AUDITIONS Announced for "To Kill a Mockingbird"
July 21, 2005
Rantoul - Auditions have been announced for roles in the award-winning play To Kill a Mockingbird. Auditions for the adaptation of the famous novel by Harper Lee will be held Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24, from 1-5pm at Grissom Hall in Rantoul, IL. Parts available include two boys, and a girl around 7.
When: from 1:00-5:00 PM, Saturday, July 23rd and Sunday, July 24th, 2005
Where: Rantoul Theatre Group, Grissom Hall, Rantoul, IL
Contact: Michael "Clay" Nelson: 217-892-1121
Wanted: 12 male actors, 8 female actors, children actors (age 7 - high school), black actors (male-female) needed for critical principal roles.
This is a full length play taking place in 1935 at Maycomb, Alabama, involving racial prejudice, alleged rape, courtroom action.
If you cannot make the two scheduled auditions, contact the director, Clay Nelson, at webmaster@helicon7.org, or call the theatre at 217-892-1121 and leave a message.
This play won a Pulitizer Prize and actor Gregory Peck won an Academy Award for his role as Atticus Finch in 1962.
The Rantoul Theatre Group seats 190 patrons and performs 5 full length plays a season. All auditions are open to the public. No preparations are needed. Readings will be from the script.