Community School of Davidson Theatre

Coming October 6!

BREAKING NEWS! Please join us in congratulating our 2019 Blumey Awards Best Actor winner Sayo Oni who will be making his big Broadway debut with Hadestown as an understudy for “Orpheus” (!!) and a Worker ensemble swing!

That’s right – we will have not one but TWO Blumey Awards winners in this 2019 Tony Award-winning Best New Musical as he joins our 2013 Blumey Awards Best Actress winner Eva Noblezada who continues to wow audiences as “Eurydice!”

Rehearsals for Sayo start TOMORROW! BREAK A LEG! We are so incredibly proud of you!

Community School of Davidson announces auditions for an all high school production of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Wednesday, August 25 from 4-6pm and Thursday, August 26 from 6-8pm at Community School of Davidson 404 Griffith Street. ALL High School and Gap Year students are eligible and invited to audition.

Auditions will consist of cold reads from the script as well as theatre games and a short movement excercise. NO PREPARATION NECESSARY, but if you have a monologue prepared, we’d be happy to see, time allowing. The casting will be approached from a gender neutral perspective, so many opportunities abound. Auditioners should plan to arrive at the start of the audition, and need only attend one session. Please dress comfortably in clothes you can move in. Please bring your resume or list of theatre experience and a list of conflicts for the late August - mid October time frame.

The production will be directed by Melissa Ohlman-Roberge, with musical support by Don & Jackie Flewell, and will run October 7-10 at either CSD ArtSpace or a to-be-determined outdoor venue. Rehearsals will start on August 30. Video submissions are allowed, but must be received by Thursday, August 26 at 10pm. Please contact [email protected] for video submission requirements or any other questions.

"Now, more than ever, we realize how the past year has impacted the educational experience for students across the country—and how those students have responded with incredible resilience and adaptability.” - Stacey Mindich, Dear Evan Hansen lead producer

11th and 12th-graders, we invite you to share your experiences for the chance to win a $10,000 college scholarship. The 2021 National “You Will Be Found” essay contest is presented by the Broadway Education Alliance, Gotham Writers' Workshop and .

Deadline to apply is Monday, April 5th! Learn more and submit your essay here:
https://www.writingclasses.com/contest/you-will-be-found-college-essay-writing-challenge-2021

We’re thrilled to announce our “Sew For The Show: Mask Design Challenge” – a four-week, Broadway-themed face mask making competition officially launching NEXT WEEK (July 13)!

Each Monday throughout the challenge, we will announce which Broadway show on our upcoming season will inspire that week’s mask theme. Participants will have until end of day the following Sunday to design, create and submit a photo of their show-themed mask.

All ages are welcome to enter, and participation is free. Participants 12 years of age and under will be entered into the Sew for the Show: Young Designers Mask Challenge.

Each week’s winner from both age brackets will receive (2) complimentary tickets to opening night of the featured Broadway show. The grand prize winner will receive opening night tickets to ALL THREE featured shows!

The Challenge will be juried by Charlotte-area professional costume designers. We’ll introduce you to them throughout the week and share tutorial videos they put together to help you make a base mask! For more information, visit: BlumenthalArts.org/SewForTheShow

The SETC Fall Professional Auditions are now open and accepting applications. This year, due to COVID-19, we are offering both online and in-person audition opportunities, and waiving all fees until you are accepted!

To learn more and start your application visit https://www.setc.org/auditions/fall-professional/

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Watch for 2:21 to see a CSD Theatre alumni familiar face.... Haley V.

"You Will Be Found" Virtual Choir | DEAR EVAN HANSEN From Japan to Norway, fans from 31 countries around the world have lent their hearts and talents to the “You Will Be Found” Virtual Choir, proving once again...

Little Shop of Horrors final show for the CSD Theatre Seniors, BRAVO! 6 years ago we started with Les Miserables and the incredible director Melissa Ohlman-Roberge. Thank you for sharing your talent with us!!

Last chance to see Little Shop at CSD! Today at 3pm(note correction from a previous post!!) www.csdspartans.searyourself.biz for best availability. Come laugh with us!!

Tickets now available for the CSD High School musical production of Little Shop of Horrors Feb. 27-March 1. Sunday show added!!! Get your tickets early! Tickets online at https://search.seatyourself.biz/webstore/accounts/csdspartans/buy-tix?landingMessageSeen=true&d=0

Check it out!!!! It’s coming up soon!! CSD Summer show auditions!

This is a joint CSD and MCCT Production!

UPCOMING AUDITIONS AT MCCT PLAYHOUSE!!

