Auditions for To Kill A Mockingbird,
the Pulitzer Prize Award winning drama by Harper Lee and dramatized
by Christopher Segel, will be held on May 12 and May 14, 2014.
Call-backs, if needed, will be held May 18. The production is being
directed by Steve Lemenille (Clark, NJ) with Jessica Foerst as
Associate Producer and produced by Fearless Productions, LLC.
To Kill A Mockingbird is the story of a young girl, Jean Louise Finch
(Scout) confronting deep-seated prejudice, it pits a young Scout
Finch and her (relatively) anti-racist family against the segregation
of an American South in the grip of Jim Crow. Author Harper Lee drew
on her own childhood experience for the events of To Kill A
Mockingbird. Scout's father, Atticus Finch, is the attorney who
defends a black man accused of a serious crime.
Auditions will
be held at the Hamilton Stage (Union County Performing Arts Center),
360 Hamilton Street, Rahway, NJ from 7:00-9:30pm. The cast
consists of 12 males and 8 females with extras. Ages range from
8-70.
Rehearsals are expected to be conducted through the summer.
Production dates are September 19, 20, 26, 27, October 03, 04 at 8:00
PM; September 21, 28, October 05 at 2:00 PM.
Those interested
in auditioning should visit: Roles
to review characters needed. If interested, they should complete
the pre-audition form.
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For questions or concerns, you may contact Jessica Foerst
(Associate Producer) at 908.247.2504 or email at:
jessicafoerst13@gmail.com