If you’re new to Wesleyan, you will soon realize that there’s almost always something artsy going on over the weekend. A large part of this activity is due to the hard work of Second Stage, the student theater organization that helps manage funds for shows designed, directed, and performed by Wesleyan students.
Since 1972, Second Stage has helped both theater and non-theater majors hone their craft in an extremely supportive community filled with creative and unique students. According to its website, Second Stage produced 24 shows last semester, which included plays, musicals, student-written pieces, thesis projects, and the like. With a few shows this semester already cast and in rehearsal, here’s some brief information on a few of the upcoming auditions. More will be announced in the coming weeks as the semester kicks into full gear.
Auditions:
Location: Fayerweather 106 (Building Next to Usdan)
Time: Wednesday, Sept. 5, 7-9 p.m. or Thursday, Sept. 6, 7-9 p.m.
Synopsis: After searching the black market for his missing left hand for the past 27 years, Carmichael stumbles upon two drug dealers with a hand to sell. Throw in a bitter hotel clerk and dozens of disembodied hands and things start to get crazy.
“Eyes of a Blue Dog”
Location: Jones Room in the CFA Theater Building
Time: Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7-10 p.m. or Thursday, Sept. 13, 7-10 p.m.
Synopsis: In the play, which is based on three short stories by Gabriel García Márquez, a man and a woman who have been meeting every night in their dreams for years are unable to find each other in their waking lives.
Location: Jones Room in the CFA Theater Building
Time: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 4:30-6:30 p.m. or Wednesday, Sept. 5, 4-6 p.m.
Synopsis: In 1982, three pot-smoking teenagers resoundingly reject the 1960s ideals of their affluent parents. In hilarious and bittersweet detail, “Youth” presents a living snapshot of the moment between adolescence and adulthood by following three very lost souls at the dawn of the Reagan era.
Location: TBA
Time: Thursday, Sept. 6, 5-8 p.m. or Friday, Sept. 7, 4-7:30 p.m.
Synopsis: Based on the German Expressionist play, this musical follows a group of teenagers as they discover their budding sexuality and voice their turmoil through a killer rock score.