CASTING CALLS is a free listing of creative opportunities in our area that runs on a weekly Entertainment page. Items must include relevant dates to be run and MUST have an ending date. Items run as space allows. The deadline is the previous Thursday, by 8 a.m. Email is the best way to submit, features@recorder.com. Questions? Call 413-772-0261, ext. 276.
NEW MEMBER INVITATION, SAWMILL RIVER ARTS is an arts collaborative seeking new member artists. If you are a fine artist or fine craftsperson looking to grow your artistic practice, then you should talk with us.
SRA includes supportive potters, jewelers, fiber artists, photographers, painters and others expanding their creativity and offering their work for purchase in a beautiful gallery space located on the Sawmill River in Montague Center.
Interested in knowing more? Visit the gallery to see how your work might fit in. Open hours are: Monday and Wednesday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday through Sunday noon to 6 p.m. SRA closed on Tuesday.
Space may be available for one new wall artist, one new shelf artist and perhaps more.
There is a monthly membership fee, a commitment for staffing, committee work and a monthly meeting.
The Gallery is located at 440 Greenfield Road, Montague Center, which is adjacent to the Bookmill. Call 413-367-2885 or visit: www.sawmillriverarts.com
The contacts listed below can help with any pre-meeting questions:
Chris Pellerin at 413-367-3052 and Louise Minks at 413-367-2800.
AUDITIONS FOR A NEW MUSICAL, “Mr. Mambo,” will take place at Shooting Star Dance Center, 1196 Parker St., Springfield on Friday, April 8, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on Sunday, April 10, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. A resume and a head shot are required, along with music for an upbeat song and a ballad. Auditions will be for those between the ages of 15 and 25. “Mr. Mambo” will show on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton. Email:
mrmamboproduction@gmail.com or call 407-666-8011.
SILVERTHORNE THEATER COMPANY is a professional summer theater organization performing in Greenfield. They are seeking actors for its third season. Audition dates at the Stoneleigh-Burnham School, Capen Room, 574 Bernardston Road, Greenfield: Friday, March 18, 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 20, 1 to 5 p.m. (Callbacks.) All auditions by appointment only. Call 768-7514 or: silverthornetheater@gmail.com The season plays are “The Miser,” “Two Rooms,” and “The Turn of the Screw.”
SENIORITY DANCE COMPANY at the Greenfield Senior Center invites dancers for the start of the spring season. SDC, under the direction of Kathy Steinem, is a high-quality mixed-age adult group that performs a variety of dance styles including contemporary, jazz and modern. Interested dancers are encouraged to contact Kathy Dunn at the Greenfield Senior Center; 54 High St. (entrance from Union St.) 772-1517, ext. 3 or email: kathyd@greenfield-ma.gov. The group meets for class and rehearsals Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the center starting March 23. Seniority is supported by a grant from the Greenfield Local Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
THE PIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has openings for the following instruments: Oboe (principal), e-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon (contra), double bass and percussion. The PVSO is a semiprofessional community orchestra that rehearses weekly on Wednesday evenings in Hadley from September through May. The PVSO gives six to seven performances in Greenfield, Northampton, Amherst and other locations in the Pioneer Valley annually. To apply, submit a letter of interest and cv to Susanne Dunlap, Managing Director at: susanne@pvso.org
SILVERTHORNE THEATER COMPANY is sponsoring a competition to select a new play by a local playwright of color for possible production during the 2017 season. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 1, 2016. Complete information about the contest may be found at www.silverthornetheater.org/new-play-competition2.html A reading committee of five members, headed by veteran Montague writer/actor Kent Alexander, will review all submissions. Three finalists will be selected for public staged readings in November and December, with the final competition winner announced on Dec. 30. Play submissions must be full length (90 minutes to two hours running time); they must not have been previously fully produced. Playwrights of color (defined as non-white) who live or study in the Connecticut Valley/Western Massachusetts region are solely eligible to submit plays.
HILLTOWN HARMONY CHORUS: Celebrating five years this spring. Join this multigenerational chorus led by Shelley Roberts. Thursday rehearsals, 6 to 7:30 p.m. through April 28. April 29 concert.