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BCP to Hold Open Auditions for BONNIE & CLYDE: THE MUSICAL January 30 & 31

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Director D. Scott Robinson and Vocal Directors Steven R. Linville and Jill Stewart are looking for a diverse group of 10 men, 9 women, 1 boy (age 8-12) and 1 girl (age 8-12) . All roles are available.
Everyone auditioning should prepare 16-32 bars of a prepared song. Please bring sheet music in the correct key.  An accompanist will be provided. You may be asked to read from the script or to sing from the score.

BONNIE & CLYDE: THE MUSICAL is scheduled for nine performances, weekends June 9-25, 2017. Please bring a list of all conflicts from April 2017 through June 2017. Rehearsals are tentatively set to begin in early April 2017.

Auditions will be held at the Buck Creek Playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Avenue on Monday & Tuesday, January 30 & 31, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.. No appointments necessary.

Open Auditions for M*A*S*H December 12 & 13

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Buck Creek Playhouse will hold open auditions for M*A*S*H, a comedy by Tim Kelly adapted from the book by Richard Hooker, on Monday and Tuesday, December 12 and 13, 2016, at 7 p.m. at the playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Avenue.  Director Melissa DeVito is looking for a diverse group of 14 men and 13 women for the stage version of the Oscar-winning movie that became the best TV comedy series in history.  All roles are available.

For more information please visit: buckcreekplayers.com/mash.html

Spelling Bee Runs June 5 – 21 at Buck Creek Playhouse

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7828849The Buck Creek Players will present SPELLING BEE June 5th – 21st, 2015.

Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE has charmed audiences across the country. An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home life, the tweens spell their way through a series of words hoping to never hear the soul crushing, pout inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box.

Tickets

$18 for adults
$16 for children & students (through college)
$16 for senior citizens (aged 62 or older)

Buck Creek Playhouse
11150 Southeastern Avenue
Indianapolis, IN  46259

(317) 862-2270

Buck Creek Players to hold open auditions for Rumors August 5th and 6th

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Buck Creek Playhouse will hold open auditions for the comedy, Rumors, by Neil Simon. Director John D. Carver is looking for five males and five females for this light, frothy, and fun comedy. Auditioners should come prepared to read from the script. All roles are available. Rumors is scheduled for six performances, weekends September 27-October 6, 2013. Please contact BCP to peruse a copy of the script. Please bring a list of all conflicts from August through October 2013.

In this hilarious comedy, several affluent couples gather in the posh suburban residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their tenth anniversary. When they arrive, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host – the deputy mayor of New York City – has shot himself through the earlobe. Comic complications arise when, given everyone’s upper class status, they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening’s events from the local police and the media.

For a listing of all available roles, or to submit a question to the director, please click here.

Auditions will be held on Monday and Tuesday, August 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. at Buck Creek Playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46259.

Buck Creek Players Gender Souffle Auditions January 27 & 29, 2013

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Sunday, January 27, 2013
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
7:00 p.m.

Buck Creek Playhouse
11150 Southeastern Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46259

Buck Creek Playhouse will hold open auditions for the comedy, Gender Soufflé, by Lisa Cripps. Director Lea Viney is looking for four females and four males for this show. Auditions will consist of readings from the script, and auditioners are strongly encouraged to have read the script beforehand to become familiar with the characters. All roles are available. Gender Soufflé is scheduled for a six performance run March 29-April 7, 2013. Please bring a list of all conflicts from January through April 2013.

Kaye Anders, a book editor living in a Chicago apartment, is single and looking…for a roommate, that is. Her former roommate, Natalie, recently moved out after marrying her boyfriend. Frustrated with her own lack of success on the dating scene, as well as lonely and financially struggling without Natalie to help share the rent, Kaye runs the gamut of creeps and freaks trying to find a suitable replacement. Enter Harris Moore, a professor on sabbatical looking for a place to settle while continuing his research on “The Sociology of Gender.” After boldly reassuring her he is not an axe murderer, Kaye takes Harris in and the sparks soon begin to fly. Could an attraction be building between the two, in spite of their staunch differences of opinion on the opposite sex? Or will they kill each other first? Other characters show up, adding extra spice to the soufflé: There’s Poot, the tool-toting professional beauty contestant; Mark, the handsome womanizing jerk; and a couple of other would-be roommates that…well…you’ll just have to see for yourself.

