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On Stage
The following is a list of upcoming productions and auditions in the Loudoun-Fairfax area. Productions : 'Peter and the Wolf.' The Loudoun Ballet Company presents "Peter and the Wolf" Sept. 27-28 at the new Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane in Purcellville.Show times are 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. each day.
The show is 30 minutes long. It is composed with original choreography and follows Prokofiev's original music score.
Tickets for all performances are $8 per seat and may be purchased at the door or reserved in advance by calling the Franklin Performing Arts Center box office at 540-338-7973.
In addition, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 9:30 a.m., there will be a special one-time performance to benefit Loudoun's schoolchildren. Tickets are $5 per student. DDE_LINKShakespeare weekend. The American Shakespeare Center's Touring Ensemble will present two performances at the Loudoun campus of Northern Virginia Community College in the Waddell Theater, 1000 Harry Byrd Highway, Sterling. The first will be "Hamlet" Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. The second is Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 and must be reserved advance; admission is free to NOVA students, faculty and staff but tickets still must be reserved. 703-948-7701. DDE_LINK
'Tootleloo.' A new musical drama by Loudoun producer and actor Tom Sweitzer goes onstage Oct. 11-12 at the Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane in Purcellville.
"Tootleloo" was inspired by the events of Sweitzer's childhood in Altoona, Pa., as he witnessed his mother's illness and death. The production, originally staged as "Sky" at The Hill Playhouse in Middleburg, was created from Sweitzer's memory of himself as a young boy coping with the fear of losing his mother. The family members' lives were changed at the entrance of a hospice volunteer who brought love, support, hope and magic to a young child's life.
The Oct. 11 performance will be preceded by a 6 p.m. benefit reception at the Loudoun Golf & Country Club, Purcellville. A dessert reception will follow the show. Tickets are $50 per person and sponsorships are available.
A goodwill donation is requested for admission to the 3 p.m. matinee Oct. 12.
The Franklin Park Arts Center box office has opened for both performances. Seating is limited. Call 540-338-7973.
Auditions
Wakefield Chorale. The Wakefield Chorale holds open rehearsals Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., in lecture hall B-167 of Lake Braddock Secondary School, 9200 Burke Lake Road in Burke. Call Jule at 703-451-7917.
Youth orchestra conductor. The Loudoun Symphony Association has an opening for the position of youth orchestra and string workshop conductor for the 2008-09 concert season.
The ideal candidate will have youth orchestra experience and lead both groups beginning in the fall.
The youth orchestra meets Wednesdays, 5-6:30 p.m., and the string workshop meets Wednesdays, 7-7:30 p.m.
Duties include conducting all rehearsals and concerts, acting as librarian for each group, coordinating parent volunteers and managers, holding auditions, and establishing a relationship with the music educators of the community.
The salary is $5,000.
Send resume, references, list of concerts/repertoire conducted and DVD to: Loudoun Symphony, c/o Mark Allen McCoy, P.O. Box 4478, Leesburg, VA 20177.
Master Singers. The Master Singers of Virginia, directed by Erik Reid Jones, are looking for new members.
The group is one of the premier a cappella choral ensembles in Northern Virginia, concentrating on 20th- and 21st-century choral music. The Master Singers perform three major concert programs each season, as well as other engagements throughout Northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C., area. This will be the Master Singers' 14th season.
The concert series scheduled for this season includes Benjamin Britten's "A Boy Was Born," Francis Poulenc's "Mass in G Major," William Byrd's "Mass for Five Voices" and Shakespeare songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Martin and Jaakko Mantyjarvi.
To schedule an audition, call Mary Ellen Bufal at 703-729-5269. For more information, visit www.msva.org.
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