Written by Meredith Willson, Directed by Jeanna Van Dyke

Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)

SHOWTIMES:

Friday, July 23, 7-8:15 PM Friday, July 30, 7-8:15 PM

Saturday, July 24, 7-8:15 PM Saturday, July 31, 7-8:15 PM

Sunday, July 25, 2:30-3:45 PM Sunday, August 1, 2:30-3:45 PM

Wednesday, July 28, 7-8:15 PM Wednesday, August 4, 2:30-3:45 PM

The Music Man is an American musical classic, following fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill and his visit to River City, Iowa where he meets and falls in love with the willful, spinster librarian, Marian Paroo. Songs include: Ya Got Trouble; Goodnight My Someone; Seventy-Six Trombones; Pick-A-Little; Wells Fargo Wagon; Shipoopi; Gary Indiana; Until There Was You; and more!

Theatre In The Grove is pleased to announce auditions for DRACULA. Written by Steven Dietz, and directed by Pruella Centers.

Audition dates are Sunday, August 8 at 6:00 pm, Monday, August 9 at 7:00 pm, and Tuesday, August 10 at 7:00pm, at Theatre In The Grove, 2028 Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove.

Auditions will consist of short readings from the script.

Call backs are at the discretion of the Director.  All roles are volunteer.

DRACULA opens October 8th and runs through October 24th on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm.

Roles needed are:

Count Dracula -  A centuries-old vampire and Transylvanian nobleman. 25 to 40 years old.

Van Helsing -  A Dutch professor, philosopher and metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day. Highly knowledgeable in the occult. 45 to 70 years old.

Jonathan Harker -  A young solicitor. Naïve at first Harker emerges as a brave and fearless fighter. He is Mina Murray’s fiancée. 20 to 35 years old.

Mina Murray - Mina is a practical young woman who works as a schoolmistress. She is intelligent and resourceful. She is also Harker’s fiancée. 20 to 30 years old.

Lucy Westenra -  Mina’s best friend and an attractive, vivacious young woman. 20 to 30 years old.

John Seward -  A talented young doctor, formerly Van Helsing’s pupil. He is a suitor for Lucy’s affection. 25 to 35 years old.

Renfield -  A patient at Seward’s mental asylum. Formerly a refined gentleman, he was driven insane by Dracula. Renfield indulges a habit of consuming living creatures – flies, spiders, birds, and so on. 25 to 45 years old.

Maid – 20 to 30 years old.

Vampire Vixens – 18 to 30 years old.

Asylum Attendants – Various Ages.

For more information please email pcenters1@yahoo.com.

Tickets are on sale now for the upcoming CAST PLAYHOUSE Summer Family Theatre Series!  Be sure to get tickets to all three shows before they sell out.  Remember only $3.00 per ticket!

Tickets are sold at the theatre 1 hour before each show or by calling 503-359-5349.

We have a great line up of shows.  All are designed for the entire family to enjoy.

June’s show is The Saddest King, written by Mickey Johnson.  This story has a ballet-loving prince, a swashbuckling princess, a wizard, a jester, an overbearing queen, a sad king, and a quite friendly dragon.  The adventure begins when everyone tries to make the king happy again.  This show has a FREE public performance sponsored by the Forest Grove Public Arts Commission on opening night, Friday, June 25 at 7 pm.  First-come, first-served for the free performance.

July’s show is Meredith Willson’s The Music Man Junior.  The Music Man is an American musical classic, following fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill and his visit to River City, Iowa where he meets and falls in love with the willful, spinster librarian, Marian Paroo.  Songs include:  Ya Got Trouble; Goodnight My Someone; Seventy-Six Trombones; Pick-A-Little; Wells Fargo Wagon; Shipoopi; Gary Indiana; Until There Was You; and more! Evening Performance dates are July 23, 24, 28, 30, 31 and August 4 at 7:00 pm. Matinee dates are July 25 and August 1 at 2:30 pm.

August’s show is L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, dramatized by Anne Coulter Martens.  A clever, entertaining and fast paced dramatization based upon the timeless and exciting L. Frank Baum classic adventure story of young Dorothy who finds herself lost in the strange and magical Land of Oz.  Follow Dorothy and her dog Toto as they meet up with the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on their way to see the great and terrible Oz.  Adventure, self-discovery, and community are all part of the story. Evening Performance dates are August 27, 28 and September 1 at 7:00 pm. Matinee date is August 29 at 2:30 pm.

We are very proud to announce our 41st season of plays and musicals.

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DRACULA

By Steven Dietz

October 8 – 24, 2010

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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR  DREAMCOAT

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice

December 3 – 19, 2010

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ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY

Book & Lyrics by Judith Viorst
Music by Shelly Markham
Public Performances

January 21-23, 2011.

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THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

By Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
Newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman

February 18 – 27, 2011

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URINETOWN The Musical

Music & Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book & Lyrics by  Greg Kotis

April 1 – 17, 2011

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CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN

Adapted by Christopher Sergel
From the book by
Frank Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

May 13 – 29, 2011

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Tickets: Adults $12  •  Seniors & Students $10

Tickets are available two weeks before each opening.

The box office is open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from Noon until 3pm.

The box office phone number is 503-359-5349.

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