Auditions for NOISES OFF Held at Woodland Opera House 11/8-9

NOISES OFF By Michael Frayn will be holding auditions at Woodland Opera House on Sunday, November 8 and Monday, November 9 at 7 pm, with callbacks to be announced later.  Woodland Opera House is located at 340 2nd Street, Woodland, CA 95695.

The how rehearses Sunday through Thursday evenings beginning in January.  Performance dates will be March 5 through March 28 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm

 

Synopsis:
NOISES OFF depicts the onstage and backstage antics of a fifth-rate bumbling acting troupe touring its production of "Nothing On", a bedroom farce. This comedy will take you behind the scenes of this outrageous production that will keep you laughing with misspoken lines, missed cues, slamming doors, offstage shenanigans and onstage slapstick.

 

Woodland Opera House, registered as California State Historic Landmark #851, reopened in January of 1989 after a seven-year, $2,000,000+ restoration project. For the first time in nearly eight decades, the venerable brick building in the heart of California's fertile Sacramento Valley, began to offer live entertainment on a year-round basis. From its first season beginning in the fall of 1989, WOH has consistently captured regional Elly and Local Chesley theater nominations and awards. The WOH is made up of actors and technicians from throughout the area-some commuting up to 70 miles to perform. WOH mounts 5 Mainstage productions from September to June, a summer melodrama, a youth theater camp in August, and the Young Peoples Theatre program throughout the year, each production running from 2 to 4 weekends.

Other programming includes the School Outreach Program. Working with the Yolo County Superintendent of Schools office, WOH showcases professional and YPT artists during the school year that local schools bring their students, grades K-12, to see for a very small fee per attendee. Selected Special Events artists and programs are booked in by the Opera House throughout the year and there are also numerous rental events by local organizations for the public's entertainment.

The stage contains a modern, computerized lighting system and is capable of handling most sound needs through a 12 channel sound board with CD player and tape player. Stage microphones are available although not often needed as the original acoustics of the building are excellent. A hemp-line system, using historically correct rope and sandbags, is used to rig WOH's stagehouse instead of the computerized and counter-weighted system more modern theatres often utilize. The WOH will sometimes use the "wing and drop" scenery one associates with pre-20th century theatrical productions.

The building is owned by the State of California but management is by a professional staff hired by the Woodland Opera House Board of Trustees. The Board is made up of arts lovers, theatre buffs, historians and business persons. Although the building is owned by the State of California, it receives no financial support from the state, the county ot the city. WOH is completely self sufficient. The WOH brings in 50% of the total income, other programming and rental brings in about 15%, fundraising totals another 15% and the remainder of the budget is balanced with donations, corporate underwriting, foundation grants, etc.

WOH is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1971), inventory of Historic Sites in Yolo County (1972), was on the Historic American Building Survey (1966) and listed in the Woodland Historical Zone (1971). Named California Registered Historical Landmark #851 in 1973, the Opera House was made a state historical park in 1976, even though no park rangers are on the premises.

 

For further information please call Linda Glick at 530-795-3683 or visit www.wohtheatre.org.

 

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