Director and other important documentation; weekly class schedules and class lists, long range plan for group rehearsals and performances
• Help conduct site inspections of event spaces as needed (staying well-informed on space capacities, recommended layouts, and technical capabilities); assist in reviewing and maintaining licencing contracts for all shows
• Assist the Artistic Director in communication with boxoffice, teachers, Executive Director and Artistic Director to ensure all schedules are posted and communicated in a timely manner
• Be the on-site venue manager as scheduled
• Backup for Box Office Manager in managing payroll
• Assists Executive Director with fundraising goals and grant writing
• Assists the Artistic Director in scheduling and communicating daily theatre usage and rental
• Abides by the AYT Staff Ethics Policy
• Acts as the Artistic Director in the absence of the Artistic Director
SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
• 3+ years prior experience in events or hospitality; supervising experience a plus
• Works well with students, their parents, AYT staff and demonstrates friendliness, enthusiasm and a customer-centric approach
• Proficiency in digital resources for planning, budgeting, creating timelines and scheduling
• Fluency with technology
• Familiarity with layout, seating, and ticketing software
• Displays excellent communication skills and an understanding of how to facilitate growth in children and young adults
• Availability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays
OTHER SKILLS/AB LIT ES/KNOWLEDGE/WORK STYLE:
• Demonstrates flexibility, common sense, and good judgment
• Demonstrates professionalism in attitude and behaviors
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently with minimal supervision and/or assistance
• Ability and desire to provide outstanding customer service
• Ability to work effectively under time constraints
• Must be organized with the ability to multitask
• Must be detailed-oriented and self-motivated
• Must have excellent memory and ability to function well under stress
• Must demonstrate an extremely high regard for confidential and sensitive information
• Must have ability to keep abreast of information pertinent to the job
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Regularly required to stand, sit, talk
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 30 lbs.
• Long stretches at a computer, doing paperwork and answering phones, email or other communication
Salary: Commensurate with experience $200/week (reviewed quarterly)
Hours: Part Time (10-15 hours per week)
Performance Review: Conducted annually by the Artistic Director
COMMENTS:
This job description is intended to be representative of the work performed by employees in this position and is not all-inclusive. The omission of a specific duty or responsibility will not preclude it from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical extension of position responsibilities as defined by the Executive Director.
Applications will be accepted through 10/9/2021
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