"Pippin" auditions and Comedy Fundraiser

Here's a press release from the Red Lion Theatre Company about a fundraiser that's coming up over the holiday weekend, and their next stage show:

If you're looking to get involved in local theater, then the Red Lion Theatre Company has couple of upcoming events that could be for you.

The company will present a special improvisational comedic event called The Believers. The program will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 3 in the KYOVA Tri-State Mall and Lifestyle Center. Admission is free.

The show will be in a style similar to the television program Whose Line Is It Anyway? It is a two-man improv show that will have audience members participating on stage.

To learn more about "The Believers," go online at www.KennyAndKory.com or www.RedLionTC.org.

If you're interested in being a little more involved, the Company is having auditions for the musical PIPPIN: His Life and Times at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 in the Fairview High School cafeteria.

The show will be performed at 8 p.m. nightly Aug. 12 through 15 at the Greenbo Lake State Resort Park Amphitheatre.

The show will be directed by Jim Maggard.

All materials will be provided the night of auditions. There will be readings from the script and a song from the show will be taught to those auditioning so that they may sing as well.

Originally directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, this hip, tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere. The energetic pop-influenced score by three-time Oscar-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Children of Eden and the animated films Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Prince Of Egypt) bursts with one show stopping number after another, from soaring ballads to infectious dance numbers.

PIPPIN is the story of a young prince that longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. He sought it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the world and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, he found it in the simple pleasures of home and family.