CALLING ALL NORTH STATE THEATER FANS!

Rebekah Pearson has taken the first step in making her dream of the Shasta Theater Alliance a reality.  The purpose of the organization is to support ALL theatrical endeavors here in the North State and offer services – such as a Newsletter, membership support, and a Tony-style awards event.  Rebekah is just in the fledgling stages of gathering together advisers, board of directors, and forming the  specifics of the organization.  She has created a fun and interesting online survey/questionnaire for the purpose of gathering input from as many individuals as possible to ensure that the Shasta Theater Alliance offers its members what they want the most.  To take the survey go to: http://shastatheatrealliancesurvey.questionpro.com/ Brava to Rebekah and those that are helping form this exciting new concept!  Personally, I would love to have a central organization that could keep track of all the upcoming audition and show dates for us!

Auditions For Dead to the Last Drop

Auditions for Dead to the Last Drop, an original musical-comedy murder-mystery written by Bill and Lisa Collins will be held on Sunday September 20th and Monday September 21st at the Riverfront Playhouse.

Audition Dates/Time:
Sunday, September 20th: 6pm
Monday, September 21st: 6pm

Show Dates: Nov. 21st – Dec. 19th
Double casting and understudies will be considered for those who would like to participate but may have holiday-scheduling conflicts.
Some roles can be converted to non-singing.

Roles: (* denotes non-singing roles)

All roles are available, none have been pre-cast.

Vito Davino: Male, Age 30-70, Little Old Italian Wine Maker

Dino Davino: Male, Age 25 – 65, Lounge Singer

*Corky Tannin: Male, Age 30 – 65: Texas Millionaire

Andre Bordeaux: Male, Age 21 – 55, Flirtatious French Wine Steward

Madonna Calzone: Female, Age 21 – 55  Italian Singer

Anny Greensprings: Female, Age 21 – 55 Ditzy Blonde

*Julio Gallo: The Piano Player (must really be a piano player!)

Click here for Audition sides (scripts)

Click here for Audition Sign Up Forms

Click here to see Rehearsal/Production Schedule

Auditions will consist of a cappella singing – a la American Idol – of a song of the actor’s choice.  Followed by reading of the audition sides provided in the link above.  You don’t have to sing to audition.

For more information contact:
Lisa Collins, Lisa@ReddingRiverQueen.com
(530) 224-0953 home  (530) 953-8542 cell

BARESTAGE SEEKS NEW PLAYS FOR DINNER THEATRE PRODUCTIONS!

The BareStage Theatre in Red Bluff is currently accepting original play script submissions for production in Summer, 2009.

The deadline is May 15, 2009. Manuscripts received past that postmark will not be considered.
The specific guidelines for submitting work can be found online at www.barestage.com.

The nonprofit organization is looking for scripts appropriate for special dinner theatre presentations. Dramas, comedies, murder mysteries, musicals, collections of one-act plays and skits are all welcome.
The scripts, however, must be simple to produce, and must not require elaborate special effects, staging or set changes, as they will be presented in restaurants.

The cast size should not exceed 12 actors, though the characters may exceed that if actors can play multiple roles. The script length should not exceed a two-hour runtime (approximately 80 pages), whether a full- length play or collection of shorts.

Multiple submissions are also welcomed and encouraged. The plays may or may not have ever been produced before.

All scripts submitted to BareStage are carefully critiqued by qualified readers and all authors will receive a written evaluation for each play. No script will be considered without the required return self- addressed, stamped no. 10 envelope (SASE), and the appropriate evaluation fee, determined by page count, as detailed at the website.

The authors of the selected works will receive a nightly stipend/royalty for each performance, which will be based upon the length of the individual plays. Detailed information about the authors and their work will also be featured prominently in the theatre’s promotional materials and on its website. The website, which has a special partnership with Google, receives an average of 200 visitors from all over the globe ever single day. Additionally, each author will receive the standard complimentary tickets to performances, as well as posters, programs, photos and promotional materials from their production.

Since 2002, BareStage Theatre has produced dozens of original one-act and full-length plays of all styles from authors throughout the world.

The theatre is a completely volunteer tax-exempt Artists’ Cooperative, where all proceeds go directly into the production of original work for the benefit of the artists and the audiences alike.

Contact BareStage
email: barestage@gmail.com
phone: (530) 526-5367
web: http://www.barestage.com

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