Are you observant, detailed, and a fast learner with a good memory? Western University’s Standardized Patient Program invites you to attend their upcoming Recruitment Fair.

Participants in the Standardized Patient Program act as patients for the medical schools to help their students interface with real people. Actors are paid for each session.  This is an excellent opportunity to make some extra money while helping medical students develop their skills!

The first meeting will be held June 6 at the Bartlett Theater on the campus of Western University, located at 309 E 2nd Street in Pomona.  The meeting begins promptly at 9:00 am and ends at noon.

Space is limited. Contact Melisa Morrow at (909) 469-5470 or mmorrow@westernu.edu to reserve your place today.

University Children’s Theatre of Riverside opens its Spring season with the energetic Wonderland the Musical.  Wonderland is an unabashedly silly adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. With hip-hopping music, it is an upbeat, coming-of-age story that audiences of all ages will adore! You’ll recognize some of your favorite familiar characters of Alice’s Wonderland along with meeting dozens of new ones. Adapted into a 90 minute musical by James DeVita and Bill Francoeur.

Although primarily intended for children, Wonderland also welcomes adults, who will find great enjoyment and merriment in these captivating performances.

This wonderful fun loving musical will begin Thursday, June 7. Reserved seats $12/$10 with a student/kids discount of $8 on Thursday & Sunday evenings only. Performed in Matheson Chapel on the campus of La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside. For information call 951-313-1023. (Read on …)

Chino Community Theatre is proud to present Of Mice and Men, written By John Steinbeck and directed by Toni Lynd.

Ticket Prices are $15.00; $12.00 for students and seniors.  Please make Reservations by calling 909 590-1149.  Chino Community Theatre is located at 13123 Seventh Street in Chino.  (Read on …)

Riverside Community Players, one of the oldest continuously active community theatre groups in the United States, has announced its line-up for its 83rd season, and the organization is currently accepting applications for the position of director and technical director for the following productions. Experience with theatre-in-the round is a plus, but not required.

In order to receive a director’s or technical director’s application, please call (951) 369-1200 9am-noon, Monday-Friday.  For more information on the organization, visit www.riversidecommunityplayers.com. 

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The Arts Council of Temecula Valley will hold auditions for the 18th Annual Temecula Valley Talent Showcase from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Broadway High Children’s Theatre Arts Academy Rehearsal Hall, 41083 Sandalwood Circle, Suite M, in Murrieta. (Read on …)

San Jacinto Valley Shakespeare Festival will hold auditions for Taming of the Shrew and King Lear May 22 and 24 at 7:00pm in the Campus Theatre at Mt. San Jacinto College 1499 N. State Street.  Callbacks will be May 25.

Actors may audition for one or both shows. Be prepared to read from soliloquies, monologues and dialogue provided by the directors. You must be 18 years of age or older to audition. The role of King Lear has been cast. Rehearsals begin in June. For more information, call 487-3420.

Performance Dates:
Taming of The Shrew (Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre)
September 14-15, 21-22

King Lear (MSJC Campus Theatre)
September 27,28,29 and October 5,6

Murrieta Repertory Theatre presents John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, directed by Jim Marbury, May 19 – June 3.

For tickets, call 600-7273.  MRT performs at the Murrieta Community Center, located at 41810 Juniper St., just two blocks west of the Murrieta Lowe’s.

Set during the Great Depression, this is the tragic story of the complex bond between two migrant laborers in Central California. They are George Milton and Lennie Small, itinerant ranch hands who dream of one day owning a small farm. George acts as a father figure to Lennie, who is a very large, yet simpleminded man, calming him and helping to reign in his immense physical strength.   When Lennie is responsible for a tragic accident, George is put to the test of true friendship and compassion.  Major themes in this American Classic are loneliness as well as companionship, alienation, mercy, compassion, and the importance of dreams. The story can also be read through a historical lens as a study of migratory workers during the Great Depression. (Read on …)

Rialto Community Players will present three productions during the summer of 2007.

• KRCP Live! - an original production written by Robert Fraley and Bruce Burton
  Two small town energetic radio DJs host an annual live radio broadcast, featuring some darn good bands from the 60s and 70s. Don’t miss out on Robert Fraley’s 8th original folk musical.
  May 25, 26, June 1, & 2, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
  Matinees:  May 27 & June 3, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
• Stones in His Pocket – a comedy by Marie Jones
  The play reunites long time friends, Thomik Deverien and Sheila Fares, who will be sharing the stage together again after twenty years. Don’t miss this two-person comedy where the actors show their versatility by taking on 15 different roles!
  Directed by Thomik Deverien
  June 8, 9, 15, & 16, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
  Matinees:  June 10 & 17, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2 Across by Jerry Mayer
  In San Francisco, two people meet on the Bart and their lives are changed for the better because of it.
  Directed by Kerry Jones
  July 6, 7, 13, & 14, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
  Matinees:  July 8 & 15, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre will hold auditions for Mame, the musical, Sunday, June 3, 2007, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the University of La Verne Dailey Theatre, 1950 S. Third St. in La Verne.

