Fauquier Community Theatre

Auditions for Film Screenplay

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:06:25 +0000

Auditions for Film Screenplay:
Fauquier Community Theatre will hold auditions for a movie called “Kidney Beans” Friday, September 10 from 6:00 to 11:00 PM and Saturday, September 11 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM. Call-backs, will be held Sunday, September 12 from 1:00 PM to 5:00.

Auditions will be held at Allegro. Allegro is located at 4151 Weeks Drive, Warrenton, VA (in Vint Hill). The film is being directed by R.J. Haynes.

“Kidney Beans” is a film screenplay that is written and directed by Fauquier Community Theatre alumni and scholarship winner, R.J. Haynes. He has a degree from James Madison University. While at FCT, R.J. acted in many shows, such as Godspell, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and A Christmas Carol, among others. He also ran tech and directed one of our summer youth shows.

Seth Graham is a self-centered senior in high school. His main struggles involve waking up on time, getting a girl to look at him, and being aware of his own shortcomings. Carter Kennedy is an unemployed slacker in his late-20s. His friends are all married and have kids, his parents pay for his apartment rent, and he’s dying of kidney failure. Seth and Carter are cousins. When Seth sees his cousin’s dilemma as an opportunity to prove he’s not as self-centered as he once thought, he offers his kidney to Carter. What follows is the story of two cousins going through the happy, sad, funny, frustrating, and emotional process of an organ transplant while also getting to know one another for the first time. “Kidney Beans” is a comedic drama about family, friends, and maturity.

Cast requirements include (2) 25-35 aged Males, (1) 16-24 aged Male, (2) 16-24 aged Females, (1) 16-24 aged Japanese Male, (1) 25-35 aged Black Male, (2) 40-60 aged Males, (2) 40-60 aged Females, (1) 35-70 aged Male, (1) 35-70 aged Female, (1) 40-70 aged Female, (1) 6-13 aged Male, (1) 25-45 aged Female, (1) 4-10 aged Male, (1) 11-16 aged Male.

Fauquier Community Theatre is sponsoring auditions for this up and coming talented director, in his film “Kidney Beans.” Questions should be addressed to kidneybeansmovie@gmail.com

You may, but it is not required, prepare a comedic or dramatic short monologue

FCT Needs Immediate Workers

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:13:21 +0000

FCT is moving its storage from the current location at Sigler Road in Vint Hill to the Dispensary Building in Vint Hill. We need all of the hands that we can get. This will be a large undertaking, but we know with your help magic happens at FCT. If you are available for a few hours on Saturday morning, August. 21st, please come out to lend a helping hand. We will meet at 8 AM at the white building with a Uhaul truck. Please email, Board of Director Chairman, Don Richardson, of your intentions of helping. His email is don@fctstage.org. We may need additional help on August 21st, please let him know if you can help on that date also.

Scholarship Winners

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:36:16 +0000

The applications were received. The votes were cast. The decisions were made. And we have 3 scholarship winners for 2010! And the winners are: MAGGIE GORMAN, SARAH SCHEINER, and HANNAH GROTHAUS!

Thank you to all of the patrons who bought raffle tickets during the 2009-2010 shows! You are the reason that FCT can give back to the community in such a special way as to give these young actors/actresses a start in their education ventures.

One Act Auditions

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:20:32 +0000

One Act Festival

Weekend Performance Dates: July 9, 10, 11, 2010

The One Act festival will be a performance of 3 One Acts entitled Check Please, 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview, and Little Women.

We will be holding auditions for these One Acts at the white building located at 4260 Sigler Rd, Warrenton, VA, 20187

Auditions for One Act’s Check Please and 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview:
Friday, May 7, 2010 from 7:00-9:00 pm
Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 12:00-2:00 pm

Auditions for One Act Little Women:
Saturday, May 22 from 10:00-12:00 pm

Check Please by Jonathan Rand
Need 14 actors- 7 males, 7 females ranging in age from 8- 60, most ages in the 16- 23 range
Auditions will consist of cold- readings from the script
Rehearsals will be once a week.

Dating can be hard. Especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, or your grandmother’s bridge partner, or a mime. Check Please follows a series of blind dinner dates that couldn’t get any worse- until they do. Could there possibly be a light at the end of the tunnel?

For any questions email director Hannah Marie Malinowski at lilactresshannah@comcast.net

13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview by Ian McWethy
Need 16 actors- 6 males, 7 females, 3 either, ranging in age from 16- 40, most in the 16- 20 range
Auditions will consist of cold- readings from the script

When two college recruiters at a prestigious university need to fill one last spot to keep their jobs, thirteen eccentric, dimwitted and slightly- insane high school seniors are eager to come in for an interview. What seems like a simple task turns into a nightmare when the applicants turn out to be a reality TV star, a practicing vampire, an amateur magician, and others that are much, much worse. Each applicant’s interview hilariously illustrates what NOT to do at a college interview.

