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AVT is holding open auditions for CROSSINGS by Barbara Schneider.  Rehearsals will be twice weekly for approximately 2 hours per rehearsal, starting as soon as roles have been cast.  There will be 6 performances from November 12-21, Fri/Sat 8pm and Sun 2pm.

Auditions will be by cold reading on Tuesday, September 7th, from 6:30-9:00pm in the AVT garage black box at 6521 Almond Valley Way, Lancaster, CA 93536.  Please contact the stage manager, Courtney Marietta (cam@avthespians.org) if you intend to audition.

A probing and compassionate look at the constantly changing relationship between a German musician who lived through the Second World War in Nazi Germany, and his daughter who emigrates to the United States to become a political activist.  The play begins in postwar Germany with a father telling his young daughter the old and familiar story of his escape from a prisoner-of-war camp. In ensuing scenes, the daughter grows up and begins to question her father’s passive behavior during the war. Though he tries to defend his actions as a rational response to the time and place he lived, his daughter remains skeptical. It is only when the daughter realizes her own vulnerability to the easy habit of indifference, in present-day America, that she truly begins to understand her father.

There are four roles available, each of which must be able portray a range of age:

Katja (young) – female, character age is 8-12.

Katja (grown up) – female, character age is 20-30.

Papa – male, character age 40+.

Anna Marie – female, character age 40+.

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CROSSINGS is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Producer: Nalin A. Ratnayake
Stage Director: Karen Gruca
Artistic Director: Kara McCollum
Production Stage Manager:  Courtney Marietta

Kevin J Hogan (left, Nathan Hale) and Marcus McCollum (Captain John Montresor).

Antelope Valley Thespians presents:

THE INTERROGATION OF NATHAN HALE (by Captain John Montresor of HRM Expeditionary Forces)
drama by David Stanley Ford

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.

What is freedom? What is courage? What is the value of a life? Touching on lofty themes through a startlingly raw portrayal of two historical figures, this is a play that seeks to understand the values of our nation—their flaws, as well as their wondrous virtues.

Starring MARCUS MCCOLLUM and KEVIN J. HOGAN.

Photos from tech rehearsal are now posted to our Facebook Page.

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Six performances:
Friday, September 17th, 2010 – 8pm  [CLOSED]
Saturday, September 18th, 2010 – 8pm [SOLD OUT]
Sunday, September 19th, 2010 – 2pm [CLOSED]
Friday, September 24th, 2010 – 8pm [CLOSED]
Saturday, September 25th, 2010 – 8pm [CLOSED]
Sunday, September 26th, 2010 – 2pm [CLOSED]

TICKETS — $8

Producing Director: Nalin A. Ratnayake
Artistic Director: Kara McCollum
Stage Manager: Juliana Katzman

This play contains strong themes and staged violence. We do not recommend it for young children.

AVT operates out of a fully-functional blackbox theater built into a private residence at 6521 Almond Valley Way, Lancaster, CA 93536. Business hours are strictly limited to 30 minutes prior to a performance until appx 1 hour afterward.

Artwork by AJ Currado.