FREDERICK, MD – Way Off Broadway’s Children’s Theatre is one of the most unique entertainment venues in the region. To this day, nearly 18 years after it first opened, it is the only children’s lunch theatre, producing four shows each season, aimed at providing entertainment for the entire family. Since it opened, the Children’s Theatre at Way Off Broadway has only held one open casting call. Today, Way Off Broadway’s Executive Producer, Bill Kiska, has set a date for open auditions for all the upcoming shows in the 2013 Season. The first time the Children’s Theatre held open auditions was six years ago.
Auditions will be held on Thursday, March 7th beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Way Off Broadway.
Those auditioning are asked to bring a headshot and resume, as well as 16 bars of prepared music from a Disney song. Everyone will be asked to sing, read from the scripts, and do some movement.
Those auditioning should be at least 16 years old. All roles are non-union paying. No appointments are necessary. Role are available for both male and female performers. Shows that will be casting include Disney’s Cinderella, Pinkalicious – The Musical, and A Children’s Theatre Christmas Carol.
Children's Theatre performances are every Saturday afternoon and the 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoon of each month. There are also occasional weekday matinees during the runs. Rehearsals are usually held one to two evenings a week.
“In the last couple of years, we have revamped the Children’s Theatre,” explains Bill Kiska, Way Off Broadway’s Executive Producer. “Part of that included presenting new family shows like The Musical Adventure of Flat Stanley and Dora The Explorer Live!, as well as having new Disney productions in our line-up. While we have a wonderful core group of actors who perform in the Children’s Theatre, we want to hold open auditions so that we can provide new performers the chance to join the our shows.”
Way Off Broadway’s next Mainstage auditions will be for the summer production of Legally Blonde.
For additional information about any of Way Off Broadway’s productions or events, call the Box Office at (301) 662-6600 or visit www.wayoffbroadway.com
The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has been a leader in the region’s performing arts community since it first opened in 1995. Under the direction of the Kiska Family since 2002, Way Off Broadway has produced such productions as A Funny Thing . . . Forum, Guys & Dolls, Steel Magnolias, Oklahoma!, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, The Odd Couple, A Chorus Line, Lend Me a Tenor, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Evita, Cats, The Full Monty, South Pacific, and Hairspray, as well as the regional and/or area premieres of Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl - The Musical, Jerry Herman’s La Cage aux Folles, the musical comedy The Wedding Singer, Mel Brooks’ The Producers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Located along Route 40 West, the Golden Mile in Frederick, the theatre also produces a one-of-a-kind children’s lunch theatre, as well as a number of special events throughout the year.
