Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Audition Call for Actors in BTG PLAYS! 2019-2020 Touring Show: Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS |
Berkshire Theatre Group seeks ten to sixteen child and adult actors in 4th grade and up to participate in the upcoming touring production, Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS. This musical is based on the best-selling book series by Mary Pope Osborne. The roles are open to members of the Berkshire community and to actors of all ethnicities. The play is directed by Travis Daly, with music direction by Erin M. White and choreography by Kathy Jo Grover.
Auditions will be held on Monday, August 5 from 1pm–4pm at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield (111 South St). Auditionees will be asked to read scenes and/or sing songs from the play and should be prepared to stay the entire time.
Appointments are necessary to audition. To schedule an audition time slot or for further information, please contact 413 448-8084 x19 or
Rehearsals for Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS will begin mid-September 2019 and will occur after school, evenings and weekends in Pittsfield.
The play tours during the 2019-2020 school year, with one or two shows per week, on average. The play will have performances during the school day, occasional week-long engagements, and occasional weekends and evenings.
Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS is an adaptation of the fourth of Mary Pope Osborne's award-winning fantasy adventure books from the Magic Tree House book series, which has sold more than 100 million copies and is available in more than a hundred countries around the world. This time around, Jack and Annie’s tree house takes them to an exotic island with pirates, where the two discover the power of friendship and the simple pleasures in everyday life.
BTG PLAYS! Touring Show is a part of Berkshire Theatre Group’s year-round education program, which reaches 13,000 school children annually. Beginning in October and running through the school year, this production is appropriate for elementary and middle school aged children and family audiences, and is designed to introduce students to the excitement of live theatre. Touring to schools and venues all throughout Berkshire County and surrounding towns with a local company of artists, a question and answer session with the actors follows each performance.
Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS book by Jenny Laird and Will Osborne lyrics by Randy Courts and Will Osborne music by Randy Courts based on Magic Tree House #4: Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope Osborne
directed by Travis Daly music direction by Erin M. White choreography by Kathy Jo Grover
Sponsored by Lead Sponsor, Berkshire Bank; Berkshire United Way; Massachusetts Cultural Council; and The Shubert Foundation.
The two siblings return to visit the magic tree house on a dreary, rainy day. They find a book where the sun is shining, and the waves are crashing, so they wish to travel to this tropical place. They realize that they are in the eighteenth-century Caribbean—the time of pirates! The siblings meet Captain Bones, a mean old pirate who captures the two and forces them to help him find buried treasure. It's up to Jack and Annie to find their way back to the tree house and make their way home.
### About Berkshire Theatre Group The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest cultural organizations in the Berkshires. In 2010, under the leadership of Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire, the two organizations merged to form Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG). Berkshire Theatre Group's mission is to support wide ranging artistic exploration and acclaimed performances in theatre, dance, music and entertainment. Every year, BTG produces and presents performances to over 68,000 attendees and, through our Educational Program, serves over 13,000 Berkshire County schoolchildren annually. BTG's celebrated stages reflect the history of the American theatre; they represent a priceless cultural resource for the community.
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