Lakeland Community Theatre

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
2022-10-20 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Lakeland Community Theatre, 121 S Lake Ave, Lakeland, FL, 33801, United States
October 19 & 20, 2022
An “unauthorized continuation,” the play reimagines characters from the popular comic strip Peanuts as degenerate teenagers. When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that’s both haunting and hopeful.
By Bert V Royal

Auditions: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr.
2022-10-15 10:00 - 17:00
Audition Date: October 15th 10am-5pm, Callback October 16th 5pm
You must schedule a time to audition. Email Bridge Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to schedule.
Ages 8-18
You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition. Auditionees must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 16 bars. An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Be prepared to learn choreography at the audition.

Lionel Bart's Oliver! Jr
2022-10-09 18:30 - 20:00
October 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2022
Consider yourself at home with Oliver! JR., the Broadway Junior version of Lionel Bart’s classic musical based on Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actors and audience members alike.
The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family.
By Lionel Bart

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
2022-09-18 14:00 - 17:00
September 9, 10, 11 & 16, 17, 18, 2022
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a witty musical revue that tackles modern love in all its forms.: from the perils and pitfalls of the first date to marriage, children, and the twilight years of life. Set in the modern world and told in a series of vignettes and songs I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Chances traces the overall arc of relationships throughout the course of a life. It’s everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit.
By Joe DiPietro, Jimmy Roberts

Auditions: Dog Sees God
2022-09-17 14:00 - 16:00
Audition Date: September 17th 2pm
Please email Bridge Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form
Ages 18+
You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition. No Monologue required. Be prepared to do a cold reading from the script.

Auditions: The 39 Steps
2022-09-13 18:30 - 20:00
Auditions Dates: September 12th & 13th, Callbacks September 15th
Please email Bridge Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form
Ages 16-65+
You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition. No Monologue required. Be prepared to do a cold reading from the script.

Auditions: Oliver! Jr.
2022-08-13 10:00 - 17:00
Audition Date: August 13th, Callbacks August 14th
You must schedule a time to audition. Email Bridge Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to schedule.
Ages 6-18
You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition. Auditionees must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 16 bars. An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Be prepared to learn choreography at the audition.

The Spongebob Musical
2022-07-24 14:00 - 17:00
Description
The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world!
Audition Dates
May 9th & 10th 6:30pm
Additional Info
By Kyle Jarrow and Tina Landau

Auditions: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
2022-07-12 18:30 - 20:00
Audition Dates: July 11th & 12th 2022, Callbacks July 14th
Please email Bridge Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form.
Ages 16-65+
You must be available for all performances.
All roles are open to audition. All auditionees must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 16 bars, but no more of a fully memorized Broadway-style, Country or Pop musical selection that showcases your vocal range (Please no songs from the show). An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing as you will be required to learn a dance combo during the audition.

Disney's Descendants: The Musical
2022-06-19 14:00 - 15:30
Description
Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical is a brand-new musical comedy featuring the beloved characters and hit songs from the films!
It is present-day, and in the kingdom of Auradon, all of Disney’s beloved heroes and royalty are living happily ever after, safe from the terrifying villains and troublesome sidekicks they have banished to the magic-free Isle of the Lost. That is until Ben, the benevolent teenage son of Belle and King Adam (The Beast), offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of the evilest villains. Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos – the children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Cruella De Vil, and Jafar – are welcomed to Auradon Prep to attend school with the children of their parents’ sworn enemies. Now entering a completely foreign world and way of life, the four Villain Kids have a difficult choice to make: should they follow in their parents’ wicked footsteps or learn to be good?
Audition Date
April 9th 10:00am
Additional Info
Book & Additional Lyrics by Nick Blaemire
Music Adaptation by Madeline Smith

Auditions: The Spongebob Musical
2022-05-10 18:30 - 20:00
Audition Dates: May 9 & 10 at 6:30pm, Callbacks May 10
Please email Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form.
Ages 16-65+
You must be available for all performances.
All roles are open to audition. All auditionees must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 16 bars, but no more of a fully memorized Broadway-style, Country or Pop musical selection that showcases your vocal range (Please no songs from the show). An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing as you will be required to learn a dance combo during the audition.

