Auditions in Lockhart for 'A Christmas Foundling,' October 2 and 6, 2013

Auditions for The Christmas Foundling by Norman Allen, inspired by the stories of Bret Harte, directed by Terri Bennett
Wed. Oct 2, 7-9 pm and Sunday Oct 6, 2-4 pm

The Gaslight-Baker Theatre, 216 S Main St, Lockhart Tx 78644 - click for map 
 

A heartwarming holiday tale set on Christmas Eve high in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in 1850, with the love of a child at its center and an unlikely romance as its driving force. This Gold Rush drama is a love-letter to the Mother Lode, an ode to the joys of rural living. With a touching, family-friendly plot, the show is sure to offer up several laughs and a glimpse at the less commercial Christmases of days gone by. It's also a sweet look at how love, sacrifice and change can expand one's world and life.

Auditions will be a cold reading from the script.

If you would like to audition, just come on by the theater at the times above and we'll see what you've got. If you can't make either of those times, you can email us at info@gaslightbakertheatre.org or through our "Contact Us" page and we'll attempt to accomodate you. Be sure to tell us that it is about the auditions!

Hope to see you at the auditions!

Casting:

1 man 50-70 years old. Part (Old Jake) requires singing. Ability to play guitar a plus

1 young man (Tom) 10-14 years old

1 woman (Aunt Sarah)-30-40 years old

4 men 20-50 year old.

Performance dates – Weekends, Dec 6-21

For more information, please go to the GBT website – MyGBT.org

Auditions in Lockhart for Vaudeville at the Baker, September 29, 2013

Have people told you "You should be on the stage" ?

 


Here is your chance - bring your comedy skit, your song, your jokes, your juggling, your poetry reading, your dancing dog...whatever act you have that you would like to share to the final Vaudeville at the Baker auditions Sunday, September 29th from 1:00 to 3:00. 216 S Main St, Lockhart Texas 78644.

Directed by Tammy Francis and Shaela Legget-Wilson, to be presented Nov. 1—Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 3 at 4 p.m.

Thank you for your support of the Arts!

THE UNINVITED, a ghost story by Tim Kelly, Gaslight Baker Theatre, Lockhart, October 11 - 26, 2013

[216 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX - click for map]

presents

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Directed by Candice Carr

Oct. 11 - Oct. 26, Fridays and Saturdays

2 p.m. matinees on Sunday, Oct. 20 and Saturday, October 26

A brother and sister buy an old charming house overlooking the Irish Sea from the village curmudgeon, who has a granddaughter that mysteriously lost her parents. These siblings quickly discover that the house is more sinister than charming. They are imperiled with a bone-chilling cold that permeates the house, a nursery emanating the sound of a weeping woman, the ominous scent of exotic perfume and wrathful apparitions that provoke them to solve the cause for the haunting if they can survive that long. This will be an experience you won’t soon forget.

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Video Promo: Nunsense by Dan Grogan, Gaslight Baker Theatre, Lockhart, August 23 - September 14, 2013

Video promo for the

presentation of

 

A Musical Comedy

Written by Dan Goggin

Directed by Steve Lawson

Aug. 23 - Sept. 14, 2013

216 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX - click for map

With wacky fun, uproarious horseplay, and side-splitting jokes, Nunsense is a madcap revue that satirizes convent life with a hysterical anything-goes sense of fun. Five nuns develop their song-and-dance routines, conduct an audience quiz, and indulge in other hilarious shenanigans. Jokes, songs and dancing nuns add up to one of the silliest musical celebrations ever! This “Sister Act” will convince you once and for all that nuns do have a serious funny bone!

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Theatre 'Garage Sale' fundraiser at Gaslight Baker Theatre, Lockhart, August 3, 2013

Gaslight-Baker Theatre is Holding a Fundraising Garage Sale - Sat. Aug 3, 8 am to 1 pm.
The GBT is selling props, furniture, household goods, and many unique items from our storage space!
216 S Main Street, Lockhart Texas -- click for map

NUNSENSE, a musical comedy by Dan Grogan, Gaslight Baker Theatre, Lockhart, August 23 - September 14, 2013

[216 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX - click for map]

presents

NUNSENSE
A Musical Comedy
Written by Dan Goggin

Directed by Steve Lawson

Aug. 23 - Sept. 14, 2013

With wacky fun, uproarious horseplay, and side-splitting jokes, Nunsense is a madcap revue that satirizes convent life with a hysterical anything-goes sense of fun. Five nuns develop their song-and-dance routines, conduct an audience quiz, and indulge in other hilarious shenanigans. Jokes, songs and dancing nuns add up to one of the silliest musical celebrations ever! This “Sister Act” will convince you once and for all that nuns do have a serious funny bone! 

