BLUEBARN sets Auditions for Holiday Spoof SILENT NIGHT OF THE LAMBS 8/22, 8/23

BLUEBARN Theatre is holding auditions for its 2nd show of the season, the campy parody Silent Night of the Lambs. Audition dates are Saturday, August 22 from 10am-12pm and Sunday, August 23 from 6pm to 9pm.

Needed are 8 strong male and female character actors (ages 18-40.) Those auditioning are asked to prepare a short comic monologue (Broad characters and accents are encouraged). Auditions will also consist of cold readings from the script, as well as a possible movement audition. Please call (402) 345-1576 or visit www.bluebarn.org for more information.

BLUEBARN Theatre founding member, Hughston Walkinshaw returns to direct this hilarious spoof: one part Silence of the Lambs, one part Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Shows run November 27- December 19, 2009; Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m.

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling, daughter of the once-famous Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, is assigned to the case of a lifetime. She must help track down ‘The Skinner', a mysterious serial killer that removes the skins of his victims, be they animal or human. To get inside the mind of this killer Clarice must interrogate the North Pole's most notorious psychopath, Kris Kringle, aka Santa Claus. Santa's bloody rampage a few years back nearly ruined Christmas forever. Clarice hopes this jolly madman, now housed in an asylum for the criminally insane, holds the key to stopping ‘The Skinner.' Can she get into Santa's head before he gets into hers? Will Clarice's demons catch up with her before she catches up with The Skinner? Will those damn lambs ever shut-up?

Join BLUEBARN in a dark trip to the North Pole where things are more naughty then nice and the snow has the scarlet tint of blood in this demented tale of mayhem and mistletoe.

About BLUEBARN Theatre
The BLUEBARN Theatre began in the late 1980s with graduates from the Professional Theatre Training Conservatory at the State University of New York at Purchase. Seeking to continue the deeply shared artistic aesthetic and practice that they had developed from their conservatory training, and also create theatre outside the constraints of New York City's commercial market, founding members Mary Theresa Green, Nils Haaland, Kevin Lawler, and Hughston Walkinshaw joined forces with Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts to produce their first play.

In 1998, the 10th anniversary season, the BLUEBARN moved into its current home, a beautiful ninety-seat proscenium arch theatre in Omaha's Old Market. The BLUEBARN also opened the Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery, providing local visual artists a place to display their work.

Now in its 20th season, the BLUEBARN has established itself as one of Omaha's premier contemporary theatre companies. After producing over 80 plays since 1989, the BLUEBARN's reputation for high quality entertainment and pursuit of stories that challenge both the theatre artists and patrons is solid.

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The Downtown Space
614 South 11th Street Omaha, NE 68102
tel (402) 345-1576
www.bluebarn.org