Playhouse South Announces INTO THE WOODS Auditions, 6/13-14

Open Auditions for Into the Woods will take place on June 13 and June 14 at 7:00 PM. Call-backs will be held on June 15 at 7:00 PM. Auditions will be held in the Clark Haines Theatre located in the Barnes Board of Education Building at 3700 Far Hills Ave. Please prepare a 1-3 minute song from a musical, not from the show. An accompanist and CD player will be available. Audition will also consist of cold readings from the script. Call-backs will include cold singing from the show, additional readings from the script and a dance/movement audition.

Into the Woods combines the well-known fairy tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding hood with the story of the Baker and his Wife who desperately want a child. Unfortunately, the Baker and his Wife have been cursed with childlessness by a witch and must perform various missions involving the characters in the other fairy tales to break the spell. The Baker and his Wife must bring the witch a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn, and a slipper as pure as gold. After a series of failed attempts, the Baker and his Wife finally are able to perform the tasks necessary to break the spell. Once the characters have accomplished their goals, however, they learn about the pitfalls of greed and gluttony. Finally, they learn about the need for community and family when they must unite to fight against the wife of the giant Jack killed who has decided to come back for revenge