Wait Until Dark
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Stage Nine Theatre General Auditions

Wait Until Dark
by Frederick Knott

In this mystery thriller the heroine is Susy Hendrix, a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three thugs searching for the heroin hidden in a doll, which her husband transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who since has been murdered. The trio tries to convince Susy her spouse has been implicated in the crime and the only way to protect him is to surrender the doll. More murder and mayhem ensue when she refuses, with the stage lights turned off for the final scene when Suzy levels the playing field by plunging her apartment into total darkness.

The play runs at Stage Nine Theatre from Sept 26 through November 9 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 4:00 p.m. Rehearsals will start on August 24.

Auditions will take place on Monday, August 11 at 7:00 p.m. and will consist of cold readings from the script. Please bring a headshot or photo and a resume if you have one.

Auditions will be at the Stage Nine Theatre, 717 Sutter Street, Historic Folsom.

Cast
Susy: Pre-Cast
Gloria: approximately 12 bratty and troubled.
Carlino: 30 - 60 stocky ex-convict tough guy
Roat: 30 - 60 a cold blooded murderer
Husband: 25 - 45 photographer
Policeman: 20 - up
The third thug is precast.

For further information, email Connie Mockenhaupt or call 353-1001.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Kathryn Schultz Miller

The classic tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman opens at Stage Nine Theatre on September 20 and runs on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. through November 9. Rehearsals will be in the evenings starting three weeks before opening.

This production was performed at Garbeau's Acorn & Oak Theatre in 2006 and received nine Elly nominations including Best Overall Show and Best Direction.

Auditions are Monday & Tuesday, August 18 & 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Stage Nine Theatre, 717 Sutter Street, Historic Folsom. You may come either day. Appointments are not needed. Bring a headshot or photo and a resume if you have one. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Cast
Ichabod Crane: 20's - Lanky, pompous schoolmaster from Connecticut
Katrina: Pre-Cast
Brom Bones: 20-early 30's - Ichabod's roaring, roistering rival
Washington: teen to adult - Storyteller, Van Tassel, Sleepy Hollow Boy
Irving: teen to young adult - Storyteller, Sleepy Hollow Boy
Peter: teen to young adult - Storyteller, Schoolboy, Sleepy Hollow Boy
Emily: teen to young adult - Storyteller, Lady in Tea Scene
Charlotte: teen to young adult - Storyteller, Lady in Tea Scene
Judith: teen to young adult - Storyteller, School, Lady in Tea Scene

For further information contact Allen Schmeltz, email or phone (916) 646-9459.

Stage Nine Theatre will be holding general auditions for our 2009 season. Shows under consideration include...

Actor's Theatre

• Into the Woods
• Hats
• Born Yesterday
• Mary, Mary
• Ten Little Indians
• Laughter on the 23rd Floor
• Holiday in the Hills
• Social Security
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• Visiting Mr. Green
• God's Favorite
• and others...

Young People's Theatre

• Charlotte's Web
• Pinocchio
• Rumpelstiltskin
• Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
• The Surprising Story of the Three Little Pigs
• Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures
• Jack and the Giant Beanstalk
• and others...

We will also be auditioning for our third annual 2008 Holiday in the Hills musical review. The General Auditions will be held on Sunday & Monday September 7 & 8 from 7:00 to 9:45. Auditions are by appointment. Please call (916) 353-1001 to schedule your audition.

Auditions will be at the Stage Nine Theatre, 717 Sutter Street, Historic Folsom.

You should prepare two contrasting monologues of 1 1/2 minutes each OR one monologue and a song of under 1 1/2 minutes.

Please bring a headshot or photo and a resume if you have one. If you are singing, bring sheet music for your selection. An accompanist will be provided.

For further information, email Stage Nine Theatre.

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