Round Barn Theatre At Amish Acres

NAPPANEE — The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres is seeking resident company members for its nine-month 2019 season of rotating repertory theater.

Auditions will be Saturday and Sunday by appointment only at The Round Barn Theatre, 1600 W. Market St., Nappanee.

The theater is especially seeking actors who sing and dance with ease and/or can play a wide age range. Actors should bring two contrasting musical pieces, a monologue, a headshot/resume, and a list of possible conflicts for the year. An accompanist will be provided.

To sign up for a time slot, contact Ryan Schisler, managing artistic director, at [email protected] or 574-773-4188, ext. 203.

The 2019 season will include “Plain and Fancy,” “Life Could Be a Dream,” “Freaky Friday,” “Big River,” “Anne of Green Gables,” “The Sunshine Boys” and “Beauty and the Beast.”

Repertory company members have roles in every production, with single show job-in actors filling slots in the season.  The ensemble will include dozens of non-union actor/singer/dancers.  

The Round Barn Theatre is also seeking technically qualified candidates to fill its growing stage management, sound, lighting, costuming, scenic design and children's theater needs. Send resumes to Schisler at Amish Acres, 1600 W. Market St., Nappanee, IN 46550, or [email protected].



Elkhart Civic Theatre

BRISTOL – Elkhart Civic Theatre is holding auditions for “The Clean House” by Sarah Ruhl.

Auditions will be at 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church,, 411 W. Vistula St., Bristol, IN 46507.

A finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Clean House, by Sarah Ruhl, is a dramedy that blends fantasy and reality as it tells the story of five dissimilar characters and their complex relationships. These individuals include:

• Matilde, a 20-something Brazilian live-in maid who dreams of creating the perfect joke;
• Lane, a middle-aged female doctor who employs Matilde;
• Virginia, Lane’s neat-freak sister;
• Charles, Lane’s middle-aged surgeon husband; and
• Ana, an older charismatic Argentinian who is a patient of Charles, as well as his lover.

Auditions consist of readings from the script. Scripts are available for reading by calling the theatre at (574) 848-5853 during business hours (1-5:30PM, Monday-Friday). The roles for Matilde and Ana require occasionally speaking Portuguese, so those auditioning for these roles need to have facility with accents and learning a foreign language. Those auditioning for any role need to provide information about any conflicts they have during the rehearsal period, which will begin March 17.

For more information, contact John Shoup, artistic/technical director, at [email protected]; or Dave Dufour, executive director, at [email protected].



South Bend Civic Theatre

SOUTH BEND – South Bend Civic Theatre announces auditions for Heidi Schreck’s “Between Riverside and Crazy.”

The play was the 2015 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The show does contain strong language.

Those interested in auditioning may stop by the Civic Theatre Lobby between 6 and 8 p.m. April 8 or 9. Callbacks will be April 11. There’s no need to prepare anything.

Actors should be available for rehearsals from 6 to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays.

Character desciptions:

Walter “Pops” Washington (lead) – African-American adult male in  his 50s-60s.

Junior  (supporting) – African-American adult male in his 30s.  

Lulu (supporting) – Latina female in her 20s.

Oswaldo (supporting) – Puerto Rican-American, originally from the Bronx, in his mid-20-30s.

Detective Audrey O’Connor (supporting) – Caucasion female in her 30s-40s, possible Long Island accent.

Lieutenant Caro (supporting) –Italian-American male, 40-59, possible Long Island accent.

Church lady (featured) –  Brazilian female in her 30s-40s, possible Portuguese accent.