Auditions began today for this year's production of "Oliver!.'
Director Susan Jane Stamme had a couple of dozen eager actors on stage to sing about lemondrops falling from the sky -- and to try to catch them with their mouths open wide and their heads tilted back wildly.
It seemed that everyone had fun.
"If you want to be in the play, you'll be in the play," Stamme told the prospective cast members, including many veterans of the UU Players and some new faces, too.
"This is not about looking for an opera star," Stamme said, just good singers with a feel for the stage.
Though we won't know who plays what for awhile yet, it's already clear that "Oliver!" is going to offer a standout cast for a classic musical.
If you want to audition, be at Fiske Hall at the Universalist Church of West Hartford on Tuesday evening.
But in any case, plan on seeing the show in March. It'll be great.