Mockingbird
2022-04-28 19:30 - 22:00
Description
Caitlin is an 11-year-old girl on the autism spectrum. Not all things make sense to her. Emotions are mysterious and voices are almost always too loud. Suddenly, she must grapple with the unthinkable: a mass shooting has taken her brother away. He was the one person who helped her cope. Now she is alone with her grieving father and a cacophony of children at school. She struggles to understand empathy, what facial expressions mean and why a drawing might have more than one color. We see the world from Caitlin’s point of view. We struggle as she does. We also take comfort in the times when she finds a friend, draws a multicolored mockingbird and can finally cry for her brother.
Audition Date
TBD
Additional Info
Adapted by Julie Jensen from the National Book Award-winning novel by Kathryn Erskine

Rumors
2022-04-17 14:00 - 17:00
Description
At a large, tastefully-appointed Sneden’s Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room, and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken, and wife, Chris, must get “the story” straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.
Audition Dates
February 28th & March 1st 6:30pm
Additional Info
By Neil Simon

Auditions: Disney's Descendants
2022-04-09 10:00 - 17:00
Audition Date: April 9th 10am-5pm. You must schedule a time to audition. Email Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to schedule. Callbacks April 10th 5pm
Ages 12+
Auditionees must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 16 bars. An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Be prepared to learn choreography at the audition. You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition.

Hand to God
2022-03-17 19:30 - 22:00
Description
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and—most especially—his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. HAND TO GOD explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.
Audition Date
February 21st 6:30pm
Additional Info
By Robert Askins

Sister Act
2022-03-06 14:00 - 17:00
Description
Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring original music by Tony- and eight-time Oscar winner, Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors), this uplifting musical was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
When disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won’t be a found: a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but, in doing so, blows her cover. Soon, the gang is giving chase, only to find them up against Deloris and the power of her newly found sisterhood.
Audition Dates
December 13th & 14th 6:30pm
Additional Info
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner
Additional Book Material by Douglas Carter Beane

Auditions: Rumors
2022-03-01 18:30 - 20:00
Audition Dates: February 28 & March 1 at 6:30pm, Callbacks March 3
Please email Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form
Ages 16-65+
You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition. No Monologue required.

Auditions: Hand to God
2022-02-21 18:30 - 20:00
Audition Date: February 21 at 6:30pm
Please email Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form
Ages 18+
You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition. No Monologue required.

Madeline Joins the Circus
2022-01-23 18:30 - 20:00
Description
Madeline Joins the Circus tells the story of when Madeline and her friend, Pepito, get lost during a visit to the carnival and end up being carried away by gypsies, their rousing adventures with a traveling circus begin! But poor Miss Clavel won’t rest until she has brought them safely home. This new musical bursts with daring circus acts, song and sweet silliness.
Audition Date
November 6th 10:00am
Additional Info
Based on the book by Ludwig Bemelmans
Adapted by Barry Kornhauser
Music by Michael Koerner

Auditions: Sister Act
2021-12-14 18:30 - 20:00
Audition Dates: December 13 & 14 at 6:30pm, Callbacks December 16
Please email Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form.
Ages 16-65+
You must be available for all performances.
All roles are open to audition. All auditionees must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 16 bars, but no more of a fully memorized Broadway-style, Country or Pop musical selection that showcases your vocal range (Please no songs from the show). An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing as you will be required to learn a dance combo during the audition.

