Monthly Archives: February 2019
A Time to Kill
Tupelo Community Theatre will present A Time To Kill, adapted for the stage by Rupert Holmes, March 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. and March 9 at 2 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre. This riveting drama tells the story of Carl Lee Hailey, who shoots two men in the very courthouse where he now stands trial. Defense attorney Jake Brigance sees Hailey’s act of vengeance against the racist men’s attack on his daughter as a desperate bid for justice and he’s willing to risk everything to defend his client’s life. As the trial heats up, the community is torn apart in this gripping adaptation of Mississippi native John Grisham’s best-selling novel about race, crime, and family in small-town America. The play is rated R for adult language and incendiary dialogue about race that some patrons may find offensive. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and go on sale at Noon on February 25 by calling the TCT box office at 844-1935.
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Tupelo Community Theatre will present {title of show} with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and book by Hunter Bell on February 14-16 at 7:30 p.m. at TCT Off Broadway 213 East Franklin Street. The show chronicles its own creation as an entry in the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and follows the struggles of the author and composer/lyricist and their two actress friends during the initial brief (three-week) creative period, along with subsequent events leading up to the show’s production. The show includes language some patrons may find offensive. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students and younger and may be purchased by calling the TCT box office Noon-4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 844-1935.
The Addams Family Auditions
“They’re creepy and they’re kooky… mysterious and spooky… they’re all together ooky… THE ADDAMS FAMILY!”
Tupelo Community Theatre presents The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy April 25-27, 2019!
It’s every father’s nightmare. Wednesday
Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love
with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her
parents have never met. If that weren’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in
her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do
something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife
Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they
host a dinner for Wednesday’s ‘normal’ boyfriend and his parents.
Auditions
for TCT’s production of The Addams Family are Monday, February 11, and
Tuesday, February 12, at 6:00pm each evening in the rehearsal hall of the
Lyric. The following casting opportunities are available:
MALE ROLES:
GOMEZ ADDAMS (18 & up to audition) – stage age 40+, showman, passionate,
Spanish accent
UNCLE FESTER (18 & up to audition) – stage age 50+, drives the story as
narrator, funny, bald
LURCH (18 & up to audition) – stage age 40+, tall, expressive facials,
creepy grunts/groans/growls
MAL BEINEKE (18 & up to audition) – stage age 40+, nervous, sarcastic,
uptight
LUCAS BEINEKE (18 & up to audition) – stage age 18-24, handsome, earnest,
endearing
PUGSLEY ADDAMS (12 & up to audition) – stage age 12-16, mischievous, odd,
pesky
FEMALE ROLES:
MORTICIA ADDAMS (18 & up to audition) – stage age 40+, regal, passionate,
deadpan
GRANDMA (18 & up to audition) – stage age 60+, funny, quirky, absent-minded
ALICE BEINEKE (18 & up to audition) – stage age 40+, nervous, effusive,
sweet
WEDNESDAY ADDAMS (16 & up to audition) – stage age 18-24, beautiful,
intense, conflicted
THE ADDAMS ANCESTORS:
– Ten to twenty strong CHORAL SINGERS, male
(12 & up) & female (16 & up)
– Five to ten strong MODERN/LYRICAL DANCERS, male (12 & up) & female
(16 & up)
REQUIRED AUDITION MATERIAL:
– Acting, solo singing, and choreography skills are required at auditions for
all NAMED ROLES. Please note that the roles of GOMEZ and MORTICIA require more
advanced partner dancing.
– Choral singing ONLY is required at auditions for THE ADDAMS ANCESTORS
SINGERS.
– Choreography ONLY is required at auditions for THE ADDAMS ANCESTORS DANCERS.
– Research is recommended, but no advance preparation is required. All audition
material will be taught at auditions.
Performances are April 25, 26, & 27 Director
is Suzanne Oakley, Assistant Director is Christi Houin, and Music Director is
Carean Dendy. For more information, email [email protected]
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