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POTTSTOWN 

OPEN AUDITIONS BEGIN JUNE 6 FOR 1^st HALF OF TRI-PAC’S UPCOMING SEASON

Pottstown, Pa.—The Tri-County Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce OPEN AUDITIONS June 6^th through 12^th for productions occurring during the first half of the 2011-12 season. Men, women, teens and children who are vocalists, actors, dancers, gymnasts, magicians, and circus performers are needed for a wide range of roles in musicals and plays.
Included are roles in the popular Stephen Schwartz musical, PIPPIN, the family favorite A CHRISTMAS STORY, the Tony-award winning musical AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, a children’s touring production to be announced, and a mystery dinner theater production. The Tri-PAC is also holding auditions for WILLY WONKA, JR., which is open to children in 5^th through 12^th grades who are also enrolling in the Tri-PAC performing arts summer camp.
The Tri-County Performing Arts Center will also be scouting for other upcoming productions that will run in March through June 2012.
Initial auditions will be held June 6^th through 12^th at various times throughout the day and evening, with callbacks for specific shows scheduled from June 14^th through 22^nd.  Rehearsals are evenings and weekends. You can download information about the shows and auditions at www.tripac.org.
Most of the auditions will be held at the Tri-County Performing Arts Center, 245 E. High Street in Pottstown, with additional dates and times to be held in Center City, Philadelphia. Roles are nonunion and unpaid unless otherwise noted in the audition materials. Ethnic diversity is encouraged. Contact casting@villageproductions.org for an audition appointment.

Village Productions (The Tri-County Performing Arts Center) is a dynamic, non-profit performing arts organization founded in 2001 by a dedicated team of performing artists, arts educators, and area residents who dreamed of creating new and highly accessible performing arts opportunities for the community. Village Productions seeks to strengthen community, inspire creative exploration, educate, and entertain, through the presentation of quality performing arts events and educational opportunities geared toward a diverse audience. You may contact Village Productions through their website at www.tripac.org, or by telephone at 610-970-1199.

READING

READING COMMUNITY PLAYERS AUDITIONS FOR 'TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”
Reading Community Players, Pennsylvania's third oldest community theater , will hold auditions for “To Kill A Mockingbird” Sunday, June 19 and Monday June 20. Performance dates will be September 23, 24, 25, 30, October 1, 2

The play is set in a small Alabama town in 1935.  It is the time when Blacks were still severely oppressed having to face deep prejudice in the South.  Atticus is a light in the dark exposing the cruelty of that prejudice.  At the same time it shows the goodness in some people willing to face injustices at their own risk.  It’s a glimpse into a time that is mostly in the past, but while we still seem to wrestle with the prejudices.  “Mockingbird” still makes us look at our inner selves.

The theater is located at 403 N. 11th Street, Reading, PA,

For more information check the website at www.readingcommunityplayers.com