Salem Community Theatre will hold *OPEN AUDITIONS* for the macabre musical tale of love, murder and revenge: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET on *June 7 and 8 at 7:00 PM*. AUDITION DATES: *SUNDAY, JUNE 7 @ 7:00pm and MONDAY, JUNE 8 @ 7:00pm CALLBACKS: THURSDAY, JUNE 11 @ 7:00pm.* Auditions will be held at Salem Community Theatre, 490 East State Street, Salem OH 44460. *APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED! *Please sign up online at: *http://vols.pt/tCWR6E <http://vols.pt/tCWR6E> *(If all slots have been taken, please contact the director to make arrangements at demzer@gmail.com) AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Please prepare a brief musical theater song by, or in the style of, Stephen Sondheim. Bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided. Please do NOT prepare movie, pop or rock show songs. Please do NOT bring tracks. The music is challenging, so choose a song that well demonstrates your vocal ability. Sweeney Todd requires minimal dancing and choreography. PERFORMANCES: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, *October 30 through November 8.* REHEARSALS will begin the last week in August. Rehearsals are typically Sun-Thurs evenings. Please come to auditions with a list of your conflicts. The winner of nine Tony awards including "Best Musical," SWEENEY TODD is the heart-pounding story of an unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th-century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and tore his family apart. Using his silver razors, his thirst for blood expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up for her mysterious new meat pie recipe! Sophisticated, suspenseful and visceral, SWEENEY TODD mixes intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor. Widely considered composer Stephen Sondheim's (Into The Woods) masterpiece, the show includes such memorable songs as "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd," "The Worst Pies In London," "Johanna," "Pretty Women" and "Not While I'm Around." Tim Burton directed the hit movie version starring Johnny Depp. Director Michael Dempsey has a long and impressive background as a professional actor, director, playwright and novelist. Recent local productions include YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute; winner of Broadway.com <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FBroadway.com%2F&h=HAQG5J5L_&enc=AZMYmoMREVKtl-G06favSp_Gdqlx7BmBUaeVeWLo9ATXyyUCxNuLuJ1SBJEGGEpB7L4&s=1>'s regional award for Best Youth Production), OF MICE AND MEN (TrueNorth Cultural Arts), THE LAST FIVE YEARS (SCT), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (SCT and Players Guild of Canton), AN EVENING IN MICHAEL DEMPSEY'S SHORTS (Rust Belt Theatre Company), I AM MY OWN WIFE (Oakland Center for the Arts), INTO THE WOODS (SCT), MACBETH and CURTAINS (Youngstown Playhouse). For more information, contact director Michael Dempsey at demzer@gmail.com. -- Michael Dempsey Author of the sci fi noir novel NECROPOLIS <http://www.amazon.com/Necropolis-Michael-Dempsey/dp/1597803154/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393433636&sr=8-1&keywords=necropolis+dempsey> "Wildly entertaining." -- Tor.com