Theatre--Performance

Someone saw it. Someone didn't go. Someone sat in her car. And someone did the unexplainable. In interlocking monologues, four young people attempt to find sense in a senseless act of violence in Certain Unexplainable Events, a new one-act play by local playwright Cody Daigle.

AUI/AURA is proud to have the opportunity to present this new work at a June 11th ArtWalk event hosted by the Acadiana Center for the Arts. The show will be run twice with a different cast each time. Start times for the shows will be announced as soon as possible.

The casts are Kelly Griffin/Megan Conner as The One In Her Car, Martha Diaz/Morgan James as The One Who Saw It, Joseph Diaz/Michael Mouton as The One Who Didn't Go and Phillip Spear/Mychael Zulauf as Michael.

The starting times are 6:15 pm and 7:15 pm at the James Moncus Theatre in the AcA.

Theatre--Auditions (Musical Theatre)

AUDITIONS FOR: THE ROADKILL DINER
a musical comedy
by Dennis Ward
AUDITION SCHEDULE: Cité des Arts, 109 Vine St., Lafayette, Louisiana
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:30pm-8pm
Thursday, June 23, 2011, 6:30pm-8pm
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE:
Rehearsals begin the week of July 11, 2011, Performances begin September 16,17,18 and
23,24,25th
CAST BREAKDOWN:
1. Annie Lu Nutt- 20-35, a Southern waitress with a strong voice and southern accent
2. Connie Coffee, 30-50, a feisty Southern waitress, singing ability a plus
3. Ima Nutt, 30-50, pretentious, a grand dame only in her own mind, strong voice and so accent
4. Dub Nutt, 20-35, straight drag queen husband of Annie Lu, singing ability a plus
5. Aunt Ophelia Nutt, 50-70, heart of gold owner of the Roadkill Diner, singing ability a plus
6. Sam Goodman, 30-50, a kind lawyer who helps the defenseless
7. Teena Nutt, 20-35, lascivous criminal sister, part can be played by a man or woman
8. Teeta Nutt, 20-35, lascivious criminal sister, part can be played by a man or a woman
9. Preacher Tubbs, 30-60, a Southern country preacher
10. Sheriff Jones- 30-50, a country sheriff
11. Encyclopedia salesman- An innocent teenager

Theatre--Performance

Someone saw it. Someone didn't go. Someone sat in her car. And someone did the unexplainable. In interlocking monologues, four young people attempt to find sense in a senseless act of violence in Certain Unexplainable Events, a new one-act play by local playwright Cody Daigle.

AUI/AURA is proud to have the opportunity to present this new work at a June 11th ArtWalk event hosted by the Acadiana Center for the Arts. The show will be run twice with a different cast each time. The first show will begin at 6:15 and the second will begin at 7:15.

The casts are Kelly Griffin/Megan Conner as The One In Her Car, Martha Diaz/Morgan James as The One Who Saw It, Joseph Diaz/Michael Mouton as The One Who Didn't Go and Phillip Spear/Mychael Zulauf as Michael.

Theatre--Auditions (Musical Theatre)

Auditions for the Eunice Players’ Theatre Summer musical, Schoolhouse Rock Live, are as follows: Saturday, June 4th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Monday, June 6th and Tuesday, June 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. We will be casting male and female roles from ages 15 years old and up in singing and dancing roles. Anyone interested in auditioning for the show or interested in helping, please come to the Eunice Players’ Theatre, located at 121 South 2nd Street, within those dates and times. If auditioning, please prepare a short monologue of your choosing and bring an accompaniment track to sing one solo song. No a cappella auditions will be allowed. The show is scheduled to open mid-July and it is family friendly. If you should have any questions, please call Debi at 337-457-2156. You can also check our Facebook page.

          Murder, revenge and suspense in the mists of Wales will keep theatergoers on the edge of their seats as the Iberia Performing Arts League (IPAL) presents Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest. Performances will be Thursdays through Sundays June 2 through June 12, 2011, at the Essanee Theater in downtown New Iberia. Evening performances (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) begin at 7:30 with Sunday Matinees at 3:00. Advance tickets in New Iberia are available at Delaune’s Pharmacy, Paul’s Flower Shop, or Accentrics on Main Street. Information can be obtained by calling the theater at 364-6114, e-mailing ipal@cox.net, or by visiting the IPAL website www.iberiaperforms.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. All tickets are $10.00

            Dame Agatha Christie, the “Queen of Crime,” penned over sixty-five mystery novels and seventeen plays and remains one of the best-selling authors of all time outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. She has never failed to puzzle and dazzle audiences all over the world. The Unexpected Guest is nothing different. Just when it appears the mystery is solved, she pulls one of her famous twists leaving the audience on the edge of its seat and guessing until the end!

            The show is directed by Travis Guillory and features a talented cast featuring leads Rhonda LeBlanc as Laura Warwick and Billy Walker as Michael Starkwedder. Rounding out the cast are Vince Barras as Henry Angell, Cheryl Patin as Miss Bennett, Seth Derouen as Jan Warwick, Judi Gardiner as Mrs. Warwick,  Craig Duhon as Julian Farrar, Barney Fortier as Inspector Thomas, and Donald Voorhies as Sergeant Cadwallader. With Guillory's top-notch set and talented cast, IPAL is ready to provide a night of unforgettable entertainment!

            "The door opens and the unexpected guest come in." Will you be ready?

Theatre--Auditions

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AUDITIONS FOR

SUNDAY DINNER

Story by

Larnell D. Patterson

A Stage play

by

Brian E Taylor

Audition Schedule:

Saturday, May 28, 2011, 3:00-5:00PM

Bring a headshot or close up photo if you have one.

Ages 10- 70, All ethnicities needed.

Production Schedule:

Mondays, 4-6PM

Thursdays, 4-6PM

Saturday, 3:00-5:00PM

Crew/Talent pay: Based on final ticket sales and proceeds/ videos available of the show.

Crew call: 1 Light & sound Tech, 1 Stage Manager

Two shows: Friday, July 1, Saturday, July 2, 2011, 7:30-9:00PM

Tickets on sale now: $15.00

Call: (337) 291-1122 for tickets.

Cite' des Arts

109 Vine Street

Lafayette, La 70501

Cast Breakdown:

Log Line: Babyboy struggles to find his way as a businessman, only to find out that the only support he has is his momma's gumbo and cornbread on Sunday.

Character Breakdown:

Babyboy – 18, Lead, African American, can be said to b many things. A good-hearted teen, call it like he see it, determined, ambitious. Knows the MO of all the members of the hood, brown skinned. Cast-Nicholas Marchan

Mr. Jackson – (Stepfather) 65, Supporting, Think Mr. Brown (House of Payne), dark skinned. Cast-Paul Batiste

Mrs. Jackson – (mother) 54,lead 5'6', Christian woman, very helpful.Cast-Gethsemene Campbell

Mr. Wilson – (father) 56, Minor, old school with a sixth sense, live on Chicago Low-end, progressing to upper side, Babyboy's biological father.

Lou- (older brother) – 35, Minor, 6'1”, nine year older twin to Babyboy, large build,

always have to watch him. Black Patrick Swayze. Cast-Wendell Lewis

Booboo – (Oldest brother), 53, Minor, scrubby, Young Mr. Brown, Barney, Grump without Forest, sneaky, 5'10”, sings, smokes grass – Cast-Tommy Cole

Uncle Albert (Herb) – (Drunk) 5'9”, Co-Star, 49, slim/muscular, smooth, creep and groove, works hard for beer. Cast- Brian E Taylor

Derrick -(brother) 5'8”, 54, Minor, Social Security Brother, do weed and booze, to get back on dialysis, smile at you and hate at the same time. Cast- Gregory P Williams, double cast-

Vincent – (brother) 5'8”, 51, Minor, brown-teeth, need a job, steal government checks from children, bad odor.

Pam -(sister) 5'7”, 48, Supporting, sweetheart, educated, depressed, artistic, big sister, brown—skinned, turkey neck, good with children. Raised nieces and nephews.

Debra – (sister/crack head) 5'7”, Supporting, divorcee two times, educated, on crack, cocaine, heroin.

G – (thug/weed) man) 6'3”, 32, sneaky, slim, hater, brags, quiet, down to earth. Serious about “business.” Cross arms and stares a lot. Cast-Anri Mims

Mike – (Young/wan-a-be thug) 6'1”, 17-19, Mr. Smothers from The Simpson's.

Old Mike – (hustler/handicap) 5'11”, 65, Ex-con for Murder, had a stroke, (Pastor from New Jack City), walk like Denzel Washington.

Nosy neighbor # 1 – 49, Supporting, Belinda Ruiz, a little wide sided, mad black woman, married to Mexican man, with 5 children.

Mr. Ruiz- 30-40's, Husband to Mrs. Ruiz, laid back hispanic, Chicago dock worker, lazy.

Mia Naomi Ruiz -Oldest daughter 15, medium build, feisty. Blatino - Minor

Julio Hosea Jr. Ruiz -Oldest son con artist, 14, slim. Blexican. Minor

Tasha Angelique Ruiz - 12, princess of Monaco in the hood. Blatino.- Minor

Benino Ronald Riuz – 10, Smart son of family – Minor

Benita Ruiz – 9, Diva, youngest daughter - Minor

Nosy Neighbor # 2 – 45, Bald-headed, Haitian, 7 brothers, weed man, stands on porch all day everyday, checking out everybody. (Joe Artist, Sammy Sosa)

Nosy Neighbor # 3 – Mrs. Johnson – African American, 45, married, cougar, Black Panther, retired early as social worker due to cancer.

Mr. Harrison – 55, Grisly bear, alien looking, old school, sleep disorder, sneaks to drink.

Mrs. Harrison – 5'10”, 70, stroke victim, church woman, spits when she talks, Jerry Curl, one handed functioning. Cast-Marlice Young-Dugas

Teen-boy – 17-19, Boy, Any ethnicity, lazy, job-seeker..

Job-service Worker – 59, Caucasian woman, tired, mean, 30 years State worker. Cast- Suzy Labry

Pretty Tony - Tony Mitchell- average size to well-built. Italian/European/Venezuelan Pretty boy type – Big with a big heart- 24-34, English/Venezuelan/European accent preferred. He is from London/Europe, inherited commercial real estate from family fortune. Snobbish slum lord. Trying to fit in, in a Chicago society, starkly different from his Mother Country, London, England. Principle-Recurring

Marcello- Italian Fitness trainer at Tony's private club. Henchman - 30-55

Male Nurse 1- Fit, Male, any Ethnicity, 23-30- Cast – Jeremy Henry

Male Nurse 2 – Fit -male, average build, 23-30 European, Italian -

Nurse – 25-30, Female, firm – African American community (boss)- Cast- Kimbery Louis

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Theatre--Workshop

Firelight Performing Arts Academy

Summer Camps 2011

At the Hop: June 6-10, Ages 4-8, 2:30-3:30p.m.; Ages 9 and up 9a.m.-2p.m. Campers will learn basic singing skills and simple choreography to music from the 1950’s.  A culminating performance will be held at 7p.m. on June 10, 2011. Camp will be held at Firelight Performing Arts Academy, 501 Church Street, Youngsville, LA. For more information or to register call (337) 857-6991, (337) 962-0306 or go to our website www.firelightperformingarts.com

Broadway Bound: June 20-24; Ages 4-8, 2:30-3:30p.m.; Ages 9 and up 9a.m.-2p.m. Campers will learn basic singing skills and simple choreography to music from the Broadway stage. A culminating performance will be held at 7p.m. on June 24, 2011. For more information or to register call (337) 857-6991, (337) 962-0306 or go to our website www.firelightperformingarts.com


Fractured Fairy Tales:  Ages 5-8; July 18-29. Campers will learn acting, dancing, and singing skills along with memorization techniques while working on the musical production Fractured Fairy Tales. Culminating performances will be held on July 30, 2011,  For more information or to register call (337) 857-6991, (337) 962-0306 or go to our website www.firelightperformingarts.com


Tom Sawyer: Ages 9 and up; July 11-29. Campers will learn acting, dancing, and singing skills along with memorization techniques while working on the musical production Tom Sawyer. Culminating performances will be held on July 29-31, 2011. For more information or to register call (337) 857-6991, (337) 962-0306 or go to our website www.firelightperformingarts.com

Theatre--Workshop (Playwriting)

AUI/AURA is offering “AURA Summer Playwrights,” a 5-session summer workshop for aspiring or novice playwrights eager to learn more about writing for the stage. The workshop will teach you the basic skills you need to get your play off the ground as well as some tricks and tools to spark your creativity.

The workshop will be led by local playwright Cody Daigle, whose work has been seen locally, regionally and Off-Off Broadway in New York City.


AURA Summer Playwrights will teach you all you need to know to start writing that play you've always dreamed of writing.

WHO: The workshop is open to anyone 16 and up. You do not need to have previous experience as a playwright. (Although seasoned playwrights are welcome!) The only requirement is a desire to write a play.

WHEN: The workshops are 3 hour sessions (two 80-minute sessions with a break) over five days beginning June 13. We can tailor the time schedule to accommodate the workshop participants.

WHERE: 810 Jefferson Street, downtown Lafayette.

HOW MUCH: $50 for the 5-session workshop.

