What's in this Edition . . .

AUDITIONS for Circle Mirror Transformation - July 8 & 9, 2023

BPF New Play - What Was Done - July 14-23, 2023

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Lighting Grid Strike / Pull Down

Lighting Grid Replacement Fund - Donate Today!

France-Merrick Foundation donates to fund!

Season 61 Celebrating Nurture, Compassion, Balance, Harmony & more!

Designers, Stage Managers, Technicians and Crew needed for Season 61

Change in COVID Policy & Guidelines

AUDITIONS

Sat, July 8
Sun, July 9

SYNOPSIS:

?In the small town of Shirley, Vermont, five strangers gather in a dance studio to embark on a unique journey together in a creative drama class for adults. The group moves through a series of acting exercises, ranging from the heartbreaking to the ridiculous. In this one small room, through these few seemingly trivial games, quiet wars are waged, emotional wounds are nursed, and healing is finally, slowly, able to begin.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

All ethnicities, sizes, gender identities, and gender expressions are encouraged to audition.

Bring your theatrical resume, headshot, and a list of major conflicts from July 15,, through October 1, 2023.

No conflicts will be approved after Callbacks.

Be familiar with the show and the characters, as there are adult situations and language. Prepare the appropriate provided monologue(s) (Links to monologues at www.spotlighters.org/auditions). Hard copies will be available at the audition. The director is seeking grounded performances that are sensitive to pacing. Helpful character information may be embedded in audition monologues for other characters.

MORE INFORMATION & TO SCHEDULE AUDITION www.spotlighters.org/auditions

Spotlighters Theatre in collaboration with the Baltimore Playwrights Festival is proud to present the first staged production of a new work by local Baltimore Playwright, Jack L. B. Gohn, directed by Barry Feinstein.

Spotlighters hosts the BPF Readings during the late Spring and selects a work from the ten readings for a full scale production at the end of the season.\

Baltimore Playwrights Festival Production
WHAT HAS DONE
written by Jack L. B. Gohn
directed by Barry Feinstein
produced by Miriam Bazensky,
Baltimore Playwrights Festival, in collaboration with Spotlighters Theatre

Performance Dates: July 14 - 23, 2023

It’s 1978, in rural Maryland. Deirdre, a White historian working on grant money to complete a dissertation on lynchings in the state, is killing two birds with one stone, visiting farmland where the last Maryland lynching happened (in 1933) and stopping by her Uncle Selby’s home.

An anomaly in the tax records of the farmland sets her on the trail of what really happened in the lynching, a story that reaches back to the 1840s and forward to 1978, and will turn out to involve Deirdre’s uncle, her uncle’s in-laws, Deirdre’s Black civil rights worker boyfriend, and their 14-year-old son.

The story of endemic racism, once uncovered, will force the characters to make momentous decisions regarding 

allegiances, attitudes, and (it is implied) the politics of this present day. 

A New work by a local Baltimore Playwright.

TICKETS

SPECIAL EVENTS ....

Opening Night Reception:  Fri, July 14, 2023 Join the cast, director, & playwright for a post show reception

Talk Back with Playwright, Director & Cast: Sun, July 16, 2023 ?following matinee performance

Ten Spot Thursday: Thur, July 20,2023 - 8:00pm All Tickets just $10.00

Volunteers Needed to Dismantle Lighting Grid

In preparation for the installation of the NEW LED LIGHTING GRID, we need to remove the instruments and fixtures currently hanging from the grid, all the power cables, and the stage microphones and speakers.

AND, it needs to happen between 6pm Sunday, July 23 and Sunday, July 30, 2023. The engineers arrive Monday, July 31 at 7am!

Volunteers will be needed to do the following tasks:

Work on an 8 ft ladder with hand wrench to remove lighting instruments (2 volunteers needed)

Carry instruments from theatre to lobby area to be sorted and inventoried (2 or more volunteers)

Prepare, Sort, Inventory lighting instruments in lobby (2 volunteers needed)

Work on an 8 ft ladder to unplug and trace power cables (50ft extension cords) from the stage grid back to booth (2 volunteers needed)

Coil and Tag Power Cables and store in Lobby (2 volunteers needed)

Ladder crew will also assist in removing on stage microphones, cabling, stage speakers, and wiring.

Our Tech Director, Rob Brooks, will be over-seeing this project.

Due to rehearsals being underway for Circle Mirror Transformation, which opens Sept 15, 2023 .... this work will be scheduled between 9am and 5pm. Volunteers will not need to be present the entire time or everyday - though, that would be quite beneficial! Two to Three hours will be greatly appreciated.

All interested persons should email [email protected] with GRID VOLUNTEER in the subject line. Please include name, contact phone, and your available times. Please respond by July 21, 2023. Thanks

Spotlighters is thrilled to offer an amazing selection of great theatre for our 61st Season!

A Season focused on Nurture & Compassion, on Balance & Harmony.

Season Flex Passes and Individual Tickets are ON SALE, with no price increases!

Inflation is hitting Spots just like each and everyone of you, but we want you to continue to enjoy affordable quality theatre. We are making cuts to our budget expenses and conserving, so you won't see an increase in Ticket Prices.

More information about Season 61 CLICK HERE

Individual Tickets and Season Flex Passes are on sale now!

Please email [email protected]  with any questions