Got a note with new headshots and resume from Kaitlyn that look great -- she also said, "I just wanted to let you know that I am in LA for the summer trying to get some work! It is gorgeous out here and we are staying busy. I got new headshots done and we are sending out postcards to casting directors! My agent is submitting me for projects and so am I. Nothing has happened yet, but hopefully soon! Just wanted to keep you updated on what’s going on!" AG

Got this from Darren this afternoon. AG

"The Diary of Anne Frank" at the Olathe Community Theater (500 E. Loula,
Olathe, KS) still needs a twentysomething or teenage actor who can play
the role of Peter Van Daan. This is a terrific role (you're on stage
through the entire show and have several key scenes), yet no
age-appropriate actors showed up at auditions this past weekend. (All of
the other roles are currently being cast from the auditions.)

If you're interested, please contact the director at
darrendseb@yahoo.com for an audition appointment. Audition sides are
available on the home page of the theater site: www.olathetheatre.org.

Here's the review we received in the Johnson County Sun Newspaper. Note -- the number at the end of the article should read 816-674-5601. AG

Cynicism, social drama, musical on area stages
BY: Russ Simmons, Theater Reviewer
Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:11 AM CDT

SPEED-THE-PLOW

A production of one of David Mamet's most cynical and observant plays marks the theatrical return of a homegrown actor who hasn't made a stage appearance in 30 years.

Jeff East, the local boy who became a star in the 1970s in movies such as “Tom Sawyer” and “Superman,” is currently appearing in the Down Every Street/Actor's Training Studio production of “Speed-the-Plow.”

Auditions for "The Diary of Anne Frank" will be
held at The Olathe Community Theater at 500 East
Loula on Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24,
from Noon - 4:00 p.m. each day. (Callbacks will
be held on the evening of Tuesday, June 26, if
needed.)

This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic by
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett newly
adapted by Wendy Kesselman. The show will be
directed by Darren Sextro and stage managed by
D.K. Evenson. It's highly recommended that
auditioners read the play ahead of time or at
least familiarize themselves with the story.

The show calls for one teenage actress (Anne

Milo is an ATS actor and active member of the IFC board. AG

Casting Call
for the One Night Stand Film Festival
Saturday, June 30th

I’m looking for a reasonable good looking male actor in his 20's to play a pickup artist. He will need to be able to exude extreme cockiness.

The premise is as follows: A pickup artist sees an attractive girl walking down the street and attempts to pick her up armed with nothing swaggering bravado.

About the One Night Stand Film Festival:

The festival in an annual event put on by the Independent Filmmakers Coalition and will take place this year on June 30th.

I got this from ATS Actor Linda Levin, who's taking a role in it. AG

Joe Baehr needs male actors of various ages for a one-act that will be performed at this year's Fringe Festival. The one act was written by Joe and is a political farce told as an allegory. Six actors, their director, and a soundman are translating a Japanese monster movie into English. Little memorization is involved as actors will read from a script as they "translate". Sounds like great fun. Rehearsals begin July 15th. For more information, have interested actors contact Joe Baehr at 913-449-4212.

ATS alum Darren Sextro directing! AG

Auditions for "The Diary of Anne Frank" will be
held at The Olathe Community Theater at 500 East
Loula on Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24,
from Noon - 4:00 p.m. each day. (Callbacks will
be held on the evening of Tuesday, June 26, if
needed.)

This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic by
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett newly
adapted by Wendy Kesselman. The show will be
directed by Darren Sextro and stage managed by
D.K. Evenson. It's highly recommended that
auditioners read the play ahead of time or at
least familiarize themselves with the story.

Auditions for "Nunsensations -- the Nunsense
Vegas Revue" will be held at The Olathe
Community Theater at 500 East Loula on Monday,
June 18 and Tuesday, June 19 from 7:00 - 9:30
p.m. (Callbacks will be held Wednesday, June 20
if needed.) This is the sixth show by Dan
Goggin involving those beloved Little Sisters of
Hoboken: Reverend Mother Mary Regina; Sister
Amnesia and her puppet sidekick Sister Mary
Annette; Mistress of Novices Sister Hubert,
street-wise Sister Robert Anne, and the novice,
Sister Leo. The show is directed and
choreographed by Therese Riley with Musical

Seem-To-Be Players
(Professional)

Looking for 2 professional male actors (one
juvenile & one character)
for Repertory Tour by playwright/director Ric
Averill: Rehearsals begin early October, 2007
and the two productions of RAPUNZEL and ANT AND
THE GRASSHOPPER go up in late October, touring
through mid-November. The tour resumes in early
February of 2008 and continues through late
April (with some weeks dark)

For audition, contact Ric Averill, (785) 843-
2787, ext. 123 or email at
lacdrama@sunflower.com. Auditions, rehearsals
and home performances are at the Lawrence Arts

Full Frontal Comedy is seeking funny people with on-stage
theater experience for it's fall 2007 season.

Auditions will be held for Full Frontal Comedy's upcoming
season of shows. Full Frontal Comedy performs short-form
improvisational games, long-form, musical games, musical
parodies, and scripted comedy sketches.

Some theater experience is required. Improv experience is
preferred, but not required. Knowledge of pop culture and
current events is a plus.

DATE: Sunday, July 15
TIME: 1:00 p.m. (plan on staying three hours)
LOCATION: Olathe Community Theatre , 500 E. Loula, in

Minds Eye Theatre is holding auditions for its
2007/2008 season.

Auditions will be held at the Commercial Actors
Studio, 1616 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO from
2pm to 4pm on Saturday, June 9. Call backs will
be held on Sunday, June 10 from 2pm to 4pm.

YIDDISH WITH DICK AND JANE
by Barbara Davilman and Ellis Weiner
Adapted by Sara Crow

Needed: 10 women and men, various ages and
ethnicities.

This Kansas City Premier is an adaptation of the
hilarious book by Barbara Davilman and Ellis
Weiner. The authors have taken the classic Dick
and Jane stories from our childhood and brought

view full poster

Local Stage Production to Feature Superman Star

Jeff East, star of television and film, including Superman: The Movie and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, appears in a local production of Speed-the-Plow, by David Mamet. Speed-the-Plow is presented by Down Every Street Productions in collaboration with the Actor Training Studio. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 PM, June 14 through June 30 at the Black Box Theatre in the Carlsen Center at the Johnson County Community College.