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Auditions in Lockhart for ghost story The Uninvited by Tim Kelly, Gaslight Baker Theatre, July 14 and 15, 2013

Gaslight Baker Theatre auditions for The Uninvited by Tim Kelly, Dorothy MaCardle's classic ghost story, directed by Candice Carr

A brother and sister buy an old charming house overlooking the Irish Sea from the village curmudgeon, who has a granddaughter that mysteriously lost her parents. These siblings quickly discover that the house is more sinister than charming. They are imperiled with a bone-chilling cold that permeates the house, a nursery emanating the sound of a weeping woman, the ominous scent of exotic perfume and wrathful apparitions that provoke them to solve the cause for the haunting if they can survive that long. This will be an experience you won’t soon forget.
 

Gaslight Baker Theatre, 216 S. Main Street, Lockhart -- click for map
Sunday, July 14^th 5 pm-7 pm and Monday, July 15th 7 pm-9 pm -- Callbacks: TBD

Roles call for six women and four men.   Production Dates: October 11th - October 26th, 2013

Characters:

Stella Meredith, grandaughter, charming but vulnerable, age 16 - 25 female

Pamela Fitzgerald, sister, intelligent and enthusiastic, age 25-35 female

Roddy Fitzgerald, Pamela's brother, an aspiring playwright age 27-40 male

Commander Brooke, Stella's grandfather, stern and overprotective, age 50-60s male

Lizzie Flynn, Pam and Roddy's housekeeper, loyal but superstitious, age 35-50s female

Mrs. Jessup, a neighbor and gossip age 35 and up female

Wendy, a vivacious young actress age 25-40s female

Max Hilliard, a young painter, friend of the Fitzgeralds age 25-35 male

Dr. Scott, pleasant, middle-aged, village doctor, age 30-50s male

Miss Holloway, Stella's former nurse & governess, cold & slightly sinister, age 40-60s female

For the audition - no preparation necessary. You will be reading scenes from the play.

If you are not available for the above scheduled times and would like to make an appointment or for more info. about the script or how to obtain one, please contact the director at candicelcarr@gmail.com

NEUROTIC BIRDS, a musical comedy by Tina Woodruff, Gaslight Baker Theatre, Lockhart, July 12 - 21, 2013

[216 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX - click for map]

presents

Neurotic Birds
An Original Musical Comedy
Written By Tina Woodruff





July 12 – July 20
TWO MATINEES: Sunday July 14 and July 21
Please Note Early Start Time
Evening Shows start at 7 pm and Matinees start at 2 pm
Regular Adult Tickets: $13
Senior & Children Tickets: $11

Seven birds are having a hard time with mental and emotional issues. They come to Dr. Sickbird Freud, bird psychiatrist, for group therapy every week. They are not too sad to sing or dance however. And Owl, Dr. Freud, solves a little romantic problem. This is an adult play but perfectly safe for children. It is an opportunity for a family theatrical experience that will be a lot of fun and entertainment. The sets, masks and costumes are hand-painted. The music and lyrics are original. This play is a cross between Cirque de Soleil and Seinfeld. Bring the family for some funny.

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STILL LIFE WITH IRIS by Steven Dietz, Gaslight Baker Theatre, Lockhart, June 14 - 29, 2013

[216 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX - click for map]

presents

Still Life With Iris

A Whimsical Journey
Written by Steven Dietz

Directed by David Schneider

Jun. 14 - Jun. 29

Set in the imaginary world of Nocturno, where all the things one sees by day are made by the people who live there at night while the rest of the world sleeps. Still Life With Iris chronicles a young girl's quest to regain her memory and with it her home. With the help of the incredible people she meets along the way, Iris' crusade recovers more than her past. She succeeds in finding herself: the power of faith and the courage of persistence. These traits will lead her home. 

