Events

The Actors Rep will hold auditions for “Cotton
Patch Gospel” on Sunday, January 22, and Sunday, January 29, 2012,
from 2:00 to 4:00PM, at the
Actors Rep theatre, 1009 North Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach.
Appointments are necessary. Please call 561-301-2588 for audition
time.

Five men - twenty to forty years old.
1 Banjo
1 Fiddle
1 Acoustical Bass
2 Guitars.
All must have acting ability and sing – 2 tenors, 2 baritones – 1 Bass
Rehearsals will begin January 25.
The play will be directed by Bob Carter.

Cotton Patch Gospel has been highly acclaimed by critics and the
public alike. This award-winning drama is a leg-slappin’, toe-tappin’,
hand clappin’, hoe-down of a story that retells the Gospels of Matthew
and John in the musical style of the present day South. In Cotton
Patch Gospel the faraway places of Nazareth, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem
are brought closer to the cities Atlanta and Valdosta, Georgia From
His birth in a Gainesville, Georgia, trailer to His Good Friday
lynching and Easter Sunday victory, the story of Mary Davidson’s son,
Jesus, is presented musically with zest and uninhibited joy. The music
that brings this story to life was written by the late Harry Chapin,
founder of World Hunger Year and composer of such well known hits as
“Cats in the Cradle” and “Taxi.” Chapin considered himself “born to
write the music for Cotton Patch Gospel.”  In his own words, “Cotton
Patch Gospel is special. It is a rare presentation that succeeds in
both entertaining us and sharing fresh insight into the Gospel, the
greatest story ever told.”

The auditions and show will be performed for the public in the new
studio theatre, 1009 North Dixie Highway, in down town West Palm
Beach, and most likely, area churches, and other venues. Performance
dates will be set following the casting.

For more information, call Bob Carter - 561-301-2588.
Musicians - Actors - Singers