Mac-Haydn Theatre 2012 Main Stage Season

May 24-27, May 30 – June 3

Nunsense

Those zany nuns are back in the habit to prove — they’re “Holier Than Thou,” and ready to “Tackle That Temptation With A Time Step” and “Turn Up The Spotlight” on unrepentant fun! Confess — you know you’re gonna love the songs and laughs!

June 7-10, 13-17

Oliver

An orphan boy asks “Where Is Love” and escapes villains to find a family in this charming, touching story. Upbeat as well as warm and wonderful songs help tell the Charles Dickens tale: “Consider Yourself, As Long As He Needs Me, Oom Pah Pah.”

June 21-24, June 27 – July 1

Brigadoon

“Once in the highlands, the highlands of Scotland” a mystical town appears for one day every 100 years, just long enough for a young man and bonny lass to fall in love. The lush Lerner & Lowe score includes “Heather On The Hill, From This Day On, There But For You Go.”

July 5-8, 11-15, 18-22

Legally Blonde

OMG, OMG, OMG You Guys! When a Valley Girl gives up shopping to pursue “What You Want” at Harvard Law School (and, of course, a guy) — one song might be “Serious,” but the show is filled with songs, laughs and fun. Three weeks to make this show your BFF!

July 26-29, August 1-5

Kiss Me, Kate

“Another Openin’, Another Show” brings merry mix-ups with old, new and ongoing romances, gangsters, and lots of laughter and dance, all to the tune of Cole Porter’s greatest songs: “From This Moment On” it’s “Too Darn Hot” and “Wunderbar!”

August 9-12, 15-19

Copacabana

The popular hit song comes to life, filled with song, dance and comedy — and showgirls — and pirates — and kidnapping — and mystery: “But just who shot who?” — and, of course, romance as Lola sings “Man Wanted” and Tony croons “Who Needs To Dream?”

August 23-26, August 29 – September 2

State Fair

This down home and delightful hit features some of Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s greatest songs: “Grand Night For Singing, It Might As Well Be Spring, That’s For Me” in a story of family ties, the excitement of young romance, and the endurance of lasting love.

September 7-9, 13-16

MHT II Productions presents …

Smokey Joe’s Cafe

You’ll want to dance in the aisles with this show full of Lieber & Stoller hit songs, from the novelty numbers “Charlie Brown, Poison Ivy” to high-spirited melodies “Kansas City, Jailhouse Rock” to romantic ballads “Fools Fall In Love, Spanish Harlem.”

Please note the change in schedule: first week: Friday-8 p.m., Saturday 2 & 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.; second week: Thursday 2 p.m., Friday-8 p.m., Saturday 2 & 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.

Here’s how to get your 2012 season subscription or become a member of our Founders Circle.

Performance Times & Ticket Info

Chester Theatre Company has a home to call our own!

Andy Myers and Martin Wohl have donated 4 Main Street to the company. For 22 years, we have rented space in various locations in Chester — now our nomadic life has come to an end.

This is the largest gift in company history, and we are deeply grateful.

“Donating property is a great way to support the arts!” says Andy. “Marty and I are so pleased to be able to donate the ‘Theatre House’ on Main Street to CTC. The Theatre has been a terrific asset to the Town of Chester for 22 years, and we wish it continued success for many years to come.”

Since 1990, we’ve rented space in Chester; now, we’re owners. It’s a very different kind of stake in the community. We also have the freedom to adapt the building to more closely meet our needs.

Our thanks to Andy and Marty, and to all of you who help support the work of Chester Theatre Company.

Circle Theatre Players at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts in Averill Park is looking for a man, age 20 -40’s, to play the part of Wilding in Enchanted April. Enchanted April, written by Matthew Barber, is a story filled with humor and hope. Wilding is the owner of a beautiful castle in Italy which is surrounded by wisteria and a warm ocean breeze. Rehearsals have already begun. Show dates are March 16,17,18, 23, 24, 25. Please contact one of the directors if you are interested: Sue Frost (suefrost@nycap.rr.com or 518-892-3101); Val Kavanaugh (vkavanaugh@nycap.rr.com or 518-674-2426)

Curtain Call Theatre (Latham, NY) is holding auditions for their upcoming production of

“Wrong Window”

by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore
directed by Phil Rice

Time: Monday, Feb 6 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Location: Curtain Call Theatre, 210 Old Loudon Rd, Latham, NY 12110

Need: 5 Men and 3 Women

Rehearsals: Start mid April 2012

Performance Dates: May 25th through June 23rd, 2012 (Thu 7:30pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm)

Sides will be available at the audition.

Please bring a picture and resume (attached), if you have them.

All roles are available:

Jeff (Male, 30s-40s) – Terrified of birds, guilty of adultery, in other words, a typical urban male. Married to (recently reconciled with) Marnie.

Marnie (Female, 30s-40s) – Famous writer of Gothic murder mysteries. Married to Jeff. Just returned from her estrangement in California. Curious (Nosy)

Robbie (Male, 30s-40s) – Jeff’s best friend and neighbor. Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Married to Midge.

Midge (Female, 30s-40s) – Married to Robbie, Marnie’s best friend. She has her own secret.

Loomis (Male, indeterminate age) The building’s handyman. “Crusty, semi-retarded” with a prominent plumber’s crack.

Thor (Male, 50s) Large, threatening neighbor with a hot wife, a temper and a “wife-beater” undershirt.

Lila (Female, 20s-30s) Thor’s younger, very sexy wife. She’s only seen alive for a brief time but is featured prominently in several scenes as a dead body.

Detective Thomas (Male, indeterminate age) A long suffering police detective. Named Thomas.

For more information about the theatre and the rest of our season, please visit our website at www.curtaincalltheatre.com.

For additional questions or information call director Phil Rice at 518-366-6180

Theater Voices will hold auditions for a staged reading of A STEADY RAIN by Keith Huff, directed by David Girard.

Location:

Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany – corner of West Lawrence Street.

Times:

Monday February 27 – 6:30pm-8pm

Followed by call backs 8pm-9pm

Actors will be asked to read scenes from the play.

Please try to arrive on time, and be prepared to stay.

Needed:

2 men ages 35-45

Synopsis:

Joey and Denny, Chicago cops, have been best friends since childhood. Joey helps out with Denny’s wife and kids; Denny keeps Joey away from the bottle. Working together in the same tough neighborhood for several years, they find themselves on different sides of the law and in love with the same woman.

Production Dates:

March 30, 31, April 1, 2012 (Fri.-Sun.) at Steamer No. 10 Theatre

More information at www.theatervoices.org

Ginger Productions seeks 2 male actors (ages 20-40) for upcoming original drama.

Why Didn’t He Tell Me?
An original drama based on the book by Annette V. Dominic.
Adapted for the stage by Agnes E. Kapusta Skiff, Michele Marchese, Mike Langevin, and Ed Miller.

Directed by: Agnes E. Kapusta Skiff

Production dates: March 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, and 25, 2012.
Show performed at The Albany Elks Lodge.
25 S. Allen St. Albany NY, 12205

Rehearsal are mostly Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
Why Didn’t He Tell Me? is Annette V. Dominic’s moving account of two brothers whose lives take them on entirely different routes.

For more information, please contact: AStarr15@aol.com.

Home Made Theater announces open auditions for their April/May production of Neil Simon’s hilarious farce RUMORS directed by Kirk Starczewski. Auditions will be held on Sunday, February 12th from 6:30-8:30pm, and Monday, February 13th from 6:30-8pm at the Spa Little Theater in Saratoga Spa State Park. The cast consists of ten including five to six women and four to five men.

America’s foremost comic playwright Neil Simon delights audiences with this boisterously entertaining play. The Deputy Mayor of New York City is hosting a party in his elegant home when he is shot in the earlobe and his wife goes missing. Everyone tries to conceal the embarrassing events of the evening from the police and the media. RUMORS is truly a contemporary comedy of wit and political mischief.
RUMORS is a high energy farce. Comic and physical timing are crucial. Actors should like to experiment with choices, collaborate with others and work as an ensemble.

