Heartwood Regional Theater company announces auditions for two upcoming plays in their 23-24 season.

Adults may audition for a production of Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa" on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy from 5 to 7:30 p.m. This winner of the 1991 Tony Award for Best Play is set in Ballybeg, a fictional town in County Donegal, Ireland, during the late summer of 1936. The play is considered Friel's most famous and often compared to the work of Anton Chekov.

 

The play focuses on the five Mundy sisters, who live with a 7-year-old boy, Michael, the son of one of the sisters. Michael narrates the memory as an adult. The sister's older brother Jack, a recently repatriated African missionary failing in mind and body, complicates the daily lives of the sisters, as does Gerry, the young boy's father who makes a brief visit, stirring the family dynamics.  

 

Five women and three men make up the cast. Actors will read from the script, at the audition. To arrange an audition time or for more information, contact Artistic Director Griff Braley at braley@lincolnacademy.org.

Midcoast youth in grades 5 through 8 (private, homeschool or public school) may audition for "The Jungle Book," by Rudyard Kipling, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Poe Theater at  Lincoln Academy. Directors Griff Braley and Heidi Kopishke will auditions students. Performances are  scheduled for Jan. 25-27. A final rehearsal schedule, scripts and information will be available at the auditions. Rehearsals begin Jan. 3, with students memorized and ready to stage the play.

Performances will include two public performances and up to four school-day performances, for students from surrounding schools. "The Jungle Book" features a wide array of familiar roles found in Rudyard Kipling's 1894 collection of stories. Students will focus their work on mask and movement, to create the creatures of the jungle. The play also provides opportunities for music by students, along with a wide range of creative acting roles.

More detailed information will be posted on the website, heartwoodtheater.org, by Nov. 17. Parents may contact Artistic Director Griff Braley for more information at braley@lincolnacademy.org.