Theatre--Performance (Musical Theatre)

 In a far-off kingdom, four fairy tales had no knowledge of the othersexistence.  Into the Woods, the musical by Stephen Sondheim, is a retelling of the world's most recognizable fairy tales, where characters meet and find out what REALLY happens when their wishes come true and what lurks on the other side of "Happily Ever After".

    Welcome to the Opelousas Little Theatre and this summer's production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim.  Join us in the dark and wooded realm to follow the stories of Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk)as they meet and quest into the woods in search of their hearts deepest wishes.  Little do they know, their haphazard adventures are all a part of one witch's magical influential scheme.  Set to the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine's cleverly woven story is sure to have you humming and laughing all the way home.

    Performances will be held in downtown Opelousas at the newly renovated Delta Grand across from the Court House Square.


Dates/times: 
           July 8th through the 10th, 15th through 17th, and 22th through the 24th at 7 pm (Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays)
            July 11th,18th and 25th at 2pm (Sundays)


Tickets are available before the shows at Sebastion-Dupre Fine Jewelry--337-948-4367 or purchase at the door on the day of the show.


More information is available at www.opelousaslittletheatre.com
    

Theatre--Auditions

Abbey Players announce upcoming auditions for their Fall production of Neil Simon's first Broadway play, Come Blow Your Horn.
  
Alan, a real ladies man, and his timid kid brother, Buddy, leave the family business for a bit of the good life.   When young Buddy moves into Alan's bachelor pad, their roles become hilariously reversed and demonstrate that "the good life" is not all it's cracked up to be!
Roles needing to be filled include:
     Father - 50's-60's     
     Mother - 50's
     Older son - 30's        
     Younger son - 20's
     Nice girlfriend - 20's or 30's    
     Floozy - 20's - 40's

Auditions will consist of reading from provided scripts, no previous acting experience necessary.  Anyone interested in helping with the production in any way, on or offstage, are encouraged to attend as well.


Place: Abbey Players theatre, 200 South State Street, Abbeville LA 70510.  
Dates and times are:
     Sunday, July 25, 2pm - 4pm
     Monday, July 26, 7pm - 9pm

    If you cannot make these dates, but would still like to audition , please leave a message at 337-893-2442 or email abbeyplayers@gmail.com.

Theatre--Workshop

Jennifer Medver Hebert has decided to collaborate with BFA degreed actor Nathanael Trahan to create an acting Workshop for the summer.Come join in to learn  Auditioning as well as Improv skills in a fun judgement free classroom. Space is limited so hurry and sign up now!

The Workshop will be held once a week from July 7th through August 5th. Thursday and Friday Classes are still available.

For more information, contact Jennifer at (337) 330-2396 

Theatre--Performance

The ever so popular SaS Productions, featuring local talent and Cite regulars Shane Guilbeau and Sandra Broussard, are gracing our stage for ONE WEEKEND ONLY in Love Letters, written by A.R. Gurney.  The show will run Thursday the 24th, Friday the 25th and Saturday the 26th.

"In 'Love Letters,' A. R. Gurney has written an evocative epistolary account of two charter members of the privileged set. In less than two hours, we see Andrew Makepeace Ladd and Melissa Gardner over a period of 50 years, as author carries them from second grade through the trauma of adulthood, marriage, divorce and middle age."

Tickets are $12 general admission and $10 for students and senior citizens, and can be ordered on Cite's website at www.citedesarts.org (on the events tab). Don't miss this show before it slips away.

For more information, or for curtain times, call Cite Des Arts at (337) 291-1122.

Theatre--Workshop

Caroline McGee is returning to Lafayette to offer another workshop in The Method to actors in the Lafayette area. 

This is a basic workshop for all actors (ages 15 and adults), beginning to experienced professionals. You will be working on either one scene or one monologue from Tennessee Williams or Chekhov. The final day of the workshop will be open to (your) guests to watch the scenes/monologues as a work in progress.

Caroline´s version of The Method is a very effective and energetic way to help you deepen your realistic acting (and to put away your inner judge) visibly!  She helps you to approach the Sensory Work, a hallmark of the legendary Method technique, in a delicate and very clear way, after giving you very simple and basic tools to relax and make your body, breath and mind ready and balanced. She helps you in the most personal way to create character, avoiding cliche and stereotype, towards your own unique truth.

Due to the individualized nature of the training, spaces are limited, so register now for an early discount. The workshop is five days/3 hours per day. Dates/times TBA, the last 2 weeks of July 2010. For more info and an application: mcgeec50@yahoo.com

Caroline McGee is an actress, producer and theater educator with expertise in actor training and currently serves as Director for the Moscow Art Actor Training/NewGenerussian Company and also served as Director/Producer of The Lee Strasberg Theatre & FilmInstitute Professional Program and the Strasberg Studio/NYU Tisch School of the Arts Undergraduate Drama Program. Her credits in both fields include the New York Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theater, Williamstown Theater, Berkshire Theater Festival, Opera Theater of St. Louis, PS 122, Ohio, Soho Rep, and other theaters in New York, the U.S., and in Europe. From 1997-2004 she served as the Director of the MFA Acting Program at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Theatre--Auditions

IPAL announces that tryouts for The Lion in Winter by James Goldman will be held at IPAL's Essanee Theater at 6PM on Sunday July 18^th and Tuesday July 20^th 2010.   The play is IPAL’s fall production and will open on Friday, October 15, 2010 and will run for three weekend, closing with the Sunday Matinee on October 31^st.

The play is a comedic drama with adult themes, and requires a dedicated and serious cast. It is a “period piece” set in the year 1183, so there will be care in selecting costumes.