For any questions email director Hannah Marie Malinowski at lilactresshannah@comcast.net

Little Women Adapted by Marisha Chamberlain
This is a One Act version, not the full musical.

Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters — tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy — struggle to keep their family going while Father’s away in the Civil War. In this beautifully dramatized adaptation of the classic novel, even as privation, illness, and sibling rivalry cast their shadows, each girl strives to find her true self.

Cast requirements: 5 Teen Girls 12-18, 2 Teen Boys 15-18, 1 Woman 30-40, 1 Woman 40-50, 1 Man 30-40, 1 Man 50-60s

For any questions email Director Evelyn Rice at eveyluvstheatre@aol.com

Summer Youth Show Auditions

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:55:08 +0000

Summer Youth Show performing Our Town by Thornton Wilder
(For students 16-23 Only)

Audition dates:
Friday, May 28, 7:00-9:00 pm
Saturday, May 29, 2:00-4:00 pm
Callbacks Sunday, May 30, 2:00-4:00 pm

Performance Dates:
July 30, 31, Aug 1, 6, 7, 8, 2010

15 Male roles
7 female roles

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Questions: please contact Director, Alison Cummins at acummins048@aol.com.

Annual celebration

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:36:31 +0000

Vint Hill Inn will be hosting FCT as we gather as members, subscribers and patrons to enjoy an evening with good food, fellowship and great FCT entertainment. This is an annual event for FCT. You don’t want to miss it. You may come at 2:00 p.m. at no cost, if you do not prefer to eat the reception buffet.

EVENT DATE: June 6th, 2010 1:00-4:00 PM
EVENT LOCATION: Vint Hill INN, 4200 Aiken Dr, Warrenton (across the street from the theatre)
RSVP: Please send your reservation and check to FCT, P.O. Box 3046, Warrenton, VA 20188 or call in your reservation 540-349-8760 or order online.

Reception Buffet ~ $20 per person ~
Field Greens Summer Salad with Vinaigrette
Seared sides of salmon
Chef select chicken
Tangles of julienne vegetables
Roasted red potatoes
Rolls and breads with butter
Cookies and brownies
~Cash Bar~

The Vint Hill Craft Winery is offering the attendees of the annual meeting a discounted wine tasting and discounted purchases immeditately following the meeting. You will be handed a ticket at the meeting to take to the winery to enjoy the wine tasting.
1. FCT tastings (usually at least 5 wines) for a fee of $4.00 per person
versus our normal $5.00 fee.
2. Purchases of bottles of Chardonnay, Cabernet Frac and Merlot will be offered at $15.00 plus tax (normally $20.00).

Order Meal Tickets

Fauquier Community Theatre Awarded Grant

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:01:45 +0000

Fauquier Community Theatre (FCT) is pleased to announce that the theatre group has been awarded a grant from the Northern Piedmont Community Foundation (NPCF). The grant is to assist in upgrading the theatre’s lighting system. Since the theatre building currently in use for productions is aging, much of the associated equipment is also aging. An upgraded lighting system will significantly enhance the quality of the productions as well as provide a better and more stable rehearsal environment.

FCT wishes to thank NPCF for its interest in supporting community activities and enabling us to continue providing entertainment and educational experiences in out local community.

FCT’s Garden of Eden and Relative Strangers Score Big at NVTA Competition

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:52:55 +0000

Congratulations to the cast and crew of our one act entries to the NVTA competition this June. We are proud of the combined 9 nominations and 4 wins!

Garden of Eden: The True Underdog Story of Peoplekind , an original play by Greg Powell was the NVTA winner for Best Overall Production as well as Best Original play. The play takes place “ In the Beginning” and provides a comical, irreverant, and in some ways moving interpretation of the Bible’s story of the birth of mankind. Directed by Lori Muhlstein (nomination Best Director), Garden featured Ted Ballard (nomination Best Actor) as God; Brian Doyle (nomination Best Supporting Actor) as Adam; McCall Noelle Doyle (winner Best Supporting Actress) as Eve; and, Carl Nubile (voice from above). The Tree of Knowledge designed by Lori Muhlstein and Amy Hard won a Judges’ Discretionary award. Thanks also go to Sallie Willows (Stage Manager) and Amy Hard (Technical Director).

In Relative Strangers (published entry), a young airline passenger decides that the woman seated next to her might be the mother she never had. The play featured the talents of Mona Kay Helper (nomination Best Actress), Christine Lowry (nomination Best Actress), Penny McKee, and Greg Crowe (airline pilot voice). Sallie Willows directed and Olivia McDonough stage managed. Also, thanks to Ted Ballard for his assistance.

Did you miss seeing Garden of Eden or can’t get enough and want to see it again? Mark your calendar for October 31 because we will be making an encore appearance at the VTA community theatre one act competition at Centreville High School. The winner goes on to represent the state in the Southeast regionals. Get entertained and cheer on the FCT family! Watch the web site for more details.