Lakewood Theatre Company to Hold Auditions for THE PEPPERMINT BEAR SHOW

Lakewood Theatre Company will present an all new version of their annual Holiday Santa breakfast production with the presentation of The Peppermint Bear Show 2015: Taming of the Shoe.
Auditions, by appointment, will be held SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 beginning at noon. Roles are open to all ages but most roles are ages 14 -20. There are roles for 7 featured actors and a chorus of elves. All actors must sing and dance. Actors must bring a prepared song and sheet music in the correct key for your voice. An accompanist will be provided. Call Lakewood Theatre for further information at 503-635-3901. For a breakdown of roles, please click here.

Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

Rehearsal/Performance Schedule: Tentative rehearsal schedule will include Sat/Sun in late Oct-Nov. Weekday evenings will be added mid November till the production opens Saturday, Dec. 5. The performance dates are Saturdays, Dec. 5, 12, 19 and Sundays Dec. 13 and 20 in the Community Meeting Room at Lakewood Center. There are also 4 touring dates to offsite community centers with dates still to be determined.

The Story: Christmas is just around the corner and head elf, Mert, is attempting to rehearse the big parade with Gert and Mort when our young friend, Charlie, arrives at the North Pole. It seems there is some electronic problem with toy making machinery and Santa needs his help. Little do we know that the problem lies in one magic magnet carried by has-been director, Percy Ulysses Featherby, who has been reduced to shoe salesman. Supposedly at the North Pole to provide the elves with new shoes, his plan is to use the magnet to control one particular pair of shoes and to make an enslaved dancing star out of Gert.

The Peppermint Bear Show 2015: Taming of the Shoe is directed and choreographed by Michael Snider, The book and lyrics are by Michael Snider with music by Kurt Misar. The Peppermint Bear Show first premiered at Portland's Lipman's Department Store, which then became Fredrick and Nelson. It became a popular Holiday tradition for over 30 years. Since that time the show has been produced in New York and countless cities on the east coast, mid-west and Hawaii. The Holiday Breakfast Theatre production has been an annual Lakewood Theatre tradition for 23 years. Audience members enjoy a special holiday continental breakfast 1/2 hour before the show and performers interact with young audience members to help them celebrate the holidays.

About Lakewood Theatre Company
63 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a professional theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 400 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
- 63rd Season - Productions in the 2015-16 season are underwritten, in part, by The Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Work for Art Program The Oregon Arts Commission The National Endowment for the Arts Media Sponsor: The Oregonian, Powering OregonLive

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