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Auditions for Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart

Auditions for Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart

South City Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart, directed by Pat Yates.

Audition Information

  • Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
  • Sunday, September 17, ,2023, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • Location: South City Theatre, 2969 Pelham Parkway, Suites J-K, Pelham, AL 35124
  • Auditions will consist of prepared monologues from the show or be ready to ready from the script

It’s 1974 in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, and the Magrath sisters are in the throes of family trauma on, of all days, elder-sister Lenny’s 30th birthday. Old Granddaddy, the family patriarch, is in the hospital failing fast. “Babe” is in jail for shooting her husband Zachary because she “didn’t like his looks,” and middle-sister Meg, who fled Hazelhurst after Hurricane Camille to pursue a Hollywood career, has been summoned home. Cousin Chick-the-Stick is stirring up more trouble while Babe’s lawyer, Barnette Lloyd, and Meg’s old flame, Doc Porter, are doing all they can to support the sisters. The Magrath home is filled with dysfunction, grief, wit, and hilarity with heart as big as a “Jumbo Deluxe” birthday cake.

Bring a prepared monologue from the show or be ready to read from script. Director Pat Yates will be happy to provide sides or answer any questions about the show. Email her at Patyates2850@gmail.com for more information.

Cast

  • Lenny Magrath: 30, the oldest sister
  • Chick Boyle: 29, Magrath sisters’ cousin
  • Doc Porter: 30, Meg’s old boyfriend
  • Meg Magrath: 27, the middle sister
  • Babe Botrelle: 24, the baby sister
  • Barnette Lloyd; 26, recent law school grad and Babe’s lawyer

Show Dates/Times

  • February 9-10, and 16-17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
  • February 11, 2024, at 2:00 PM

Auditions for Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart

South City Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart, directed by Pat Yates.

Audition Information

  • Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
  • Sunday, September 17, ,2023, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • Location: South City Theatre, 2969 Pelham Parkway, Suites J-K, Pelham, AL 35124
  • Auditions will consist of prepared monologues from the show or be ready to ready from the script

It’s 1974 in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, and the Magrath sisters are in the throes of family trauma on, of all days, elder-sister Lenny’s 30th birthday. Old Granddaddy, the family patriarch, is in the hospital failing fast. “Babe” is in jail for shooting her husband Zachary because she “didn’t like his looks,” and middle-sister Meg, who fled Hazelhurst after Hurricane Camille to pursue a Hollywood career, has been summoned home. Cousin Chick-the-Stick is stirring up more trouble while Babe’s lawyer, Barnette Lloyd, and Meg’s old flame, Doc Porter, are doing all they can to support the sisters. The Magrath home is filled with dysfunction, grief, wit, and hilarity with heart as big as a “Jumbo Deluxe” birthday cake.

Bring a prepared monologue from the show or be ready to read from script. Director Pat Yates will be happy to provide sides or answer any questions about the show. Email her at Patyates2850@gmail.com for more information.

Cast

  • Lenny Magrath: 30, the oldest sister
  • Chick Boyle: 29, Magrath sisters’ cousin
  • Doc Porter: 30, Meg’s old boyfriend
  • Meg Magrath: 27, the middle sister
  • Babe Botrelle: 24, the baby sister
  • Barnette Lloyd; 26, recent law school grad and Babe’s lawyer

Show Dates/Times

  • February 9-10, and 16-17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
  • February 11, 2024, at 2:00 PM
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AUDITIONS for Crimes of the Heart: September 13 and 17, 2023

South City Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart, directed by Pat Yates.

Audition Information

  • Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
  • Sunday, September 17, ,2023, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • Location: South City Theatre, 2969 Pelham Parkway, Suites J-K, Pelham, AL 35124
  • Auditions will consist of prepared monologues from the show or be ready to ready from the script

It’s 1974 in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, and the Magrath sisters are in the throes of family trauma on, of all days, elder-sister Lenny’s 30th birthday. Old Granddaddy, the family patriarch, is in the hospital failing fast. “Babe” is in jail for shooting her husband Zachary because she “didn’t like his looks,” and middle-sister Meg, who fled Hazelhurst after Hurricane Camille to pursue a Hollywood career, has been summoned home. Cousin Chick-the-Stick is stirring up more trouble while Babe’s lawyer, Barnette Lloyd, and Meg’s old flame, Doc Porter, are doing all they can to support the sisters. The Magrath home is filled
with dysfunction, grief, wit, and hilarity with heart as big as a “Jumbo Deluxe” birthday cake.

Bring a prepared monologue from the show or be ready to read from script. Director Pat Yates will be happy to provide sides or answer any questions about the show. Email her at Patyates2850@gmail.com for more information.

Cast

  • Lenny Magrath: 30, the oldest sister
  • Chick Boyle: 29, Magrath sisters’ cousin
  • Doc Porter: 30, Meg’s old boyfriend
  • Meg Magrath: 27, the middle sister
  • Babe Botrelle: 24, the baby sister
  • Barnette Lloyd; 26, recent law school grad and Babe’s lawyer

Show Dates/Times

  • Feb. 9-10, and 16-17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
  • Feb. 11, 2024, at 2:00 PM
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Announcing Auditions for Covering Dish

Recipe for Covering Dish


Start with the death of Aunt Eula Mae. Throw in a pinch of seance. Add an illegal immigrant hiding in the cellar. Stir in shady dealings at the Poultry Processing Plant. Mix it all with a missing two-carat diamond ring. Serve with a healthy dose of hilarity.


Written by local playwright, David Garrett, Covering Dish hasn’t been performed in the area in almost 25 years.


Directed by Donna Stinson Williamson, audition dates will be June 11 th 2:00 – 4:00 and June 12 th 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Show dates will be August 11, 12, 13, 18, and 19.     Contact the director, Donna Williamson, at donna.williamson@southcitytheatre.com for additional information. 

Rehearsal starts June 26.

Cast of Characters (ages are flexible but no one younger than 21)
Lois Faye Dish Wallace – Southern homemaker 50ish
Martha Sue Dish Pepperdine – oldest sister, has a little money and acts like it, 60ish
Rita Wallace – Lois Faye’s daughter, down-on-her-luck and unemployed, 30ish
Carl Wallace – Lois Faye’s son, late 20s to early 30s
Viki Gilmore – Carl’s new girlfriend, works for the flower shop
Becky Lee Dish – wannabe gospel singer
Cordell Baleuh – Lois Faye’s nosy, hypochondriac next-door neighbor, 60+
Jean Marie Dish Finley – youngest sister, ditzy, 50ish
Vernon Finley – Jean Marie’s husband, loud and bigoted, 50ish
Dana Finley – Jean Marie and Vernon’s son, beautician, mid-20s
Orell Tubbs – Vernon’s best friend
Edith Ann Dish – a medium 50ish
Inez Cortez – Orell’s fiancé, Spanish accent
Hector Chavez – Inez’s ex-boyfriend, Spanish accent
Luther Shibley – Manager of Chicken Processing
Agent A – PFPA agent
Agent C – PFPA agent
Brother Samuel – Paster of the Highway 119 Baptist Church
Church Ladies – various ages

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AUDITIONS–Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming

In 2019, South City Theatre produced the heartwarming and hilarious musical, “Smoke on the Mountain.” The show was such a success that audiences clamored for more; so we are answering the call with a sequel, “Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming!”

It’s October 1945, and the gospel‑singing Sanders Family is back together again. The war is over, and America’s years of prosperity are just beginning. But there’s another kind of rite of passage at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, where Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service. He’s been called to preach in Texas, and he’s already bought a ten‑gallon hat and is preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife, June, who is eight months pregnant. Tomorrow morning, young Dennis Sanders takes over as Mount Pleasant’s pastor. Join the Sanders Family as they send Mervin and June off in style, with hilarious and touching stories and twenty‑five toe‑tapping bluegrass gospel favorites, including Rock of Ages, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms; Unclouded Day; and Do Lord.

AUDITION INFORMATION

Some of the performers from our original production will repeat their roles: Jim Billings, Ryan Gerrells, Clint Neville, Michael Wilbanks, Amy Self, and Rhonda Ray.

Open roles include:

JUNE– non-soloist. Female. 30s-40s. Excellent physical comedy timing. June “signs not sings”. Unfortunately her signing is quite literal and absolutely hysterical.

DENISE – 20s-30s. Female. Married with rambunctious children who are offstage, Denise is always dealing with chaos. Soprano. Soloist.

VERA – 50s-60s. Female. The matriarch of the Sanders family. Vera quotes the Bible often–especially to the pastor. She loves her family, but also loves to be right at all times. Alto. Soloist.

Ability to harmonize a must!

Also looking for performers who play instruments in the blue-grass style, especially guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, fiddle, etc. If you can play, be prepared to audition with your instrument. Will consider adding musicians to the cast who don’t have specific roles or lines.

Where: Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 858 Kent Dairy Rd, Alabaster, AL 35007

Audition Dates: Sunday, May 7, 3-5 p.m. and/or Monday, May 8, 7-8:30 p.m. You don’t have to attend both audition dates.

Rehearsals will be at churches in Alabaster.

Performances: Touring to area churches on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights July 13-22 at 7:30 p.m. Additional Sunday afternoon or evening performances may be added during that time frame, as well.

Director Sue Ellen Gerrells–South City Theatre
Musical Director William Harper (Choir director at First United Methodist Church, Alabaster)

For more information, email director at sueellengerrells@gmail.com

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Auditions for Panache

South City Theatre will be hosting auditions for Don Gordon’s Panache. The production is directed by Clay Boyce.

Auditions will be held at the theatre on February 4, 2023, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM, and February 5, 2023, from 11:00 – 1:00 PM.

What could possibly have motivated Kathleen Trafalgar to get into her Mercedes SL 450 one afternoon and drive to the inner city to track down a rough-edged, hard-drinking, fry cook named Harry Baldwin? A six by twelve-inch piece of tin issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to anyone who pays the fee. It seems they both applied for exactly the same personalized license plate – PANACHE. Kathleen is married to a man she regards as a dashing, eloquent, Renaissance Man personified, and she wants to put it on his Bentley. Harry already has the plate on his Ford truck. For both of them this seven letter word holds special meaning. The play becomes an intellectual battle ultimately exposing the irrelevance of social status and the needs of two lonely people – an unusual love story.

All roles are available (character descriptions below). Sides are attached below.

Harry Baldwin – an artist who works nights as a fry cook, can be played anywhere from 40 – early 50s.

Kathleen Trafalgar – chic, wealthy, attractive, cultured, fashionable dresser, perfect manners, can be late 30s – late 40s.

Irwin Alcott – clean cut, fragile, scholarly, age 20.

Laura – poised, soft-spoken, her beauty is equal parts innocence and sensuality, about age 24.

Jumbo Dombroski – a large, intimidating man – tattoos, muscular, dresses and acts as if he owns the street, 40s – 60s.

Performance dates are April 14-16, 2023 and April 20-22, 2023.

Contact info@southcitytheatre.com for more information

SIDES

Harry/Kathleen_End

Harry/Kathleen

Harry/Laura

Irwin/Laura

Jumbo/Harry

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Announcing the Cast of Elvis People

We just can’t help falling in love with the cast of Elvis People! Show dates are February 3 – 11, 2023.

Nancy Estes, Harper Upchurch, Trey Woodrow, Dale Jones, Katy Walker, Alan Ashman, Kathy Scruggs, Madelyn Harbison, Donna Balsley, Sally Montgomery, Steven Ross, and Donna Willamson.

Thank you to everyone who came out to audition and made this such a difficult decision. Auditions for our next show, Panache, will be announced very soon. We hope to see all of you then.

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SCT Announces Auditions for UH-OH HERE COMES CHRISTMAS

South City Theatre (SCT) is holding auditions for their upcoming holiday show, UH-OH HERE COMES CHRISTMAS, on Sunday, October 24th, at 7:00 PM.  There will be a potential call-back/make-up date on Tuesday, October 26th, at 7:00 PM.

Auditions will be held at South City Theatre in Pelham, AL.  Auditionees will be required to wear a mask and to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, in order to protect our staff, other auditionees, cast, crew, and patrons. 


Director Rachael Upton is looking to cast 2-3 adult women and 2-3 adult men.  Please come prepared to read from the script and to sing the chorus of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” a capella. (Note: Singers are NOT required.  This show has the flexibility to be a musical or a non-musical, and this will depend on who is ultimately cast). 

UH-OH HERE COMES CHRISTMAS “takes a funny, heartwarming, and often poignant look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress, and chaos that crashes down every December.”  This is primarily a storytelling piece, with all cast members playing multiple roles.

Show dates will be December 9-10 and 16-18 at 7:30 pm. Matinees will be at 2:00 pm on December 10 and December 18.  Performances will take place at First United Methodist Church of Alabaster.

Any questions can be sent to the director at rachael.upton@southcitytheatre.com .UH-OH HERE COMES CHRISTMAS is written by Robert Fulghum & conceived/adapted by Ernest Zulia and David Caldwell.  It is produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.

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Auditions – All Together Now!

South City Theatre is excited to announce Auditions for Musical Theatre International’s All Together Now! A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre. The production will be directed by Michele Santiago. Performance dates are November 12 – 15, 2021.

Audition are now open for VIDEO SUBMISSIONS. Looking for singers that dance, dancers that sing, actors that act like they can sing and dance (kinda – enthusiasm goes a long way!) We are also looking for guitarists and any instrumentalists that can rock out! What you need: All submissions should include 16 bars of a song that shows you off in the best way possible. In addition, please add about 30 seconds of a dance (any dance).All video submissions should be submitted via email to michele.santiago@steelcitymenschorus.org no later than Sunday, September 19, 2021. In-person auditions will be announced at a later date. All in-person auditionees will be required to wear a mask and present proof of Covid-19 vaccination. Those cast will be required to present proof of Covid-19 vaccination and will be required to be masked during rehearsals.

UPDATE: In-person call for GUITAR PLAYERS will be held September 22 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Hoover Library. Contact Michele Santiago at michele.santiago@steelcitymenschorus.org to schedule a time slot.


Featuring Songs by (in alphabetical order):
Lynn Ahrens • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Benny Andersson • Billie Joe Armstrong • Howard Ashman • Sara Bareilles • Lionel Bart • Jerry Bock • Leslie Bricusse • Jason Robert Brown • Johnny Burke • Martin Charnin • Mindi Dickstein • Anthony Drewe • Jack Feldman • Stephen Flaherty • Matthew Gerrard • Zina Goldrich • Green Day • Sheldon Harnick • David Hein • Marcy Heisler • Jason Howland • Herbert Kretzmer • Jonathan Larson • Alan Jay Lerner • Frank Loesser • Frederick Loewe • Robert Lopez • Alan Menken • Tim Minchin • Robbie Nevil • Anthony Newley • Benj Pasek • Justin Paul • Tim Rice • Irene Sankoff • Dick Scanlan • Claude Michel Schönberg • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman • Richard M. Sherman • Robert B. Sherman • Glenn Slater • Stephen Sondheim • George Stiles • Charles Strouse • Jeanine Tesori • Björn Ulvaeus • Jimmy Van Heusen • Frank Wildhorn • Scott Wittman

ALL TOGETHER NOW!
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.co.uk • www.mtishows.com • www.mtishows.com.au

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Auditions for Summer Shorts

South City Theatre will be holding auditions on July 25, 2021 at 3:00 PM and July 26, 2021 at 7:00 PM for four one act plays. Roles are available for up to 5 men and 5 women, ages 21 and up. Performances will be August 12-15, 2021. This is a great opportunity for new actors to get their feet wet.For more information email info@southcitytheatre.com

Point of View by Bruce Kane, directed by Steven Ross.
One female/One male
Nothing is what it seems when a three-minute conversation in which a man seems to be trying very hard to reconcile with a reluctant lover, turns out, in the end, to be nothing of the sort. Cast: 1 female/1 male

A Pair of Lunatics by W. R. Walkes , directed by Steven Ross.
He and She meet for the first time in a lunatic asylum and each mistakes the other for an inmate. An old stand-by that’s always fun!Cast: 1 female/1 male.

Clark and Bruce by Bruce Kane, directed by Katy Walker.
A couple of retired superheroes swap stories about their careers, the women in their life, aging, the proliferation of caped crusaders, fading powers and the value of never looking back.Cast: 2 males/1 female

The Last Comedienne by Chris McKerracher, directed by Sarah Coffee.
Three female comics vie for the $100,000 prize in the National Comedienne Joke-Off. Between their 5-minute gigs they share why they do comedy and what the prize would mean to their lives. Characters: Brock Benton – Master of Ceremonies. Fanny “Granny” Foote – A beloved, long time comic on “the circuit”. Mercedes Ellington – Bitter veteran of the circuit wanting to escape it. Eleanor Brown – Newcomer to the circuit hoping to jumpstart her comedy career.

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