5 audition dates

Summer's over, actors. Time to get back on the stage and strut your stuff.
Following are five audition opportunities.

As for me, I'm finishing up a big deadline today and looking forward to a three-day weekend, hopefully with three naps, two rounds of golf and at least one cold beer. I better rest up, because if I read my trusty NJ Theatre Alliance press-opening calendar (where would I be without it?) correctly, I have six plays to review in the next four weeks.

As usual, no rest for Willie.

1. The Barn Theatre, Skyline Drive, Montville, will conduct auditions 2 p.m. Sept. 8 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, for its production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue, “A Grand Night For Singing.”
Roseann Ruggiero of Ledgewood will direct, with musical direction by Clifford Parrish of Bernardsville. The directors are looking for up to six women and four men, ages 20s to 60s, with parts available for several vocal ranges.
Auditioners are asked register within the first two hours of the audition and should prepare a show tune. Bring music in your key; an accompanist will be provided. Auditioners should also be prepared to learn a dance.
Performances will take place Nov. 9 through Dec. 1. All casted actors must be available for all performances, for the evenings of the entire tech week (Nov. 4-8) and for strike day on Dec. 2. For more information, call (973) 334-9320 or visit www.barntheatre.org.
2. Can you tell a joke? That will be part of the audition for The Chester Theatre Group’s production of “A Clean House.”
Auditions will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 9 and 7: 30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Black River Playhouse, corner of Maple and Grove, Chester. Kate Lyn Reiter will direct the comedy hit by Sarah Ruhl. Auditioners also will read from the script.
Ruhl earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 2005 for “A Clean House,” about a depressed Brazilian woman and budding comedienne who takes a housekeeping job with for an uptight female doctor. The play is described as “A delightfully quirky comedy that compares our divergent needs for orderliness and for laughter, exploring the messiness that comes along with life, the universe and joi de vivre.”
The lead role requires an actress who can appear to be in her 20s, can learn some dialogue in Portuguese and can tell a good joke.
Performances will be weekends in November. If you would like to audition but cannot attend the audition dates, call Cindy Alexander (908) 713-6207 and the company will attempt to make other arrangements.
3. The Women’s Theater Company will conduct auditions 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 6 for a staged reading of a new play scheduled for Sept. 25.
Nine parts are available for the reading of “Letting Go,” by Mary Lee Martin, at the Parsippany Playhouse, 1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha section. The company will follow with a full production of the play in March.
Male and female parts are available for actors ranging in age from early 30s to 60s. There also are parts for a child actor (who ages from age 6 to 8) and actress (age 12).
Those who wish to audition may simply show up. For additional information, call (973) 316-3033.
4. The County College of Morris Performing Arts Department will conduct auditions for the Disney musical, “Beauty and the Beast” 6:30 p.m. Thursday and again on Sept. 11.
Auditions will take place in the Dragonetti Auditorium, 214 Center Grove Road, Randolph. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and shoes for dancing. Music will be provided.
Performances are scheduled for Oct. 31 to Nov. 3. For more information, call (973) 328-5427.
5. The Harmonium Choral Society will conduct auditions Wednesday through Saturday for experienced choral singers interested in joining this Morristown-based group led by Artistic Director Anne Matlack.
Limited openings exist for excellent singers with good sight reading skills. The 20-minute auditions will take place at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison Avenue at Kings Road, Madison.
Harmonium presents three subscription concerts annually in the Morristown area and also participates in other events such as First Night Morris. For music educators seeking continuing education credits, Harmonium Choral Society is a registered New Jersey Professional Development Provider.
To schedule an audition appointment, call (973)-765-9028. Rehearsals will take place Sunday evenings following Labor Day and continuing through May at Grace Lutheran Church, 65 East Main St., Mendham. For more information, visit www.harmonium.org.