Mooresville Community Children’s Theatre and the Community School of Davidson announce auditions for summer shows: SHREK, the Musical and Sweeny Todd Auditions will be held Thursday, February 20 beginning at 7:30 and Friday, February 21 beginning at 4:30 at MCCT Playhouse, 228 N Main St, Mooresville, NC.

Those wishing to audition for should prepare a short segment of a song (musical theatre preferred). Please bring music in the proper key, an accompanist will be provided. A short monologue is welcomed but not required. Please dress comfortably as there will be a dance audition. Also bring your resume or list of theatre experience and a list of conflicts for late-April to July time frame. You need only attend one audition.

ALL Middle, High School and college students are eligible and welcomed to audition.

Video submissions are welcomed and should be received by April 21. (Please note that Sweeny Todd will be a mixed age cast and the adult roles will be precast; younger roles and ensemble will be cast from these auditions. Shrek will be a youth production and will be cast from these audition days.

****THOSE 6th GRADE AND UNDER WILL AUDITION AT A LATER TIME! WE WILL ANNOUNCE SOON!!

**Shrek will run July 22-26 at the Charles Mack Center in Mooresville. The productions will be directed by Melissa Ohlman-Roberge, musical direction by Amanda Pauley & Amber French and choreography by Steven James.

**Sweeny Todd Will run from June 18 - 21st at the community school of Davidson
Adults interested in Sweeny Todd (and those seeking more info) should contact Melissa at [email protected]

Tickets now available for the CSD High School musical production of Little Shop of Horrors Feb. 27-March 1. Get your tickets early! https://search.seatyourself.biz/webstore/accounts/csdspartans/buy-tix?d=0

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Just saw Jennifer Hudson sing Memory. She was ok but she is no Melissa Ohlman-Roberge. 😁

WE NEED YOU... to AUDITION for Little Shop of Horrors!! All CSD High Schoolers are eligible to audition. Monday, December 16 and Tuesday, December 17 4:00 pm-7:00 pm (Please arrive no later than 6:00 PM. You need only attend one day.)

All CSD High Schoolers are eligible. We need Singers, Actors, Dancers and PUPPETEERS and The Voice of Audrey II*!!! No experience necessary! Details posted outside the HS Black Box. (*Audrey, the plant, is typically voiced by an actor/singer/rapper on an offstage mic. Minimal rehearsals required!)

NOT INTO MUSICALS?? Have no fear, our annual Children's Show is just around the corner:

Auditions for Charlotte's Web will be held January 13 & 14. Directed by our very own Mr. D'Estere. Watch for details!! All CSD High Schoolers are eligible to audition.

To view the update, click the link below:
http://csdspartans.schoology.com/school/12775215/update/2317390768

Updates | Schoology All CSD High Schoolers are eleigible. We need Singers, Actors, Dancers and PUPPETEERS and The Voice of Audrey II*!!! No experience ncessary! Details posted outside the HS Black Box. (*Audrey, the plant, is typically...

CSD and Mooresville Community Children’s Theatre have forged a unique collaboration that will bring the hit musical FOOTLOOSE, based on the iconic movie of the same name, to venues in both Davidson and Mooresville. The production will run at CSD’s ArtSpace Theater November 13-16. Over 30 students from as far south as Charlotte and as far north as Statesville have been hard at work since mid-September. Performances will feature a live band led by John Smith. Tickets are available online at https://search.seatyourself.biz/webstore/accounts/csdspartans/buy-tix?d=0 Any remaining seats will be sold at the door. The production contains mild language and is appropriate for grades 6+.

Footloose!

Next CSD Community Show!

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CSD Middle School Musical: Beauty and the Beast jr

Middle School Musical - Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Jr., October 24-27, 2019, in the HS ArtSpace Theatre. There are two full cast - Blue & Gold - Please check show times and dates:
10/23 - 7:00 pm (Blue)
10/24 - 7:00 pm (Gold)
10/25 - 4:00 pm (Gold)
10/25 - 7:30 pm (Blue)
10/26 - 4:00 pm (Blue)
10/26 - 7:30 pm (Gold)

Get Tickets Now, this show tends to sell out quickly, walk-ups will be limited. Purchase Tickets Online:

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Mixed Bag 10-Minute Plays! Great job everyone!

Wonderful job by this talented cast and crew in this year’s

Let’s fill the house for our CSD High School Actors as they present their "10 Minute Plays" this Sunday, September 22 at 4:00 in the CSD High School School Black Box! They kindly moved the show for the rescheduled football game (to help with conflicts for students and families) so let’s show the actors some CSD love by filling the seats!

Shows are appropriate for adults, high school and middle school age students.

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