The cast consists of 5 men and 2 women, briefly described as follows:

                Henry II, King of England – age 50 plus

                Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry’s wife – age 60 plus

                Richard Lionheart, their oldest son – age 26

                Geoffrey, their middle son – age 24

                John, their youngest son – age 16

                Alais Capet, a French Princess – age 23

                Philip Capet, King of France – age 17

The ages shown are those set forth in the script and are not set in stone. This is an ensemble cast and members will be selected with regard to their relation to each other.

As in all IPAL production, these auditions are completely open and do not require any special preparation. Questions can be directed to the director (Mac Stearns) by calling the theater at (337) 364-6114 and leaving word.

Theatre--Fundraiser (CORRECTION)

The AUI/Barnes and Noble Bookfair Fundraiser will continue until June 25th.  The voucher number given before is incorrect and will not allow credit to AUI.  The correct voucher number is 10218634.

Theatre--Fundraiser

Acting Unlimited, Inc., the company producing Bat Boy: The Musical, will be holding a fundraising book fair at Barnes and Noble in Lafayette from June 19th- through June 25th. During this book fair, AUI will receive a percentage of everything purchased at the store (with the use of a voucher with the AUI number on it) or online with the use of the voucher number 1028634.  

And to thank you (in advance!), the cast of Bat Boy: The Musical is preparing two numbers from the show for a special preview performance at Barnes and Noble on Johnston St. The cast will perform at 6 pm on Saturday, June 19th and 2 pm on Sunday, June 20th.

The book fair itself, where you can make purchases and donate money to AUI, lasts from the 19th to the 25th whenever you can buy books (so 24 hours online, during store hours at the stores).

This is a quick and easy way to help support the company and the show, and get a taste of the musical itself.

Theatre--Auditions

The Acadiana Repertory Theatre is holding another round of company auditions on June 26th and 27th.  Call 
(337) 366-2277 or email info@acadianarep.org to schedule an audition time. You will need a contemporary and a classical monologue as well as 15 to 20 measures of a song.

Theatre--Fundraiser

IPAL is planning a 50’s era musical, Remember When. This original show will feature a cast of 40 singers, dancers, and actors  and over twenty songs performed by a live rock-n-roll band.  To get theater-goers in the mood, IPAL is also hosting a Music and Food Fest from 6:30 to 9:00 on Saturday, July 10 at the Bayou Trading Company, 225 West Main Street . There will be lots of 50’s style food, a D.J. spinning 50’s music, a live music program, wine, beer, other 50’s non-alcoholic beverages (Remember when Purple Cows, Brown Cows, and Cherry Cokes were the rage!), as well as a silent auction and some surprises. Funds will go to improvements and expenses at IPAL’s Essanee Theater as it opens its 2010-2011 season.  Tickets will cost $50 per person, and will be available at the usual IPAL outlets (Paul’s Flower Shop, Accentrics on Main Street , and Delaune’s Pharmacy) or by calling the theater at 364-6114. Only 120 tickets will be available so reserve yours early!

Theatre--Workshop

The Evangeline Players of St. Martinville will be holding a youth drama camp this summer for ages 6 – 16 at the Duchamp Opera House in St. Martinville, LA. The camp, under the direction of Adel-Catherine Comeaux, will run for two weeks (June 14-19 and June 21-25) from 8 AM to Noon, Monday through Friday, and culminate in a matinee performance (2 PM) on Saturday, June 26. Cost per camper is $50.00. As part of the camp, campers will participate in various acting exercises and will be introduced to some of the technical aspects of theatre, such as lighting, set design, and costume design. Steve Comeaux Photography &Design will provide professional headshots for each camper.

This year’s camp production, through arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., will be Stories Under the Big Top by Lorraine Thompson. This is a circus themed review of well known stories such as “The Bremen Town Musicians,” “The Billy Goats Gruff,” “The Lion and the Mouse,” “Monkey See, Monkey Do,” and “The Magic Fish.”  

For more information, e-mail: epdramacamp@gmail.com.

Theatre--Performance

IPAL's New Kid On The Block is entering its second and final weekend of performance this Thursday, June 10th.  For reservations or more information, call (337) 364-6114.

(From left to right) Susan Clark, Walter Brown, Sheila Derouen, Mac Sterns and

Fred Comeaux

(from left to right) Michelle Derouen, Sheila Derouen, Walter Brown and

Susan Clark

(from left to right) Mac Sterns, Fred Comeaux and Walter Brown 

Theatre--Review (Chez Gisele at Cite Des Arts)

Ray Blum's review of Chez Gisele (currently running at Cite Des Arts) ran in the Friday, June 4th edition of the Daily Advertiser.

Theatre--Performance (Musical Theatre)

Chez Gisele, a drag musical comedy noire, completed a highly successful first week of the play's three week run at Cite Des Arts theater.  Amazingly, Chez Gisele sold out 2 performances the first week.   “We had many returning patrons the first week”, stated Dennis Ward, the playwright. “What a compliment!”

Stephanie Broussard's stunning performance as “Gigi” has been evoking cherished poignant memories for family and dear friends of the late Gisele Carriton.  The drag queens are highly entertaining creating a festive, sometimes wacky, atmosphere of 1970s song and dance and Ms. Patricia Craven's stellar performance as Miss Hannah(the hoodoo woman, voyante) is not to be missed.

Buckle your seat belts as you enter the hilarious, campy, roller coaster world of Chez Gisele.  Reserve tickets to one of the hottest shows in town quickly by calling Cite Des Arts (337-291-1122) or buy in advance online through Paypal at  citedesarts.org.  Tickets are still available for June 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th performances.