Go to buckcreekplayers.com for more information.

Buck Creek Players Director Submission Date Extended for Winter 2014 Time Slot

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buckcreekThe Buck Creek Players Board of Directors has extended the date for submissions from interested directors for the Winter 2014 time slot in their 40th Anniversary season. This production will not be bound by the rules of the Encore Association, and will not be judged for the annual awards. Therefore, directors have additional opportunities and flexibility on how this show is produced.

Running for six performances over two weekends, January 24, 25, 26, 31 and February 1 and 2, 2014, proposals from interested directors should be postmarked no later than Thursday, February 14, 2013, and include:

  • Contact information of submitting director;
  • A script or detailed summary of the proposed production;
  • Information on cost of royalties and contact information on the licensing house (if known);
  • Theatrical resume;
  • Preferred method of casting (i.e., open auditions, pre-casting, etc.);  If open auditions are desired, they would be held on Monday and Tuesday, December 9 and 10, 2013. 
  • Any other details that should be considered in regards to producing the piece.

The BCP Board of Directors will discuss and make a decision on or before March 31, 2013.  It remains the discretion of the BCP Board of Directors whether a piece will be performed in the proposed time slot.

In order to provide the most guidance, please find the following information below on what submitted productions should entail:

  • A small cast (eight cast members or less)
  • Limited or simple unit set that can be constructed in 4 weeks or less
  • Free, cheap, or reasonably priced royalties
  • A production with energy, a positive message, and/or audience interaction
  • Cast members may be chosen by the director through private audition, or through open auditions
  • Production would need to be cast and begin rehearsals in December 2013 using the playhouse lobby or another location as necessary.
  • A sponsor or sponsorship opportunities may underwrite all or some of the production cost
  • The show should be able to be produced with limited time.  Both Christmas and New Year’s will occur during this time.

Please submit all proposals to:

Buck Creek Players
Attn: January 2014 Submittals
11150 Southeastern Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46259

or via e-mail at: buckcreekplayers@yahoo.com.

Buck Creek Players proudly present A Little Christmas Spirit

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November 30; December 1, 7, 8, 14 & 15 at 8 p.m.
December 2, 9 & 16 at 2:30 p.m.

All performances at Buck Creek Playhouse | 11150 Southeastern Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46259

Directed by KENNETH C. KERN

J.D. Morse has been looking high and low for a special Christmas gift for his grandson. Finally, as a last resort, he wanders into Nick’s Emporium, an old-fashioned store chock full of all sorts of gifts and knick-knacks. He has a hard time explaining to Nick what he’s looking for, but finds himself falling under the old storekeeper’s spell. Just when Morse is about to buy something, he runs into the street to chase kids away from his car. When he returns, he finds the store suddenly dark and quiet. A policeman then shows up to run him off because, “This place ain’t been open in forty years!” Morse finds a way back, not only to the store, but to a time years ago when he was a younger man. This Yuletide fantasy is full of holiday spirit and humor and makes us all wish we could find “Nick’s Emporium,” where life stands still and we can all truly enjoy a little Christmas spirit.

Tickets can be reserved online at http://www.buckcreekplayers.com or by phone at 317.862.2270.

 

Buck Creek Players proudly presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

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A Musical Within A Comedy!

Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin & Don McKellar

June 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 & 16 at 8 p.m.
June 3, 10 & 17 at 2:30 p.m.

All performances at Buck Creek Playhouse | 11150 Southeastern Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46259

Directed & Choreographed by D. SCOTT ROBINSON
Vocal Directed by MATTHEW KONRAD TIPPEL

To chase his blues away, a modern-day musical theater addict known simply as “Man in Chair” drops the needle on his favorite LP — the 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the uproariously funny musical magically bursts to life around him in his apartment, telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, her tipsy chaperone, the debonair groom, the dizzy chorine, the Latin lover, and a pair of gangsters disguised as pastry chefs. Man in Chair’s infectious love of The Drowsy Chaperone speaks to anyone who has ever been transported by the magic of live theater.

Tickets can be reserved online at http://www.buckcreekplayers.com or by phone at 317.862.2270.