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Auditions in Lockhart for Nunsense by Dan Grogan, Gaslight Baker Theatre, May 29 and June 1, 2013

Auditions for the musical comedy Nunsense written by Dan Goggin, directed for the Gaslight-Baker Theatre by Steve Lawson, are being held Lockhart Wednesday 5/29/13 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday 6/1/13 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., and other times by appointment.

Five women (or four women and a very special guy) are needed. We want actors who can sing, singers who can act, and if you can throw in a couple of dance steps that would be even better! Age range about 20 - 60. Rue McClanahan played the Mother Superior in a TV version of the play.

For the audition - Be prepared to sing a minute or two. You choose your selection and you bring accompaniment, or you can sing acapella. You will also be given a few lines of script to perform. If you are not available for the above scheduled times, for an audition appointment and more information call 512-775-6541 or email sclbase-classact@yahoo.com.

Auditions in Lockhart for Still Life with Iris by Steven Dietz, March 24 and 26, 2013

Still Life With Iris by Steven Dietz

Audition Dates: March 24 at 4:00 pm and March 26 at 7:00 pm -- Performance Dates: Jun. 14 - Jun. 29

Casting 8 adults (any age) and 13 youth (all ages)

Three leads are youth that can play ages 10-14 (two female, one male). These three roles are very large and will require a significant time commitment by the youth and their parents. The show has 9 performances. Rehearsals will begin the first week of April. A schedule will be provided at the time of the auditions.

Rehearsal slots are not required. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the play. A copy of the script will be in the reference section at the Dr. Eugene Clark Public Library for review, but cannot be checked out.  

For more information, please email us at info@gaslightbakertheatre.org

SIRENS by Deborah Zoe Lofter, Gaslight Baker Theatre, March 8 - 23, 2013

[216 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX - click for map]

presents


Sirens 

by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Directed by Lori Z. Cordova

A Romantic Comedy -"Love on the Rocks...With a Twist"

When: Fridays and Saturdays, March 8-23 @ 8; Matinees Sunday, March 17 and Saturday, March 23 @ 2. Special Sneak Peek Dress Rehearsal - "Pay what you can" Thursday, March 7 @ 8

Ticket info: $15 adult tickets, $12 senior and student

Reserved seating at http://www.mygbt.org/

Gaslight-Baker Theatre, 216 S Main St, Lockhart Texas 78644 (click for map)

Cast: Ellen Massey, Don Owen, Francine Olguin, and Stewart McGregor

Sam and Rose have been married for a long time – a very long time. When Sam jumps ship off an anniversary cruise (literally) and washes up on the Captivating Siren’s island, he finds out that he’s been wrong about life and love. But can he get back to Rose? Does he get a second chance? Can he make a change? Ahhhhh…..love; or not? 

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Auditions in Lockhart for Divas III: Broadway Babes, Gaslight Baker Theatre, February 2, 3 and 10, 2013

Auditions for Divas III: Broadway Babes

Sunday Feb 2 from 4- 6PM, Monday Feb 3 @ 7PM and Sun Feb 10 @ 2 at the Gaslight-Baker Theatre, 216 S Main St, Lockhart, Texas (click for map). 

This all-female revue, directed by the GBT’s Artistic Director Tysha Calhoun, seeks triple threat performers: women who can sing, act and dance. Please prepare two stylistically different pieces of music and bring your own backing track. Thumb drives or CD’s are appropriate. No backup accompaniment will be provided and a capella auditions will be at the discretion of the director. Dress comfortably as you will be required to learn a few basic choreography steps to the chorus of “Cell Block Tango" from Chicago.

Contact the director Tysha Calhoun at 512-426-1059 for more specific information

THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR, Gaslight Baker Theatre, Lockhart, January 24 - February 16, 2013

[216 S. Main Street, Lockhart, TX - click for map]

presents
 

The Red Velvet Cake War

a slice of life comedy by Jones, Hope and Wooten

directed by David Schneider and John Lairsen

January 25 - February 16, 2013

"sneak peek" preview on Thursday, January 24; 2 p.m. matinees Sunday Feb 3 and Saturday, Feb 9

Are you ready to beat the post-holiday blues and the winter doldrums? Then attending the Gaslight Baker Theater’s production of The Red Velvet Cake War is a must. The GBT kicks off its 2013 season with this hilarious Jones, Wooten and Hope comedy. This trio of playwrights is currently the most widely produced playwrights in the country today. Co-Directed by David Schneider and John Lairsen, The Red Velvet Cake War’s Verdeen cousins, family and friends put the “fun” in dysfunctional!

