Summer Theatre Festival '21 Auditions

Summer Theatre Festival Auditions
Date May 15 and 16, 2021
Location The Playhouse at White Lake

What Do You Need to Do?

1. Please download and fill out the audition form and return by email to Beth Beaman (email address is on the form)
   

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2. Please indicate which shows you plan to audition for
3. Get a perusal script
   • You may pick up one or the other or both at Whitehall City Hall, Monday through Friday,
     9 AM to 5 PM.
   • OR you may download one or the other
     • Tea for Three (printing prohibited)
     • Summer Shorts (all of the shorts)
       

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4. Bring a resume and headshot if you have one
5. Please arrive 10 minutes before the posted audition time, please.

Auditions Are Being Held for These Shows

  Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty

• Audition Times on Saturday and Sunday 1:00 to 2:30 PM
• Written by Eric H Weinberger and Elaine Bromka
• Directed by Beth Pierson
• Rehearsals: June 21-25, June 28-July 2, July 6-10
• Tech Week: July 12-14.
• Evening Rehearsals

Show Dates July 15-17, 2021 at 7:30 PM and July 18, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Characters Three female roles for actors ages 35-60

Synopsis What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the president of the United States—and she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight? This witty, sly and deeply moving script explores the hopes, fears and loves of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford. In three scenes taking place in the family quarters of the White House just prior to the end of living there as the wife of a president, each of the women confides alone to the audience. Secrets are spilled about their early years, their husbands' rise to power, their romances with the men, their unique paths as wives in the White House, and their feelings about imminent retirement. Each of the three portraits becomes intimate, by degrees, as the women wrestle with what Pat Nixon called "the hardest unpaid job in the world."

  Summer Shorts

• Auditions on Saturday and Sunday 3:00 to 5:00 PM
• Written by various playwrights
• Directed by: Half of the shorts will be directed by Debra Freeberg, the other half by Jason Bertoia
• Rehearsals will be four weeks. Some virtual, then in person as we get closer to the show dates. Schedule will be set with directors based on cast schedules.

Show Dates August 26-28, at 7:30 PM and August 29, at 2:00 PM

Characters A company of 6-8 actors will be cast to perform the various shorts.

Synopsis Although short on length, the themes are as wide-ranging as the playwrights themselves. From laugh-out-loud humor to unexpected twists, this collection of plays will take audiences through stories of love, deception, hidden meanings, and loose endings. Shorts include: The Pain in the Poetry by Glenn Alterman, For Unto Us by Stephen Alterman, The Presentation by Lia Romeo, The Pequod Meets the Ocean Steward Ahab by Bridgette Dutta Portan, Unsinkable by Michael McKeever, An Affair of Note by John C Davenport, Perfect Harmony by Paul Reeths, The Bookstore by Jennifer O’Grady, Choices by James McLindon, and Hair Today by Rich Rubin

Beth Beaman
Managing Director