Stocking Productions to Hold Auditions for Into the Woods 2/27

Stock♦ing Productions presented its first Frederick production in the spring of 2009 when it presented The Rocky Horror Show at The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre. This year, Stock♦ing Productions will bring a new staging of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods to the Performing Arts Factory in Frederick.

Auditions for Stock♦ing's production of Into the Woods have been set for Wednesday, February 27th beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Performing Arts Factory, located at 244 South Jefferson Street, Frederick, Maryland.

Those auditioning are asked to bring a headshot and resume, as well as 16 bars of prepared music and be ready to sing and read from the script. An accompanist will be provided and those without sheet music will not be permitted to sing. Those auditioning should be at least 18 years old. The roles of the Witch, Baker, Baker's Wife, and Jack's Mother have already been cast. All other roles are open. No appointments are necessary.

Into the Woods brings together storybook characters that have been an integral part of our culture and weaves all of their stories together into one classic musical. An ambivalent Cinderella. A blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood. A Prince Charming with a roving eye. A Witch . . . who raps' They're all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairy tale. When a Baker and his Wife learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone's wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of "The Princess Bride" becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.

Stock♦ing Productions' Into the Woods will be play the Performing Arts Factory May 27th, 28th, and 29th. Rehearsals will begin in mid-March.

Into the Woods has music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. Stock♦ing Productions' Into the Woods will be directed by Amy Chase Martin with music direction by Jordan Stocksdale.

Stock♦ing Productions, under the direction of its Artistic Director, Jordan Stocksdale, is an independent theatre Production Company. Previous productions in the area include A New Brain and The Rocky Horror Show. Its upcoming production of Into the Woods will play the Performing Arts Factory in Frederick as a special Memorial Day Weekend presentation.

 

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