The play opens with Gaynelle Verdeen , (hysterically played by Nina Bryant) who is watching her world unravel. She’s been acquitted of attempting to murder her ex-husband’s girlfriend and is appearing on Cee Cee Windham’s TV show “Hospitality House.” Cee Cee, played by Shaela Leggett-Wilson to syrupy perfection, is a vision of frothy pink, endowed with a perpetual “happy smile” and chirpy manner as long as the cameras are rolling.

Ellen Massey brings a sharp wit and equally sharp tongue to the Verdeen clan’s upper crust matriarch, LaMerle Verdeen Minishew. LaMerle feels that the younger,lesser Verdeen cousins are a blight on the Verdeen name so she is canceling the family reunion for this year to give the town folks time “to find another idiot to talk about”. Her older brother, the 90 year old, wisecracking Aubrey Verdeen, (David Young) is the perfect foil for fussy, self-righteous LaMerle.

Nina Bryant and Ellen Massey (photo: Jim Gillock)

Canceling the reunion is the last thing that the three cousins want to have happen. Rallying around Gaynelle is cousin Peaches Verdeen Belrose, a make-up artist to the newly and dearly departed. Peaches full of life herself. She’s sexy, saucy, recently widowed (maybe) and well done by Leigh Shelton, newcomer to the GBT, but a veteran of the Wimberley Players and a recent Texas State Theatre graduate. 

 The third cousin, Jimmy Wyvette Verdeen, played by another new face to the GBT stage Gina McClure, is a good old girl who manages Whatley’s Western Wear. She also has a deep throaty laugh that is absolutely contagious. Bolstered by her cousins and angry at the world, Gaynelle makes a wild bet during an argument with LaMerle as to who can whip up the best Red Velvet Cake for the reunion that WILL take place. The stakes are high since Gaynelle doesn’t bake and isn’t sure what is needed for a Red Velvet Cake. Thus the hilarious cake war is set in motion.

The show is rounded out with Tammy Francis as Bitsy Hargis who is competing with Jimmie Wyvette for the attentions of a recently widowed neighbor and Elsa Dowdall (played by comedic talent Candice Carr) who is in town to evaluate the sanity of Gaynelle. Newt Blaylock (Randall Ischy), Purvis Verdeen (Stephen Fleming) and Sheriff Grover Lout (Brent White) provide laughs as the “men of Sweetgum”. And lastly, making the most of her 15 seconds on stage, Susie Lay (Mama Doll Hargis) will bring the audience to their feet as she sashays with her walker across the stage teasing her love interest Aubrey Verdeen.

The fun starts Thursday, Jan 24 with the Sneak Peek and runs weekends through Feb 16. Two matinees: Sunday Feb 3 and Saturday, Feb 9 @ 2 pm. More info and ticket reservations at MyGBT.org.



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Additional Auditions in Lockhart for Sirens, a comedy by Deobrah Zoe Laufer, January 13, 2013

The Gaslight Baker Theatre in Lockhart is holding an additional audition for Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer Saturday, January 13 at 2 p.m. at the theatre at 2l16 S. Main Street (click for map).

When Sam first fell in love with Rose he wrote her a song which has been covered by every recording artist and translated into every language and every genre. After years of marriage, Sam has lost his muse and on an anniversary cruise with Rose, he jumps ship (literally) upon hearing the song of the Siren. 

 On her island he must struggle with the terrors of middle age, the tortures of creative failure and the desire to live in his past rather then face his uncertain future. He must find a way to get home – to his wife. And if he does, how can he possibly win her back?

Production Dates: March 8 – 23, 2013

Characters: Sam: Male age 45 – 65; Rose, Sam’s Wife age 45 – 65; Leah/Siren/Waitress age 18 – 30; Richard: Character is age 45 – 65, played by an actor in his early 20s.

Auditions in Lockhart for Sirens, a comedy by Deobrah Zoe Laufer, January 6 and 7, 2013

The Gaslight Baker Theatre in Lockhart is auditioning for Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer Sunday January 6 and Monday January 7 from 6 – 8 p.m. at the theatre at 2l16 S. Main Street (click for map).

When Sam first fell in love with Rose he wrote her a song which has been covered by every recording artist and translated into every language and every genre. After years of marriage, Sam has lost his muse and on an anniversary cruise with Rose, he jumps ship (literally) upon hearing the song of the Siren. 

On her island he must struggle with the terrors of middle age, the tortures of creative failure and the desire to live in his past rather then face his uncertain future. He must find a way to get home – to his wife. And if he does, how can he possibly win her back?

Production Dates: March 8 – 23, 2013

Characters: Sam: Male age 45 – 65; Rose, Sam’s Wife age 45 – 65; Leah/Siren/Waitress age 18 – 30; Richard: Character is age 45 – 65, played by an actor in his early 20s.

Auditions in Lockhart for The Red Velvet Cake Wars, Gaslight Baker Theatre, December 2 and 3

Do you entertain your family by imitating your wacky relatives? Then come on down and auditon for the Gaslight-Baker Theatre's next play The Red Velvet Cake Wars by the Texas comedy team Jones,Hope, and Wooten. Auditions are Sunday Dec 2 at 2 pm and Monday, Dec 3 @ 7 pm at the Gaslight-Baker Theatre, 216 S Main St,Lockhart, Tx. Cast includes 7 women and 3 men. Show dates are Jan 24 - Feb 16.

A Southern fried Texas hootenanny ensues in Sweetgum, TX when the Verdeen family comes together in this hilarious comedy. The Verdeen cousins insist on hosting the yearly family reunion even though they are all the topic of scandalous town gossip. Mayhem follows as a bet is made between the cousins and their aunt on who can make the best red velvet cake which will ensure the hosting of the reunion or will cause one cousin to lose her house. On the day of the reunion and the big taste off, it seems that cousin is as sure to lose her house as she is to be committed - but the reunion isn’t over yet!

For more information, leave a message at 512-376-5653 or go to http://www.mygbt.org/.

Upcoming: Dashing Through the Snow by Jones, Hope and Wooten, Gaslight Baker Theatre, November 29 - December 15

DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW

A Christmas Season Comedy

By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten

Performance Dates – 3 Weekends

EVENINGS - 8pm Fridays and Saturdays
Nov. 30 – Dec. 15, 2012

SNEAK PEEK - 8pm Thursday
Nov. 29, 2012

MATINEES - 2pm Sun Dec. 9 &
Sat Dec. 15, 2012

Regular Adult Tickets $12
Senior & Children Tickets $10

It is four days before Christmas in the tiny town of Tinsel, Texas, and a colorful parade of eccentric guests arrive at the Snowflake Inn and deck the halls with holiday hilarity. Trina, the harried yet upbeat innkeeper of this B&B, has more than she can handle coping with these nuttier-than-a-fruitcake lodgers. This is a play is about with renewal, redemption, rekindling, reconciliation and remarriage. Highlighted by a spur-of-the-moment Christmas Eve wedding that brings together the fabulous Futrelle sisters—Honey Raye, Twink, Frankie and Rhonda Lynn and their best friend, Raynerd, the evening takes a surprising and delightful turn that leads to a laugh-'til-your-sides-ache climax, changing all their lives forever. You'll swear this family-friendly Jones/Hope/Wooten Christmas comedy is more fun than a joyride in a one-horse open sleigh!

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Video Promo: Who's on First? by Jack Sharkey, Gaslight Baker Theatre, October 5 - 20

The Gaslight Baker Theatre in Lockhart, Texas presents the wacky comedy Who's on First? by Jack Sharkey. Shows are weekends Oct 5 - 20 2012 on Fri. and Sat. at 8 pm and 2 pm matinees on Sun. 10/14 and Sat. 10/20. For tickets and information see www.MyGBT.org or call 512-376-5653

Auditions in Lockhart for Dashing Through the Snow, Gaslight Baker Theatre, October 7 and 8

Auditions for our Christmas production "Dashing Through the Snow" by By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, directed by Tysha Calhoun

Sun. Oct 7 @ 2 and Mon Oct 8 @ 7 at the Gaslight -Baker Theatre, 216 S Main St, Lockhart (click for map)

Casting 6 women and 2 men.

More info at http://www.gasligthbakertheatre.org/