Be prepared to sing 32 bars of your choice, read from script, and dance if needed. Bring sheet music. An accompanist will be provided.

All parts open EXCEPT Mame, Beau, Vera, Gooch, Sally Cato, & Mrs. Upson. (Read on …)

Sequins! The Show Choir Musical plays at The Grove Theatre in historic downtown Upland. Sequins! is a wild romp through the wonderful world of high school competition show choirs. This new original musical comedy spoofs teenage angst and competition stress as two schools prepare to compete at the prestigious Joseph Newton Show Choir Festival.

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The Little Princess will be presented at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater May 20, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.  All tickets are $15.00.   For tickets, call 866-653-8696 or order online at www.TemeculaTheater.org. (Read on …)

Due to popular pre-sales demand, Riverside Youth Theatre has added an additional performance of High School Musical on Sunday, May 20 at 6:00 PM.

Riverside Youth Theatre is proud to present High School Musical, the story of two high school students: Troy Bolton, captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical. Despite other students’ attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella persist and inspire others along the way.

Performances will be held at the Wallace Theatre, on the campus of California Baptist University, 8432 Magnolia Avenue in Riverside on:

• May 11,18,19 at 7:30 PM
• May 12,19 at 2:00 PM
• May 20 at 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM 

Tickets are $10 for all ages and seating is reserved. Please call (951) 756-4240 for ticket reservations or at www.RiversideYouthTheatre.org. 

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Corona Civic Light Opera will hold open auditions for their upcoming production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Thursday, May 17th (7:00 PM – 10:00 PM), at the YMCA facility, 3785 S. Neece St., in Corona (on the southeast corner of Magnolia Ave. & Neece St.); and on Saturday, May 19th (9:00 AM – 1:00 PM), at the First Congregational Church, 801 S. Ramona, in Corona.  Click here for maps and directions.

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The Ramona Pageant Association announces auditions for The Sound of Music. Maria, Captain Von Trapp, and the Von Trapp children are among all the roles which are open for the August 17-25 production.

Auditions for the musical will be held Saturday, May 19, at the Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre in Hemet.  Auditions for adult roles and children are scheduled at different times that day. (Read on …)

Crafton Hills College Fine Arts Department will present The Last Five Years May 11th & 12th @ 8:00 PM, a contemporary song-cycle musical that ingeniously chronicles the five year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up…or from break-up to meeting, depending on how you look at it. The college is located at 11711 Sand Canyon Road in Yucaipa.  Call (909) 389-3292 for more information.

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Heartland Players Theatre in Yucaipa is excited to introduce two of our young directors as natives of Yucaipa-RaeAnna Blanck and Andrew Strachen.

RaeAnna Blanck’s directing debut will open our showcase with the performances of You’ve Got Text! on May 11 at 8:00 p.m. and May 12 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. RaeAnna started working on the play in March, the first rehearsal was on April 12 with the young but very talented cast that she selected. RaeAnna has a long list of theatre experience as actress, technical supervisor, prop mistress and counselor for drama camps, but this will be her first time sitting in the director’s chair. She has a keen eye for detail, which no doubt, will prove to be a valuable quality for a director. (Read on …)

Riverside Community Players presents The Smell of the Kill, a comedy by Michele Lowe and directed by Jeff Richards, May 11-27.

Take three delicious, malicious wives, add three miserable, unloving husbands – and chill. That’s the recipe for this devilishly wicked, tantalizing comedy that had Broadway audiences cheering. At one of the couples’ regular dinner parties, the women exchange confidences, for the first time revealing the loveless state of their marriages. When the party takes an unexpected turn, leaving them facing the most outrageous dilemma of their lives, they make their choices with more than a little help from each other.  (Read on …)

Redlands Footlighters will hold auditions for The Underpants May 7 and 8 at 7pm at the theater, located at 1810 Barton Road, in Redlands. (Read on …)

Don’t miss the biggest event this Spring! Redlands Civic Light Opera presents the family classic You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown on May 10-20, 2007, at historic Clock Auditorium. Featuring Snoopy, Charlie, Linus, Lucy, and the gang, this thrilling spectacle will bring your favorite Peanuts characters to life right on the stage. Perfect for the whole family – and at affordable prices – this is one show you don’t want to miss!

Clock Auditorium
840 E. Citrus Ave , Redlands, CA 92373
Tickets from $20 – $37; special discounts for groups and seniors
ORDER TODAY!  (909) 335-1151

Fontana Mummers will hold auditions for the musical My Turn on Earth June 18th & 19th at 6:00 PM at Fontana Mummers’ theater located in Fontana at 8443 Nuevo Ave.  Need to cast three females and two males. Please come prepaired with a musical number.  For more information contact Cory Whitfield @ 323-559-4595 or the theatre 909-833-4052.