HOW DO I REGISTER?: Email actingunlimitedinc@gmail.com to register for the summer workshop program or for any questions.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Cody Daigle is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and a company member of Maieutic Theatre Works in NYC. He works as a professional playwright, journalist and educator. His first play, “Guernica,” received its premiere production at UL-Lafayette and was entered into the American College Theatre Festival’s Fourth Freedom’s Foundation Playwriting Competition during the 1996-97 academic year. Mr. Daigle was honored with second prize in this national competition with acclaimed director Lloyd Richards serving as final adjudicator. “Guernica” has also been produced at Augusta State University in Georgia and received a public reading at the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art in 2007. In recent years, Daigle’s “Providence” and “A Home Across the Ocean” have been produced Off-Off Broadway and his new play, “Why We Fall” was developed in New York by On the Square Theatre Company. Other NYC productions include Life Play at the NY International Theatre Festival and The Last Night of the World at the Riant Theatre. His work has also been developed by AUI/AURA and Playhouse Theatre Tulsa. His new play, “William and Judith” will premiere at Playhouse Tulsa in 2012. 

Theatre--Workshop (Playwriting)

You’ve agonized over every word. You’ve rewritten that final scene at least thirty times. You’ve changed the title more times than you can count.

But now you have a play — all 100 beautiful pages of it.

Now what?

AUI/AURA PRESENTS “THE WORKING PLAYWRIGHT”
This one-day workshop for novice and aspiring playwrights breaks down just what you need to do to get your play off your desktop and into the world. The workshop hits all the nuts and bolts of creating great submission packets, finding opportunities for submission, and the basics of putting on a reading of your own.

The workshop also hits on some basic networking and communication skills so you can make the most of your one-on-one interactions with possible theatre contacts.

SO, WHAT MAKES YOU AN EXPERT?
Simple: I’m a working playwright. I’m what they call an “emerging” or “early career” playwright. I’m a playwright who’s seeing his work produced or read by theatres around the country. And I’m writing plays in a part of the country that isn’t New York or Chicago or L.A.

I’ve been at the playwriting game for the last 10 years, and while I’m not a household name, I’m living the dream of every playwright: audiences are gathering in theatres around the country and seeing my work.

WHO’S THIS WORKSHOP FOR?
This workshop is ideal for any playwright looking to get their script read by theatres around the country without the benefit of an agent. If you’re a playwright with a big dream and a finished script, this workshop is for you.

WHAT’S INVOLVED?
“The Working Playwright” workshop is a day-long workshop, broken into two, three-hour chunks. The workshop group does not exceed 25, so you'll get personal attention throughout the day. You bring your work and your enthusiasm for playwriting – I'll bring the rest.

HOW MUCH?
The cost for the one-day workshop is $30.

WHAT DO I GET?
You'll get some hard-won practical advice on getting your play out into the world. Plus you'll leave with a packet of information that will get your plays (and you!) into the world. Plus, all workshop playwrights will get listed on my website, and companies I collaborate with can connect with you and your work.

HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Just email cody@codydaiglewrites.com for details on registering for the workshop.
---Cody Daigle

Theatre--Upcoming

This weekend, Acadiana theatre is having a ladies’ night.

Evangeline Players opens their produciton of Wendy Wasserstein’s Uncommon Women and Others, an early play from the Pulitzer and Tony-winning playwright of The Heidi Chronicles.

The show focuses on five old friends meeting for lunch seven years after graduationg from a prestigious women’s college. The reunion sets the scene for a series of flashbacks to their senior year when they were a part of the “uncommon group” who were going to be pretty amazing by the time they were thirty. Uncommon Women and Others is a play about choices.  It is also about struggles- the struggle to achieve and the struggle to remain an individual.

 

The cast includes Elizabeth Hunt, Katie Lamson, Sarah Hitchcock, Amanda Lyon, Kyla Cormier, Amanda Newbury, Taylor Dought, Adel-Catherine Comeaux, and Stacy  Broussard. Uncommon Women and Others contains mature subject matter and language and is intended for mature audiences .Show times are May 13, 14, 15 and  May 20, 21, 21 .  Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 PM and the Sunday matinees are at 2:00 PM. All performances are at The Duchamp Opera House in St. Martinville.  Tickets are available at Shamrock Office Supply (394-5574) or The Duchamp Opera House (394-6604) or at the door.

AUI/AURA is also presenting a staged reading of William and Judith, my new play. The reading will take place at 810 Jefferson St. (under the Juliet Hotel, near The Filling Station) at 8 p.m. on May 14.

