Matlida Jr. Auditions
Auditions for Tupelo Community Theatre’s summer youth production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, Jr. are Monday, May 2nd and Tuesday May 3rd at 5:30 p.m. on the stage of the Lyric theater. **Parents – please note that if your student is cast there will be a mandatory parent meeting and read through held on Thursday May 5th at 6:00 p.m.** Auditions are open to rising 3rd graders through graduating seniors. Acting and solo singing will be required at auditions for all named roles. No advance preparation is required. All audition material will be taught at auditions. Students/parents be prepared to list any known dates when the student will be absent during the months of May and June on the audition form. No absences will be permitted the week of June 20th (production week). Performances are June 23-25, 2022. Director is Lesley Tackitt, Assistant Director is Liz Dawson and Music Director is Bobby Geno. For more information, email [email protected].
Additional Auditions for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tupelo Community Theatre will hold an additional audition for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang March 31st at 7 p.m. at TCT Off Broadway, 213 East Franklin.
This winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play deals with middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia, who share their deceased parents’ home in Bucks County, PA. The two bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives when their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up, eventually leading to threats to sell the house. Also on the scene are sassy maid Cassandra, who can predict the future, and a lovely young aspiring actress named Nina, whose prettiness worries the imperious Masha. The siblings (1 man and 2 women) should be able to play characters between 40 and 65 years of age. Cassandra can be any age. Spike’s character is in his 20’s or 30’s and must feel comfortable on stage in a speedo swim suit. Nina’s character is in her 20’s or 30’s as well.
Lynn Nelson will direct and production dates are May 19-21, 2022 at Off Broadway. For more information contact the director at [email protected] or contact the TCT office at 662-844-1935.
One Night Only The Seafarer
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TCT will present a preview performance of The Seafarer by Conor McPherson on Friday, March 4th at 7:30 p.m. at TCT Off Broadway, 213 East Franklin Street. TCT recently showcased the production at the Riley Center in Meridian for the Mississippi Theatre Association and will compete with other states at the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Memphis on March 11th. The Seafarer is a 2006 play by Irish playwright Conor McPherson. It is set on Christmas Eve in Baldoyle, a coastal suburb north of Dublin city. The play centers on Sharky who has recently returned to live with his blind, aging brother, Richard. As Sharky attempts to stay off the bottle during the holidays, he contends with the hard-drinking, irascible Richard and his own haunted conscience. It was nominated for multiple Tony Awards as well as the Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award for Best Play. The evening will include a staged reading of Act 1, the competition performance of Act 2, along with Irish beer and drink. Tickets for evening are $25, which will include the first beverage, and only 100 tickets will be sold. For more information or to reserve you seats call the TCT office at 662-844-1935.
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Senior Troupe
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Tupelo Community Theatre will hold a meeting and auditions for it’s senior troupe on Tuesday, February 22nd at 6 p.m. at TCT Off Broadway, 213 East Franklin. TCT’s troupe plans to offer opportunities to seniors with all levels of experience from those still actively involved to those who may no longer feel comfortable memorizing lines or others who has never participated in theatre before The group will use techniques that accommodate the abilities of older adults. This will include traditional theatre, readers theatre and script-in-hand performances. If you are interested in participating as an actor or in any other way please attend this meeting. Several shows have been selected to perform and all auditioning will be asked to read from the script that evening. If you need more information email 1tct@bellsouth or call the TCT office at 662-844-1935. |
Steel Magnolias tickets-Sign-up to Usher
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Tickets for Steel Magnolias are becoming very scarce for some performances at Tupelo Community Theatre. We expect a large demand so please don’t wait too late to claim your seats. Production dates are March 10-12 at 7:30 and March 12 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and younger. Call the TCT box office at 662-844-1935 to reserve. Ushers needed for all performances! |
Adult Acting Workshop
Join us at the Lyric on March 26th at 10 am. as directors Tom Booth and Renee Baldwin lead a free acting workshop for adults 18 years of age and older. Although it will include some basic acting tips most of the time will be spent in scene work with each participant. For more information or to register email 1tct@bellsouth. net
Tickets for Deathtrap
TCT is excited to announce tickets for the murder mystery Deathtrap are available for you to purchase.
Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? DEATHTRAP provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness, and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the very last moment.
Production dates for the show are January 27-29 at 7:30 p.m. and the 29th at 2 p.m. at the Lyric. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and younger. To reserve your seats for the performance, call the TCT office at 662-844-1935 Monday-Friday 9 a.m.– 3 p.m. See you at the Lyric soon!
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