All posts by Mary Beth Topf

West Side Story

CASTING FOR WEST SIDE STORY

From director Scott Girmscheid:

Thank you to everyone who auditioned.  I am very excited to get started on this journey with all of you.  Except as noted on the cast list below, some of the individual Shark/Jet Boys & Girls names will be decided when we stage the dance at the Gym sequence.  We are working on getting some additional guys to fill in the Shark/Jet gangs… Hopefully in the next week or so.  So if anyone knows some men that might be interested in being in the Shark or Jet Gang, invite them to come to 1st rehearsal on Tuesday !

First Rehearsal is Tuesday, May 26th @ 6pm in the theater. Have a great Holiday weekend!

 The Adults:
Officer Krupke: Jack Lynch
Detective Schrank: Paul Pfannenstiel
Doc: Kristopher Washington
Gladhand (emcee at the dance): Ash Mulholland

 The Sharks:
Maria: Melody Marks
Anita: Belle Marks
Bernardo: Ayden Sandoval
Chino: Amaury Coronado
Jose Cruz II,  Kianiz Torres, Sarah Yudkovitch, Deana Velazquez, Cailey Moran, Alyssa Schmit, Abby Westley, + 4 additional guys TBA.

 The Jets:
Tony: Drew Running
Riff: Owen Hoose
Anybodys: Vee Tooke
Harrison Stauffacher, Maple Maye, Heather Blachowski (Graziella), Ava Scott, Alanna Sawall (Somewhere soloist), Lila Isbell, Lindsay Przytarski, Heather Carroll, +3-4 additional guys TBA.

West Side Story Callbacks

Thank you to everyone who has come to audition with us for West Side Story. The list for call backs is below. REMEMBER: Just because you don’t see your name on the call back list doesn’t automatically mean you didn’t get cast.

Stay tuned for the full cast list!

4:30 PM:
Amaury Corondo
Owen Hoose
Lila Isbell

6:00 PM:
Ayden Sandoval
Alanna Sawall
Melody Marks
Belle Marks
Kaylyn Wagner
Veronica Tooke
Krista Rose
Jack Anderson
Drew Running
Jose Cruz II
Evan Prier

Show Announcement: Cancellation for 7/14

Due to the extreme heat predicted for Sunday, July 14, and lack of air conditioning at West Allis Central High School Auditorium, the West Allis Players are cancelling July 14th’s matinee performance of “Is Murder Tax-deductible?”

This is beyond our control and we deeply apologize for any inconvenience. We will be having performances July 12th and 13th and be back next weekend July 19 and 20 at 7:30 and at 2:00 pm July 21. Any tickets purchased for July 14 will be honored at any other performance. 

Thank you for your understanding and for your continued support of The West Allis Players.

Complete Works of William Shakespeare Auditions!!

logoAuditions!!!! Auditions!!!!

for West Allis Players’ production of:
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]
by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield

February 20 & 21, 6:30 pm
Nathan Hale Auditorium
11601 Lincoln Ave

Looking for 6-8 good people.

Auditions will consist of improv and reading from the script.

Performances will be April 22-23, 28-30, 2023 at our “new home”- the Liberace Auditorium at West Milwaukee Intermediate School,
5104 W Greenfield Ave, West Milwaukee

For more information contact us
at info@westallisplayers.org or directorlady@att.net