Production dates are weekends, April 20th – May 6th, 2012. Rehearsals begin in early March. No appointments are necessary for the audition. Those auditioning are asked to bring a current photo which cannot be returned. For a detailed flyer with character descriptions or questions about the audition, contact HMT at 518-587-4427, or visit the web site at homemadetheater.org.

We are looking forward to seeing you this Saturday, February 4, 2012 for the HRC Showcase Theatre staged reading of An Ignorant Man, by Richard Manley. This reading, which was rescheduled because of last October’s snowstorm, presents the second of five winning plays selected for our 21st season at HRC Showcase Theatre. An Ignorant Man celebrates word play and the notion that even the intolerant need love. On a deeper level, however, it challenges the audience to think about the difference between mere conversation and true communication, which can be a force to inspire, provoke, and enchant.

After the play, you are invited to enjoy complimentary refreshments with the playwright, director, and actors, followed by an always lively talk-back session.

Although walk-ins are most welcome, you can assure yourself of a seat by calling Robert Bisson at 518-799-3230 to make a reservation.

The performance will start promptly at 7:30 PM in the theatre at TSL (Time and Space Limited) at 434 Columbia Street, where you will find convenient on-site parking.

WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL AND THE CLARK
ANNOUNCE READING OF
RICHARD WILBUR TRANSLATION OF
MOLIERE’S “THE MISANTHROPE”
TO BENEFIT HIGHER GROUND

FEBRUARY 27, 2012 AT
THE STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE
DIRECTED BY LUCIE TIBERGHIEN

Williamstown, MA (2/1/2012) – Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten announced today a reading of Richard Wilbur’s translation of Moliere’s classic French comedy The Misanthrope, to be held at The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA on Monday, February 27th at 7:00 PM. Proceeds from the event will go to Higher Ground, a new organization formed in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene to address affordable housing and disaster relief issues in the Northern Berkshires.

The reading will be directed by Lucie Tiberghien (Geometry of Fire, The Pavilion), and will star John Douglas Thompson (The Emperor Jones, Othello) as Alceste with a cast that includes Jon Bass (The Comedy of Errors, Sweet Bird of Youth), Michael Chernus (Close Up Space, In the Wake), Chris Coffey (Frank’s Home, “The Good Wife”), Johanna Day (Peter and Jerry, Proof), Angela Lewis (Milk Like Sugar, The Brother/Sister Plays), Jennifer Mudge (Dutchman, Reckless) and Michael Wieser (The Cherry Orchard, She Stoops to Conquer).

“I think John Douglas Thompson is one of the finest verse actors working today,” Ms. Gersten says. “He and Lucie have been working on this play off and on for a year and I am excited to see how he makes this role his own. We’ll also have a wonderful ensemble of actors to round out this rollicking night of winter fun and are pleased to employ The Misanthrope to meet a philanthropic need for our community.”

With this reading, the Williamstown Theatre Festival brings mischief and mayhem to The Clark to cure mid-winter malaise Moliere style. Outraged and disheartened by the vain flattery and calculated duplicity of Paris society, Alceste declares that henceforth he will only speak the truth – no matter what offense it might give. In an ironic twist of fate, Alceste immediately becomes enamored of the young widow Celimene, whose malicious tongue and unceasing coquetry embody all he has proclaimed to detest. Ultimately, it is Alceste who rejects the match when Celimene’s confidential letters are disclosed and scathing secrets are revealed. In a rich translation by Berkshires’ own poet laureate Richard Wilbur, this classic French comedy of manners pointedly punctuates that it is often the wiser course to accept for the best that which cannot be changed for the better.

Richard Wilbur is an American poet, literary translator, and scholar. Wilbur wrote his first poem at the age of 8, was named US Poet Laureate in 1987, and has won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice – in 1957 and in 1989. As a translator, Wilbur specializes in 17th-century French drama. His adaptations of Molière’s major plays have become the standard English translations. Wilbur began translating The Misanthrope in 1952, and it received its first performance by The Poets’ Theatre in Cambridge, MA in 1955. Three decades later, Wilbur was awarded the Drama Desk Special Award in 1983 for this adaptation.

