Archive for the 'Union Stage' Category

Ibsen’s Ghosts

January 7th, 2009

Michael Murray is directing Ghosts at A Noise Within this spring. Rehearsals start February 10th and performances run March 14th through May 9th in repertory with Taming of the Shrew and The Rehearsal.
Seeking: Pastor Manders - 50’s, a prominent clergyman, strong moral principles, intelligent and forceful but tries to repress his human feelings.

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Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre 2009 Season

January 7th, 2009

The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (Arrow Rock, MO) is casting its 2009 season. Season includes Hairspray, Annie, Hello Dolly, You Can’t Take It With You, The Diary of Anne Frank, Nunsense and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Quin Gresham, artistic dir.; Steve Bertani, managing dir. Season runs June 6-Sept. 28 in Arrow [...]

MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE SEASON, PA

January 6th, 2009

MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE SEASON, PA
Mountain Playhouse (Jennerstown, PA) is casting its 2009 season dramas. Season includes: Honus and Me, based on the book by Dan Gutman about a young boy who stumbles upon the 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card, the most valuable baseball card of all time, while cleaning out his neighbor’s attic (Steven Dietz, adaptation; [...]

PA, ‘FOUR DOGS AND A BONE’

January 6th, 2009

PA, ‘FOUR DOGS AND A BONE’
Off the Wall Productions (Washington, PA) is casting Four Dogs and a Bone, a comedic and malicious dissection of the Hollywood movie industry, without the benefit of anesthetic. Virginia Wall Gruenert, artistic dir.; Hans Gruenert, prod.; John Patrick Shanley, writer; Jason A. Fleece, dir. Rehearsals begin March 25; runs May [...]

‘ANGELA’S MIXTAPE’

January 6th, 2009

‘ANGELA’S MIXTAPE’
New Georges (prod.) is casting Angela’s Mixtape. Eisa Davis, author; Liesl Tommy, dir. Rehearsals begin March 16; runs April 6-May 2 at the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster St., NYC.
Seeking-Angela Y. Davis: female, late 30s to mid-40s, African-American, activist, professor, the author’s aunt, radical intellectual who sometimes smokes a pipe, modest, full of warmth and [...]

NJ, ‘TRIO SONATA’ & ‘SECRETS OF A SOCCER MOM’

January 6th, 2009

NJ, ‘TRIO SONATA’ & ‘SECRETS OF A SOCCER MOM’
Women’s Theater Company (Parsippany, NJ) is casting Trio Sonata, set in mid-19th century Germany (Jewel Seehaus-Fisher, writer. Daytime rehearsals begin Feb. 16 in Parsippany, NJ; runs March 6-22, Fri.-Sun. only), and Secrets of a Soccer Mom, which takes place at a soccer field on a Sunday (Kathleen [...]

‘OUR DAD IS IN ATLANTIS,’ NJ

January 6th, 2009

‘OUR DAD IS IN ATLANTIS,’ NJ
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ) is casting Our Dad is in Atlantis, a short duet piece with comedic innocence. John Pietrowski, artistic dir.; Javier Malpica, author; Jorge Ignacio Cortinas, translation; David Winitsky, dir. Rehearsals begin March 23, Mon.-Sat.; runs April 16-May 3 in Madison, NJ and will also [...]

MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE SEASON, PA

January 6th, 2009

MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE SEASON, PA
Mountain Playhouse (Jennerstown, PA) is casting its 2009 season musicals and dramas. Season includes: I’ll Never Be Hungry Again, a spoof musical of Gone With the Wind that takes the original and turns it on its head (Catherine Bush, writer. Rehearsals begin May 19; runs June 2-14); Honus and Me, based on [...]

PA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, PA

January 6th, 2009

PA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, PA
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (Center Valley, PA) is casting its 2009 summer season. Season includes: 1776 (Sherman Edwards, music & lyrics; Peter Stone, book; Dennis Razze, dir. Rehearsals begin May 26; runs June 17-July 5), Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare, writer; Patrick Mulcahy, dir. Rehearsals begin June 23; runs July 15-Aug. 2), [...]

‘1776,’ NJ

January 6th, 2009

‘1776,’ NJ
Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, NJ) is casting 1776, based on a concept by Sherman Edwards. Gordon Greenberg, dir.; Tom Helm, music dir.; Josh Rhodes, choreo.; Alison Franck, casting dir. Rehearsals begin March 24; runs April 15-May 17, 2009.
Seeking-Lewis Morris: 40-50, delegate from NY, has the classic line “New York abstains courteously,” somewhat overwhelmed by [...]