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On Stage
The following is a list of upcoming productions and auditions in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: Productions - Shakespeare weekend. The American Shakespeare Center's Touring Ensemble will present two performances at the Loudoun campus of Northern Virginia Community College in the Waddell Theater, 1000 Harry Byrd Highway, Sterling.
The first will be "Hamlet" Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. The second is Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" Sept. 28 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $5 and must be reserved advance; admission is free to NOVA students, faculty and staff but tickets still must be reserved. 703-948-7701.
'Dog Sees God.' “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” by Bert V. Royal will be presented Oct. 9-11 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 11-12 at 2 p.m. at George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts' Black Box Theater, 4400 University Drive in Fairfax.
“Dog Sees God” features the “Peanuts” gang as teenagers dealing with difficult issues. The plot centers on the cruelties teens inflict upon each other, as they face drug use, suicide, eating disorders, violence, rebellion and sexual identity. The GMU Players are directed by Patrick Magill.
Tickets are $6; $3 for students, senior citizens and GMU faculty and staff. Free parking is available in adjacent surface lots. Tickets may be purchased at the door one hour prior to the performance. Center for the Arts box office, 703-993-8888; for group sales, call Kimberly Schall, 703-993-8600; information on GMU Theater Department or the GMU Players, 703-993-1120.
'Over the River.' Tickets are on sale for the Vienna Theatre Company's production of the comedy “Over the River and Through the Woods” at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St.
Performances are Oct. 24, Oct. 25, Oct. 27, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at 8 p.m., and Oct. 26 and Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.
Tickets are $10, senior citizens 65 and older and students $9.
Call Vienna Parks and Recreation at 703-255-6360 or log on to www.viennava.gov.
'Forbidden Broadway.' The New York cast of “Forbidden Broadway” goes onstage at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, at The Robert Ames Alden Theatre in the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave. This is a Tony Award -winning roast of Broadway musicals past and present. It features outrageous costumes, hilarious lyrics spoofing Broadway's best songs and madcap impressions of favorite Broadway stars. Tickets are $37, $30 for McLean tax district residents.
Ticketmaster: 703-573-SEAT, www.ticketmaster.com. Information: 703-744-9363, www.mcleancenter.org.
Theater anniversary. Springfield Community Theatre will celebrate its 50th anniversary the evening of Friday, Nov. 21, at the Springfield Country Club on Old Keene Mill Road.
This event will provide food, entertainment, pictures and memorabilia from past SCT productions, door prizes and a silent auction.
The cost is $50.
Those interested in attending should provide name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address by calling 703-866-6238 or at SCTonline.org.
'Trockadero.' “Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo” will be performed Monday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m. at the The Robert Ames Alden Theatre in the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave. Graceful dancers, tulle, dance shoes and -- is that chest hair?! These "Russian" ballerinas en travesti interpret classical and modern ballets combining a loving knowledge of dance with a wicked comedic sensibility. Tickets are $40, $34 for McLean tax district residents. Ticketmaster: 703-573-SEAT, www.ticketmaster.com. Information: 703-744-9363, www.mcleancenter.org.
Auditions/Open Rehearsals
Wakefield Chorale: The Wakefield Chorale holds open rehearsals Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., in lecture hall B-167 of Lake Braddock Secondary School, 9200 Burke Lake Road in Burke. Call Jule at 703-451-7917. Community Chorus: The Nova Community Chorus announces its rehearsals are open to all interested singers for its fall season.
Rehearsals are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays on the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College, 3001 N. Beauregard St.
There will be an October performance of Mendelssohn's "Song of Praise," and December performances of David Pinkham's "Christmas Cantata," both with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic in venues including the Schlesinger Center in Alexandria.
No audition is required.
Contact Mark Whitmire at 703-845-6097 or mwhitmire@nvcc.edu.
Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra: The Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra in Woodbridge is looking for brass and string players. Contact Laurel at laurel@obco.org, 703-966-1756.
Master Singers: The Master Singers of Virginia, directed by Erik Reid Jones, are looking for new members.
The group is one of the premier a cappella choral ensembles in Northern Virginia, concentrating on 20th- and 21st-century choral music. The Master Singers perform three major concert programs each season, as well as other engagements throughout Northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C., area. This will be the Master Singers' 14th season.
The concert series scheduled for this season includes Benjamin Britten's "A Boy Was Born," Francis Poulenc's "Mass in G Major," William Byrd's "Mass for Five Voices" and Shakespeare songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Martin and Jaakko Mantyjarvi.
To schedule an audition, call Mary Ellen Bufal at 703-729-5269. For more information, visit www.msva.org.
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