Auditions for
Rocky Horror Shadow Cast
Hill Country Christmas
Baskerville:A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (touring)
The Government Inspector, and
A Comedy of Errors
August 25 6pm
MSUN/MAT Theatre
Auditions for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Most roles for youth in grades 8-12, limited adult roles
August 26 6pm
MSUN/MAT Theatre
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadow Cast
October 31 & November 1
Directed by Liz Morrigan
Some roles cast
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named "Rocky."
A Shadow cast performance happens in front of the movie screen that is playing the film. Actors can lip sync songs so no singing experience is required.
Hill Country Christmas Variety Show
December 5-6, 11-13, & 18-20
Some roles cast, Open gender and age casting
Variety show featuring original skits and music based on locally relevant stories. All skits are written by the actors. This is the 3rd season for Hill Country Revue.
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
By Ken Ludwig
Touring Show
Dates in March and April
Directed by Audrey Barger
Roles for 4 men and 1 woman
Get your deerstalker cap on – the play’s afoot! Comedic genius Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure. Sherlock Holmes is on the case. The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than forty characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be.
The Government Inspector
By Nikolai Gogol, Translated from Russian by Mattius Rischard
April 10-11, 16-18, & 23-25
Directed by Dr. Grant Olson
Several roles for men and women
The Government Inspector is set in a remote, provincial Russian town in the 1830s. The town’s mayor assembles other local officials in his home and announces that an incognito government inspector from St. Petersburg is coming with “secret instructions” to investigate them. The mayor frantically warns the officials to hide evidence of their maladministration before the inspector arrives. The mayor, judge, Warden of Charities, Inspector of Schools, postmaster, and Chief of Police are all guilty of neglecting their duties and abusing their power, so they’re desperate not to get caught. The landowners Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky rush in with dreadful news. Earlier, at the inn, they saw a young government official from St. Petersburg named Khlestakov. They claim that Khlestakov must be the inspector. Having learned that Khlestakov has already been in town for two weeks, the panicked mayor hastily sends the officials away to clean up the town. Then the mayor prepares to meet Khlestakov at the inn, bringing his scratched sword with him and anxiously praying that he won’t be in trouble for his sins.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Havre Public School Partnership
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Peter Parnell
May 14-16 & 21-23
Directed by Angela Pratt
Most roles for youth grades 8-12, limited adult roles
The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be "Out There," observes all of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful Romani woman, Esmeralda. Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the Roma – and it’s up to Quasimodo to save them all.
A Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare
June 19-21 (Ren Faire)
Directed by Michael R. Stevenson
Roles for 13+ men and 5+ women
Set in the Greek city of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins who were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and false accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession.