Upcoming: The Red Shoes, Sky Candy Austin at ND at 501 Studios, August 19 - 21

nd on line: plans for a reprise performance and a appeal for $1500 :

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The Red Shoes

Back by popular demand!

Saturday - Sunday, August 19 - 21 at 8 p.m.; 3 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday

Tickets $15 and $20 at eventbrite (click to purchase)

Join us on a journey to the depths of sin with Sky Candy's first full length production. We're bringing you a cirque noir-style adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale, THE RED SHOES, back for ONE WEEKEND ONLY. Our first run sold out every single show and we're expecting the same for the reprise!

Conceived and directed by Sky Candy co-founder Chelsea, THE RED SHOES follows the story of a young girl seduced by a pair of red shoes fit for a princess as she descends through the ranks of hell. Aerial acrobats, dancers and puppeteers interpret the classic story through a blend of traditional circus acts like trapeze and aerial silks, dozens of shadow puppets and a single giant marionette.

Featured performers & collaborators: Chelsea Laumen, Andy Agne, Xochitl Sosa, Chad Davis, Amy Hayes, Winnie Hsia, Courtney Brock, Chris Lundberg, Michelle Stuckey, Celeste Bliss, Brynn Route.

The Red Shoes Reprise plays at the ND 501 Studios (E. 5th & Brushy - click for map) on Friday, August 19 - Sunday, August 21. Evening shows start at 8pm and matinees (on both Saturday and Sunday) start at 3pm.

Click to go to the Kickstarter appeal page.

Auditions for Side by Side by Sondheim, Actors Coop at Dougherty Arts Center, May 17

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The Actors Coop will be staging Stephen Sondheim’s classic revue

Side by Side by Sondheim

July 8, 9 and 10, 2011 at the Dougherty Arts Center.

directed by Barbara Schuler with music direction by David Blackburn and choreography by Michelle Stuckey

produced by The Actors Coop, Robert Josef Cross Producing Director.

Auditions will be Tuesday May 17 from 5:30p to 9:30p at the Dougherty Arts Center Conference Room A, located at 1100 Barton Springs Road (click for map). Auditions are open to adults 18+.

Please email auditions@theactorscoop.com with your name, contact information and, if possible but not required, attach a bio with previous theatrical experience and a current headshot.

Auditions will consist of singing a prepared song (32 bar cut, accompanist provided, no background tracks allowed) and possibly songs from the show (music cuts provided). Come dressed in comfortable clothes that allow movement with appropriate shoes as there will be a dance combination as part of the audition.

Click to view list of Sondheim numbers presented in the original Broadway production.

Ongoing: The Fantasticks, Way Off Broadway Community Players, Leander, March 26 - April 11

UPDATE: Lisa Schepps of KOOP-FM interviews Musical Director David Blackburn and some of the cast: Derek Smootz (El Gallo), Eve Alonzo (The Girl), Matt Boehm (the Boy), Rebecca Stokinger (Bellemy) and Kirk Kelso (Huckleby) and they sing numbers from the show. "Off Stage and On the AIr," April 5

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The Fantasticks

by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
directed by Barbara Schuler
musical direction by David Blackburn
March 26 - April 11, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Matinee on Sunday, April 11 at 3 p.m.
Click Here to make Reservations
Crystal Falls Playhouse, 10960 E. Crystal Falls Parkway, Leander

"Try To Remember" a time when this romantic charmer wasn't enchanting audiences around , the world. The Fantasticks is the longest-running production of any kind in the world, and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical sophistication is a purity and simplicity that transcends cultural barriers. Its moving tale of young lovers who become disillusioned, only to discover a more mature, meaningful love is punctuated by a bountiful series of catchy, memorable songs, many of which have become standards.

Featuring Derek Smootz, Eve G. Alonzo, Matt Boehm, Kirk Kelso, Rebecca Stokinger, Michelle Stuckey, Fred Bothwell, and Mark Butler

View video of scene with the two actors, Henry and Mortimer (6min. 20 sec.) at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .