Calendar of Events
SHREK Principal Auditions
This first round of auditions will focus on the principal and featured characters below. Ensemble and other supporting roles auditions will be held at a later date.
Join us in our Season 29 Summer Musical, SHREK THE MUSICAL.
Please prepare TWO audition pieces: one upbeat and one ballad from Shrek OR any other musical. Each audition piece should not exceed 2 minutes. Bring sheet music or a track to sing along with. There will be an adapter for any phones or iPads. Please no acapella auditions.
There will be cold readings from the script. Scripts are available for 48 hrs ion the FTC box office, Monday-Friday 9:00am-1:00pm.
There will be a brief movement audition so please dress accordingly.
Visit our AUDITIONS tab for more information.
Peter and the Starcatcher - Opening Weekend
This Tony Award winning musical is based on the best-selling novels and upends the century-old story of how an orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes. With characters such as Black Stache and Smee, this highly theatrical production playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love. (Rated PG)
Peter and the Starcatcher - Second Weekend
This Tony Award winning musical is based on the best-selling novels and upends the century-old story of how an orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes. With characters such as Black Stache and Smee, this highly theatrical production playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love. (Rated PG)
Peter and the Starcatcher - Third Weekend
This Tony Award winning musical is based on the best-selling novels and upends the century-old story of how an orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes. With characters such as Black Stache and Smee, this highly theatrical production playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love. (Rated PG)
Godspell Jr.
A group of disciples help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques, and a hefty dose of comic timing. An eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, are employed as the story of Jesus’ life dances across the stage. Jesus’ message of kindness, tolerance, and love comes vibrantly to life.
Students 7th-12th are welcome to register. Registration opens soon.
(PG)
Dear Jack, Dear Louise
U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City, hoping to meet her someday if the war will allow. But as the war continues, it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Lend Me a Tenor) tells the joyous, heartwarming story of his parents’ courtship during World War II and the results are anything but expected.
(Rated PG)
Dear Jack, Dear Louise - Second weekend
U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City, hoping to meet her someday if the war will allow. But as the war continues, it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Lend Me a Tenor) tells the joyous, heartwarming story of his parents’ courtship during World War II and the results are anything but expected.
(Rated PG)
The Gifts of the Magi - Second Weekend
THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI
This new musical by Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain brings to life a heart-warming, captivating musical treat, drawn from two short stories by the immortal O. Henry. It is Christmas in New York, but for two young lovers, Jim and Della, the prospects are bleak, as both are out of work and penniless.
In addition to their story, there are glimpses of various city folk going about their holiday business, and the hilarious plight of a cheerful bum named Soapy, who wants only to get arrested so he can spend the night in a cozy cell, all gracefully enhanced by tuneful songs and neatly tied together by a newsboy-narrator, Willy. The Gifts of the Magi is warmed by sentiment and humor, filled with lilting songs, and certain to please audiences of all ages.
(Rated G)
The Gifts of the Magi - Opening Weekend
THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI
This new musical by Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain brings to life a heart-warming, captivating musical treat, drawn from two short stories by the immortal O. Henry. It is Christmas in New York, but for two young lovers, Jim and Della, the prospects are bleak, as both are out of work and penniless.
In addition to their story, there are glimpses of various city folk going about their holiday business, and the hilarious plight of a cheerful bum named Soapy, who wants only to get arrested so he can spend the night in a cozy cell, all gracefully enhanced by tuneful songs and neatly tied together by a newsboy-narrator, Willy. The Gifts of the Magi is warmed by sentiment and humor, filled with lilting songs, and certain to please audiences of all ages.
(Rated G)
The Aristocats Kids
Based on the beloved animated film and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS is a non-stop thrill ride of feline fun. In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat, and her three little kittens. Laughs and adventure ensue as the greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it’s up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O’Malley, and his band of jazz cats to save the day. (Rated G)
AUDITIONS- Peter and the Starcatcher
Have you ever wanted to join the FTC community and be a part of a fun production? Well now you can! We are looking for at least 12 performers for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER. For more information, visit our auditions page.
AUDITIONS- Peter and the Starcatcher
Have you ever wanted to join the FTC community and be a part of a fun production? Well now you can! We are looking for at least 12 performers for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER. For more information, visit our auditions page.
The Odd Couple - Second Weekend
Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon’s hilarious contemporary comic classic, The Odd Couple, updated with female leads. Olive invites the recently single Florence to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit. When Olive organizes a double-date, these differences come to a head and sparks fly. (Rated PG)
The Odd Couple - Opening Weekend
Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon’s hilarious contemporary comic classic, The Odd Couple, updated with female leads. Olive invites the recently single Florence to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit. When Olive organizes a double-date, these differences come to a head and sparks fly. (Rated PG)
Meat the Cast - The Odd Couple
Meet the cast of The Odd Couple and enjoy some of that delicious barbecue at Eaker Barbecue.
Audition - Gifts of the Magi
Auditioners will be asked to prepare a song.
There will also be scene readings from the script.
Scripts are available to check out for 48 hours at the office.
Please email courtney@fredericksburgtheater.org to arrange pick up outside of those times or for more information.
A sample rehearsal calendar will be available at auditions.
Performance dates are December 5th- 15th, 2024
For more info, click here
Friends of the FTC Cabaret
FOR ONE WEEKEND ONLY!
Spend an evening at the theater and enjoy a night of music and joy. In a true cabaret style, our talented community members will perform songs of friendship, love, and community.
More information about the "Friends of FTC Cabaret" is coming soon!
Finding Nemo, Jr
Explore the big blue world with Disney’s Finding Nemo JR. Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explorethe world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an adventure. With the help of their friends Dory (a blue tang), sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other andthemselves. (Rated G)
Stay tuned for more registration information.
The Wizard of Oz
“We’re Off to See the Wizard! “ This beloved tale, in which a Kansas farm girl travels “Over the Rainbow” to discover the magical power of home, has entertained audiences formgenerations. “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” with Dorothy as she encounters: good witches, bad witches, animals that talk, scarecrows that walk, flying monkeys, and other weird and wonderful things. To make it home safely, Dorothy must learn an important lesson: “There’s No Place Like Home”. (Rated G)
Starring FTC's Founder and returning Executive Director,Jeryl Hoover, as the Wizard and Professor Marvel
FTA’s JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH JR.
Based on one of Roald Dahl’s most poignantly quirky stories, Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach JR. is a brand-new take on this "masterpeach" of a tale. When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that grows a tremendous peach, rolls into the ocean, and launches a journey of enormous proportions. James befriends a collection of singing insects that ride the giant piece of fruit across the ocean, facing hunger, sharks, and plenty of disagreements along the way. (Rated G)
THE SWEET DELILAH SWIM CLUB TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 1st
Five Southern women whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids, and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage, the “Sweet Delilah” on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, to catch up, laugh, and meddle in each other’s lives. The Sweet Delilah Swim Club focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them. A hilarious and touching comedy, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, is about five unforgettable women and friendships that last forever. (Rated PG for Adult Situations)