Curtain Call: A look at what’s happening on the local theater circuit

Flynn auditions

Flynn Arts will hold Summer Youth Theater auditions on Saturday, March 8, at 9:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. The 2014 musicals will be “Carrie, the Musical” and “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” Time slot 1 is 9:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (students should arrive between 9:30 and 9:45 a.m.) Time slot 2 is 2:45 to 6:30 p.m. (students should arrive between 2:30 and 2:45 p.m.) Send an email to flynnarts@flynncenter.org for a time slot.

Callbacks will be held on Sunday, March 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Visit flynncenter.org/education/take-a-class/summer-pr for more information on the auditions and program fees.

‘Vagina Monologues’

Back by popular demand, Lost Nation Theater presents Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” Feb. 6 to 9, at City Hall Arts Center, 39 Main St., Montpelier. Curtain is 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The show benefits CIRCLE, formerly the Battered Women’s Services (circlevt.org).

Not just a “chick show,” Ensler’s hilarious, eye-opening journey into the forbidden zone gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, and thoroughly human stories.

Lost Nation Theater’s production, as directed by Kathleen Keenan and Kris Weir, presents an intimate, comfortable conversation between actors and audience.

Tickets are $20; $15 for students and seniors: 229-0492; lostnationtheater.org.

‘The Cemetery Club’

Essex Community Players continues its season with “The Cemetery Club,” a comedy by Ivan Menchell about three Jewish widows who meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. The cast includes Ramona Godfrey of Waterbury Center as Doris, Betsy Jaffe as Lucille, Nancy Hale as Mildred, Robin Owens as Ida, and Josh Palace as Sam.

Performances are on Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, and 8, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 2 and 9, at 2 p.m. at Memorial Hall, Routes 15 and 128 and Towers Road, Essex Center. Tickets are $16 adults, $14 seniors (55 and over) and children 12 and under: essexplayers.com; 878-9109.

‘Mini Mud’ auditions

Auditions for the seventh annual Mini Mud Variety Show will be held Monday, March 3, at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph. The deadline to sign up for an audition is Monday, Feb. 24.

This annual youth version of Chandler’s original Mud Season Variety Show will be presented in the main hall on Saturday, March 29, at 7 p.m. 

Performers age 7 to 18 are invited to bring a vocal or instrumental musical offering, a dance, skit or magic trick, juggling, special drama piece, or another special talent to share, and are encouraged to get together in groups or ensembles; original music or choreography is encouraged. Acts should be well-rehearsed and no more than three minutes in length. Sign up for an audition time with Chandler Board President Janet Watton at president@chandler-arts.org or 728-9402.

—By Evelyn Wermer Frey

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