Auditions for the 34th season of Garland Summer Musicals will be held March 19-20 at the Granville Arts Center in downtown Garland. The season will open with the Broadway and film classic Fiddler on the Roof, playing June 17-26. Following Fiddler on the Roof will be the new Gershwin Broadway blockbuster Nice Work If You Can Get It, playing July 22-31.
Both productions will be under the helm of former New York Director Buff Shurr, who is returning for his 34th season. Patty Granville is the producer.
To make an appointment to audition, call 972-205-2790. Audition times range from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 19 and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, March 20.
The dance call will be Sunday, March 20 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Paula Morelan and Julie Russell Stanley will be the choreographers for Fiddler on the Roof. Kelly McCain will be the choreographer for Nice Work If You Can Get It. Mark Mullino will be the music director for Fiddler on the Roof, and Scott Eckert will be the conductor for Nice Work If You Can Get It.
Rodney Dobbs will design the Fiddler on the Roof set, and Kelly Cox will design the sets for Nice Work If You Can Get It. Other staff for the 2016 season include: Lighting Design by Susan White;
Stage management is by Morgan Beach; costumes will be by Michael Robinson and Suzi Shankle with the Dallas Costume Shoppe; sound design is by Tyler Payne. The master carpenter will be Joe Murdock.
Special college credit in the form of scholarships will be available through Eastfield College for anyone cast in the shows or wishing to do technical work behind the scenes. For further information, call 972-205-2790.
All Garland Summer Musicals performances are held in the Brownlee Auditorium of the Granville Arts Center, 300 North Fifth Street in downtown Garland. For ticket information, call the Granville Arts Center Box Office at 972-205-2790.
More information: www.garlandsummermusicals.org.