Auditions to be Held for Ritz Players Musical 'Hairspray'

Posted: Monday, August 22, 2011 by: Bruce Hannam | Category: Arts and Entertainment

Who: Ritz Players & Heidelberg University
What: Auditions for Hairspray
When: Open audition – August 28 & 29 at 6:30 PM
Where: Gundlach Theatre at Heidelberg University (attached to Founders Hall), 310 E. Market St., Tiffin, OH 44883

The Ritz Players & Heidelberg University will hold open auditions for Hairspray on August 28 and 29 at 6:30 PM at Gundlach Theatre on the campus of Heidelberg University. The show will be performed October 15, 16, 21 and 22 on the main stage at The Ritz Theatre. There are roles for five adult women and 10 adult men and an ensemble of 20 or more people portraying teenage dancers in a Caucasian ensemble and an African-American ensemble. Come prepared to sing a selection from the show and dance. For additional information contact the director Chris Tucci at [email protected] or 419.448.2004.

Hairspray
Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Music and Lyrics by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman

Hairspray delights audiences by sweeping them away to Baltimore in the 1960s, where the '50s are out - and change is in the air. Lovable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, The Corny Collins Show. Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. Can a larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program's reigning princess, integrate the television show, and find true love (singing and dancing all the while, of course!) without mussing her hair?