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We regretfully announce the cancellation of the remaining performances of David Garret’s Covering Dish due to Covid. The safety of our patrons, cast, and crew is our priority at this time.

We are incredibly proud of the work done by this cast and crew, along with the director, Donna Williamson.

Our box office manager will be in contact with those holding reservations.

Audition Call For:
Dracula A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
Directed by Dan Strickland

In the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent takes a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client, who also just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster the world has ever known: Count Dracula! Famed female vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and company then chase Dracula from Transylvania to the British countryside to London and back.

This show is filled with clever wordplay and anything-goes pop culture references, it’s a quick-changing, laugh-out-loud re-imagining of the Gothic classic. Actors (except Dracula) are called on to play multiple roles.

Auditions will consist of reading from the script and possibly some improve.
Location – South City Theatre, 2969 Pelham Parkway, AL
Sunday 8/20 starting at 2:00 PM.
Monday 8/21 starting at 6:30 PM

Show Dates:
10/20-21 at 7:30, 10/22 at 2:00, and 10/27-28 at 7:30 at South City Theatre.

***Bring your calendar with all your conflicts 8/28 – 10/29 to the audition.***

Rehearsal:
Begin the 9/5, with a possible read thru the week before. My intention is to rehearse 3 days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday or Sunday afternoon) until tech week. If this works and what days will depend on the cast’s conflicts. I’m flexible.

Looking for three men and two women, 18 and older. There is physical comedy, so the physical ability to do that sort of thing will be a factor. British accents (RP and cockney), eastern European accent (Dracula), German (Van Helsing) and others (Irish, Scottish, Pirate) are a plus (even bad ones). Depending on the turnout I may cast a sixth actor (M or F) for some of the bit parts but rapidly changing between roles is part of the comedy and fun of this show. I also NEED an Assistant Director/Stage Manager/stage hand who may also perform a few special effects on stage.

ROLES

• Actor One(M): Harker(timid) / Suitors / Bosun / Gravedigger
• Actor Two(M): Dr. Westfeldt(blowhard) / Renfield(insane) / Captain
• Actor Three(F): Lucy(brilliant &plucky) / Kitty(dotty kleptomaniac maid) / Driver
• Actor Four(F): Mina(less than Lucy) / Van Helsing(brilliant, sturdy, serious)
• Actor Five(M): Dracula(sexy rock star)
• Assistant Director/Stage Manager/stage hand/special effects
  

Make a resolution to try something new in 2023: Directing for Community Theatre!

The workshop will be held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons–January 28 and 29, 2023 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. The first session focuses on beginning directing skills: working through the process from choosing a play, holding auditions, scheduling rehearsals and performances. The second session will focus on more advanced skills such as creating characters by working with objectives and tactics, staging meaningful pictures through blocking, and working with different types of personalities using leadership and collaborative techniques. A question and answer period will follow at the end of each session. The cost is $10 per session, per person, payable at each session

To register click here!.

Workshop Leader Sue Ellen Gerrells is an award-winning actress and director whose career spans some sixty plus years and three continents. She is the former Artistic Director of South City Theatre and the retired Executive Director of the Alabama Conference of Theatre.

Now that your bellies are full of food and your hearts are full of gratitude, don’t forget that Christmas is a few weeks away!  Wouldn’t it be great to have something fun for the whole family to look forward to?  Look no further:  A (Not So) Retro Christmas Variety Show will feature professional musicians: Alan Ashman and Ron Bourdages: Carol Burnett skits, a kids’ program; and a holiday sing-a-long! Directed by Lisa Ponder, Donna Williamson, and Jess Smyly. Join us on December 9, 10, 15, 16 & 17 at 7:30 p.m. or December 11 at 2:00 p.m.  There’s no better way to get into the Christmas spirit–get your tickets at www.southcitytheatre.com today!

Auditions will be held on December 12 and 13 from 6:30 – 8:30 at South City Theatre. Need men and women, ages 18 to 80. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.  Directed by Lisa Ponder and Donna Williamson. Performance dates are February 3-17, 2023.

In a series of vignettes and monologues, you’ll meet a variety of Elvis fans, worshipers and detractors, such as: an Elvis impersonator who rises from near obscurity to almost-fame, a family torn apart by the daughter’s love of Elvis, a daughter who shoulders her elderly mother through one last trip to Graceland, a couple who almost get an amazing present from Elvis until they comically ruin their own good fortune, and a Vietnam vet who makes it through a traumatic episode with the help of Elvis. You’ll see how a button torn from Elvis’ shirt comes between a young couple in hilarious and complicated ways, how a snapshot of Elvis brings on a marital crisis, and how a recovered filling from Elvis’ teeth leads to memorabilia collectors debating the meaning of faith … sort of. The play explores a wide range of characters and uses a variety of approaches—from comic to tragic, from realistic to presentational to farce, from scenes to monologues. Elvis, as a character, does not appear in the play, but his spirit infuses the play as it explores the profound impact that Elvis has had on millions of people and on the culture of America. And ultimately, the play explores not just the phenomenon of Elvis Presley but also broader aspects of modern culture, such as celebrity worship and fan obsession.  .

