Mansfield Symphony Chorus Openings
The chorus welcomes any community member to participate in the choir. There are three concerts planned for the 2020-21 Season: SingOut!, Holiday Pops, and Carmina Burana.
Interested persons may contact Lori Turner, Chorus Master, directly by email, lori@mansfieldtickets.com to schedule a virtual audition and learn more about the safety measures being followed for rehearsals and performance.
MY Theatre’s Tarzan Auditions
The Renaissance Theatre is now accepting auditions for the MY (Mansfield Youth) Theatre’s 2020 production of Disney’s Tarzan, the Musical, through August 1, 2020.
Auditions will be by VIDEO SUBMISSION ONLY through a PRIVATE YouTube link! The deadline for video submissions is August 1, 2020.
Auditions for Disney’s Tarzan, the Musical are open to performers ages 7 through 18 years of age (unless still in high school).
Those auditioning should sing a 16-32 bar musical selection, which should be submitted via video. Accompaniment is recommended and may be in the form of recorded, backing tracks accompaniment.
At the beginning of your recorded submission, you should clearly state your first and last name, and the title of the song you’re singing. Those auditioning may be asked to submit a video callback and read from the script at a later date.
Videos through a PRIVATE YOUTUBE LINK should be sent to dauphne@mansfieldtickets.com. Please include the words “Tarzan Audition Submission” in the subject line of your email.
Those auditioning should also provide the following information in the body of their email:
- Name (first and last)
- Address
- Contact telephone number
- Contact email address
- Age at the time of audition
- Year in school (2020-2021)
- Height
- Previous experience (performance—include roles played, technical/backstage)
- Voice part (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, don’t know)
- Choral experience (if you’ve sung with a choir in the past, name of group)
- Role(s) you’re auditioning for
- Will you accept any role? (yes or no)
- Schedule conflicts between August 1 and January 17, 2021 (include daytime, holiday, and weekend conflicts)
- Questions or concerns
If you have any questions or concerns regarding auditions or rehearsals, please contact Dauphne Maloney at dauphne@mansfieldtickets.com. The deadline for video submissions is August 1, 2020.
My Theatre’s Tarzan, The Musical Character Descriptions
- Kala – A gentle mother ape. Kerchak’s mate and Tarzan’s protector.
- Gender: Female Age: 13-18; Vocal range top: Eb5; Vocal range bottom: E3
- Kerchak – The gruff leader of the gorillas and Kala’s mate.
- Gender: Male Age: 13 to 18; Vocal range top: Gb4; Vocal range bottom: Ab2
- Leopard – A fierce carnivore that threatens both gorillas and humans.
- Gender: Male Age: 11-18
- Young Tarzan – An innocent young boy. Loses his parents and is raised by the apes.
- Gender: Male Age: 8 to 12; Vocal range top: E4; Vocal range bottom: C3
- Young Terk – A sarcastic pre-teen ape. Tarzan’s best friend.
- Gender: Male Age: 8 to 12; Vocal range top: B4; Vocal range bottom: G3
- Terk – A sarcastic ape and Tarzan’s best friend.
- Gender: Male Age: 14-18; Vocal range top: B4; Vocal range bottom: Eb3
- Tarzan – A vulnerable, fearless young man raised by apes. Terk’s best friend who falls in love with Jane. The story’s protagonist.
- Gender: Male Age: 14 to 18; Vocal range top: Bb4; Vocal range bottom: B2
- Jane – An adventurous young English botanist. She falls in love with Tarzan.
- Gender: Female Age: 14-18; Vocal range top: F5; Vocal range bottom: F#3
- Porter – A bumbling English professor of biology. Jane’s father.
- Gender: Male Age: 14-18; Vocal range top: C4; Vocal range bottom: B2
- Clayton – A brutish, greedy hunter and guide. Leads Jane and Porter’s expedition.
- Gender: Male Age: 14-18
Ensemble Apes; Expedition Crew Gender: Male and Female Ages: 7-18; Vocal ranges: All
The cast will be notified via email of audition results.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE MAY REHEARSE DURING AFTERNOONS, EVENINGS, AND/OR WEEKENDS, AS WELL AS DURING THE DAY UNTIL SCHOOL STARTS, DEPENDING UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE WHO ARE CAST IN THE PRODUCTION.
Cast of Cinderella: The Broadway Musical
On Sunday, August 2nd and Friday, August 7th, McKenna Stoffer and Daniel Kenner will play the roles of Ella and Topher.
This version of Cinderella, written by the celebrated team of Rodgers and Hammerstein, was nominated for multiple Tony Awards when it premiered on Broadway in 2014.
The Renaissance production will be directed by Michael Thomas, with musical direction by Kelly Knowlton, costumes by Linda Turske, animations and projections by Ryan Shreve and technical director and sound designer, Aaron Nicholas, set design by Jason Kaufman, lighting design by Justin Spaulding, assistant director Nik Demers and production management by Abe Swanger.
