April showers

may bring May flowers but it seems it has also brought a great deal of

theater to the area this month.

All of the

local theater companies, including Fayette Community Theatre Inc., House

Red, Southside Theater Guild and Newnan Community Theatre are active this

month with plays, auditions and workshops.

Fayette Community

Theatre is currently presenting "Dearly Departed" at Sams Auditorium.

The play is a comedy and focuses on a Southern family dealing with the

death of the father. FCT also will conduct auditions for "Annie"

April 23 and 24 with call backs scheduled for April 25.

Girls 8 - 12

can audition for the role of Annie. They must be able to sing, dance and

act and they must be available for all rehearsals, public appearances

and interviews and have no scheduling conflicts. The production also requires

12 girls 8 - 13 and 22 adult men and women 14 and older. Children 8 -

13 will audition April 23 at 5:45 p.m., while adults will audition at

8:15 p.m. Callbacks are the following two days.

Southside Theater

Guild is putting the finishing touches on "Shenandoah," a musical

drama revolving around a family's struggle to stay neutral during the

Civil War. Inevitably, the family is swept up into the conflict, and the

family's battle becomes a metaphor for the war itself. The show will be

presented April 19-21 and 26-28 as well as May 3-5 and 10-12. Call 770-969-0956.

Southside Theater

Guild also will conduct auditions for "You're A Good Man, Charlie

Brown" April 30 and May 1. Call 770-969-0956 for more details.

Newnan Community

Theatre Company's Xtras will perform "My Name is Alice" an Off-Broadway

revue about being and becoming a woman. The play was written by Joann

Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd and is a critically acclaimed production.

The show will be presented April 20 and 22. For tickets, call 770-683-NCTC.

House Red Theatre

Company will continue to perform "Crimes Of The Heart" Mondays

throughout April. The show deals with three sisters and their struggles

over a series of "bad days." Tickets are $30 per person and

include dinner and the show. Call 770-460-7778.

Offshoot Productions

will offer classes throughout the month as well. Acting basics is designed

for youngsters 7 to 11. It meets Tuesdays, April 3 - 24, from 2:30 - 3:30

p.m., and costs $28. No previous experience is required. Participants

will become comfortable on stage as they learn how to create characters,

analyze a scene, and work with partners.

The actor's

instruments: voice and movement for the stage is for ages 8 to 14. Scheduled

for Sunday, April 29 from 2 - 5 p.m., the session provides exercises and

scene work to help youngsters make the most of their natural abilities.

Cost is $25. For information and registration forms, call the Offshoot

office at 770-631-2362 or e-mail [email protected].

Creatures of

Habit, a local sketch comedy troop consisting of several high school students

and several local actors, will perform at McIntosh's Black Box Theatre

Friday, April 13 at 8 p.m. Admission is $5. Proceeds from the "Saturday

Night Live"-styled show will benefit the ECCA's community theater

project.

As you can

see, theater of every style is available in Fayette County this month.

Go out and support theater your community.

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