Auditions
Whether you're new to the stage or an experienced performer, the Lofte Community Theatre welcomes everyone to audition for our productions!
RSVP or scheduling a time slot is not required. Please come a few minutes early to auditions with possible rehearsal and performance conflicts and be prepared to read lines. For musicals, bring a prepared song no more than one minute in length and attire for dancing. Piano accompanist is provided.
Note: Age suggestions in the script will not be the deciding factor in casting. Actors of all abilities, races, gender identities, sexual orientation and experiences are encouraged to audition.
We look forward to seeing you!
Hollywood, Nebraska
By Kenneth Jones
March 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30
Auditions: January 27 & 28 at 7 PM
Callbacks: January 29 at 7 PM
Two forty-something actresses have returned to their dying hometown in the Great Plains of Nebraska. TV star Jane is in from Los Angeles to check on her ailing mother. Stage actress Andrea is back from New York City to bury her father. Can childhood friends overcome past hurts to find hope in a place they left behind? Fall in love with a new American comedy about the urge to be creative, the itch to move away and the power of coming home. Our production of Hollywood, Nebraska will be a Nebraska premiere!
We suggest PG13
Our Town
By By Thornton Wilder
May 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11
Auditions: February 10 & 11 at 7 PM
Callbacks: February 12 at 7 PM
Described as the greatest American play ever written, this Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life in the small village of Grover’s Corners has become an American classic and is Thornton Wilder’s most renowned play. The story follows the simple daily lives of the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die.
Our Town is a play that shares the idea that we live life without really appreciating what it has to offer.
Something Rotten!
Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell
Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
July 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31; August 1, 2, 3
Auditions: May 19 & 20 at 7 PM
Callbacks: May 21 at 7 PM
Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
We suggest PG 13
The Last Mass at St. Casimir’s
By Tom Dudzick
September 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14
Auditions: May 12 & 13 at 7 PM
Callbacks: May 14 at 7 PM
In the endearing last chapter of the “Over the Tavern” trilogy of plays, it's the end of an era as the Pazinski clan has gathered to say their final goodbyes to their recently-sold childhood home. But when an unexpected blizzard results in a driving ban throughout the city, they're trapped together in their old house, forced to confront and resolve lingering family issues -- albeit through miraculous and comical mishaps.
RUMORS
By Neil Simon
October 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26
Auditions: July 28 & 29
Callbacks: July 30 at 7 PM
As their tenth wedding anniversary party commences, Charley Brock, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Charley lies bleeding in another room, and his wife Myra is nowhere in sight. Though it's only a flesh wound, Charley’s self-inflicted injury sets off a series of events causing his guests to scramble to get “the story” straight before the authorities arrive. As the confusions and miscommunications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity. We suggest PG13
One Christmas Eve at Evergreen Mall
By Lynne Halliday, James Hindman, Arlene Hutton and Craig Pospisil
December 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21
Auditions: September 8 & 9 at 7 PM
Callbacks: September 10 at 7 PM
ONE CHRISTMAS EVE AT EVERGREEN MALL follows eight intertwined stories in a Midwestern mall on the last day of shopping before the holiday. A diverse cast of characters—from a lovesick mall Santa to an overeager mall cop, from a pair of brainy misfit teenagers to a pair of battling actors in a production of A Christmas Carol—navigate first meetings, second chances, and last-minute choices. ONE CHRISTMAS EVE wraps the joys and sorrows of the season into one festive package.
