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Auditions for "To Kill A Mockingbird"

Auditions for To Kill A Mockingbird, the Pulitzer Prize Award winning drama by Harper Lee and dramatized by Christopher Sergel, will be held on May 12 and May 14, 2014.  Call-backs, if needed, will be held May 18. The production is being directed by Steve Lemenille with Jessica Foerst as Associate Producer and produced by Fearless Productions, LLC.

To Kill A Mockingbird is the story of a young girl, Jean Louis Finch (Scout) confronting deep-seated prejudice, it pits a young Scout Finch and her (relatively) anti-racist family against


the segregation of an American South in the grip of Jim Crow.  Author Harper Lee drew on her own childhood experience for the events of To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout's father, Atticus Finch, is the attorney who defends a black men accused
of a serious crime.

Auditions will be held at the Hamilton Stage (Union Country Performing Arts Center), 360 Hamilton Street, Rahway, NJ from 7:00-9:30pm.  The cast consists of 12 males and 8 females with extras. Ages range from 8-70.

Rehearsals are expected to be conducted through the summer.  Production dates are September 19, 20, 26, 27, October 03, 04, 2014 at 8:00 PM;
September 21,  28, October 05, 2014 at 2:00 PM.

Those interested in auditioning should visit: Roles to review characters needed.  If interested, they should complete the pre-audition form.  For questions or concerns, you may contact Jessica Foerst (Associate
Producer) at 908.247.2504 or email
at: jessicafoerst13@gmail.com


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