Director Kiley Donovan, Music Director Glenn Starner-Tate, and Choreographer Pam Wills will be holding auditions for this summer’s production of CABARET at Cotuit Center for the Arts, running August 2 to 26 from Thursday to Sunday.

Audition Dates:

Saturday, May 19 12 – 3
Monday, May 21 6:30 – 9:30

Audition Info:

Auditions will be held at our rehearsal space near Roche Brothers in Mashpee (South Cape Village). The address is 6 Joy Street, and here is the map link:  http://southcapevillage.com/map2.html.   The space is a storefront between South Cape Wine & Spirits and South Cape Village Hair and Spa.

Please arrive at the indicated start time and wear clothes for movement. The audition will consist of group song, individual “voice checks”, group dance (especially important for Ensemble roles, Emcee, and Sally), and reading of sides. Actors auditioning for one of the principal roles will stay after the group rehearsal; please prepare an appropriate piece and bring the accompanying music for piano. AUDITIONERS ARE ASKED TO BRING ANY SCHEDULE CONFLICTS TO AUDITIONS.

Casting For:

Master of Ceremonies (Emcee) [male / tenor / 18 +]: “The Host at the Kit Kat Club…A bizarre little figure – much lipstick, much rouge.”

Sally Bowles [female / alto / 18 – 35]: “A British cabaret singer…rather pretty, rather sophisticated, rather child-like, exasperating, and irresistible.”

Clifford Bradshaw [male / baritone / 18 – 35]: “An American novelist…pleasant looking, intelligent, reserved.”

Fraulein Schneider [female / alto / 45 – 70]: “ABerlin landlady…full of vitality, interested in everything, probably indestructible.”

Herr Schultz [male / tenor / 45 – 70]: “One of Frl. Schneider’s boarders…very warm and cheerful.”

Ernst Ludwig [male / N/A / 30 – 60]: “A friendly and likable German [who] seems rather nervous.”

Fraulein Kost [female / mezzo / 25 – 45]: “Another of Frl. Schneider’s roomers, [who] earns a living by offering favors to sailors.”

Kit Kat Klub Girls/Boys [female/male / SATB/18 – 35]: “Every night [they] have to battle to keep [them] from taking off all of their clothing!” Frenchie, LuLu, Helga,Rosie,Texas, Bobby, Victor, Max, Rudy, Hans, et al. [The Girls/Boys will comprise the Ensemble, including several speaking parts and cameos]

As this production will challenge and excite audiences with its racy, political, and gender-bending themes, auditions and rehearsals will be open to participants 18 and over only.

Please direct your questions to kiley.donovan@gmail.com

It’s the party of the year and the best deal in town. Don’t miss it.

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Losing Your Pants   

ALL SHOWS SOLD OUT!!!!

in the Black Box Theater

This new play by Fran DeVasto is about family. This comedy has everything: hit men, dogs, the FBI, baseball, mama, papa, brothers, sisters, birth, death, and of course — losing your pants.

Directed by PJ McKey.

Performances will be held in the Black Box Theater,  April 27-May 20, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 4pm

BY POPULAR DEMAND:   TWO SHOWS ADDED — Thursday May 10 and Thursday May 17  with a curtain at 7pm

Tickets: $12

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All shows are sold out! Thanks for helping us make this show a great success!

The box office at the Black Box Theater will be open one half hour prior to showtime. Please be aware that latecomers cannot be seated.

A musical comedy by Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek

June 7-July 1, 2012

Based on the popular 1988 film, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS centers on two con men living on the French Riviera. The first is the suave and sophisticated Lawrence Jameson, who makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. The other, a small-time crook named Freddy Benson, more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother’s failing health.
After meeting on a train, they unsuccessfully attempt to work together only to find that this small French town isn’t big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues, that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end!

Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8pm; Sunday matinee at 4pm

Ticket prices: $25 General Admission $22 Senior $20 Member $15 Student $21 Group Rate (for parties of 10 or more with one payment)

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A one woman show featuring Melinda Gallant. An offbeat and funny look at life’s lessons through the eyes of a voluptuous, and sometimes goddess-like sexygenarian.

Performances will be held in the Black Box Theater June 8-24; Fri & Sat at 8pm; Sun at 4pm

Tickets: $12

To purchase tickets, please click here or call 508-428-0669. The box office at the Black Box Theater will be open one half hour prior to showtime. Please be aware that latecomers cannot be seated.

The Housing Assistance Corp. (HAC), Cornell University Students, and Cotuit Center for the Arts recently collaborated on an art project.  The finished product is on display at Cotuit Center for the Arts from April 5 through May 4

Sunday, June 17

12:30 pm

Father’s Day gallery concert with cellist Amit Peled and pianist Donald Enos.  Light brunch-style food and beverages will be served.

Program:

J.S. Bach Solo Cello Suite #2

Tsintsadze: Five Folk Pieces

Schumann: Cello Concerto

plus works by Ligeti and Britten

Tickets: $18/$15 Members

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June 26 and July 10  8pm in the Art Gallery

For the past 37 summers, the Meeting House Festival has been presenting varied classical to contemporary programs throughout Cape Cod.  Musicians of highest caliber are invited each season  to spend a few days here presenting concerts in collaboration with Cape Cod musicians.  The programs include mostly music of major composers, from Mozart and Bach to the Romantics, with a few more contemporary pieces interspersed.  All is carefully planned to be most accessible and entertaining for a summer evening.

July 6 & 7  8pm

2 evenings of 2-piano works, classical and popular, featuring the Managing Director of the Cape Cod Conservatory and Cotuit’s own Jared McMurray

Stephanie Weaver, an Educational Center Leader, Music Educator and Pianist, took the helm at the Conservatory in January, 2011. Her appointment followed the recent merger of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra with the Cape Cod Conservatory of Music & Arts to form the Cape Cod Symphony and Conservatory of Music & Arts (CCSCMA). Her ongoing mission is to make the arts more accessible to students of all ages and to make the Conservatory a continual source of inspiration—inside the classroom and out in the community.

Jared McMurray began his music studies at the Cape Cod Conservatory in 1988 with Noel Tipton. Following an education in piano performance and composition, Jared was invited to play at  the first annual Franz Liszt festival in Rio de Janeiro by his teacher, Brazilian pianist Luiz de Moura Castro. Jared is a native of Cotuit and a member of Cotuit Center for the Arts’ Board of Directors.

Tickets: $20/$17 Members

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July 13 8pm

When the George Gritzbach Band hits the stage, the air sizzles with excitement. Gritzbach’s guitar seems to shimmer with heat alongside his own smoky vocals and steamy harmonica. A master slide guitar and vocal virtuoso, George burns with energy and passion or the music he loves. Backed by a seasoned blues band, Gritzbach ignites audiences to dance all night feeling that excitement for a long time to come.

Tickets: $20/$17 Members

For tickets, please click here or call the box office at 508-428-0669.