South City Theatre will stage 7 performances of the Southern comedy, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, August 18, 19, 20 and 25, 26, 27 @ 7:30 p.m. and August 21 and 28 @ 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $16 general admission and $13 seniors over 60 and students under 18. Call the box office at 205-621-2128 and leave a voice message for reservations or go online at www.southcitytheatre.com to purchase ticket in advance.

In this side-splitting comedy by the writers for The Golden Girls: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids, and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage, the “Sweet Delilah” on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh, and meddle in each other’s lives. The Sweet Delilah Swim Club is the story of five unforgettable women—a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever. Directed by Rachael Pike Upton and featuring Leslie Price, Donna Williamson, Jana Hoffman, Tara Bennett, and Destiny Clark.

South City Theatre is proud to present The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, directed by Lisa Ponder and Sue Ellen Gerrells. Evening Performances are April 21-23, 2022 and April 28-30, 2022 at 7:30 PM Matinees are April 24, 2022 and May 1, 2022 at 2:00 PM All performances will be at South City Theatre. Tickets available at https://www.southcitytheatre.com/get-tickets/

Starring Michael Wilbanks, Katy Walker, Sharon Beiswenger, Todd Ponder, Jacob Dinkel, Robin Rushing, Abilgail Heuton, Campbell Pate, Tom Robinson, and Jim Billings.

The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most famous and haunting stories to emerge from the 20th Century. The memoirs of this young Jewish girl, forced to hide for nearly two years to escape Nazi persecution, are an essential part of how we remember one of the darkest periods of our human history. Wendy Kesselman’s adaptation of the original, Pulitzer Prize award-winning script by Goodrich and Hackett draws from previously unpublished parts of Anne Frank’s real-life diary, allowing the audience to experience Anne in a way that breathes life into this passionate, complex young woman, allowing us to share her relatable experience of adolescence as a familiarly modern teenager. For nearly two years, Anne, her father, mother, and sister, joined with the Van Daan family, to hide in a secret annex space above her father’s former office in Amsterdam, as the Nazis deported the Jews of Holland to their deaths. In her secret attic, Anne comes of age: she laughs, plays, fights with her mother, and falls in love for the first time. In spite of her oppressive circumstances and the horrors that surround her, Anne’s spirit transcends, as she voices her belief, “in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” Anne’s dynamism, her luminous spirit, and her story of resilience continue to resonate deeply, making her story as vital today as when her diary first was published. 

The Coarse Acting Show by Michael Green
Directed by Dan Strickland

Auditions will consist of reading from the script and possibly some improv.
Location – South City Theatre, 2969 Pelham Parkway, AL
Friday 4/8 starting at 7:00 pm
Sunday 4/10 starting at 2:00 pm

The author defines a Coarse Actor as one who can remember their lines but not the order in which they came. In this hilarious journey through the season of a local theater company, everything that can go wrong, does. Props fail, the scenery malfunctions, sound and light cues are unreliable at best, and even the furniture can not be trusted. In the grand tradition of theater the cast plows ahead in the face of the onslaught and contribute their own comical difficulties due to nature of the Coarse Actor.

Show Dates:
6/10-11 at 7:30, 6/12 at 2:00, and 6/16-18 at 7:30 at South City.

***Bring your calendar with all your conflicts 4/25– 6/18 to the audition.***

Rehearsal:
Begin the first week in May, with a possible read thru the week before. The intention is to rehearse 3 days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday afternoon) until tech. If this works and what days will depend on the casts conflicts.

Looking for five men and six women to stage the five one act plays of various genres. There is physical comedy, so the physical ability to do that sort of thing will be a factor. Russian and British accents are a plus (even bad ones).

Also looking for an Assistant Director/Stage Manager and/or light and sound operator (light and sound cue misfires are an important part of the show.)

The scripts include:

Streuth (whodunit) 9 parts
A Collier’s Tuesday Tea (grim working class drama) 9 parts

The Cherry Sisters (Chekov pastiche) 10 parts

Oedocles, King of Thebes (Greek tragedy) 6 parts + chorus

Trapped (country-house, “reading of the will,” thriller) 9 parts