Auditions Saturday, April 29 & Monday, May 1st!

Register online for our summer musical auditions that will be held Saturday, April 29th and Monday, May 1st. Directors Kandace Cleland and Jodine Pilmer seek a cast of 18-24 adults and mature teens who want to share the touching and fantastical story of Big Fish with our community through song and dance. (Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa and Book by John August.)

CLICK HERE to sign up for your ONE HOUR audition time slot.

CLICK HERE to see our Audition Packet which includes links to a script, libretto and show music.

Show Synopsis: This musical is based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film directed by Tim Burton. BIG FISH tells the story of Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest. Edward’s incredible, larger-than-life stories thrill everyone around him—most of all, his devoted wife Sandra. But their son Will, about to have a child of his own, is determined to find the truth behind his father’s epic tales. There are many roles to fill and much doubling of characters to keep our imaginations engaged in between costume changes.

Edward Bloom, Will Bloom, Sandra Bloom, Josephine Bloom

Karl the Giant, Amos Calloway, Don Price, The Witch

Jenny Hill, Girl in the Water, Dr. Bennett, Zacky Price

Dancing Fire, The Alabama Lambs, Mayor, Fisherman

Wedding Guests, New Yorkers, Citizens of Ashton, Circus Performers

Choose your convenient one one hour time slot, prepared to sing a short musical selection and give a short reading. Our friendly and encouraging staff is looking for POTENTIAL, not perfection. New faces are always welcome!

The show will be cast by Friday, May 5th. Rehearsals will begin for the full cast from 10AM- Noon on Saturday, May 6th. We will rehearse approximately 2 hours/ 3-4 times per week plus longer rehearsals on weekends. All of these will be tailored to your character and scenes. You won't come to rehearsal to sit around and wait! We create our rehearsal calendar by analyzing your conflicts so please give us accurate information.

Performance Dates - 7 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, June 16, 17, 23 & 24 and 2 p.m. Sundays, June 18 & 15, 2023., 2023.

ZOOM with us for our NEA Big Read of Andrew Krivak's The Bear!

Join Literacy Coach, Kyle B. Hall as she leads our guests: Susan Crowell, freelance journalist; Alex Walker, high school educator; Jodi McCullough, astrophysicist and Eileen Dray-Baron, naturalist in a vibrant discussion of Andrew Krivak's The Bear. We are confident that our panel of experts will help deepen your understanding of this wonderful story of grief, survival and redemption through communion with nature.

CLICK HERE to register for our ZOOM event!

This event is limited to 100 participants and will be recorded and made available with slide deck and all pertinent links.

The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read is designed to broaden our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Stage Left Players is one of 62 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant to host an NEA Big Read project.

SPARK your imagination with us!

CLICK HERE to VIEW OUR EMAIL BLAST REGARDING SPARK!

Join us for our third installment of SPARK! An evening of Storytelling at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 1st. SPARK (Storytelling to Promote Acceptance, Respect & Kindness) is a Stage Left community outreach effort to promote the art of oral storytelling in Northeast Ohio and share personal stories that reflect the unique struggles and successes of the community.

Executive Director and SPARK Coach, Kandy Cleland explains,. “A caring family. A caring community. Both begin when we share and listen to each other’s stories.”

The April SPARK cohort includes Connie Baer, Randall Brammer, Kandy Cleland, Susan Gregg, Chris Lydic, DeLisa Seals, Gloria Mathews, Robin Tener and Scott Weingart who have prepared their stories to align with the theme of “Waiting…” and have workshopped via ZOOM for seven weeks to get their stories to the Trinity Playhouse stage.

#Storytellers

Admission is $10 and tickets may be purchased online at StageLeftPlayers.org or at the door. For more information email StageLeftSeats@gmail.com or call 724-426-1955.

Pictured here, Storyteller Connie Baer of Leetonia shares her story, “And We’re Off” to a captive audience during our November SPARK event.