The Glema Center presents two community theatre productions each season.
The 2024-25 shows are Blithe Spirit (February) and The Sound of Music (July). Audition information–including dates and times, character descriptions, age requirements, and audition materials–will be announced on this page and on the center’s social media pages.
Audition information: Blithe Spirit
Auditions for Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward will be held on Monday and Tuesday, December 2 and 3, 2024 at 6:00 pm at the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts on the campus of Madisonville Community College in Madisonville, Kentucky.
THE STORY: A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.
The performances are February 14-16, 2025, at the Glema Center. The cast will meet on December 5 and 6 and then begin regular rehearsals on January 2. The casting calls for two men and four women, and auditions are open to performers age 16 and up. Those auditioning should complete the audition form by visiting GlemaCenter.org > Community > Auditions: Community Theatre. Those planning to audition should prepare a comedic monologue one to two minutes in length and should be prepared for the possibility of doing a cold read from the script. This production will be directed by Liam Coursey and stage managed by Brandi Jones.
The Glema Mahr Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Madisonville Community College, 2000 College Drive, Madisonville, KY, 42431. For more information, please visit GlemaCenter.org, call 270-821-2787, or visit the Glema Center’s Facebook page and click on the audition event.
2024-2025 Season Community Theatre productions:
This classic offers wit, conflict, and big laughs as a cantankerous novelist finds himself haunted by the ghost of his late first wife. Support provided by the Gladys Martin Local Arts Endowment & the Miner Family Arts Endowment. Auditions will be held in early December.
“Blithe Spirit” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
One of the most beloved musicals of all time! In Austria, 1938, an exuberant young governess brings music and joy back to a broken family, only to face danger and intrigue as the Nazis gain power. Sponsored by Don & Mary Susan Fishman. Auditions will be held in early May.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. www.concordtheatricals.com.