In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf posits that if Shakespeare had an equally talented, equally ambitious sister who dreamed of being a playwright, she would have been lost to history simply because she was a woman. The play imagines that sister — Judith — who arrives in London after being disowned by the family. She finds her brother struggling to write something worthwhile after two decades of success as a playwright. In this crucible, The Tempest is created, and that play’s creation could tear brother and sister apart.

The play features an impressive cast of local actors including Duncan Thistlethwaite, John Snyder, Kayla Lemaire, David Huyhn and Martha Diaz.  The show also features an appearance by Courtneay Sanders, an associate director of Playhouse Theatre Tulsa, which will produce the show in February 2012.

For more information, click here.
---Cody Daigle
http://codydaiglewrites.com/weekend-theatre-roundup-uncommon-women-william-and-judith/
http://codydaiglewrites.com/

Theatre--Performance

Iberia Performing Arts League (IPAL) will Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest June 2 through June 12 at the Essanee Theater in downtown New Iberia. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances at 7:30 and Sunday Matinees at 3:00. TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLEat Delaune’s Pharmacy, Paul’s Flower Shop, or Accentrics on Main Street. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. All tickets are $10.00.  Further information can be obtained by calling the theater at 364-6114, e-mailing ipal@cox.net, or by visiting the IPAL website (www.iberiaperformingartsleague.com).  

Theatre--Performance

The Abbey Players is proud to announce that their spring production, Rich is Better by Jack Sharkey, will open Saturday May 21 and run Fridays and Saturdays through June 25.  The comedy, directed by Mickey Atchetee, has a new face, Brittany DuBois, in the cast along with some veteran actors, Gloria Breaux, Scott Meddows and Judge Byron Hebert.  Rehearsals have started and all cast members are excited about the production.

Nona, played by Gloria Breaux, is unaware that her husband Gino, played by Byron Hebert, owns the company where she works in telephone sales.  Gino posed as a laborer during their courtship, afraid that Nona might marry him just for his money, and has not yet told her of his deception.  When Gino’s secretary Pam, played by Brittany DuBois, shows up with papers that need to be signed he introduces her as a co-worker seeking advice on a romantic problem. Big hearted Nona insists Pam bring her lover to dinner.  Pam cons her podiatrist, played by Scott Meddows, into meeting her at Gino’s home thinking he is making a house call.  By the time the disastrous dinner party occurs, Nona’s misguided gossip has caused a strike at the mill.  Nona is wondering why Gino isn’t joining the picket lines, and he inadvertently gives Nona the impression that Pam is his paramour.  Things only get more confusing at the night goes on.

Along with the Friday and Saturday performances, two matinees are scheduled for May 22 and June 19.  Tickets go on sale the second week in May and can be purchased by logging on to abbeyplayers.com and ordering over the internet or by calling the office at 893-2442.  The office is manned by volunteers so, if ordering over the phone, please leave your name and number and the office will call you back within 24 hours.

The show runs Fridays and Saturdays, May 21 through June 25, with two Sunday matinees, May 22 and June 19.  

Theatre--Performance

The Evangeline Players of St. Martinville will present Wendy Wasserstein's Uncommon Women and Others May 13th through May 22nd. It is directed by Charlee Halphen Swain.

 

The show focuses on five old friends meeting for lunch seven years after graduationg from a prestigious women's college. The reunion sets the scene for a series of flashbacks to their senior year when they were a part of the "uncommon group" who were going to be pretty amazing by the time they were thirty. Uncommon Women and Others is a play about choices.  It is also about struggles- the struggle to achieve and the struggle to remain an individual.

 

The cast includes Elizabeth Hunt, Katie Lamson, Sarah Hitchcock, Amanda Lyon, Kyla Cormier, Amanda Newbury, Taylor Dought, Adel-Catherine Comeaux, and Stacy  Broussard. Uncommon Women and Others contains mature subject matter and language and is intended for mature audiences .Show times are May 13, 14, 15 and  May 20, 21, 21 .  Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 PM and the Sunday matinees are at 2:00 PM. All performances are at The Duchamp Opera House in St. Martinville.  Tickets are available at Shamrock Office Supply (394-5574) or The Duchamp Opera House (394-6604) or at the door.

Theatre--Auditions (Musical Theatre)

The Teche Theatre for the Performing Arts will be holding open auditions for Gypsy on Tuesday, May 10th from 7 to 10 pm.

Theatre--Performance (Musical Theatre)

There are two wonderful performances opening this week, by and for children.  On Friday, Firelight Performing Arts will begin their run of  The Wizard of Oz, and on Saturday, CYT opens Disney's Beauty and the Beast.