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9/6-7/11: 2 Washington Square by Constance Congdon, directed by Ron Bashford; Javier Chacon Chavez's senior project in design and Michelle Escobar's senior project in acting. The Amherst Theater and Dance Department is proud to open its 2011-2012 season with a world premiere of Playwright-in-Residence Constance Congdon's new play, 2 Washington Square. Congdon's new play is a reimagination of the popular novel by Henry James, Washington Square, the story of a trusting young woman, a domineering single parent, and a mercenary suitor. Like its source, Congon's 2 Washington Square, explores the clash of love, class and money, but moves James' tragicomedy from the pre-Civil-War period to the early 1960s, when America was once more on the verge of losing -- and trying to reclaim -- its innocence.

Details: 7 p.m., Canfield Lounge, Amherst College.

Roles: 2 men and 3 women.

Callbacks: 9/8/11.

Performances: 10/27-29/11, Kirby Theater, Amherst College.

9/6-7/11: The Freedman's Son by Benjamin Colon AC'12, directed by Jenney Shamash AC'11. A tragedy set in Ancient Rome where three everyday citizens struggle to escape the cruel fate dictated by their class. Gradually, each citizen comes to terms with who or what he would willingly sacrifice in order to succeed.

Details: 7 p.m., Holden Theater, Amherst College.

Roles: 4 men, 1 woman and several possible additional, smaller roles.

Callbacks: 9/8/11.

Performances: 11/10-12/11, Holden Theater, Amherst College.

9/6-7/11: The Event by Ian Reichert AC'12 directed by Michael Birtwistle. Considered as something of a play within a play, heavy with dramatic irony, dark humor, and a touch of suspense. Kenneth, an inexperienced young actor, arrives in an unusual performance space with little time to prepare for his role. Faced with insane directors, actress rivalry, and indolent stage managers, can Kenneth manage to learn his lines in time? And what happens when things start going horribly, tragically wrong?

Details: 7 p.m., Kirby Theater, Amherst College. Perusal scripts and sign-up sheets for the above are available outside of the Theater and Dance Office, Webster, G27.

Roles: 2 men and 3 women

Callbacks: 9/8/11.

Performances: 11/10-12/11, Holden Theater, Amherst College.

9/7-8/11: Jack, or The Submission by Eugene Ionesco , directed by Bryna Turner MHC'12. One of Ionesco's earliest anti-plays, Jack, or The Submission is a frightfully funny look into the politics of family, conformity, romance, and hashed brown potatoes. Will Jack submit to the bourgeois ideals of his family or the animal lure of sexual impulse? Will all language be reduced to the single work "cat"? Ionesco exposes the absurdity of language and convention in this fast-paced comedy.

Details: 7-10 p.m., Rooke Theatre, Mount Holyoke College. The script can be downloaded from the MHC auditions web page.

Callbacks: 9/9, 6-8 p.m.

Performances: 10/20-23/11

9/8-9/11: The Servant of Two Masters, a musical version of Constance Congdon's adaptation of Goldoni's 18th-century comedy with music by Brendan Connelly and lyrics by director, Roger Babb. This will be an intimate, fully-staged, Commedia-inspired musical with parts for singers, actors and musicians.

Details: 4-6 p.m. and 7-10 p.m., Rooke Theatre, Mount Holyoke College. All MHC and Five College students are encouraged to audition. Be prepared to read scenes from sides that will be provided and to sing a song of your choice. The script can be downloaded from the MHC auditions web page. Music sheets are available, but there will probably be no accompanist. Play participation provides 4 practicum credits. Rehearsals are in the evenings, usually 7-10 p.m., 4-5 nights a week. Technical rehearsals are 11/10-13 and all actors, singers, and musicians must attend.

Roles: Main characters: Truffaldino, a wily servant who is always hungry (must sing); Beatrice, a striking heroine who is disguised as a man (must sing); Florindo, Beatrice's love; Clarice, an ingenue (must sing); Silvio Brighella, the young lover of Clarice; Pantalone, the classic Commedia old-man and father of Clarice; Dottore, then classic Commedia part and Silvio's father, innkeeper and also Beatrice's confidante; Smeraldina, a brazen servant woman who falls in love with Truffaldino; Porter, a small comic role. Also need chorus of 3-5 who sing and act throughout the show, with strong voices and harmony.

Callbacks: 9/10, 1-5 p.m. (Additional callbacks as needed.)

Performances: 11/16-20/11, Mount Holyoke College.

9/8-10/11: God of Vengeance by Donald Margulies, based on the play by Sholem Asch. In this adaptation of the 1906 Yiddish play that took the world by storm, Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies transports God of Vengeance to 1923, the year the original became the first Yiddish play ever to be performed on Broadway, and the year in which the entire cast of that play was arrested on obscenity charges. It is the story of a girl named Rivkele, whose father owns and runs a brothel in the basement of their house. To escape her father's oppressive hold, Rivkele goes to the downstairs world and ends up falling in love with one of the women who works there, Manke. This play challenges ideas of what makes pure (Kosher) Jewish identity, and what makes a pure (Kosher) relationship.

Details: 9/8 at 6 p.m., 9/10 at 3 p.m., Emily Dickinson Hall Mainstage, Hampshire College. Everyone is welcome! No need to prepare anything, just come with an open mind! Email Staci Rachel Akselrod for more information.

9/12/11: Performance Project. An evening of original choreography, performance and video works developed by students during the fall semester in Theater & Dance 353, Performance Studio, Amherst College taught by Wendy Woodson.

Details: 7-9 p.m., Webster Hall, Studio One, Amherst College. Sign up sheet posted outside of Theater and Dance Office, Webster G27. The auditions will be held as a workshop where choreographer/directors will present their ideas and preliminary material or improvisational structures.

Roles: A wide variety of parts is available for performers of different backgrounds and skill levels in both dance and theater.

Performances: 12/9-10/11, 8 p.m., Holden Theater, Amherst College.

9/12-13/11: The UMass Amherst Department of Theater has joint auditions for all three fall productions -- Love the Doctor, Hell in High Water, and Solstice.

Details: 6-10:30 p.m., Rand and Curtain Theaters, Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst. Directors will post details on the department callboard about what they would like actors to prepare as audition dates near. Please be ready to begin your audition promptly at your chosen audition time. Plan to arrive early for your audition to allow check-in and warm-up time.

Callbacks: Love the Doctor, 9/14, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Room TBA, UMass Amherst; Hell in High Water, 9/15, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Room TBA, UMass Amherst; Solstice, 9/14&15, time and room TBA. Please check the callboard for the callback list and schedule. Callbacks will also be posted online. Stage management staff will have instructions at the auditions. Callback and casting information updated by stage managers on the UMass Amherst audition blog.

Performances: See the UMass Amherst production calendar for rehearsal and performance information.

9/14-15/11: Ashes to Ashes, a Hampshire College Division III film by Noah Rohan Sharma.

Details: 7 p.m., Franklin Patterson Hall, Room 102, Hampshire College. All are welcome. Cold reads and prepared auditions will both be considered without bias towards one or the other. Work on the film can count towards the Div I community engaged learning and Div II community service requirements, as well as being great experience and a lot of fun. Email Noah Rohan Sharma for more information.

Roles: Contact me for a character breakdown and sides if you would like to prepare an audition.

10/17-19/11: Urinetown.

Details: 6-10:30 p.m., Curtain Theater, Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst. Director will post details on the department callboard about what they would like actors to prepare as audition dates near. Please be ready to begin your audition promptly at your chosen audition time. Plan to arrive early for your audition to allow check-in and warm-up time. Please note that there will be rehearsals for this production during january break. See the UMass Amherst production calendar for rehearsal and performance information.

Callbacks: 10/22, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Curtain Theater, Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst. Please check the callboard for the callback list and schedule. Callbacks will also be posted online. Stage management staff will have instructions at the auditions. Callback and casting information updated by stage managers on the UMass Amherst audition blog.

11/1/11: Going Public, directed by Andy Paris; Elias Johansson-Miller’s senior thesis in performance making. Going Public is an original play about the public education system in the United States. We are looking for actors who want to create a world premier play together, play real people, and spark a dialogue in the community. At the helm of this exciting project is Guest Artist Andy Paris, founding member of the Tectonic Theater Project and original cast member of The Laramie Project.

During the summer of 2010, the Los Angeles Times published a ranking of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers based on students’ standardized test scores. Soon after the scores were published, a rated teacher committed suicide. Going Public is about these events. In the documentary theater style, the script will be composed of interviews and public material such as articles, speeches, among other sources. By investigating and dramatizing this event, Going Public will explore what is really behind the national debate surrounding public education.

Details: 6 p.m., Studio 2, Webster, Amherst College. Those interested in auditioning, please sign up for a 15-minute slot outside the Theater and Dance Department Office, Webster G27. Please bring a 2-minute monologue. If you have a monologue ready, you may use that. Monologue suggestions may be found outside the Theater and Dance Department Office, Webster. Monologues need not be memorized; please be familiar with the monologue. Please prepare a short song to sing a cappella; it can be as simple as “Happy Birthday.” If you play a musical instrument, please bring it! There is a piano in Studio 2.

Callbacks: 11/2/11, 6 p.m., Studio 2, Webster, Amherst College.

Roles: 5 men or women.

Performances: 4/13-15/11, Kirby Theater, Amherst College.

Last updated: 10/25/11