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AUDITIONS AUDITION DATESSunday, November 5th at 7:00pmMonday, November 6th at 7:00pm

CASTINGSeeking a highly diverse cast of 17 actors ages 16 and up.

REQUIREMENTSThose auditioning will need to prepare 16-32 bars of arock/pop/metal song from the 80s/90s (Pat Bentar, Whitesnake,Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, KISS, Styx, etc.) and you may sing from the show. You may also be taught a movement combination and may be asked read from the script.

CREWProduction Crew positions are available for Light BoardOperator, Sound Board Operator, Follow Spot Operators, FloorCrew, Fly Crew, Props Crew, Hair/Make Up Crew and Dressers.

REHEARSAL SCHEDULERehearsals will be held Monday through Friday from 7:00pm – 10:00pm beginning November 27th – January 25th(There will be no rehearsals December 22nd – January 2nd)

PERFORMANCESJanuary 26th – February 11th, 2018

AUDITION PREPFREE Inside the Civic Audition WorkshopsSaturday, October 28th, 2017ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHERNicki Poer

MUSICAL DIRECTORCourtney Carpenter

GENERAL INFORMATIONScripts are available and may be checked out of the Business Office with a $5.00 (cash only) refundable deposit.

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ADVANCE REGISTRATION

IS REQUIREDBIGGER. BOLDER.

Jan. 26 – Feb. 11The parish TheaTre • musical

Leave the kids at home and relive the eighties with the loudest,proudest show of the season! It’s the tail end of the big bad 1980’sin Hollywood where the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net,Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s legendary venues, a place where heartthrob Stacee Jaxx takes thestage and eager groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality.Amid the madness, aspiring rock star Drew longs to take the stageas the next mega-star, but his rock and roll dreams are about to endwhen German developers sweep into town with plans to turn thefabled Strip into just another strip mall! Can Drew and his gang save the Strip before it’s too late? Rock of Ages takes you back tothe time of big bands, with big egos, playing big guitar solos. ABroadway musical featuring hits from Journey, Bon Jovi, Poison,Styx, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and others, Rock of Ages has it all.

Book by Chris D’ArienzoMusic Arranged & Orchestrated by Ethan Popp

Original Arrangements by David Gibbs

To register or for more information visit

KazooCivic.comor email Volunteer@KazooCivic.com

or call the Director of Volunteers at 269-343-2280 x1013

“As the show opens with blinding lights, shredding

guitars and hammer-handed drumming, even

nonbelievers may start inhaling the Aqua Net and

embracing their inner rocker.”

– Variety

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NICKI POERDirector of

Rock of Ages

MEET THEDIRECTOR

Nicki first served as a choreographer for TheSound of Music at Stage 212 in LaSalle, IL over20 years ago and has not stopped since! Byday she serves as the Director of Education &Outreach here at the Civic where she overseesmany programs including the Academy ofTheatre Arts and Shakespeare Outside. Nickihas directed many productions here at TheCivic, including Shrek the Musical, The Hobbit,Peter Pan, Nuncrackers, James and the Giant

Peach and was Director/Choreographer for The Magical Adventures ofMerlin and for our world premiere of Sleepy Hollow, A Musical Tale.Nicki holds a BA in Theatre from Millikin University and her MFA inActing is from the University of Montana. Also a performer, she wasmost recently seen in the Parish Theatre as Cindy Barnes in Hands OnA Hardbody. Selected past stage roles include Eva Peron (Evita), AdoAnnie (Oklahoma!), Mrs. Cratchit (A Christmas Carol), Irene Roth (Crazyfor You), Prudie Cupp (Pump Boys and Dinettes), and one of herfavorites, Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Twelfth Night). Nicki has also servedas a makeup and wig/hair designer for numerous productions. Prior toher move to Kalamazoo in 2008, Nicki was Education Associate forCommunity-Based Programs at the Tony Award-Winning HartfordStage and toured for two years with the Missoula Children’s Theatreincluding a stint in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Nicki and her husband areboth extremely proud to work in theatre; Brad is Theatre Professor atKellogg Community College in Battle Creek. They are proud Kalamazooresidents along with their two energetic, musical young children and oneloveable, old dog. Nicki is stoked to finally put all of the choreography shecreated in her parents’ basement while watching MTV during the early1980’s to good use in this production.

NICKI POERDirector/Choreographer

B I O G R A P H Y

BIGGER. BOLDER.