Norwalk Arts Center's teen theatre is open to students that will be entering grade 9 -13 for the 2023/24 school year. There is no fee to audition NAC's Teen Theatre is an audition based program. Students are required to audition to participate. Not all students that audition may be cast. Students who are not cast are encouraged to participate in other areas of the production including costumes, lighting, sound and crew. This year's show is *The Drowsy Chaperone*. When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, *The Drowsy Chaperone* is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and *The Drowsy Chaperone* begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. Hailed by *New York Magazine* as "The Perfect Broadway Musical," *The Drowsy Chaperone* is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre. *Auditions will be held March 27 and 28, 2023 from 5 - 7 pm *at 22 E <https://www.google.com/maps/search/22+E+Main+St?entry=gmail&source=g> Main St <https://www.google.com/maps/search/22+E+Main+St?entry=gmail&source=g>. , Norwalk, OH. Please fill out the attached audition form.Teens should prepare a short monologue and 16-18 bar of music to sing, accompanist will be provided, teens will also be asked to give a cold reading of script cuts. *Performances will be held at 22 E Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio June 9-11, 2023.* For more information visit *NorwalkArtsCenter.org* To sign up for an audition time follow this link: NAC TEEN AUDITION FORM <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ziWcpSS1RMLX_UBEtYUeL-H2vDSYDu6P5RfGrJvJXQQ/edit?usp=drive_web> -- cookt <cooktheatredesigns@gmail.com>heatre <cooktheatredesigns@gmail.com> designs@gmail.com <cooktheatredesigns@gmail.com> https://www.facebook.com/CookTheatreDesigns <https://www.facebook.com/VCook.CTD.LLC/> https://cooktheatredesigns.wixsite.com/cook-theatre-designs