Goodspeed To Hold Auditions For Local Actors 2/5-6

This February Goodspeed Musicals will hold local auditions for its 2011 season. Local Non-Equity auditions will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local Equity auditions will be held on Sunday, February 6, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in East Haddam, Conn.

Goodspeed is seeking adult male and female actors.

All auditions are by appointment only. Appointments may be made starting immediately. Please call Company Management at (860) 873-8664, ext. 387, Monday through Friday, 10 am - 5 p.m.

Goodspeed Musicals 2011 season will be My One And Only (3/15-7/1), Show Boat (5/31-9/17) and City of Angels (8/23-11/27). Candidates must be available for four weeks of rehearsal and a 4 to 14-week performance run.

Interested performers should bring a resume, photo and sheet music and be prepared to sing two short numbers: an up-tempo song and a ballad. Music must be legible and in the proper key (no lead sheets, please). An accompanist will be provided.

Performers of all ethnicities are strongly encouraged to audition.

Dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theatre, Goodspeed Musicals produces three musicals each season at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., and additional productions at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn., which was opened in 1984 for the development of new musicals. The first regional theatre to receive two Tony Awards (for outstanding achievement), Goodspeed also maintains The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre and The Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre. Goodspeed Musicals is supported in part by the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more information, visit goodspeed.org.