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“INTO THE WOODS” AUDITIONS in Libertyville, IL

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:15:23 +0000

Academy of Our Lady School, parochial school associated with Most Blessed Trinity Parish will produce “Into the Woods” this fall as a Fundraising event for the Academy of Our Lady School.

We are seeking advanced high school, adult and college performers. This is for a fund raising Dinner Theatre Venue.

Auditions will be held at St. Lawrence Episcopal Church, located at 125 W. Church St, Libertyville, IL, on Friday evening, August 27th from 7 to 9:30pm, Saturday morning, August 28th, from 10am to 3pm. Call backs will be on Sunday afternoon August 29th from 1pm – 5pm. Please come with a musical theatre selection and/or song from the show. Be prepared to move, read and sing. Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, August 31st at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, North Chicago, IL. The rehearsal schedule is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Further rehearsal discussion will take place during the audition process. Dinner Theatre Performances will take place the weekend of October 22, 23rd, 24th and October 29, 30, and 31st. The Sunday performances will be Matinees.
Performances will be at the Academy of Our Lady School Auditorium in Waukegan IL adjacent to the Immaculate Conception Church in Waukegan.

For more information please call 847-746-2312

WCP presents “A Leading Woman”

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:02:08 +0000

Waukegan Community Players presents the premier production of “A Leading Woman”, written by Chicago playwright Joanne Koch.

Performances will be May 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, & 15th in Waukegan.

Auditions will be March 28th from 3-6 pm and March 31st, 7-9:30 pm, at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 910 14th St., North Chicago. No appointments necessary. There is no pay.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. The cast includes 7 men and 5 women, ages 20s through 60s, plus two female extras who fill out scenes throughout the show. Ethnically diverse auditioners are encouraged to attend. Those auditioning for Cohan, Fiona, Grace or Benjamin are requested to prepare a song in the style of Cohan or Gershwin. The remaining roles have no singing. For the roles of Cohan and Gershwin, ability to play the piano is preferable, but not required.

Georgie Gershwin — a song plugger and struggling composer who plays transitional music and underscoring, occasionally plugging his own new song, “Swanee”
Sime Silverman — editor of Variety, a new publication on the entertainment industry
Robert Shermer — a New York Producer
Julia Nielsen — faithful secretary to Mr. Shermer
Grace Partridge — a veteran actress
Hepsibah Talleyrand — a flamboyant actress of a certain undisclosed age
Fiona Lovelace — a young actress and suffragist
Benjamin Brookings — a young actor/director
Mendel Lebidov — a handsome Russian actor
Craig Whitaker — a middle-aged leading man trained in the old school of acting
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske — the most famous serious American actress of the early 20th century
George M. Cohan — a successful performer/composer/producer

Any questions, please contact the director, Susan Hamel: susanehamel@hotmail.com, 319-430-9807.

February 2010 General Meeting

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:01:04 +0000

The next general meeting will be on Sunday, February 21st at 3 pm. We will be meet at Greentown Tavern in downtown Waukegan. We will be discussing upcoming shows and the current state of the group. Hope to see you there!

Site registration is open.

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:58:23 +0000

User registration for the web site is now open. Please create your accounts now, publishing priveleges will be granted to all WCP board and advisory members asap.

Happy New Year!

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:41:28 +0000

A new year, and a new web site! Welcome to WCP’s new site. Please bear with us as we launch the new site.