The Community Players announce open auditions for
Hollywood Arms
by Carol Burnett and Carrie Hamilton

Sunday, April 21 and Tuesday, April 23rd, 7 pm
at Jenks Auditorium, Division Street, Pawtucket
(across from McCoy Stadium)

Hollywood Arms is a semi-autobiographical dramedy by Carol Burnett and her daughter Carrie Hamilton, who died of brain and lung cancer ten months before the Broadway show opened in October, 2002. The play, loosely based on Burnett's memoir One More Time features the elements that are reminiscent of the sketches on The Carol Burnett Show, namely the ones that became the basis for the Mama's Family TV series. The wacky family dynamics are both humorous and poignant.

Director Pam Jackson is looking for the following cast with the following playing age ranges:

• OLDER HELEN (late teens/early 20's): who is at the cross-roads of realizing her dreams of being an actress are just starting to be realized
• YOUNG HELEN (10-12 years old): a sweet artist, earnest young girl. Her escape from the rundown apartment is to escape to the building rooftop and create a magical world at the foot of the Hollywood sign. Ability to roller skate a plus. (Director will consider a young actress who can play a younger age)
• NANNY (50's-60's): A tough, funny, direct-speaking, pill-popping, yet tender Christian Scientist grandmother to Helen
• LOUISE (30's): Helen’s pretty, wide-eyed and distant mother who is struggling to be a writer, only to drown her ambitions in alcoholism.
• JODY (30's): The distant father of Helen. He is defeated physically and mentally; he suffers from tuberculosis and alcoholism
• BILL BURGESS (40's): Louise’ boyfriend. He is not dashing or flashy kind of guy. Instead he is a “steady-Eddie” kind of guy (Steady job and paycheck; always there when you need him)
• ALICE (12-13 years old):Helen’s younger sister. She is on the verge of adolescence and moving much too fast
• DIXIE (30's): Louise’ next door neighbor and best friend
• MALCOLM (10-12 years): Dixie’s young son. Young Helen’s “partner in crime” in the rooftop dreams.
• COP #1
• COP #2

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. No appointment necessary
Production dates are July 12-14 and 19-21 at Jenks Auditorium.
Rehearsal nights TBD
Please come with potential rehearsal conflict dates
(i.e., vacations, dates/times you are not available).

For more information, contact Pam at 401-368-7815 or email
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The Community Players announce open auditions for our Spring musical

Sunday, December 9 and Monday, December 10
Registration starting at 6:30 pm; auditions beginning at 7 pm
Saint Margaret School
1098 Pawtucket Avenue - East Providence, RI*

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barberism and culinary crime. It tells the tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. Sophisticated, macabre, visceral. A great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with dark humor.

Director Brian Mulvey and Musical Director Ron Procopio are looking for the following cast, with the following playing age ranges: (*NOTE: experience in choral singing/harmony a plus).

• Sweeney Todd: bass-baritone, 40-50. Morose and brooding, the obsessive engine of the story. Strong stage presence.
• Mrs. Lovett: mezzo, 40-50. Cheery and chatty but wholly amoral shopkeeper. Supplies most of the humor of the show but is actually the villain. Needs to have great range musically as well as dramatically.
• Johanna Barker: soprano, 16-21. Alluring, frantic young woman. Comic timing a plus, precision essential.
• Anthony Hope: tenor, 20-30. Full of optimism, handsome, romantic and heroic. In love with Johanna.
• Beggar Woman: soprano, 40-50. A mad crone with a filthy tongue.
• Judge Turpin: bass-baritone, 40-60. Corrupt, depraved, evil official, obsessed with Johanna. True villain of the piece - deepest voice.
• Beadle Bamford: : tenor, 40-55. Turpin's right-hand man. Nasty, pompous, dangerous bureaucrat. falsetto a plus.
• Adolfo Pirelli: Lyric tenor, 30-40. Pompous and preening, a faux-Italian barber (actually Irish). Must show thick Italian and Irish accents
• Tobias: tenor, 14-21. Sweet, simple young lad, a bit dim. (Sometimes played by young-looking adult due to singing range and depth of character).
• A VERY ACTIVE Ensemble: Gravediggers, customers, lunatics, etc. Strong voices and experience in choral singing/intricate harmonies a plus.

Prepare 16 bars of music in a contemporary musical theatre style, preferably not from the show (bring clearly marked sheet music in appropriate key). An accompanist will be provided (no tapes or CDs, please). Please come prepared with potential rehearsal conflict dates (evenings you are not available, any vacation periods, etc.) Rehearsal nights (beginning in January) to be determined after casting. No appointments are necessary

*Production dates are April 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28 at Jenks Auditorium - Division Street - Pawtucket, RI (across from McCoy Stadium)

For further information, call (401) 781-6637 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it