The Un-Common Theatre Company Announces December Auditions For Two Spring Shows

The Un-Common Theatre Company's Young Performer's Group is excited to audition kids in Grades 1 - 6 for The Little Mermaid.

Directed by Meg Lowey, a Foxboro High School Senior, Choreographed by Maggie Dowd, a Sharon High School Junior, and Music Directed by Un-Common veteran Linda Barbieri this show will feature a cast of first through sixth graders and will be performed at Qualters Middle School in Mansfield, Ma March 19th - 21st, 2010.

Anemone, an adventurous little mermaid, leaves her undersea realm for a sixteenth birthday excursion to the surface. She hopes to find the prince of her dreams, whose statue she has found. Accompanied by her friend, Clem Clam, they begin their quest. But a jealous Sea-Witch threatens Anemone. In fact, Rip-Tide and Zip-Tide, the witch's nasty shark cohorts, terrorize all. The Sea-Witch magically conjures up a storm which sinks a ship carrying the prince. Anemone dives into the waves to save him, but not before she has been tricked into trading her voIce To the Sea-Witch. As he recovers from his ordeal, the prince believes Georgina, who discovered him on the rocks, saved him. The prince declares to all that she will be his wife a fitting "thank you." Meanwhile, the prince has befriended the voiceless Anemone while Georgina, her heart belonging to another, resists the impending marriage. Patience, love and friendship solve this delightful romantic puzzle.

Auditions will be held at the Qualters Middle School in Mansfield for students in Grades 1-3 on Tuesday, December 15th from 6:00pm and Grades 4-6 on Wednesday, December 16th from 6:00pm BY APPOINTMENT only. For more information please check the website at www.uncommontheatre.org or call (508)698-3098

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Un-Common welcomes kids in grades 7-12 to audition for "13 - The Musical"

The Un-Common Theatre Company is thrilled to announce December auditions for their Spring production of "13", a hilarious, high-energy musical with an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown.

This production, Directed by Un-Common veteran Christa Crewdson and Music Directed by talented and experienced URI student Mike Moise, will be performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Foxboro on April 16-18, 2010.

When his parents get divorced and he's forced to move from New York City to a small town in Indiana, Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done. The star quarterback is threatening to ruin his life and his only friend, Patrice, won't talk to him. The school freak sees an opportunity for blackmail and someone is spreading the nastiest rumors.

A grown-up story about growing up, "13" featured the only all-teenage cast to hit Broadway! "13" is a story for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it.

Auditions for actors, singers and dancers in grades 7 - 12 will be held Sunday December 13th, 2009 from 3pm in 15 minute intervals at The South Foxboro Community Club, Foxboro, Ma. For more information please check the website at www.uncommontheatre.org or call Lisa at (508)339-4525.