Caroline Grace Williams
as Ella
Ryan Shreve
as Topher
Condrea Webber
as Madame
Deon Taylor
as Lord Pinkleton
Scott Smith
as Sebastian
Kelly Knowlton
as Marie
Anna Scheurer
as Gabrielle
Jaren Baer
as Jean-Michel
Leah Gesouras
as Charlotte
The full Cinderalla acting company includes:
Zavier Alterio
Anna Baer
Selah Bear
ESalynn Cameron
Katie Frost
Bob Gardner
Justice Gardner
Nykera Gardner
Kara Hancock
Katie Harrigan
Stephanie Hayslip
Abby Hooker
Gavin Hull
Madalyn Huvler
Kristin Kaufman
Daniel Keener
Mckenzie Leland
Ellie Nickoli
Ross Pruettmiller
Chantel Ross
Christian Shepherd
McKenna Stoffer
Aryn Williams
Christa Williams
Finalists for the Mash-Up Competition
ALLIE CARTER FROM COMA LOVE
Allie Carter is one half of the music duo Coma Love. Not only is Allie an incredible vocalist, she is also a prolific violinist. Allie is the owner of Studio 65, a dance studio in Lexington Ohio. When she’s not performing with Coma Love, she spends her time choreographing and coaching her dancers, who are currently National champions. It has always been a dream of Allie’s to sing with an orchestra, so she is unspeakably grateful to the MSO for making her dream a reality.
ASHLEA SHAW
Ashlea Shaw is a current student at The Pennsylvania State University. She is a member of Alpha Sigma Lambda and The American Society of University Women. She is due to graduate Magna Cum Laude in the spring of 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biobehavioral Health. After graduation, she plans to work with young adults aging out of the foster care system.
Ashlea has always loved singing and being on stage. As a child, she loved listening to The Beatles with her dad, and picking out the tight harmonies. Her favorite performances include a role in “Oklahoma!” as Ado Annie, and her performance of Pirate Jenny. She also enjoyed traveling with the PR band New Covenant while attending Mount Vernon Nazarene University on a vocal scholarship.
Ashlea lives in Mansfield, with her husband Aaron, and four kids Oliver, Loewen, Evelyn and Otto. She practices yoga, loves to read, and lives for coffee. She would like to thank her family for their unrelenting support and love in all things.
AUDREY LEE-STROHM
Audrey Lee-Strohm is a 2016 graduate of Bowling Green State University with a BA in Film Production and Vocal Music. In college she was a member of two choirs and won several solo competitions. She is also an alumnae of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Audrey performed on stage with the Ohio Light Opera for three summers, and while with OLO she was in a total of 10 shows. Audrey has also been a featured singer and performer at many venues and has had many leading roles in regional theaters around Ohio. Some of her favorite roles include Cinderella in “Into the Woods”, Paulette in “Legally Blonde”, Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors” and Ado Annie in “Oklahoma!”.
Audrey began teaching voice and beginner piano in 2013 and fell in love with being an instructor. She currently teaches at the Richland Academy of the Arts in downtown Mansfield.
Audrey, who is originally from Wooster, lives in Ashland with her husband, Mark, and her two pets: Ruby, her three-legged labradoodle, and Kirby, her six-toed cat.
Audrey would like to thank her family and friends for all of the support they have offered her, no matter where she goes in life. She would also like to give a special shout out to her 7 nieces and nephews, who are the lights of her life!
JARICA AWWILLER
Jarica Awwiller is a senior at Shelby Senior High School. Future plans after graduation include secondary education in the veterinary field and pursuing her love of music through community events, leading worship at church and creating her original self-accompanied music on her YouTube channel.
Jarica has enjoyed playing tennis at the varsity level for the past four years, Whippet Theater for 3 years, Shelby Chamber choir for 4 years, Female barbershop quartet “Sunny Side Up” for 3 years and SHS Melloettes for 4 years, all under the direction of Brian Nabors. She is also a part of the faith based group “Campus Life.”
Jarica loves to spend time with her family, friends and youth group as well as volunteering at the Shelby Senior Center, church and community outreach events and spending time with her chihuahua Olive.
PATRICK CLINAGE
Patrick Clinage is the Executive Assistant to the President at Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Vocal Performance from Heidelberg College (Tiffin, Ohio) and Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), respectively, and is currently working toward his Doctorate in Vocal Pedagogy. Through music, Patrick found a love and passion for bringing arts and culture to everyone, and he strives to make every effort to promote and advocate for the arts in education. He currently is a Board Member and Member of the Kiwanis of Mansfield, President of the Richland County Development Group’s ArtSector, and a Member of the Youth Allocations Committee of United Way.
