The Broadview Heights Spotlights Theater will hold auditions for Alan Menken’s “Weird Romance” on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 from 3:00PM – 5:00PM and MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 from 6:00PM – 9:00PM. No appointment needed. Callbacks will be held the afternoon of Saturday, December 10, by invitation only. Auditions are open to those ages 15 and up. Auditioners of all skill and experiences levels are welcome. Rehearsals will begin the week of January 2nd and will typically run Sunday – Thursday evenings with some Friday/Saturday rehearsals, based on cast availability. The show will run on weekends from February 10 – February 25. The show is directed and musically directed by Ryan Bergeron. Technical Design is by Tim Anderson. Costume Design is by Stephanie Giammarco. Those auditioning should: · Plan to attend only one night. While attendees need not arrive at the beginning of auditions, *please plan to check in no less than 60 minutes prior to the end of auditions*. Attendees will be seen in order of check-in. · Prepare two contrasting songs, *preferably* *in the style of the show* (1 ballad, 1 up tempo), no more than one minute in length each. The original cast recording is available for listening online via Spotify, YouTube, etc. If you are unable to prepare selections in the style of the show, come prepared with your strongest audition material. · Bring sheet music in the correct keys, *hole-punched and in a three-ring binder.* Singers will not be permitted to sing *a cappella *(without sheet music). For this audition, songs from the show ARE acceptable. · Bring a list of conflicts between January 2 and February 25. · Share your availability for Saturday, December 10, should you be invited to participate in callbacks. For character breakdowns and other information, please visit www.broadview-heights-spotlights.org. Additional questions may be emailed to the director at *rbergeronvoice@gmail.com <rbergeronvoice@gmail.com>.* *Weird Romance* is a set of two one-act musicals of speculative science fiction. It features a musical score by Tony, Grammy, and Oscar winning composer Alan Menken (*Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted, Tangled, Sister Act, Newsies).* It debuted off-broadway at the WPA Theatre, starring Ellen Greene (of *Little Shop of Horrors *fame), Johnathan Hardary, Jessica Molaskey, Sal Viviano, and Danny Burstein. This curious science fiction framework revolves around traditional themes - the generation gap, a love triangle and the archetypal conflict between those who have power and those who have none. In the first act, *The Girl Who Was Plugged In*, we encounter a homeless bag-lady whose soul is transplanted into the body of a gorgeous female android by a company which manufactures celebrities. The second act, *Her Pilgrim Soul*, is about a scientist who researches holographic imaging. One day a mysterious "living" holograph, apparently a woman long dead, appears and changes his life forever.