{"id":153936,"date":"2022-05-09T04:42:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T09:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=153936"},"modified":"2022-05-15T18:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T23:39:46","slug":"youth-theatre-auditions-shows-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/05\/09\/youth-theatre-auditions-shows-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Theatre auditions announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert Civic Theatre has announced their Summer 2022 Youth Theatre shows and audition dates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directors Emily Gehle, Alyssa Taylor, and Griffen Waltmire will hold auditions by appointment for \u201cDisney\u2019s The Little Mermaid Jr\u201d from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, May 15, and Monday, May 16. Any youth ages 5-18 may schedule an audition either night. The show features those familiar songs like \u201cUnder the Sea &#8221; and characters such as Ariel and Flounder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most rehearsals will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays at the theater, and performances are scheduled for June 23, 24, 25, and 26. Tickets will go on sale to the public June 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second opportunity for young people to get on stage is the play \u201cHey Diddle Diddle: The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon.\u201d Director Monica Campbell will hold auditions by appointment Sunday, June 19 and Monday, June 20, and performances will be July 30, 31 and August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cat plays the fiddle; the cow jumps over the moon while the little dog laughs; and the dish runs away with the spoon\u2026but then what? A group of storytellers are challenged to continue the story of the dish and the spoon from Hey Diddle Diddle. The tales that they spin find the dish and spoon fleeing from the Abominable Snowman, encountering the witch from Hansel and Gretel, becoming spies, and even fighting bad sushi. All ages will love watching this funny play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people ages 6 &#8211; 18 are invited to audition. There are a variety of roles available both speaking and nonspeaking. Rehearsals will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays at the theatre. Technical and dress rehearsals are scheduled for July 24 &#8211; 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To schedule an audition for either show via online form, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/vwct.org\">vwct.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All auditions, rehearsals, and performances will be held at the Van Wert Civic Theatre, 118 South Race Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff and submitted information Van Wert Civic Theatre has announced their Summer 2022 Youth Theatre shows and audition dates Directors Emily Gehle, Alyssa Taylor, and Griffen Waltmire will hold auditions by appointment for \u201cDisney\u2019s The Little Mermaid Jr\u201d from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, May 15, and Monday, May 16. Any youth ages 5-18 may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 23:56:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154229,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153936\/revisions\/154229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}