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AUDITIONS FOR CAREY DINNER THEATRE TO BE HELD MARCH 26

Auditions for cast and interviews with crew for the thirty-sixth season of Carey Dinner Theatre (CDT) are Saturday, March 26beginning at 10 a.m. in the Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre on the Hattiesburg campus of William Carey University.

CDT presents two musicals in June and July. Each member of the company, both performers and staff, is paid. The financial package includes salary, tips (company members serve during dinner), and housing.

Those auditioning as performers will present a one-minute monolog from a modern prose play (no dialect), a one-minute vocal selection from a Broadway musical, and will participate in a dance audition. Each person who auditions should bring comfortable clothes for the dance audition. An accompanist will be available, but will not transpose. Taped accompaniment may be used.

Audition requirements for pianists include a prepared two-minute selection from a Broadway musical. Sight reading will be required.

Interviews will be held also for technicians, costume assistants, house-box office managers, and office assistants. Each person will complete an application and interview with staff. Portfolios are invited. Performers may also apply for staff positions.

Each applicant should bring a head shot to the audition/interview. For more information call 601-318-6218 or emailcdt@wmcarey.edu.  Contracts are issued as soon as possible after March 26 and are offered only to those who have graduated from high school by May 30, 2011. The company commitment is May 30 through July 25.

WCU Dedicates New Joe & Virginia Tatum Theatre

017Dr. Tommy King, president of William Carey University; Dr. Obra Quave, managing director of Carey Dinner Theatre; and Mr. Tim Matheny, chairman of the Department of Theatre and Communication, led the dedication ceremony for the new WCU Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre on the Hattiesburg campus on Thursday, October 28.

Also participating in the ceremony were Joe Tatum, the honoree; Chase Anderson, a senior theatre major from Purvis; and Heather Campbell, and senior theater major from Picayune. An Open House with tours of the building followed the ceremony. The nearly $1.4 million facility is over 7000 square feet and includes a 3100 square foot black box performance space, a spacious serving room for Carey Dinner Theater, nearly 200 lighting controls, and catwalks for the lighting and sound crew.