Land of the Dead and Civil War Christmas Auditions

Auditions for Oddfellows Playhouse Teen Repertory Company's productions of William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead: A True Account of the 1599 Zombie Plague by John Heimbuch and A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration by Paula Vogel are September 18 and 19 from 7-9pm.  Students should be prepared with conflict dates, and be available for rehearsals on either Monday/Wednesday from 7-9:30pm or Tuesday/Thursday from 7-9:30pm.  Some weekend rehearsals will be required.

Students should be prepared to sing a folk song or traditional Christmas Carol acapella.  

There is no cost to audition, but there is a $250 tuition fee to be in the Teen Repertory Company.  Financial aid and workstudy options are available.  

ODDFELLOWS PLAYHOUSE 2012-13 SEASON

William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead: A True Account of the Zombie Plague of 1599
By John Heimbuch
Directed by Hannah Simms
November 9-17

This production is being produced by the generous support of Beverley and Tony Bellisio.

London, 1599, Shakespeare’s Henry Henry V opens the Globe Playhouse, but while the actors strut and fret, an excess of bile plagues the populace outside.  After the opening of his newest play, the company’s costumer is bitten by an afflicted madman, and the Queen and her men arrive seeking safety, as life in the playhouse takes a turn for the worse.  As the affliction spreads throughout London, the Globe is placed in quarantine and the survivors within must fight for their lives.  Can they escape?  Is there a cure? Is artistic integrity ever worth dying for? 

A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration
By Paula Vogel

 Music by Daryl Waters
Directed by Peter Loffredo
December 6-15

All performances at 7:30pm

Adults $15 / Students & Seniors $8

It’s 1864 and Washington, D.C. is settling down to the coldest Christmas Eve in years.  In the White House, President and Mrs. Lincoln plot their giving, while others plot his end.  On the banks of the Potomac, a young rebel challenges a Union blacksmith’s mercy.  In the alleys downtown, an escaped slave loses her daughter just before finding freedom.  This musical by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel intertwines historical and fictional characters, to explore life in wartime and the warmth and gladness of our hearts.