As a baritone singer, his past performances include: John Rutter’s ‘Magnificat’ at Carnegie Hall in New York City, as a part of the American Chorus, conducted by John Rutter, himself; the lead Papageno in Mozart’s ‘Die Zauberflote’ and Simone in ‘Gianni Schicchi’ at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, PA; international performances in such roles as Don Giovanni, Masetto, Don Pasquale, Count Rodolfo, and Gianni Schicchi while furthering his studies in opera in Oderzo, Italy with vocal instructor, the late Claudia Pinza, a former leading soprano at the New York Metropolitan, La Scala, and San Francisco operas and daughter of the late Ezio Pinza.
Additionally, he has performed as bass soloist with the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Holiday Pops; and baritone soloist with the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra in ‘Carmina Burana’. He has also performed in Renaissance Theater productions as Legles in ‘Les Miserables’, Brian in ‘Avenue Q’, Chef/Jetsam in ‘Little Mermaid’, a fortuitous nun in ‘Sister Act’, St. Aphrodisious the headless saint in ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’, Understudy to Victor Frankenstein in ‘Young Frankenstein’; Understudy to Mr. Banks in ‘Mary Poppins’; Father Alexandrios in ‘Mamma Mia!’; the American tourist in ‘Sunday in the Park with George’; and in the Company of ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’. Patrick has worked with OSU-Mansfield as their Music Director for the 2015 Spring Production of ‘Working’ and was Heinz in the OSU Production of ‘Pajama Game’. Mr. Clinage was a former member of the Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble, and is currently the bass section leader of the St. Peter’s Catholic Church Choir, a member of the St. Peter’s Bell Choir, a member of his own church choir at Grace Episcopal Church, and is a private voice instructor/coach. Mr. Clinage also is a composer and lyricist.
RYAN SHREVE
Ryan Shreve is an Ashland native, living in Mansfield, and studied Theatre at Baldwin Wallace University. He works as a social media marketer and videographer, he also does graphic design at Town Money Saver in Lucas, Ohio. You may have seen him at the Renaissance Theatre in a Broadway Series production as Lumière in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jack Kelly in Newsies, Sky in Mamma Mia! at the Renaissance Theatre, or Nick Steele in the world premiere of The Last Act: A Disastrous New Musical at Theatre 166. Ryan was last seen in Rock of Ages, at the Renaissance Theatre as Drew Foley alongside his girlfriend, Matti-Lynn Chrisman who played Sherrie Christian. The Ren has become a home to him and is incredibly blessed to be a part of this amazing community. Ryan also does freelance photography, videography, website and graphic design, and social media marketing. When he’s not working or at the theatre, he enjoys spending time traveling with his Matti-Lynn and spending time with their two adorable cats, Fluffy Pants and Jinx.
Youth Orchestra 2020-2021 Auditions
Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra auditions for new members will be held by appointment only starting July 1st. Please contact Randy Heidlebaugh at mrhmsyo@mansfieldtickets.com to schedule an audition.
- First organized in 1982, the Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra program includes students from over 20 schools, representing Richland, Ashland, Crawford, Wayne, Morrow, Huron, Marion, Holmes, Seneca, and Wyandot counties.
- The only youth orchestra program in this part of Ohio, the MSYO numbers roughly 90 players, primarily in grades nine through twelve. Nearly 100% of members study privately.
- The Youth Orchestra rehearses September through May on Monday evenings. Rehearsals take place at Lexington High School.
- The group performs two “formal” concerts at the historic Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield. Concerts include a wide range of the world’s greatest classical music, along with some more contemporary styles.
- All members of the Youth Orchestra must be members of their own school band and/or orchestra, if applicable.
- Auditions consist of a 2-minute solo or etude of your choice and the audition music provided.
- Upon acceptance, tuition fee is $50 per year. Scholarships are available.
Youth Strings 2020-2021 Auditions
Mansfield Symphony Youth Strings auditions for new members will be held by appointment only the week of August 3rd at the Renaissance Theatre. Please contact Anthony Springer at msys@mansfieldtickets.com to schedule an audition.
- First organized in 1982, the Mansfield Symphony Youth Strings program includes students from over 20 schools, representing Richland, Ashland, Crawford, Wayne, Morrow, Huron, Marion, Holmes, Seneca, and Wyandot counties.
- The only youth strings program in this part of Ohio, the Youth Strings is comprised of approximately 50 members in grades 5-10. Nearly 100% of members study privately.
- The Youth Strings rehearses September through March on Monday evenings. Rehearsals take place at Eastern Elementary in Lexington.
- The group performs two “formal” concerts at the historic Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield and other locations in the community. Concerts include a wide range of the world’s greatest classical music, along with some more contemporary styles.
- All members of the Youth Strings must be members of their own school band and/or orchestra, if applicable.
- Auditions consist of a 2-minute solo or etude of your choice and the audition music provided.
- Upon acceptance, tuition fee is $50 per year. Scholarships are available.
