2012 Faribault Daily News Theater Season
audition schedule.
Please review the performance dates for each play carefully. If you are unable to make any of the performance dates we ask that you do not audition. Questions? Call 507-332-7372
Title of the Play: Noises Off
Sponsored by: Faribault Foods
Author: Michael Frayn
Directed by: Dan Rathbun
Performance Dates: February 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18 @ 7:30 pm
February 12 @ 2:00 pm
Audition Dates: December 12 & 13 @ 6:00 pm
Parts: 5 Men & 4 Women ages 20+
Called the “funniest farce ever written,” by the New York Post, NOISES OFF is about an ambitious director and his troupe of mediocre actors. The cast and crew are putting together a silly sex comedy titled, Nothing On – a single-set farce in which lovers frollic, doors slam, clothes are tossed away, and embarrassing hi-jinks ensue. The missed marks, the going ons behind the curtain, and bad timing keep the laughs rolling.
Title of the Play: Into the Woods
Sponsored by: Faribault Foods
Author: Book by James Lapine
Music & Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Directed by:Gary Briggle
In collaboration with The Northfield Arts Guild Theater
Performance Dates: July 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, August 2, 3, 4 @ 7:30 pm
July 22, 29, August 5 @ 2:00 pm
Audition Dates: Friday March, 23rd 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm and Saturday, March 24th 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Online registration is now clsoed. Walk ins are welcome. Please note auditon times are subject to availability.
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This activity is funded by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council through the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A Witch…who raps? They’re all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s fractured fairy tale. When a Baker and his Wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone’s wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.
Title of Play: The Car
Sponsored by: Faribault Foods
Author: Carol Wright Krause
Directed by: Gabe Talamantes
Performance Dates: September 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 @7:30 pm
September 16 @ 2:00 pm
Audition Dates: TBD
Meet the Banners, a picture perfect postcard of a 1950s American family, with an all-American son, a doting mother and an honest car salesman of a father, who does everything by the book and has just recently, purchased the car—a 1954 Hudson Hornet. But when their son suddenly joins the military, only to return with a Japanese wife the family’s world is suddenly turned upside-down. Things may not be as picture perfect as they seem. THE CAR hits a few potholes along the way, takes some sharp turns, but takes you on an engaging and entertaining ride.
Title of Play: Willy Wonka
Sponsored by: Faribault Foods
Music and Lyrics by: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Adapted for the Stage by: Timothy A. McDonald and Leslie Bricusse
Based on the book: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl
Directed by: Palmer Huff
Performance Dates: December 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 @7:30 pm
December 9, 16 @ 2:00 pm
Audition Dates: TBD
Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. This new stage musical adaptation is a scrumdidilyumptious musical guaranteed to delight everyone’s sweet tooth. In a troubled world looking for escape, Willy Wonka takes you on a fantasy ride into the land of pure imagination!
These activities are made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State’s general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
