December 1, 2015

Dear Applicant,

For over forty years, the Wallace Community College Fine Arts Department has impressed Wiregrass area

patrons with professional quality productions. The College takes pride in the professionalism it brings to every

aspect of each show.

This year, the Wallace Fine Arts Department will close its 44th season with the first children’s production,

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, dramatized by Joseph Robinette. This production on April 7-9, 2016 promises

to attract one of our largest audiences. We will also be performing school matinees on Tuesday and Wednesday,

April 5-6, 2016.

Enclosed you will find detailed information concerning auditions. Auditions are scheduled for Tuesday,

December 8 at 2:00 p.m. in Bencze Theatre. Please bring your script copy, the COMPLETED application form

and professional attitude! The audition process will take approximately two minutes for each applicant. The

process is listed as follows:

Submit application form (is attached in packet) typed or blue/black ink

Perform the designated pages listed in this packet for your most desired role

The director may require readings for additional characters, if desired. Please take note that if you receive a part

in the show, you will be required to take a Theatre Workshop Course and Speech/Voice for the Performer. Both

of these courses will serve as our rehearsal time on Tuesdays, Thursdays and five scheduled Fridays. Please do

not register for these courses until the cast list is posted.

Thank you in advance for your participation in the Wallace Community College Theatre Department and your

investment in the future of performing arts in the Wiregrass area! If you have any questions, please feel free to

contact me at emails listed above.

Sincerely,

Savannah Granberry

Director

Fine & Performing Arts 1141 Wallace Drive

Dothan, Alabama 36303 334-983-3521 ext.2314

sgranberry@wallace.edu cbryan@wallace.edu

Wallace Community College

Audition Form BRING COMPLETED FORM TO AUDITION

PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT IN BLUE/BLACK INK Role you are most interested in.___________________________________________________________

Name _______________________________________Date of Birth:_____________________

Address_____________________________________________________________________

Home Phone __________________________ Cell-Phone_____________________________

E-mail ________________________________Current GPA (required) _________ACT/SAT __________

High School Diploma:________________________________ Year:_________________________

College major:__________________________Are you currently enrolled at WCC?__________

What other outside activities/clubs are you involved in at WCC or in community?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Are you involved in any other extra-curricular activities?_____________________________________________________

Will you be employed while attending Wallace?__________________If yes, please list.___________________________

Our rehearsals will be every Tuesday/Thursday from 1:00-3:35, will you have work conflicts?_______________________

List of theatre experience to include (acting, student directing, set design, technical experience). Please list year with

activity.___________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

List of dancing/choreography experience to include (musicals, private lessons, dance team). Please list year with

activity___________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Honors/awards:____________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Will you accept another role given by the directors?__________

List any work/personal conflicts for the show dates, April 5-9, 2016 _________________________________________ List any work/personal conflicts for rehearsals T/R 1:00-3:35 _________________________________________

Show Information

The extraordinary spider Charlotte proves to be “a true friend and a good writer.” Determined to save the life of the pig Wilbur, she performs a miracle, spinning her web to read, “Some pig.” It’s the

beginning of a victorious campaign. This is a beautiful, knowing play about friendship.

Joseph Robinette is a Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award nominee for the libretto of the acclaimed A Christmas Story, The Musical. He is the author or co-author of 55 published plays and

musicals. His works have been produced at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, The Theater at Madison Square Garden and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, the BBC in Britain, in all 50 states and in 21 foreign countries. Twelve

of his works have been translated into foreign languages, and another five have been anthologized. Robinette collaborated with E.B. White on the authorized stage version of Charlotte's Web, and he wrote the musical version with Charles Strouse (Annie and Bye, Bye, Birdie). Other dramatizations include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anne of Green Gables and Debbie Macomber's A Gift to Last and The Inn at Rose Harbor. He is the recipient of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education's Distinguished Play Award for Sarah, Plain and Tall and the Children's Theatre Foundation of America medallion for his

"body of dramatic works for family audiences in the United States and beyond.

Characters (Some parts will play multiple roles)

Pages to be performed at auditions are listed

Fern, a young girl (pg 10) John Arable, her father and Lurvy, a hired hand (pg 9, 32)

Avery Arable, her brother (pg 9) Homer Zuckerman, her uncle and Sheep, farm animal (pg 18)

Wilbur, a pig (pg 19, 53, 54) Templeton, a rat (pg 14)

Charlotte, a spider (pg 19, 24, 53) President of Fair and Goose, a farm animal (pg 51, 52)

A Reporter and Gander, a farm animal (pg 14, 15) Narrator (pg 7, 30)

Extras to include:

Spectators, Fair Judges, Uncle

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