Give it a shot! Audition!!!

Tryouts slated for last weekend in February at Aldersgate Methodist Church

To those who are considering auditioning for what will be an historic event for Butte, it will be well worth your time. Only once in our lives do we have the opportunity to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine fire of 1917. We, therefore, have no choice but to produce No Greater Love. We also have no choice but to perform the piece at the highest level of which the community is capable and can be proud. Auditions are therefore required.

The purpose of the audition is to provide actors and singers interested in being on the Mother Lode stage on June 9-10 the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Sure...the process is unnerving. Sure...it is time consuming.  Sure...there is a chance that a person who auditions may not get the role that was sought.

But if we tip this thing upside down, we can think of this whole opportunity as exciting, as something considerably better than watching television for a month or trying to untangle the U.S. political knots, and what if...just what if you are accepted as a member of the cast. Your life will be forever changed and you will never forget it. Butte's history and culture will also be improved because of your willingness to step out and do something extraordinary.

My advice: give it a shot. Audition.
Auditions are from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25 and 26, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1621 Thornton Ave., near the Racetrack Fire Hall in Butte.

Audition information and character description, music excerpts and script excerpts will also be available on Monday, Feb. 13, at the Butte Archives, 17 W. Quartz St. in Uptown Butte.

Those interested in auditioning must schedule an audition time on Saturday, Feb. 25, by calling the Archives at (406) 782-3280. Call-backs will be set for Sunday, Feb. 26.

Note: Rehearsals will run from May 15 through June 3. A more detailed rehearsal schedule will be set once the cast has been determined.