'Anything Goes' at Villagers Theatre

Villagers Theatre will be presenting the tap dancing musical classic, "Anything Goes".

Performances are June 6 - 22 at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for seniors and students. Group rates are available.

Launch a quirky boy-meets-girl romance aboard an ocean liner sailing from New York to London in the 1930s and "Anything Goes". This musical comedy, with a stateroom-full of slapstick, tap dancing and forbidden flirtation, follows lovesick stowaway, Billy Crocker, as he tries to win the heart of engaged heiress, Hope Harcourt. With a little willing assistance from nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and public enemy number 13, Moonface Martin, he just might succeed. "Anything Goes" features some of musical theater's most memorable standards, including "I Get A Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", "Friendship" and, lest we forget, "Anything Goes".

The show is directed by Howard Whitmore.

The cast features Joan Aniano as Reno Sweeney, Michael Miguel as Billy Crocker, Jillian Wagner as Hope Harcpurt, Faisal Sheikh as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, Erik Hall as Moonface Martin, Jennifer Guhl as Bonnie Letour, Wesley Loon as Elisha Whitney, Joann Hoffman as Mrs Evangeline Harcourt, Lindsey Jordan as  Purity, Natalie Romeo as Chastity, Christa DiLalo Petti as Charity, Lauren Kolmer as Virtue, Casey Okamoto as Ling, Angel Fan as Ching, James J. Knight as Captain, Michael Beckwith as Persuer, Todd Roman as Steward, Tyron Howard, Jack Tomy, and Alex Portera as Sailors, with an ensemble featuring Kaitlin Geoghegan, Edgar Hidalgo, Kimberly Morris, Kathy Parks, Timothy Price, Diana Puertas, Angela Romeo, Carina Gonzalez, and Emma Beckwith.

Auditions for Kelsey Theater Dance Squad

Kelsey Theater's annual Kelsey Theater Awards ceremony is coming up, and with it come auditions for the 2014 Kelsey Theater Dance Squad.

The Kelsey Theater Dance Squad is a special group devoted specifically to entertaining the audience for the Kelsey Awards. Auditions will be at noon June 21, although showing up earlier is recommended.

Auditionees will need to bring a headshot and their dance resumé, as well as wearing proper dance attire. They must be at least 13 years old.

Auditions will take place inside the Mercer County Community College Dance Studio (PE225). The Dance Studio is located on the second floor of the Physical Education Building (PE Building), which is directly across the street from The Kelsey Theatre. Both are located on the Mercer County Community College Campus at 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor.

Auditions must be prescheduled. To schedule an audition, click here. Within 24 hours of scheduling the audition, an audition form will be emailed that should be brought to auditions filled out. For more information, contact kelseyawards@gmail.com.

'Open Mic Nite' at the Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company

The Sayreville Main Street Theatre Co. will be holding an "Open Mic Nite".

The event will take place on May 30. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and performances start at 7 p.m. It is $6 to enter or perform.

All performing artists age 14 and up are welcome to perform as long as they provide any needed self accompaniment or CD. All selections must be appropriate for audiences of all ages.

The Main Street Cafe will be serving snacks.

For more information please call (732) 553-1153.

Casting Call: 'Alice in Wonderland'

Take a journey down the rabbit hole this week, as Sayreville Main Street Theatre Co. holds auditions for Michael Sirotta's "Alice In Wonderland."

Auditions, for children 13 and younger, will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 27 and May 29, with callbacks on May 31. Please prepare up to 16 bars of a song, preferably from musical theater, that showcases your child's voice and acting abilities. Audition songs will be acappella. Children may be asked to sing a scale or read from the script, and may be asked to show improv skills. The show will be directed by Jessica Mennella.

Main Street Theatre is located at 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin.

