Theater department holds summer auditions

Alestle Staff Report

Open auditions for Summer Showbiz 2000 are set for 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, by appointment only. Anyone ages 12 or older may audition with a one-minute, memorized monologue and by singing 16 bars of a Broadway show tune. Participants must bring sheet music for the piano accompanist provided at the audition.

The two musicals to be staged this summer by SIUE's University Theater are "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," June 8-11 and 15-18, and "South Pacific," July 6-9 and 13-16. Both will be performed in the Katherine Dunham Hall theater. A children's audition (ages 7-11) for these shows will be conducted Saturday, March 25, by appointment.

For more information on both auditions or to make an audition appointment, call the theater and dance department at 650-2774 or, from St. Louis toll-free, (888) 328-5168, Ext. 2774.