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Auditions for "To Kill A Mockingbird"


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






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