*Muskegon Civic Theatre is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is actively seeking actors and volunteers of all races, lifestyles, and backgrounds. We encourage anyone who is interested to volunteer and/or audition. Every auditioner will be considered for any role unless the race, age, or gender of a character is integral to the story, or has been explicitly specified by the playwright and itemized in the production contract.
We are seeking qualified individuals to fill artistic staff positions for our 2023-2024 season of productions. All positions are currently available.
If you are interested in directing, music direction, choreographing, stage management, scenic, lighting, sound, costume, or makeup design; as well as, properties, set dressing, and scenic painting you are asked to submit a letter of interest by email to Kirk Wahamaki, the Artistic Director of Muskegon Civic Theatre. kwahamaki@muskegoncivictheatre.org by June 1, 2023.
www.muskegoncivictheatre.org
kwahamaki@muskegoncivictheatre.org
Phone 231.722.3852

A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!
Auditions— Aug 14, 15, & 16, 2023 Rehearsals— Aug 21—Sept 28, 2023 Tech—Oct 1—5, 2023 Run—Oct 6—21, 2023
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When Annie's husband John dies of leukemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow Women's Institute members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their newfound fame .
Auditions—Sept 25, 26 & 27, 2023 Rehearsals— Oct 9—Nov 9, 2023 Tech—Nov 12—16, 2023 Run—Nov 17---Dec 3, 2023
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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.
BLACK BOX PRODUCTION Auditions—Nov 6, 7, & 8, 2023 Rehearsals—Nov 28, 2023---Jan 5, 2024 Tech—Jan 7—11, 2024 Run—Jan 12—20, 2024
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The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks & Curls is a collection of monologues and scenes exploring the complex relationship women have with their hair. From Afros to braids, weddings and funerals, falling in love to grieving a loss, these stories serve as a powerful reminder that for Black women in particular, hair is both deeply personal and political. These heartbreaking, heartwarming and hilarious stories will take audiences on an unparalleled journey into the world of Black womanhood.
Auditions—Dec 11, 12 &13, 2023 Rehearsals—Jan 2—Feb 3, 2024 Tech—Feb 4—8, 2024 Run—Feb 9—24, 2024
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Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, noted playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime is the winner of the 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score. Called by TIME Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimed musical is filled with pageantry, emotion and hope, bursting onto the stage like no other musical. At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing... and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together – that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician – united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future. Together, they confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair... and what it means to live in America
Auditions—Feb 19, 20 & 21, 2024 Rehearsals—Feb 26—April 25, 2024 Tech—April 28—May 1, 2024 Run—May 2—5 2024
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