Auditions for "Titanic - The Musical"

My pal Eddie Harbert sends along this announcement about upcoming auditions:

Auditions for Titanic - The Musical will be held March 13 at 2:00 p.m. at the Jean Carlo Stephenson Auditorium in City Hall.

The show is being produced by The City of Huntington Foundation and performed by 5th Avenue Theatre Company.

Auditions are open to children and adults from age 7 to 100. Auditioners will be asked to have a song prepared and need to be dressed in comfortable clothes for movement auditions and readings.

Titanic - The Musical focuses on the lives and courage of the people who traveled on that fateful voyage in April 1912. The ship sank on April 14, 1912 and next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking.

The musical is unlike any production that has been performed in Huntington before. It is an interactive musical with the audience feeling like they are on the dock of the ship prior to the sailing. The whole cast will enter the auditorium from the audience and go onstage via the gangplank. The first 20 minutes of the show are spent with the audience in preparation of boarding the ship.

There are many community activities going on in association with the show as well. An essay contest for children in elementary, middle school and high school divisions will be sponsored. Selected essays will win prizes and will have their stories printed in local newspapers. There is also a Titanic model-building contest going on in which individuals, groups or schools can work together to build a model of the Titanic. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in the middle school and high school categories. Elementary children are encouraged to draw pictures of the ship and submit them to be shown in the lobby of City Hall prior to the performance.

Performance dates for Titanic - The Musical are April 29 - May 1 and May 6 - 8 with a school performance on Thursday, May 5. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children. Season tickets are available for $35 and will also include tickets for the 5th Avenue Theatre Company's productions of Noises Off in September and White Christmas in December.

The show is being directed by Eddie Harbert and choreographed by Coni Anthony. Chris Bowling is the music director with Maxine Loudermilk serving as producer. Tech director for the show is Suzi Henderson with Cynthia Simmons serving as Stage Manager.

Please come join 5th Avenue Theatre Company and The City of Huntington Foundation as they prepare to present Titanic - The Musical. You will want to be a part of this historical and fun production. For more information, please call Maxine Loudermilk at 304-696-5522 or Eddie Harbert at 304-412-8738.