HENRY — River Valley Players have announce auditions for ‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ and a tap dance workshop.
The tap dance workshop, for youth ages 8 and up, also adult females wishing to audition for Miss Shields, will be at 6 p.m. Monday, July 30, and Tuesday, July 31, at St. John’s Community Center, 1301 Second St. in Henry.
Audition dates will be Wednesday, Aug. 1, and Thursday, Aug. 2. Auditions for kids’ roles, age 8 and up, will be from to 7:15, and those ages 15 through adult will audition from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Call back will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5. The auditions will also be done at St. John’s Community Center.
Those auditioning should be prepared to sing 32 bars (can be from this show or one of your choosing). All children will do two dance audition routines, one of which is tap. Only adult females who want to be considered for the role of the teacher (Miss Shields) will need to do a tap audition, but all adults must do the dance/movement audition. Auditioners should bring a list of all of your conflicts from Aug. 11 to Nov. 13.
“A Christmas Story: The Musical” comes to hilarious life onstage. Based on the classic 1983 movie, the story takes place in 1940’s Indiana, where a kooky leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a cranky department store Santa and a triple dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the obstacles that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas dream of owning a Red Ryder BB Gun.
Show dates and times will be Saturday, Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m. dinner, show to follow; Sunday, Nov. 4, 12:30 p.m. dinner, show to follow; Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., show to follow; Saturday, Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m. dinner, show to follow; and Sunday, Nov. 11, 12:30 p.m. dinner, show to follow.
For questions, call 309-238-3569 or email cbalensiefen@mchsi.com.