"Much Ado..." & GENERAL AUDITIONS this Month!

Auditions for "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare, our Summer Production will be held at the Dassel History Center from 6:00 - 9:00 PM on Saturday, April 20, Thursday April 25 and Sunday May 5

Auditions will be cold readings from the script. Please bring your schedules for known conflicts through summer.

Performances:

Friday, July 19 - Dassel History Center
Saturday, July 20 - Jomas Winery (Darwin)
Sunday, July 21 - Litchfield Opera House (Litchfield)
Thursday, July 25 - Masonic Park (Hutchinson)
Friday, July 26 - Peterson Park (Cokato)
Saturday, July 27 - Crow River Winery (Hutchinson)
Sunday, July 28 - Dassel History Center

A comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The primary plot of Much Ado About Nothing turns on the courtship and scandal involving young Hero and her suitor, Claudio, but the witty war of words between Claudio's friend Benedick and Hero's cousin Beatrice often takes center stage. Set in Messina, the play begins as Don Pedro's army returns after a victory.

Also during these auditions Fungus Among will be hosting GENERAL AUDITIONS to help select our 2024 - 2025 season. For more information and a list of shows under consideration please click the link below to read a letter from our Artistic Director David Metcalf

Announcing Summer Youth Theatre Camp

The FungusAmongus Players in partnership with Dassel-Cokato Community Education will be offering a Summer Youth Theatre Camp for Grades 1 - 8 July 22 - 28 at the Dassel-Cokato Performing Arts Center.

Amanda Byrne (Imberg) & Kay Wilson will be leading this camp. Registration will be announced in the summer Community Ed. brochure and FungusAmongus will also link to it on our social media channels.

This week-long theatre camp will give students the opportunity to develop their theatre and acting skills in a fun and interactive environment. Through games and activities, these young actors will explore ways to express their creativity and spontaneity as well as build their confidence. Besides covering theatre basics (like stage movement, blocking annotation and scoring a script) students will explore physicality and character expression, scene creation and interaction, improving dialogue and using body language as well as narrative structures and story arcs. Then campers will take the tools they learned all week in rehearsals to present a FREE final showcase performance for friends, family and fellow campers to celebrate their achievements.

Thank you to all who attended "The Crucible"

Thank you to all of our audience members for attending "The Crucible". We heard many positive comments as we produced this challenging work. Over 30 audience members stayed following our first Sunday matinee to engage with the cast and crew during a talkback session. We are also happy to announce that just over $500 toward our Student Scholarship fund during the run of the show. Thank you! 

Student Scholarship Reminder

As announced in our March Newsletter starting this season the funds that have been raised during our intermissions from freewill donations for treats has started to go into a fund to support a Student Scholarship which may be awarded annually based on applicants. It is open to graduating seniors and or students already attending a post secondary education that have participated in FungusAmongus productions. 

If you or a student you know would be a good candidate for this scholarship please follow the link below and complete an application, all applications must be postmarked or received via email no later than April 12th 2024.

So many ways to have fun with FungusAmongus!

You don't need to be on stage to have fun with FungusAmongus. For example, we're always looking for: 

• AV Club members - learn to run sound or light for our shows! 

• Stage Managing / Crew Members. Do you want to help behind the scenes with the magic that goes on during the show? Help manage the stage and with set during our productions!

• Treat wranglers. Could you bake some yummy bars for us to serve at intermission? Could you serve those treats and coffee at our shows?

• Stud sensors. Can you drive a nail, or paint a wall, or perhaps work some interior design magic? Our set-building crew is looking for you.
  

Get started by contacting us through our website or social media channels.