[NEohioPAL]BAT BOY auditions at The Players Guild Theatre!

Tue Jan 11 07:49:06 PST 2005

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The Players Guild Theatre
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, Ohio 44702
Box Office: 330-453-7617
Business Office: 330-453-7619

Canton, Ohio - The Players Guild of Canton is excited to announce audition=20
dates for its upcoming production of Bat Boy: The Musical. In what The New Y=
ork=20
Times called =E2=80=9Ca jaggedly imaginative mix of skewering humor and ener=
getic glee,
=E2=80=9D this musical romp is based on a fabricated story that appeared in=20=
The=20
Weekly World News about the discovery of a half boy/half bat creature in a c=
ave in=20
West Virginia. =E2=80=9CBat Boy=E2=80=9D yearns to fit in with his new famil=
y, but the=20
looming threat of a secret revealed may very well shatter his attempt at a b=
lissful=20
quasi-human life. With a story and book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming,=
=20
and music and lyrics by Laurence O=E2=80=99Keefe, this =E2=80=9Coutrageously=
 silly and totally=20
charming=E2=80=9D (NY Daily News) musical will be performed on the Players G=
uild=20
Theatre=E2=80=99s Arena stage on March 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20.
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Auditions for Bat Boy: The Musical have been set for January 30 and 31 at=20
7:00 PM. No appointment is necessary. Amy Marie Sima-Dirham is the Director=20=
and=20
Steve Parsons in the Musical Director. Those auditioning should be age 15 or=
=20
older and should come prepared with 32 bars of a musical pop/rock style song=
. An=20
accompanist will be provided, but those auditioning should bring their own=20
piano accompaniment sheet music.

Contact:           Steven Arnold (Artistic Coordinator)=20
artistic at playersguildtheatre.com  =20
Phone:             330-453-7619

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led =E2=80=9Ca jaggedly imaginative mix of skewering humor and energetic gle=
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n <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Weekly World News</I> about t=
he discovery of a half boy/half bat creature in a cave in West Virginia.=20=
=E2=80=9CBat Boy=E2=80=9D yearns to fit in with his new family, but the loom=
ing threat of a secret revealed may very well shatter his attempt at a bliss=
ful quasi-human life. With a story and book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemm=
ing, and music and lyrics by Laurence O=E2=80=99Keefe, this =E2=80=9Coutrage=
ously silly and totally charming=E2=80=9D (<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style:=20=
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