Lorain County Community College Theatre Department is looking for students and community members to audition for its Fall Mainstage production, the dark, farcical tragedy BURIED CHILD, by the late, great American playwright Sam Shepard. The production will be directed by Terence Cranendonk. *No AEA contracts are available WHERE TO GO: The Cirigliano Studio Theatre in the The Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College campus, 1005 Abbe Rd. N, Elyria, OH WHEN TO BE THERE: Monday, September 18 or Tuesday, September 19 7-10pm With possible callbacks Wednesday, September 20, 7-10pm Rehearsals will begin Monday, October 1. Performance dates are November 16, 17, and 18, 2017. If you are cast, expect to rehearse Monday through Thursday evenings, as well as Sunday afternoons, for 4 to 5 hours. Please, call or email Jeremy Benjamin at jbenjami@lorainccc.edu or 440-366-7120 to make an appointment for an audition day. There will be no reserved time slots, so be prepared to stay for the entire block of time. WHAT TO PREPARE: A two-minute action about “Having a Secret”, whatever that means to you. Your action, a kind of “mini performance”, should include speaking (it can be a theatrical monologue, a poem, or a passage from a novel or short story, for example) and any special skill that you have (such as acrobatics, gymnastics, tumbling/rolling, magic, mentalism, puppetry, ventriloquism, juggling, unicycling, playing spoons, ukulele, playing a musical instrument of any kind, hula hooping, baton twirling, dancing, singing, yo-yoing, bird calling, kazoo, etc. ANYTHING YOU DO WELL) The text and the thing that you do well should be part of the same action, NOT SEPARATE—be creative. You have two minutes, not more, for your action. You may be also be asked to read selections from the script and to improvise with other members of your audition group. Scripts are available peruse at the reserved desk at the LCCC Bass Library. PLEASE ALSO COME PREPARED TO WRITE DOWN ALL YOUR SCHEDULE CONFLICTS BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND NOVEMBER 18, 2017