From the man who gave us Guys and Dolls comes a tender and powerfully personal love story about a middle-aged vintner, Tony Esposito, whose mail-order marriage proposal is accepted under the girl’s mistaken assumption that a photo of Tony’s young, handsome foreman is her intended husband.

A grand Broadway hit, The Most Happy Fella is full of soaring romantic melodies and catchy show-stoppers, including the favorite “Standing on the Corner.” (Read on …)

Fontana Community Players will be holding auditions for Rocky Horror Show, directed by Joe Impesado.  Auditions will be held July 28, 29 and 30th at 7pm at the theatre, located at 8443 Nuevo Ave in Fontana.

All roles are open – any age, ethnicity welcome. (Read on …)

Fontana Community Players is currently in need of a choreographer for Rocky Horror Show.

This position pays a small stipend, with audtions in August, rehearsals in August/September and one weekend of performances in October at the March Air Force Base in Moreno Valley.

All interested applicants should email the Artistic Director, John Edous, at jedous@verizon.net or call 909-822-4052.

Fontana Community Players is accepting submissions for directors for Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues.
 
This is a volunteer position, with auditions in August, rehearsals in August/September and one weekend of shows in October at the March Air Force Base in Moreno Valley.

All interested applicants should email the Artistic Director, John Edous, at jedous@verizon.net or call 909-822-4052.

Riverside Community Players will hold auditions for their main series comedy, 4 Beekman, by Ron Clark and directed by Rory Dyer.

A May-December couple has just returned from their honeymoon, and the bride is shocked to find that her new husband has unwittingly bought the very same apartment that she used to live in with her ex-husband. Not only that, her ex-husband has bought the apartment right next door to their’s. But romance reigns and all ends well in this swift-moving comedy.  (Playing September 4 – 20, 2009) (Read on …)

Riverside Community Players will hold auditions for their family series show, The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams, adapted by Scott Davidson, and directed by Jennifer Young Lawson.

This timeless tale of love and sacrifice as revealed through the story of a small stuffed rabbit given as a gift to a little boy is a gentle and tender fable for the young and young at heart.  (Playing October 2 – 4, 2009) (Read on …)

Auditions for the Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be held at Yucaipa Little Theatre on July 27 and 28, 6 – 9 pm.

In Stephen Sondheim’s 1979 stage musical, Todd is reinvented as a tragic character driven by revenge rather than greed and whose real name is Benjamin Barker. (Read on …)

Nearly a dozen young area dancers, ages 9 to 19, have been hard at work to showcase their talent for the upcoming “Just Dance!” performance on Sat., July 25, at 1 pm, at the Yucaipa Little Theatre.  This event will feature unique choreography to songs made popular by Broadway musicals and popular culture including “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from Hairspray, “Seize the Day” from Newsies, and “Perfect Day” by Hoku. (Read on …)

Oliver! The Musical opens Thursday, July 23, at 7:30, at the Yucaipa Little Theater.

Based on Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, the story follows orphan Oliver and his adventures from workhouse to funeral parlor and finally to his perilous friendship with the Artful Dodger his mentor, Fagin, the master thief.

The show features several memorable songs such as “Consider Yourself,” “Food, Glorious Food,” and “I’d Do Anything.”  The cast of more than 30 local thespians is hard at work on choreography and is excited about the upcoming opening weekend.

The show runs three weekends from July 23 to August 9, 2009. Evening performances are at 7:30 p.m. on July 23, 24, 25, 31 and August 1, 7 and 8.  Matinee performances are at 3:30 p.m. on July 26, and August 2 and 9. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for senior, students, and children. Family tickets are $25, and groups of eight or more may purchase tickets for $6 each.

For more information, visit the theatre’s web site www.yucaipalittletheatre.com, or call (909) 790-1884. Yucaipa Little Theatre is located at 12135 California Street, Yucaipa, CA 92399.

Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. on July 27 and 28 at Seventh Street Theatre, 13123 Seventh St. in Chino, for Chino Community Theatre’s production of On Golden Pond, written by Earnest Thompson and directed by Chris Diehl.

Actors of all ages are needed. For information, leave a message at 909-590-1149 or for a character breakdown, visit www.chinocommunitytheatre.org.