Join us from the Barn at our monthly installment of Acting Up at the Chestnut Beer Garden (CBG Falls) for our open mic and readings series. Wednesday June 18th from 6pm-8pm, this month we are PREPARING THE FEAST. For us, the summer @WRP is a true feast. In a couple of different ways. Our upcoming production of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party is a sexy and dangerous feast for all the senses. A steamy prohibition tale, steamrolling and roaring its way across the stage, Andrew Lippa's Wild Party was an Off-Broadway gem that garnered an array of industry accolades, including Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards. Based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name, this darkly brilliant show features one of the most exciting, pulse-racing scores ever written. At CBG we will have a reading of the original narrative poem, and maybe, just maybe some surprise visit from some of our cast. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE This summer's outdoor traveling production is it's own Feast of Fools as we will be staging Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, so our theme for this open mic will be revelry and tom-foolery, bring your jokes, your stand up routine, and all of your stories that are just too funny to believe. See you soon! And if you are not able to join us this month, we will be there monthly :) July 16 August 20 Sept 17 Oct 15 Nov 19 Dec 17 AND EVEN MORE! Come actors one and all! Join us for this summer's outdoor, travelling production of Shakespeare's classic feast of fools. Twelfth Night, Directed by Reilly Davidson. Auditions will be Saturday June 21st from 2pm-5pm and Monday June 23rd from 7pm-10pm @ Western Reserve Playhouse. Sign up here for a 90 min group audition session: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4BA5AB2FABF8C52-57209503-auditions There are no preparation requirements for this audition! Come ready to read from the play and create in an ensemble setting. Rehearsals will begin ASAP upon casting. Performances will be held... Saturday 08/23/25 and Sunday 08/24/25 @4pm: Outdoors at Western Reserve Playhouse Saturday 08/30/25 and Sunday 08/31/25 @4pm: The Broadview Heights City Amphitheater Saturday 09/13/25 @ 2pm: Chestnut Ridge Amphitheater in Kenmore As an organization we are deeply committed to inclusive casting and are seeking a diverse cast of artists of any skill level and experience. Performers of all races, ethnicities, gender identities and abilities are encouraged to audition. Here is a link to the play: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/ Email august@thewrp.org with any questions AND SOMEHOW EVEN MORE! Western Reserve Playhouse presents the fourth installment in this years mainstage season: ANTON IN SHOW BUISNESS by Jane Martin. Directed by Lisa Ortenzi Performances 09/05/2025-09/20/2025 (Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm, Sunday 09/14/2025 @ 2pm) Auditions: Wednesday 06/25/2025 from 7pm-10pm & Saturday 06/28/2025 from 2pm-5pm Audition requirements: Please prepare a single 1 minute monologue of your choosing and come prepared to read selections from the script. Callbacks will be scheduled as necessary. Rehearsals will tentatively begin near the last weeks of July About the play: This madcap comedy follows three actresses across the footlights, down the rabbit hole, and into a strangely familiar Wonderland that looks a lot like American theatre – the resemblance is uncanny! As these women pursue their dream of performing Chekhov in Texas, they’re whisked through a maelstrom of “good ideas” that offer unique solutions to the Three Sisters’ need to have life’s deeper purpose revealed. In the tradition of great backstage comedies, Anton in Show Business conveys the joys, pains, and absurdities of “putting on a play” at the turn of the century. This play will be cast to be performed by 7 female, female-presenting actors As an organization we are deeply committed to inclusive casting and are seeking a diverse cast of artists of any skill level and experience. Performers of all races, ethnicities, gender identities and abilities are encouraged to audition. SIGN UP HERE for a 15 minute audition slot: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../10C0C4BA5AB2FABF8C52... <https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4BA5AB2FABF8C52-57229704-auditions?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExQm1pT3ZOeml2SllLSDRMbAEeiCAKAI2lsX4JYrvFcMpcwGQaTDYG5b2oeHRkvqj-MKXYnxYT08mT3k3S_fk_aem_iensTFlcoT7H0Wwd6JZ-uw> If you have any questions please contact august@thewrp.org -- August Scarpelli Artistic Director Western Reserve Playhouse Operations Manager Cain Park august@thewrp.org (440)654-3624 -- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. 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