LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY
TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR TWO SHOWS,
INHERIT THE WIND and DIAL M FOR MURDER,
ON JUNE 3, 2018
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having auditions to complete the casting for Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott on SUNDAY, JUNE 3. Sign up online to secure an audition appointment at this link:
https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/lakewood-plays-auditions or call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.
Callbacks will be scheduled as needed.
Inherit the Wind will be directed by Antonio Sonera.
Dial M for Murder will be directed by David Sikking
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to audition. All roles receive remuneration. For a breakdown of roles, see Lakewood’s website at
www.lakewood-center.org
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts,
368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed: For show information and to sign up online for an audition appointment time see:
https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/lakewood-plays-auditions You may submit your resume and headshot at the same time by following the instructions on the audition site. Please bring a hard copy of resume and headshot with you to the audition. Actors should prepare a one-minute monologue. Those auditioning for Inherit the Wind should also prepare an a acapella song or hymnal. (Happy Birthday is appropriate too). Actors may be asked to cold read from the script. Conflicts not listed at time of auditions may not be honored.
Inherit the Wind rehearsals will begin September 24. The tentative schedule with be Mon-Thursday 6:30 pm-10 pm, Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sunday 10 am-4 pm, Fridays will be off.
Dial M for Murder rehearsals will begin rehearsals the end of November. Schedule TBD.
Performance Schedule:
Inherit the Wind opens November 2, 2018 and continues through December 9, 2018.
Dial M for Murder opens January 4, 2019 and runs until February 10, 2019.
Performances for both productions are Thurs. – Sat. at 7:30 pm, some Sundays at 7:00 pm, some Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the plays:
INHERIT THE WIND A classic work of American theatre, based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, about a teacher’s choice to teach evolution in the classroom which pitted well-known lawyers Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan against one another. Inherit the Wind explores threats to learning and intellectual freedom in a dramatic courtroom retelling.
DIAL M FOR MURDER Tony Wendice, a professional tennis player,
plans to have his socialite wife Margot murdered to inherit her fortune. He comes up with the perfect plan to kill her – now all he has to do is make sure she dies.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
66 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 350 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
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