Auburn Players auditioning for To Kill A Mockingbird

The Auburn Players Community Theatre invites actors and actresses of all ages, types and ethnicities, to audition for Christopher Sergel’s stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book To Kill a Mockingbird. Auditions will take place at First Presbyterian Church, 112 South St. in Auburn NY on February 9 & 10, 2014, with callback auditions to take place on Wednesday, February 12th. Set in fictional Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s, To Kill a Mockingbird is the coming of age story of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, the daughter of Atticus, a lawyer who, despite threats to himself and his family, defends a black man accused of assaulting a white woman. The narrator of the story, a grown-up Scout, looks back at her childhood, delivering a powerful message about prejudice, injustice, and humanity. When: Open Auditions (in order of arrival)Sunday, February 9 at 2:00 pm (Youth: Ages 8 – 15), and 4:00 pm (Adults)Monday, February 10 at 6:00 pm (Adults Only)Callbacks (by invitation only): Wednesday, February 12 at 6:00 pmWhat to prepare: Children will be asked to tell a story and may be asked to read from the script. Adults prepare a monologue about one minute in length.Where: First Presbyterian Church, 112 South St. in Auburn NY Performances: April 4 – 6, 2014 at Cayuga Community College in Auburn, NYFor More Information, call 315.702.7832 or visit www.auburnplayers.org