SCHEDULE AND TICKETS

The reading will be held in the auditorium of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA 01267 on February 27th at 7pm. Reservations are recommended and can be made by visiting clarkart.edu or calling 413-458-0524. There is a $10 per person suggested donation that may be made on the evening of the event to benefit Higher Ground.

WILLIAMSTOWN 2012 SEASON

Jenny Gersten recently announced one new Main Stage and one new Nikos Stage production for the 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) season, the Festival’s 58th Season and second under Ms. Gersten’s leadership. A Preview Production of Far From Heaven, a new musical with a book by Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out), an original score by Scott Frankel and Michael Korie (Grey Gardens) and directed by Michael Greif (Rent; WTF’s Three Sisters), will play the Main Stage from July 19 – 29, 2012; the World Premiere of Lucy Boyle’s new play The Blue Deep will play the Nikos Stage from July 11 – July 22, 2012, directed by Drama Desk Award-winner Bob Balaban (Gosford Park; WTF’s “Fridays@3”) and featuring Tony Award-winner (and Williamstown veteran) Blythe Danner (“Meet the Parents”; WTF’s The Seagull).

Special Discount Ticket Bundles for the 2012 Season are available for purchase until March 9, 2012 at www.wtfestival.org. To receive the best discounts offered, purchase ticket bundles before February 25th when package prices increase. Single tickets for the 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival season will be available in April either through the WTF website (www.wtfestival.org) or by mail order using WTF’s season brochure (call 413-597-3400 to join the mailing list). The WTF Box Office will open on June 5th at which point tickets may be purchased online, by phone, or in person at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance Box Office at 1000 Main St (Route 2), Williamstown, MA 02167.

ABOUT WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL

Since 1954, the Williamstown Theatre Festival has brought America’s finest actors, directors, designers, and playwrights to the Berkshires, engaging a loyal audience of both residents and summer visitors. Each WTF season is designed to present unique opportunities for artists and audience alike, revisiting classic plays with innovative productions, developing and nurturing bold new plays and musicals, and offering a rich array of accompanying cultural events including Free Theatre, Late-Night Cabarets, readings, workshops, and educational programs. While best known for our acclaimed productions, WTF is also home to one of the nation’s top training and professional development programs for new generations of aspiring theatre artists and administrators. Now under the leadership of Artistic Director Jenny Gersten, WTF was honored with the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 2002 and the Commonwealth Award for Achievement in 2011.

If you missed yesterday’s session, you can still come to today’s.
RPI Players’ auditions for THE DROWSY CHAPERONE directed by Frank Levit,
February 1 from 6pm-9:30pm at the RPI Playhouse
We are looking for actors college age and older.

The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical within a comedy that plays tribute
to the Larger-Than-Life musicals of the 1920′s. The music begins, and the
Man in the Chair’s apartment is transformed; he stages the musical for
us, and as he becomes more swept up in the love story – complete with
gangsters, showgirls, and of course the Drowsy (drunk) Chaperone – the
Man in the Chair brings us along with him.. This light hearted musical
speaks to the desire within all of us, to simply be entertained.

Auditions are:
Wednesday 2/1: 6:00pm – 9:30pm
with callbacks: Saturday 2/4: 12:00pm – 4:00pm

Performances are:
Friday 4/27/2012 – 8:00pm
Saturday 4/28/2012 – 8:00pm
Sunday 4/29/2012 – 2:00pm
Thursday 5/3/2012 – 8:00pm
Friday 5/4/2012 – 8:00pm
Saturday 5/5/2012 – 8:00pm

Please prepare 16-32 bars of music to showcase your vocal range.
Music must be provided for the accompanist and no a cappella auditions
will be allowed. The provided music should be sheet music, not an
accompaniment CD.

Readings will be provided.
Please come dressed appropriately for a dance portion of the audition.