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AUDITIONS TAPES FOR ROPE Accepted through August 13

Director: Aloysius Franklin

CHARACTERS:

BRANDON: The primary instigator in the murder. A very narcissistic intellectual who commits murder as an artistic experiment.

GRANILLO: Anxiety ridden accomplice to the murder. Seduced into doing the murder but as the party goes on his guilt festers.

SABS: The third roommate of the house.

LEILA: The victim’s crush.  She is a comedian at heart. Not a need for attention but a need to be seen.

CADELL: An accidentally radicalizing figure in the main character’s lives. The closest thing to a detective in this story.

KENNY: The older admittedly less smart brother of the victim. Embodies a certain toxic positivity about him.

AUNIKA: The richest of the group. Kenny’s courtship. She has a strong voice of her own.

KENNA: The most out-of-touch acting character and yet is secretly the most intelligent.  Came from the humblest of backgrounds in the group. Sabs’ best friend.

CHORUS: Needs to be comfortable with physicality and minor stunts. Plays various parts throughout the play, namely the victim of Brandon and Granillo.

Everyone is slightly juvenile and unserious.

Here’s how you submit your self tape:
Upload an unlisted YouTube video and send it to MagnoliaTheatreCollective@gmail.com with a cover letter and resume. 
Self tapes must include the following: Name, Age, Height, and the requirements in the flyer. Self tapes accepted until August 13.
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Show date: January 2026 TBD

‘Art’ by Yasmina Reza

Director: Tim Messina

Synopsis: Three friends, Serge, Marc, and Yvan discuss Serge’s newest art acquisition…a painting that is completely 100% white and cost $200,000. The friends’ relationship suffers considerable strain as a result of their differing opinions about what constitutes “art”. The play, is about ideas – what is modern art and what is its value? How do we approach art, how do we relate to it and place a price on it? Does art fuel our soul? Or is art nothing more than an absurd – rather expensive – preoccupation for the rich?

Tickets: General $20    Students/Seniors/Military $15

Dates: August 14-16 @ 7:30 and August 16 & 17 @ 2:00

Wit, Wonder, and Wisdom Fundraiser

Your table is waiting at Magnolia Arts Center’s first cabaret! Sit and relax with a beverage from concessions as Michael Vetrano and pianist Dr. Josiah Stocker take you on journey of songs and stories about Michael’s life – from wit and wonder into wisdom. Written by Mollye Otis and directed by Justin Collis.

Wisdom begins with Wonder…and a little bit of Wit!

• Friday, Sept. 12 & Saturday, Sept. 13 @ 7:30 pm
• Sunday, Sept. 14 @ 2:00 pm

All tickets $15.

Urinetown by Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis Directed by Jeremiah Reid In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company. If the poor don’t obey the strict laws prohibiting free urination, they’ll be sent to the dreaded and mysterious “Urinetown.” After too long under the heel of the malevolent Caldwell B. Cladwell, the poor stage a revolt, led by a brave young hero, fighting tooth and nail for the freedom to pee “wherever you like, whenever you like, for as long as you like, and with whomever you like.” A brilliant satire, Urinetown is a wickedly funny, fast-paced, and surprisingly intelligent comedic romp. Tickets: General $20    Students/Seniors/Military: $15 Performance Dates: September 18-20 @ 7:30 September 20-21 @ 2:00 September 25-27 @ 7:30 September 27 @ 2:00

Barbershop at the MAC!!

Coming on Sunday, October 5 at 3:00 pm, The Carolina Chord Connection will be providing an afternoon of entertainment with a cappella barbershop harmonies, songs in a variety of styles, and jokes! The Carolina Chord Connection, based in Greenville, NC, is a chapter of the International Barbershop Harmony Society. It was formed in 1979 as a males-only group. It is now a male/female mixed chorus of approximately 20 members from all walks of life. Director Stephen Brand holds degrees in music from Appalachian State University and East Carolina University. All tickets $15. Into the Woods is a 1986 musical, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, that intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, such as “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Rapunzel”, & “Cinderella”, exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests.The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and encounters with other storybook characters during their journey. The show covers multiple themes: growing up, parents and children, accepting responsibility, morality, and finally, wish fulfillment and its consequences. October 30 and November 2 @ 7:30, November 1 and 2 @ 2:00 November 6-8 at 7:20, November 8 and 9 @ 2:00 General tickets: $20   Seniors/Students/Military: $15