LCCC Hosts Civic Jazz Band Concert Lorain County Community College's division of Arts and Humanities will host a Civic Jazz Band concert featuring big band sound led by Jeffrey Meyers at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Stocker Arts Center's Hoke Theatre. The "Big Band" is the jazz version of the classical symphony orchestra. It is the vehicle composers use for their grandest musical statements. The big band compositions of Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus and others changed the musical landscape of jazz. The concert will follow the development of the big band, from non-existence, to its standing today as the grandest of jazz ensembles. Tickets for the jazz band are $9 for general admission; $8 for LCCC students, staff and seniors 65 and up; or $7 for groups of 15 of more. For tickets, call the Stocker Box Office at (440) 366-4040. To learn more, visit www.lorainccc.edu/stocker/civic-jazz-band<http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker/civic-jazz-band>. Lorain County Community College is located at 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, Ohio. Parking on campus is free. LCCC to Hold Play Auditions Lorain County Community College will hold auditions for the play "Six Characters in Search of an Author" from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 and from 7-9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11 at the Stocker Arts Center's Cirigliano Studio Theatre. The production will be directed by Stephanie Wilbert and performed April 25-27. The director is looking to cast 14 multi-generational actors with specific roles available for a 10-15 year-old boy and 10-15 year-old girl. Auditions are open to all. Written by the Nobel Prize for Literature-winning playwright Luigi Pirandello, "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (adaptation by Robert Brustein) is an absurdist metatheatrical play about the relationship among authors, their characters and theatre practitioners. Actors will be asked to read from the script as well participate in a group audition. No prepared monologue is necessary. Copies of the script will be on reserve at the LCCC Bass Library until the audition dates. To schedule an audition, email or call LCCC director of theatre Jeremy Benjamin at jbenjami@lorainccc.edu or (440)366-7120 and indicate a preference from one of the 25-minute audition time slots (6-6:25, 6:30-6:55, 7-7:25 and 7:30-8 p.m. on Feb. 10 or 7-7:25, 7:30-7:55, 8-8:25 or 8:30-9 p.m. on Feb. 11). Production crew members to stage manage and run light and sound boards are also needed. Those interested should contact Jeremy Benjamin. Questions about the auditions should be directed to Jeremy Benjamin at jbenjami@lorainccc.edu. Lorain County Community College is located at 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, Ohio. Allison Jack Writer & Project Coordinator | Marketing & Communications Lorain County Community College (440) 366-7082