Join Beijing Playhouse for song and dance this Christmas.  A fairy tale for the children with a whole level of humor for the adults--a dwarf infested Christmas comedy for adults and children alike. 

Bring the kids and celebrate Christmas with Snow White and her crazy seven dwarves, uh, I mean vertical challenged subterrian bearded workers.  Yeah, that’s it.  Well, anyway, they’re crazy, all right.  Did I say that?  Oh, yes, I did!  Oh, no I didn't!  Boo and hiss and cheer along with the whole audience as the prince, the dame, the queen, a talking dragon, and Santa’s helpers all try to save Snow White.

In true British tradition, Snow White has served up raucous family entertainment on the West End every Christmas for centuries.  A cast of 30, with crazy Christmas costumes and happy music, make this show perfect for families—especially children. 
 

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Performances are Monday—Saturday nights and Sunday matinees, December 7-23, 2012.

Rehearsals are five times per week in October and November 2012.

Beijing Playhouse, China's English Broadway Theatre, seeks 30 actors and singers for our English production of the musical Christmas comedy Snow White.

Professional acting experience is great—but not necessary. We love discovering new talent. Nationality is not important. Ability to sing and perform in English is required. 

At Beijing Playhouse all roles are open. There are 30 roles in this production of Snow White. Experienced actors welcome.  As always, newcomers are encouraged to try out for a role. Be part of the fun of creating live Broadway theatre.

• 6 boys, age 6-14
• 12 men, age 15-60
• 2 men, age 60-80
• 6 girls, age 6-14
• 12 women, age 15-60
• 2 women, age 60-80

Acting in community theatre is a big responsibility and a lot of fun.  There's no pay.  Acting in English Broadway theatre is volunteer. Did we mention we have fun parties? Well, we do!

Snow White auditions are Sunday, September 23 and Monday, September 24, 2012 at 6:30 pm at Mako. (Call backs, if necessary, Wednesday, September 26 at 6:30 pm at BSB in Sanlitun.)

Punctuality is an actor's friend. Beijing traffic is always bad.  Please be respectful of your fellow actors and plan accordingly.

Monologues are optional and encouraged but not necessary. You'll do a live reading from the script and will perform scenes from the show with other actors.   You will sing a song of your choosing.  The choreographer will teach you a simple dance.

Beijing Playhouse's auditions and performances of Snow White take place at Mako theatre, just south of Guomao, about a 15 minute walk east of the Shuangjing subway station. 

Rehearsal location:  British School of Beijing in Sanlitun. a 10 minute walk from the Agricultural Exhibition Center subway station on line 10.

Charity Reader's Theatre, presented by Beijing Playhouse Drama Club, performs Tennessee Williams' classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

There is one performance only.  The rehearsal process will condensed from Beijing Playhouse's usual two months down to just one intense week.  Charity Reader's Theatre is all about acting, acting, acting.  There are no sets, no props, no costumes, no lighting design, no sound design, no subtitles.  Just acting.  And actors will not 100% memorize their lines--hence the reader's theatre concept.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
By Tennessee Williams and directed by Chris Verrill
Auditions:  Sunday, August 12 at 10:30 am
Performance:  Saturday, August 18 at 7:30 pm

Tickets are 30 RMB.  Students and children are 1/2 price.  100% of all ticket sales is donated to Rural Women's Literacy Project.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, winner of the Pulizter Prize and one of the classics of American literature, is set in a plantation house as the family celebrates the 65th birthday of Big Daddy.

The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Maggie, Big Daddy's daughter-in-law, wants to give him the news that she's finally become pregnant by Big Daddy's favorite son, Brick, but Brick won't cooperate in Maggie's plans and prefers to stay in a mild alcoholic haze the entire length of his visit.  By evening's end, Maggie's ingenuity, fortitude and passion will set things right, and Brick's love for his father, never before expressed, will retrieve him from his path of destruction and return him, helplessly, to Maggie's loving arms.

“This is a gripping and intensely moving play….There is, indeed, no one moment in the evening when the stinging accuracy of Mr. Williams' ear for human speech is not compellingly in evidence.”
—The New York Times

Cast Needed
8 men
5 women
4 children

To receive audition notices, send us an email at performance@beijingplayhouse.com.

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