LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY
TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR
THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
May 8 & 9, 2023

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, MONDAY, MAY 8 and TUESDAY, MAY 9. Sign up online to secure an audition appointment time slot. Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.

The Marvelous Wonderettes is directed by Thomas C. Graff, musical director is Cyndy Ramsey-Rier and choreography’s  by Terry Brock.

Lakewood encourages diversity in casting.  ALL four roles are open for audition. All roles receive remuneration. For more information about the roles, please visit the Lakewood Theatre website.

Call backs will be held, if needed, on Wednesday May 10, 6:30-9:30 PM.

Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

Materials Needed: Please secure an audition appointment and list all conflicts between June 4 – August 20, 2023. Please email a resume and head shot to [email protected] (notate WONDERETTES and your LAST NAME in the subject line please). In addition, please bring a hard copy of your resume and headshot to your audition appointment. 

Audition: Please prepare 32 bars (approx.. 1 minute) with a song in the style of 50’s & 60’s pop or from the show itself. SEE list of songs included with character descriptions from the production. Please make sure your song is in the correct key for your voice. An accompanist will be provided. Please, no recorded music or a cappella singing. Also note: you may be asked to sing from the score at the audition.

Dance auditions: A video of the dance routine is posted on the Lakewood audition page. Auditioners can view the video then perform dance sequences at their audition. Here is the link: https://lakewood-center.org/theatre/auditions/

Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin June 4 and continue weeknights 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM, and Saturdays noon- 5pm and/or Sundays 5 - 9PM. Please include any weeknight or weekend conflicts. A final schedule will be determined after the casting.

Performance Schedule: opens July 14, 2023 and continues through August 20, 2023. Performances are Thurs - Sat at 7:30 PM, Sundays, at 2:00 PM, one Saturday performance at 2:00 PM, and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM.

About the Musical: This smash Off-Broadway hit takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom, where we meet Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy: four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts! As we learn about their lives and loves, the girls serenade us with classic '50s hits including "Lollipop,” "Dream Lover," "Stupid Cupid," and "Lipstick on Your Collar." In Act II, the Wonderettes reunite to take the stage and perform at their ten-year reunion.

The theatre is located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State St. in Lake Oswego. For additional information and tickets, call the Lakewood Box Office at (503) 635-3901 or visit online at www.lakewood-center.org.    

Arsenic And Old Lace: May 14 & 15

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions to complete the casting for ARSENIC AND OLD LACE on SUNDAY MAY 14 and MONDAY MAY 15. Sign up online to secure an audition appointment at this link.

Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with signing up.

Arsenic and Old Lace will be directed by Don Alder. 

Lakewood encourages diversity in casting and the directing team is strongly seeking artists of all ages, races, gender types, and body types. All roles receive remuneration. For more information about the roles to complete casting, please visit the Lakewood Theatre website.

Callbacks if needed, will be on Wednesday, May 16, 6:30-9:30 PM.

Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

Materials Needed: Please secure an audition appointment online at: this link Please email a resume and headshot to [email protected] (notate ARSENIC and your LAST NAME in the subject line please). In addition, please bring a hard copy of your resume and headshot to your audition appointment. 

Audition: Auditions will consist of a read from the script. (No prepared monologues necessary.) Sides are available through the theatre’s website. Please do not be concerned with which role you may be asked to read. The director will read for specific roles at callbacks. Actors will be asked to complete an online audition form, including any rehearsal or performance conflicts and vaccination status.

Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin the first week of August and continue Monday - Thursday 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM, and Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. A final schedule will be determined after the first cast meeting.

Performance Schedule: Arsenic and Old Lace opens September 8, 2023, and continues through October 15, 2023. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Saturdays & Sundays, at 2:00 PM, and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

About the Play: Living in the 1930s, the Brewster sisters are legendary in their Brooklyn neighborhood for their kindness and generosity to all in need. They are friends to the local cops walking the beat, loving neighbors to the minister next door, and surrogate mothers to their nephews Teddy and Mortimer. But when slick, sophisticated, and newly engaged Mortimer discovers one of their “charities” involves poisoning elderly men to save them from living out their days in loneliness, he must find a way to stop their murder spree without turning them over to the police - a task that becomes more and more complicated with the return of his long-lost brother Jonathan, himself a prolific serial killer.

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