MVLCT – Auditions for Roots – A New Play Festival
Auditions are coming up for MVLCT’s Roots: A New Play Festival.
When: January 20 & 21 at 7:00 PM
Where: Uptown Theatre in Mount Vernon’s First Street Community Center
What to bring: Yourself! All auditions will consist of cold reading and performing A/B scenes.
Show Dates: March 7,8,9, & 10
What is the Roots Festival?
This year’s new play festival centers around the theme of Roots. This idea has been expressed in numerous ways from the roots of evil to familial roots to the foundations of community theatre itself. With eleven different plays from eleven different local Eastern Iowa writers, Roots: A New Play Festival is sure to be grounded in great midwestern theatre and stem plenty of theatrical ingenuity. A breakdown of plays and characters is listed below:
All Evil Inc by Kelli Massey
The dashing and daring Captain Man is in a dastardly duel with the Root of All Evil, but all is not what it seems.
1 Male Actor
1 Female Actor
Home by Eva Giacomo
Past becomes present as an event draws two ex’s together.
1 Male Actor
1 Female Actor
Ping Pong by Barbara Lau
Gender and race come to the forefront when an adopted daughter learns about her heritage.
1 Male Actor
2 Female Actor
Some Surprise by Amy White
A birthday doesn’t go quite as planned against the backdrop of the1920s … with Puppets
1 Actor
Not Doing Christmas by Kristin Schneider
Sisters discuss plans for Christmas, but the talk quickly veers into the news of the day.
2 Female Actors
1 Male Actor
Loving Addison and Dealing with Teenage Angst in 1946: The Musical by Tristan Maynard
The show must go on even when a disgruntled actor steps in.
2 Male Actor
1 Female Actor
Weeding by Brian Tanner
Life Lessons in Gardening.
3 Male Actors (all 12 years old)
2 Female Actors
Mock Trial/Real Error by Elijah Jones
A father & son confront the past.
2 Male Actors
This is a Bad Idea by Grant Freeman
A wacky and weird community theatre selects their final show for their upcoming season.
2 Male Actors
3 Female Actors
Untitled Interview by Tony Craine
An elderly woman learns of her family’s history.
I Male Actor
1 Female Actor
Memory by Chris Okishi
Memory is a fickle beast, especially when you’re losing it.
2 Female Actors