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Auditions: Blather, Blarney and Balderdash

YOUTH THEATRE AUDITIONS: BLATHER, BLARNEY AND BALDERDASH (Folk and Fairy Tales from the Emerald Isles)

DIRECTOR: David Rodriguez

WHEN: Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 at 7- 8:30 pm

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Please register for an audition appointment online at http://verovoce.com/audition-form

We will accept walk-ins as slots are available.

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WHERE: Vero Voce Theatre, 951 State Ave., Ste F, St Charles, IL 60174

PREPARATION:  One monologue 30-60 seconds in length.  Potential cold-read or improv.

PEFORMANCE DATES: March 15-23, 2014 Sat at 3 pm and 7 pm / Sun at 3 pm

Rehearsals will be held Tue & Wed 4:30-7:00 pm and Sat 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Any students interested in helping with directorial duties must attend auditions.

(This is a tuition based program)

Three hilarious and action-packed Irish folk and fairy tales collide in raucous laughter when a trio of wild and crazy leprechauns try to help tongue-tied shepherd Fin O’Grady learn to tell a story and win the hand of his one true love.  Assisted by the wee folk of Ireland, Blather, Blarney and Balderdash enact ’The Hunchback of Knockgrafton,’ in which a simple man’s gentle nature wins him an unexpected prize and a cruel counterpart learns that it’s not a good idea to mess with little people.  In ’The Griffin’s Feather,’ young Aidan bravely encounters a sneezing girl, a frenzied farmer and a bombastic boatman before snatching three feathers from a hen-pecked griffin in order to cure a sleeping beauty.  In ’The Bird, the Mouse and the Cricket,’ a courageous lass and three magical animals risk their necks to help a sour prince regain his lost laughter.  At last, the shy Fin discovers that a story is a treasure that increases the more you share it.  This uplifting, easy-to-produce ensemble comedy combines clever dialogue with slapstick humor and features numerous ’showcase’ roles so that everyone, even the least experienced, has a chance to shine. 

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