December 1, 2015
Dear Applicant,
For over forty years, the Wallace Community College Fine Arts Department has impressed Wiregrass area
patrons with professional quality productions. The College takes pride in the professionalism it brings to every
aspect of each show.
This year, the Wallace Fine Arts Department will close its 44th season with the first children’s production,
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, dramatized by Joseph Robinette. This production on April 7-9, 2016 promises
to attract one of our largest audiences. We will also be performing school matinees on Tuesday and Wednesday,
April 5-6, 2016.
Enclosed you will find detailed information concerning auditions. Auditions are scheduled for Tuesday,
December 8 at 2:00 p.m. in Bencze Theatre. Please bring your script copy, the COMPLETED application form
and professional attitude! The audition process will take approximately two minutes for each applicant. The
process is listed as follows:
Submit application form (is attached in packet) typed or blue/black ink
Perform the designated pages listed in this packet for your most desired role
The director may require readings for additional characters, if desired. Please take note that if you receive a part
in the show, you will be required to take a Theatre Workshop Course and Speech/Voice for the Performer. Both
of these courses will serve as our rehearsal time on Tuesdays, Thursdays and five scheduled Fridays. Please do
not register for these courses until the cast list is posted.
Thank you in advance for your participation in the Wallace Community College Theatre Department and your
investment in the future of performing arts in the Wiregrass area! If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact me at emails listed above.
Sincerely,
Savannah Granberry
Director
Fine & Performing Arts 1141 Wallace Drive
Dothan, Alabama 36303 334-983-3521 ext.2314
Wallace Community College
Audition Form BRING COMPLETED FORM TO AUDITION
PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT IN BLUE/BLACK INK Role you are most interested in.___________________________________________________________
Name _______________________________________Date of Birth:_____________________
Address_____________________________________________________________________
Home Phone __________________________ Cell-Phone_____________________________
E-mail ________________________________Current GPA (required) _________ACT/SAT __________
High School Diploma:________________________________ Year:_________________________
College major:__________________________Are you currently enrolled at WCC?__________
What other outside activities/clubs are you involved in at WCC or in community?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Are you involved in any other extra-curricular activities?_____________________________________________________
Will you be employed while attending Wallace?__________________If yes, please list.___________________________
Our rehearsals will be every Tuesday/Thursday from 1:00-3:35, will you have work conflicts?_______________________
List of theatre experience to include (acting, student directing, set design, technical experience). Please list year with
activity.___________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
List of dancing/choreography experience to include (musicals, private lessons, dance team). Please list year with
activity___________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Honors/awards:____________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Will you accept another role given by the directors?__________
List any work/personal conflicts for the show dates, April 5-9, 2016 _________________________________________ List any work/personal conflicts for rehearsals T/R 1:00-3:35 _________________________________________
Show Information
The extraordinary spider Charlotte proves to be “a true friend and a good writer.” Determined to save the life of the pig Wilbur, she performs a miracle, spinning her web to read, “Some pig.” It’s the
beginning of a victorious campaign. This is a beautiful, knowing play about friendship.
Joseph Robinette is a Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award nominee for the libretto of the acclaimed A Christmas Story, The Musical. He is the author or co-author of 55 published plays and
musicals. His works have been produced at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, The Theater at Madison Square Garden and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, the BBC in Britain, in all 50 states and in 21 foreign countries. Twelve
of his works have been translated into foreign languages, and another five have been anthologized. Robinette collaborated with E.B. White on the authorized stage version of Charlotte's Web, and he wrote the musical version with Charles Strouse (Annie and Bye, Bye, Birdie). Other dramatizations include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anne of Green Gables and Debbie Macomber's A Gift to Last and The Inn at Rose Harbor. He is the recipient of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education's Distinguished Play Award for Sarah, Plain and Tall and the Children's Theatre Foundation of America medallion for his
"body of dramatic works for family audiences in the United States and beyond.
Characters (Some parts will play multiple roles)
Pages to be performed at auditions are listed
Fern, a young girl (pg 10) John Arable, her father and Lurvy, a hired hand (pg 9, 32)
Avery Arable, her brother (pg 9) Homer Zuckerman, her uncle and Sheep, farm animal (pg 18)
Wilbur, a pig (pg 19, 53, 54) Templeton, a rat (pg 14)
Charlotte, a spider (pg 19, 24, 53) President of Fair and Goose, a farm animal (pg 51, 52)
A Reporter and Gander, a farm animal (pg 14, 15) Narrator (pg 7, 30)
Extras to include:
Spectators, Fair Judges, Uncle
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