Upcoming Auditions in Nashville 10/26/15

Directors and producers in the Nashville region are seeking actors for upcoming productions of A Very Merry Country Christmas Caper and Will Enos' The Flu Season. We've gathered the details together here to make your planning easier. So now you have no excuse: go follow your dream!

David Arnold's Caricatures Etc. is looking for someone with experience as a "Living Statue" (or thinks they could handle it). Also, anyone who believes they might be an awesome celebrity look-a-like, princess or super hero for parties and special events. Serious inquiries only. PM me or email me: caricaturesetc@gmail.com

October 25

Towne Centre Theatre, Brentwood: A Very Merry Country Christmas Caper by Curtis Reed. Auditions are scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. for children and teens, ages 7 to 18. Kids and teens planning to audition should prepare a Christmas song and bring an accompaniment track to auditions. There will also be cold readings from the script. If you are interested in auditioning for an adult role, or for more information, email Karen at bellydeep@yahoo.com. Towne Centre Theatre is located at 136 Frierson Street, Brentwood. www.townecentretheatre.com

November 8 and 9

ACT 1, Nashville: The Flu Season by Will Eno, directed by Memory Strong. Auditions will be held at Tulip Street UMC, 522 Russell Street (entrance on 6th Street side of building) on Sunday, November 8, and Monday, November 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. Callbacks, if needed, will be held on November 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. Read-through will be on November 12, with rehearsals primarily on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Show runs January 15-30, 2016 at the Darkhorse Theater.

Synopsis: "The Flu Season really isn't about the flu or the season, of course. It's about a man and woman, called just that, Man and Woman, who meet and grow close as patients in a mental hospital, and their doctor and nurse, called (you guessed it) Doctor and Nurse, who have their own peculiarities and don't help their patients much. Only The Flu Season is not really about all that, either. It's as much about the commentators, Prologue and Epilogue, who watch from the sidelines and interrupt to discuss the story that's unfolding. What it's about, in fact, is the process of writing the play (or the creative process in general). The two figures represent two sides of the creative impulse. Prologue is the earnest, optimistic voice early in the process, confident of his mastery. Cynical Epilogue is the wised-up voice of experience, after facing problems and rewrites: 'For what it's worth, which is probably very little...'"

Cast requirements: Prolgue: A narrator, Male or Female, any age. Must have a clear speaking voice; Epilogue: A narrator, Male or Female, any age. Must have a clear speaking voice; Man: Intelligent, Scrappy, 28-40; Woman: Intelligent, delicate, 28-40; Doctor: Male, Distracted, 50's; Nurse: Female, maternal, dignified although distracted, 50's

EDITOR'S NOTE: Send your audition announcements to Jeffrey Ellis, BWW Nashville senior contributing editor, at jeffreyellis37215@att.net for inclusion in this column.

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