Thank you to everyone who came out to audition for “THE MOUSETRAP” and “A LEWISBURG VICTORIAN NUTCRACKER!” We are continually so impressed by the number of such talented individuals who call our area home, and we will continue to strive in our mission of providing opportunities for artists like you to showcase those talents in our community. A cast list for The Mousetrap has been posted here, and a cast list for A Lewisburg Victorian Nutcracker will be forthcoming.

Next Up:

RiverStage Community Theatre invites you to open auditions for its second mainstage show of the 2024-25 season, a fresh adaptation of the young adult science fantasy novel, “A Wrinkle In Time”! Auditions will be held for two nights, November 10 & 11, at 7:00pm at RiverStage Community Theatre, Greenspace Center, 815 Market Street, in Lewisburg. Actors may attend either audition session, and do not need to prepare material ahead of time but will be asked to read scenes from the script. Auditioners should also bring a calendar to indicate any scheduling conflicts they have between now and February 23. Performances will be February 14, 15, 16 and 21, 22, and 23 in the same location at RiverStage.

“There IS such thing as a tesseract….”  A Wrinkle In Time by Morgan Gould  is a faithful, ensemble-driven adaptation of the beloved novel by Madeleine L’Engle.  First published in 1962, the book won the Newbery Medal, the Sequoyah Book Award, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and tells the story of 3 young characters–Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, and Calvin O’Keefe–who embark on a journey through space and time.  Traveling from galaxy to galaxy, they endeavor to rescue the Murrys’ father and fight an unspeakable evil that has intruded into several worlds.  The story offers a glimpse into the struggle between light and darkness, and good and evil, and themes of love, divinity, and goodness.   

This adaptation could be played by as few as 8 actors with doubling of roles, or much more than that. Characters include:

• Meg Murry – the heroine and protagonist, awkward and shy but loving
• Charles Wallace – her extraordinarily intelligent younger brother
• Calvin O’Keefe – Meg’s neighbor and friend, a popular boy and talented athlete
• Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which and Mrs. Who – celestial beings and spiritual guides on the adventure
• Aunt Beast – a tall, furry inhabitant of another planet who cares for Meg
• Mr. Murry – Meg’s father, a physicist who works on time travel experiments
• Mrs. Murry – Meg’s mother, an experimental biologist
• Red-Eyed Man – a robot-like inhabitant of Camazotz who tries to hypnotize the children
• Happy Medium – a jolly, clairvoyant woman who shows the children a vision of Earth
• and smaller roles that are likely to be doubled: Bully, Teacher, Sandy, Dennys, Postal Worker, Principal, Camazotz Mother, Little Boy, Newspaper Boy, Ensemble Members

Rehearsal schedule will depend on role and actors’ conflicts, and not every actor will be called to every rehearsal. RiverStage Community Theatre is also committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and we encourage performers of all races and ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, abilities, and ages to audition. Please contact us with any questions at auditions@riverstagetheatre.org, and we’ll see you at auditions!

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