{"id":205143,"date":"2026-04-22T19:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=205143"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:47:26","slug":"vwct-sets-youth-production-auditions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/04\/22\/vwct-sets-youth-production-auditions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCT sets youth production auditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Emily Gehle, Assistant Directors Alyssa Taylor and Abbie Mengerink and Music Director Grace Doctor will be holding auditions for young people ages 5-18 by appointment for&nbsp;<em>Dear Edwina Jr.<\/em>&nbsp;on Sunday, May 3, and Monday, May 4, in select time slots at The Van Wert Civic Theatre, 118 S Race St. in Van Wert.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/VW-Civic-Theatre-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42639\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Dear Edwina Jr.&nbsp;<\/em>follows the adventures of plucky advice-giver-extraordinaire Edwina Spoonapple as she directs the neighborhood kids in a series of buoyant production numbers for the latest edition of her weekly \u201cAdvice-a-Palooza.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edwina and her friends share wisdom on everything from trying new foods to making new friends, through clever, catchy, and poignant songs.\u00a0<em>Dear Edwina Jr\\.<\/em>\u00a0is a fast-paced show with more than 30 roles and opportunities for doubling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each audition slot accommodates a maximum of 20 auditioners and lasts around an hour. Each auditioner is expected to have signed up prior to auditioning, so make sure to fill out the audition form \u201c(<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/W3yrJNY3c5PcYVus8\"><strong>https:\/\/forms.gle\/W3yrJNY3c5PcYVus8<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auditioners will be asked to arrive no more than 5 minutes early or late to the start of their chosen time slot. Anyone auditioning should come prepared to sing a song (30-60 seconds long) of their choice, learn choreography in a short timeframe, and read lines from a script. Please sing songs&nbsp;<em>a capella<\/em>; those who prefer to use a backing track will be expected to bring that themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auditioners do not need to bring sheet music and there is also no need to memorize or prepare anything from the show prior to auditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact the director with any questions at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Emily@vwct.org\">Emily@vwct.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Director Emily Gehle, Assistant Directors Alyssa Taylor and Abbie Mengerink and Music Director Grace Doctor will be holding auditions for young people ages 5-18 by appointment for&nbsp;Dear Edwina Jr.&nbsp;on Sunday, May 3, and Monday, May 4, in select time slots at The Van Wert Civic Theatre, 118 S Race St. in Van [&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-205143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 08:33:24","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\/205143","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=205143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205150,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205143\/revisions\/205150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}