Upcoming: The Black Nativity, Renaissance Guild, San Antonio, December 9 - 11

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Black Nativity

by Langston Hughes

directed by Danielle King

December 9-11, 2011 -- 3 performances only!

The Renaissance Guild with The Carver Community Cultural Center

at The Carver Community Cultural Center - Jo Long Theatre, 226 N. Hackberry, San Antonio, Texas, 78202

Friday, Dec 9 and Saturday, Dec 10, 8 pm; Sunday Matinee, Dec 11, 4 pm
Tickets: $21 - For more information contact The Carver (210) 207-2234, visit our website or call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000

The Renaissance Guild and The Carver Community Cultural Center present their annual production of the hit Gospel Song Play Black Nativity - a retelling of the Christmas story with a predominately black cast, with narrative, dance, gospel songs and folk spirituals, a unique creation of the prolific poet and playwright Langston Hughes.

Cast:
Speaking Roles: Male Narrator #1~Garfield Swaby, Female Narrator #1~Ella Nathaniel, Joseph~Gabriel O. Ume II, Mary~Maddison Krueger, Inn Keeper~Vianne McKinney, Angel #1~Scharlett Donald, Angel #2~TBA, Angel #3~Evonne Nathaniel, Angel #4~Tori Foutz, Old Woman~Beverly Hurston, Woman #1~Katrina Webber, Female Narrator #2~LaSandra Dolberry, Male Narrator #2~Thomas Givens, Shepherd #1~ Garfield Swaby, Shepherd #2~Harlon Ume, Shepherd #3~Isaiah Cosey, Shepherd #4~Blake Willeford, Shepher#5 Dewitt Walker, Female Narrator #3~KC Onwuchekwa. Male Narrator #3~Andrew Johnson, King #1~Robert Young, King #2~Edward Burkley, King #3~Kenny Patterson, Elder~Kevin Majors, First Lady~TBA, Youth Choir Director~Anitra Little, Youth Song Leader(s)~TBA, Church Woman ~Shaundra Lamkin
Praise Dancers: Anthony Hall, Jr., Aishiana Thomas, Cathy Maduro,Courtney Hansford, Jamiza Manous, Oletha Vicks and S'Keyah Mackey, TBA
Ensemble: Aaliyah Frazier, Andres Miles, Ayanna Milbry, Allonia Nathaniel, Anquinette Thomas, Briana Foster, David Gibson, Deandre Alexander, Ella Edwards, Gwen Page, Jamizia Manous, Jessica Givens, Lindsay White, Marcus McPeters, Michelle M. Willingham, Renee Brooks, Sherrie Wilson, Stephanie Bankston, Tamika D. Davis, Tori Foutz and Veloria Turner, TBA
Director: Danielle King; Asst. Director: Sharon Lisa Smith

Upcoming: Miss Evers' Boys by David Feldshuh, Renaissance Guild, San Antonio, February 10 - 26

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Miss Evers' Boys

by David Feldshuh

directed by Antoinette Winstead

February 10 - 26, performance dates and times to be announced

Little Carver Civic Center, 226 N. Hackberry Street, San Antonio (click for map)

In an effort to get medical help for Alabama tenant farmers, their nurse, Miss Evers, convinces them to join a government study to treat venereal disease. When the money runs out, Nurse Evers is faced with a difficult decision: to tell the men that they are no longer being treated and that they are now part of a research study to see what untreated syphilis will do to them, or follow the lead of the doctor she respects and the tenets of the nursing profession.

CAST

Eunice Evers ~ Vanessa White
Dr. Eugene Brodus ~ John Martin Fitzhugh
Dr. Dr. John Douglas ~ Michael Burger
Willie Johnson ~ Edward Lawrence Burkley IV
Caleb Humphries ~ Charles Riley
Hodman Bryan ~ Russell B. Jordan Jr.
Kevin Majors ~ Ben Washington
Clifford Ross ~ US Ben Washington & Caleb Humphries

Nurse Evers follows the advice of her advisors, and with the understanding that the study can help thousands more, she does not tell the men they are no longer receiving medication. She does this with the assurance that as soon as medication becomes available, her men will be the first to receive it. But after fourteen years of caring for her patients as if they were family, when medication is finally available, it is denied to her study group. Nurse Evers, devastated at the news and starting to watch her men die, can no longer keep silent.

Shunned for her silence of fourteen years, Nurse Evers holds her head up and explains the reasons and emotions that kept her in the study and kept her caring for her men. Some of them forgive her, others do not, as Nurse Evers tries to put back a world broken by prejudice, disease, time and trust.

Auditions for The Wiz, Renaissance Guild, San Antonio, April 7, 14, 21

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(San Antonio) announces auditions for

Thursday April 7, 2011 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm
Thursday April 14, 2011 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm
Tuesday April 21, 2011 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm

54 parts, 11 principals, 7 supporting roles, 8 pit singers, 18 sing/ dance chorus, 10 little people & children (Casting professional/focused actors/singer/dancers) (NOTE: ALL LEAD ROLES WILL HAVE UNDERSTUDIES.)

Auditions will be held at the Carver Community Cultural Center (226 N. Hackberry) San Antonio TX, 78202 (click for map)

Very many know the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but in this new musical version it's a fantasy for today - mysterious, opulent and fanciful - a dream conjured up by a space-age child with Dorothy's adventures in the Land of Oz set to music in a dazzling, lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul.

The Renaissance Guild and Pennington Productions will hold open calls for the 2011 non-Equity performances of The Wiz. Directed by Jonathan Pennington, Assistant Director Jovi Lee Gonzales; Choreography by Danielle Martinez, Ashlee Pryor, Tiffany McCall; Musical Direction by Hector Serna and Ben Carlee; Casting by Jonathan Pennington, Kurt Wehner, Hector Serna, Ben Carlee, Twyla Lamont, Cyndi Lucas, Danielle King, Paul Riddle, Jr.

Rehearsals begin May 2, 2011; show opens at Carver Community Cultural Center July 8 and runs until July 24. The Wiz will have a second run at Woodlawn Theatre September 2, 2011 and is until September 18, 2011.

· "Radiates so much energy you can hardly sit in your seat ... Great fun." New York Post
· "A carnival of fun ... Wickedly amusing." Time Magazine
· "One of the most cyclonic blasts to hit Broadway in a long time." Newsweek
· "A virtual musical circus ... Driving rhythms, soaring songs ... Boisterous, exuberant." WABC

While similar in plot to "The Wizard of Oz", The Wiz usually uses an all-black cast to transform the show into a more fun, funky modern version. Dorothy, the little girl from Kansas is blown by a tornado into Munchkinland in the Land Of Oz. While there she meets the Scarecrow, the Tinman & the Cowardly Lion on the Yellow Brick Road. She defeats the evil witch and goes to see the powerful Wizard who turns out to be a phoney. However, he is able to convince Dorothy that she can do anything she wants if she just believes in herself. Dorothy also realizes the importance of home and her family.

Auditionees with a specific role preference should prepare the song specified in the character breakdown. If you do not have a role preference; that is, you would be equally content with any role in the show, please prepare 32 bars of a legitimate musical theatre song that best demonstrates your vocal abilities and range. If this is the case, please bring an accompaniment track, as no accompanist will be provided. Please dress to character as you see fit, but be prepared to dance. No monologue is necessary for this audition. Bring your headshot and resume (stapled together) to your audition.

All auditionees must email penningtonproductions@live.com to schedule an audition time. Email contact is Carol Wade. Please provide role preference in the body of the email.

All requests for audition time or information must be sent by email.

Click for a list of roles and additional information at AustinLiveTheatre.com