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
2021-12-12 14:00 - 17:00
Description
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.
Audition Dates
October 11th & 12th 6:30pm
Additional Info
By Joe Landry

The Fox on the Fairway
2021-11-14 14:00 - 17:00
Description
A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, A Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp, which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it’s a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers’ classics. A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man’s eternal love affair with…golf.
Audition Dates
September 13th & 14th 6:30pm
Additional Info
By Ken Ludwig

Auditions: Madeline Joins the Circus
2021-11-06 10:00 - 17:00
Audition Date: November 6th 10am-5pm. Email Bridgette to schedule an audition time and receive the audition form. Callbacks November 7th 5pm
Ages 9-18
Auditionees must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 16 bars. An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Be prepared to learn choreography at the audition. You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2021-10-21 19:30 - 22:00
Description
15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.
Audition Date
September 21st 6:30pm
Additional Info
By Simon Stephens
Based on the novel by Mark Haddon

Auditions: It's a Wonderful Life
2021-10-12 18:30 - 20:00
Audition Dates: October 11 & 12 at 6:30pm, Callbacks October 14
Please email Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form
Ages 16-65+
You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition. No Monologue required.

My Son Pinocchio
2021-10-10 18:30 - 20:00
Description
In Disney’s My Son Pinocchio Jr. the classic tale of toymaker, Geppetto’s, little wooden puppet is given new life. This new musical, which retells the Disney story from Geppetto’s perspective, features the beloved songs, “When You Wish upon a Star” and “I’ve Got No Strings,” alongside a host of new songs by Oscar- and Grammy Award winner and master melodist, Stephen Schwartz, tackling timely issues about what it means to be “the perfect child” – and what it means to be “a real father.”
Join the Blue Fairy, Stromboli and a lively cast of characters as Geppetto journeys beyond the toyshop to discover the meaning of family. When the Blue Fairy grants Geppetto’s wish to bring his beloved puppet to life, the new father quickly learns that being a parent is full of challenges. He struggles to make his son “the perfect boy,” only to lose him to a gang of Roustabouts. It is only when faced with the thought of never seeing Pinocchio again that Geppetto truly learns the joys of being a father and loving his child unconditionally.
Audition Dates
August 14th 10:00am
Additional Info
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by David Stern

Auditions: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
2021-09-21 18:30 - 20:00
Audition Date: September 21 at 6:30pm
Please email Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form
Ages TBD
You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition. No Monologue required.

Hands on a Hardbody
2021-09-19 14:00 - 17:00
Description
For ten Texans who are down on their luck, the chance at a new life is only fifty-some hours and a hardbody truck away. Based on the real-life “Hands on a Hard Body Contest,” chronicled in the 1997 documentary Hands on a Hardbody, this all-American musical tells the story of a small-town Texas endurance contest, where the contestant who keeps their hands on a truck the longest, gets to keep the truck. With tuneful country-rock melodies and soulful lyrics by Phish’s Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio, Hands on a Hardbody explores a diverse cross-section of a small-town Texas community and the trials they’ll endure for a chance to win a Nissan hardbody truck. From Jesus-loving Norma Valverde and injured and out-of-work J.D. to boastful former winner Benny and hopeful dreamer Kelli, each character has their own vision for the realization of their American Dream — and they’ll keep their hands on it as long as they can.
Audition Dates
July 12th & 13th 6:30pm
Additional Info
Book by Doug Wright
Lyrics by Amanda Green
Music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green

Auditions: The Fox on the Fairway
2021-09-14 18:30 - 20:00
Audition Dates: September 13 & 14 at 6:30pm, Callbacks September 16
Please email Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com to receive the audition form
Ages 18+
You must be available for all performances. All roles open to audition. No Monologue required.

Auditions: My Son Pinocchio Jr
2021-08-14 10:00 - 17:00
Audition Date: August 14th 10am-5pm. Auditions must be scheduled ahead of time with Bridgette Rhodes brhodeslct@gmail.com, Callbacks August 15th 5pm
Ages 6-18
Auditionees must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 16 bars. An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Be prepared to learn choreography at the audition. You must be available for all performances. All roles are open to audition.