Roles include:

Alice's sister	A teenager or larger young person, must be a good singer
Alices 1-5	Five girls, ranging from small to large, with Alice 2 the smallest and Alice 3 the largest; of varying shapes and complexions. All need to sing well, but especially Alices 2, 3 and 4, who have substantial solos.
Dinah	A cat played by a very small young person
The White Rabbit	A smallish, spry person; some singing
Bottles 1 and 2	Clownish. No singing required, other than general chorus
Ginger Snap	A cookie. Clownish. No singing required other than general chorus; can snap fingers
Mouse	Clownish. Backup harmony singing required.
Duck	Clownish. Backup harmony singing required.
Dodo	Clownish. Backup harmony singing required.
Mock Turtle	Sad sack; solo vocal.
Caterpillar	Preferably a male; snobbish; simple character voice singing part.
Pigeon	Tantrum thrower; no singing required other than general chorus.
Cheshire Cats 1 and 2	Two actors, friendly, but teasing. Possibly with heavy Caribbean dialects; solo vocals in a production number.
Cook	Snide and rude; nasal backup vocal.
Duchess	Snide and rude; lead vocal.
Offstage Baby Voice	Nasal backup vocal.
Mad Hatter	Snide and rude; character voice singing part.
March Hare	Snide and rude; character voice singing part.
Doormouse	High soprano vocal; may be staged with small live actor or with a puppet.
Four playing cards	The 2, 3, 5 and 9 of Hearts. All clownish. No singing parts required other than general chorus.
Queen of Hearts	Large actor, tyrannical; lead vocal in production number; able to belt.
King	A little guy, terrified of his wife; constantly fawns on her; no singing part other than general chorus.
Two croquet balls	Two very small children able to crawl where directed.
Judge	An officious official. No singing part other than general chorus.
Chorus	Motley characters who provide movement and vocal backup for staged production numbers.

'Tuesdays with Morrie' at Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company

The Sayreville Main Street Theatre Co. will be presenting Jeffery Hatcher and Mitch Albom's "Tuesdays with Morrie".

The show will run from June 6-14 at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on June 8.Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for children.

 Based on the book by Mitch Albom, "Tuesdays with Morrie" is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie's appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.

It is directed by Brian Remo.        

Casting Call: 'Kimberly Akimbo'

Circle Players will be holding auditions for David Lindsay Abaire's "Kimberly Akimbo".

Auditions are June 17 and 18 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Callbacks will be June 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. All roles are open.  All auditions are at Circle Players, which is located at 416 Victoria Avenue, Piscataway.

 Set in the wilds of New Jersey, "Kimberly Akimbo" is a hilarious and heartrending play about a teenager with a rare condition which causes her body to age four times faster than it should. When she and her family flee Secaucus under dubious circumstances, Kimberly is forced to reevaluate her life while contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, her own mortality and, most terrifying of all, the possibility of first love.

Characters needed are:

Kimberly	A teenage girl, played by a woman in her 60s or 70s.
Buddy 30s -40s	Kimberly's father, a beer slugging blue collar worker.
Patti 30s -40s	Kimberly’s mother, a foul mouthed, brash woman who is a hypochondriac and very pregnant. She is torn between loving her daughter and protecting herself from the inevitable early death her daughter’s disease promises.
Debra 25 - 30	Patti’s younger sister. A homeless ex-con who shows up uninvited. Always on the prowl for the next get rich scheme, she’ll enlist anyone necessary to make it happen.
Jeff 16	Kimberly’s nerdy classmate. He works at Zippy Burger, plays Dungeons and Dragons and does anagrams in his spare time. Not the most popular kid in the school.

Rehearsals will start the first week of August, three times a week, days and times to be determined.

 Show dates are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays from Sept. 19-Oct. 4, with one Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. Oct. 5.

 The show will be directed by Jon Heron and produced by Alicia Harabin.

 For more information, email director Jon Herib at circleplayersnj@gmail.com.

'A Great Night for the Whig Party' at Villagers Theatre

The Pavlovian Dog Show will be presenting "A Great Night for the Whig Party" at Villagers Theatre.

The show will perform May 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 each and are available online.

The Pavlovian Dog Show is a trio of New Jersey performers who have come together to write silly, smart, and original comedy sketches guaranteed to have you rolling. From Batman to Star Wars, from ancient Rome to your high school reunion, there's nothing these comedians can't put an original twist on, complete with special guest stars, stand-up acts, and musical interludes.

"A Great Night for the Whig Party" is presented as a part of Villagers' Special Events Series and produced by The Pavlovian Dog Show.

The show is written, produced, directed by, and featuring Mike Patierno, Claudio M. Venacio, and Ryan Kennedy Correl, with guest stars Frank Falisi and Megan Stone.

It is hosted by Carolina Hidalgo.