Piedmont Players Theatre Announces Auditions for DREAMGIRLS 8/29-30

Piedmont Players Theatre (PPT) announces auditions for the mainstage production of DREAMGIRLS
Book & Lyrics by Tom Eyer

Music by Henry Krieger

Audition Dates: 7pm August 29 & 30 in the third floor rehearsal hall of the Meroney Theater

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Performers should also prepare a short audition song (12-15 bars) and be prepared for a small dance audition.

Show Dates: October 6-9 & 12-15, 2011

The winner of six Tony Awards, DREAMGIRLS is a show about a time in American musical history when what is called rhythm and blues blended with other styles of popular music creating a new American sound. Act One is set in the fabulous sixties-a time when we were still screaming at Elvis and listening to the Beatles, but were dancing to the new beat of countless girl and boy groups like The Supremes, The Marvelettes, The Temptations and The Shirelles. DREAMGIRLS is not just about the singing and the dancing and the performing. The play is also about the behind-the-scenes reality of the entertainment industry-the business part of show business that made possible this cultural phenomenon. Act Two shows the creation and the arrival of disco-though the word is never used in the script. The subject matter of this play deals with a musical contribution to America of such importance that only now-two decades later-are we beginning to understand.

"When Broadway history is being made, you can feel it. What you feel is a seismic emotional jolt that sends the audience, as one, right out of its wits...Broadway history was made at the end of the first act of Michael Bennett's beautiful and heartbreaking new musical, Dreamgirls." - N.Y. Times.

The Meroney Theater: 213 S Main St | Salisbury, NC 28144 | 704.633.5471

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213 S. Main St
Salisbury, NC 28144