Bay Village Community Theater will hold auditions for its fall production, "War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast" Monday July 16 and Tuesday July 17 7-10 pm at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 468 Bradley Rd., Bay Village.

Director Chris Bizub is looking for a diverse group of 6-8 actors/actresses (ages 18 +) with the ability to play up to 60+ roles. All roles are open and all ethnicities considered. The ability to make varied vocal characterizations is a must. The ability to do accents is a plus. Actors/Actresses with the ability to do vocal impersonations of famous/historical characters will be heavily considered. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.

Description: An alien invasion throws humanity into chaos in the classic sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds - but all it took to cause real-life panic in the streets was Orson Welles's 1938 radio adaptation, which listeners took for news. Now, ten years later the WBFR radio ensemble recreates the colorful events surrounding the infamous evening, including the full original broadcast. Complete with vintage commercials and live sound effects, this radio-play-within-a-play is a thrilling homage to the form's golden age and timely reminder of what fear can do to a society.

The following is a list of just a few of the characters:

FREDDIE Filmore, 40s-50s

JAKE LAURENTIS, 20s

HARRY HAYWOOD, 30s

LANA SHERWOOD, 30s

HOWARD KOCH

JOHN HOUSEMAN

ORA NICHOLS

CARL PHILLIPS, reporter

PROFESSOR RICHARD PIERSON, famous astronomer

MR. WILMUTH, a farmer

BRIGADIER GENERAL MONTGOMERY SMITH, commander of the state militia

CAPTAIN LANSING, of the signal corps

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, sounding not unlike President Franklin D. Roosevelt

WALTER WINCHELL, newspaper columnist and broadcaster

DOROTHY THOMPSON, journalist

SYLVIA HOLMES, a listener

etc, etc...

Production dates are October 19-28, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sunday, October 26 at 3 pm.

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail the director at cmb164@zips.uakron.edu