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Sept. 6, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Community Invited To Audition Sept.
17 and 18
For CSU Dominguez Hills Original Production
Carson, CA –The
California State University, Dominguez Hills Department of
Theatre Arts is holding auditions for its second production
of the 2007-2008 season, the result of The Dominguez Bridge
Project, an ambitious undertaking to gather 40 years of faculty,
staff and student remembrances. The research has culminated
in the play “The Little College on a Hill,” written
by CSUDH alumnae Brenda Killian and Naomi Buckley. The play
will be presented on the University Theatre stage from Nov.
9 to 18.
Director Bill DeLuca, professor of theatre
arts at Dominguez Hills, encourages community members to
audition for one of
the 25 roles in the play, explaining that community is what
the play is all about. No acting experience is necessary.
Auditions are from noon to 5 p.m. in the Loker Student Union
and from 7 to 9 p.m. in the University Theatre on Monday,
Sept. 17. A third audition is from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
18, also
in
the University Theatre.
The story revolves around three students
trying to finish a documentary about the university. They — and the
audience — listen and watch as the stories of the university
come to life; ultimately one of them will make a decision
that will change the rest of his life.
CASTING FOR 25 ROLES (Including):
Correy: A young Latina student; junior; bright with an easy
way about her that makes her well liked.
Keven: A young black student. He is majoring in film and
television. He is also a junior. He has a strong personality
with definite opinions.
Eli: Late 20s/early 30s. Served in Iraq and was wounded.
He is paralyzed from the waist down. He is the older and
wiser friend.
Present Peter: 60s. Very nice and
charming. Nostalgic about his class of ’66.
Young Peter: Peter in 1965-66 while
he was attending the then-named California State College
at Palos Verdes. Wears
black-rimmed glasses and looks nerdy; a reporter for the
Mariner, the school’s first newspaper.
Young Margaret: A beautiful black woman attending CSUDH
in the late 60s/early 70s. Confident and intelligent.
Judy: A classmate of Young Peter
in 1965-66. From Palos Verdes. She is a snob. She also
plays the “devil” character.
For further information, contact Bill DeLuca at (310) 243-2400
or e-mail him at bdeluca@csudh.edu.
The University Theatre complex on the campus of CSU Dominguez
Hills is located on Toro Center Drive/Tamcliff Street off
Victoria Street in the city of Carson. Metered parking lots
are within walking distance. Permits are $3 and can be purchased
at yellow kiosk machines near each lot.
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About
the Department of Theatre Arts -- Accredited by the National
Association of Schools of Theatre and
with memberships in
the California Education Theatre Association and the Southern
California Educational Theatre Association, the CSUDH Theatre
Arts Department stages six major theatrical productions each
season in either its 485-seat University Theatre or the more
intimate 70-seat Edison Studio Theatre. In addition to producing
actors and actresses, the department also educates students
to be part of the community. Through its Teatro Dominguez
multicultural theatre company students take on leadership
roles in touring original and ethnic shows to local K-12
schools; its Black Theatre Program provides courses, touring
shows and workshops that illuminate the black experience
for people of all ages and ethnicities; and the newly formed
Dominguez Bridge Theatre Company creates and produces original
plays that tell the story of the surrounding communities.
About
CSU Dominguez Hills -- California
State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse,
urban university located in the South Bay, primarily
serving the
Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself
on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered
environment.
Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
business administration, and digital media arts, new degree
programs include computer science, criminal justice,
recreation and leisure
studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus
is the Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex
that hosts
world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and
cycling.
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