Rock Island’s Circa ’21 Seeking Actors For Upcoming Productions
Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, Rock Island, is seeking actors to fill roles for three upcoming shows!
Auditions will be held at 9 a.m. on May 7 at the theater, 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island, for the summer children’s show Madagascar – A Musical Adventure. Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
Production dates, including rehearsal, are May 26 – July 2, 2022, with performances on selected mornings and afternoons. If an actor is unable to attend auditions, video submissions will be accepted. Questions and submissions should be sent to producer Denny Hitchcock at dpjh@circa21.com.
The theater is also accepting submissions for its summer musical, Disaster! Disaster! is a new musical straight from Broadway, featuring some of the most unforgettable songs of the ’70s. “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Sky High,” “I Am Woman” and “Hot Stuff” are just a few of the scintillating hits in this hilarious musical comedy. It’s 1979, and New York’s hottest A-listers are lining up for the opening of a floating casino and discotheque. What begins as a night of boogie fever quickly changes to panic as the ship succumbs to multiple disasters, such as earthquakes, tidal waves and infernos. As the night turns into day, everyone struggles to survive…or at least escape the killer rats. Audiences and critics are wild for this hilarious homage to the era of bell-bottoms, platform shoes and the hustle. With larger-than-life characters, snappy dialogue and some of the most recognizable songs of the ’70s, Disaster! will have you dancing in your seat and rolling in the aisle.
Questions and submissions should be sent to producer Denny Hitchcock at dpjh@circa21.com no later than May 14.
Online submissions are also being accepted to fill roles for their fall production of “Clue the Musical.”
The internationally popular game is now a fun-filled musical that brings the world’s best-known suspects to life and invites the audience to help solve the mystery: Who killed Mr. Boddy, in what room, and with what weapon? Production dates, including rehearsals, are Sept. 1 – Nov. 5. Questions and submissions should be sent to producer Denny Hitchcock at dpjh@circa21.com no later than May 7.
Character breakdown and requirements for all three shows can be found at circa21.com/auditions. Only those performers who have been fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19, will be considered. All roles in these professional productions are paid.
