Auditions

• NightBlue Performing Arts Company has auditions for Stephen Sondheim's musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" in July at Chicago's Athenaeum Theatre. Auditions are by appointment Jan. 26 in Studio Three at 2936 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, and in an open call from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2. Another open call is in the evening Jan. 28 at 11976 Holly Court, Lemont. Those interested should prepare 16 bars of a humorous and a serious song, a one-minute character monologue and if you play an instrument, bring your best 32 bars to play. E-mail dave@nightbluetheater.com for more information.

NightBlue also has auditions for the jury room drama "Twelve Angry Men" to be performed on the South Side at 11976 Holly Court, Lemont, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Jan. 28 and 30. Those interested should prepare a two-minute dramatic monologue and to read from the script. E-mail dave@nightbluetheater.com for more information.

• Fox Country Players has auditions for Kaufman and Hart's 1936 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy "You Can't Take it With You" from 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 27 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 28 at Plano High School, 704 W. Abe St., Plano. Those interested in auditioning will read from the script.

• Black Ensemble Theater in Chicago is looking for an actor who can sing like Teddy Pendergrass for a forth-coming production based upon the singer's life. Call (773) 769-0964 for audition information.

• Bowen Park Theatre Company seeks actors for its spring production of "The Boys Next Door." Auditions are from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday and from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts, 39 Jack Benny Dr., Waukegan. Those interested should prepare a one-minute monologue and be prepared to read from the script. Call (847) 360-4740 to schedule an audition.

Bowen Park also seeks actors for its touring "Spring Show for Young Audiences" production of "A Thousand Cranes" from 3 to 6 p.m. Feb. 3 and from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 4. Prepare a one-minute monologue and be ready for cold reading from the script if auditioning. Call (847) 360-4740 to schedule an audition.

• The School of Performing Arts seeks young singers, dancers and actor s for its spring performance workshop of Meredith Willson's 1951 musical "The Music Man." Auditions are by appointment only and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 26. Call (630) 717-6622 for more information.

• Oak Park Festival Theatre has auditions for a touring company to perform "Shakespeare: Scenes, Songs and Sonnets." Auditions are at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29 and 30 at 1118 Westgate, Oak Park. Call (708) 445-4440 for more information.

• Open auditions for the Performing Arts at Oakton production of Brett Neveu's "Drawing War" are from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 30 and 31 at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. Those interested should prepare a two-minute monologue that might tie into the play's conflict of a Midwestern family approaching the first anniversary of a tragic death. Call (847) 635-1901 for more information.

• The Naperville Art League invites local artists to enter its 4th Annual Public Competition with the theme of "Close-Up." Awards are given with a Best-in-Show and winner in three different age categories. Call (630) 355-2530 or visit www.napervilleartleague.com for more information.

• The Albright Theatre Company has auditions for "The Outsiders," a play by Christopher Sergel based upon the book by S.E. Hinton, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 18 at 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. Call (630) 406-8838 or visit www.albrighttheatre.com for more information.

• The Village Theatre Guild holds open auditions for the 1988 four-character musical "Romance/ Romance" at 1 p.m. Sunday at 3S020 Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Auditions include singing a song, reading from the script plus some basic movement. Call (630) 545-4345 for more information.

• Oakton Community College has auditions for a March production of Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth" from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at 1600 E. Gold Road, Des Plaines. Those interested should prepare a Shakespearean monologue or be prepared to read from the script. (847) 635-1897

• Noble Fool Theatricals Youth Ensemble has open auditions for Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!" for youth ages 11-18 at the Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 26. Those interested should prepare a one-minute monologue and a 16-bar song. Cockney and English accents are a plus. (630) 443-0438.

• The Lyric Opera of Chicago seeks adult and child supernumeraries and one nonsinging comic actor for its revival of Rossini's "The Barber of Seville." Auditions are 5:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. Call (312) 827-3538 for more information.

• The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust seeks volunteers. Winter training begins Feb. 2 and training classes are forming now. Call (708) 848-1976 or visit www.gowright.org for more information.

• Auditions to the general public for College of DuPage productions of David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Proof" and the Tony Award-winning musical farce "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" are at 7 p.m. Jan. 25 and noon Jan. 26 in the McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Cold readings from the script are part of the "Proof" audition. Singing 32 bars from a song is required for the "Forum" audition. Call (630) 942-2137 for more information.

• Vex Theatre Company holds auditions for Oscar Wilde's comic melodrama "Lady Windermere's Fan" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, Palatine. Six women and seven men are sought; the role of Mrs. Erlynne is cast. Those auditioning should prepare a one-minute monologue. Visit www.vextheatre.org for more information.

• As part of its 2009 celebration of the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial, Ravinia Festival is challenging composers to create new piano trios inspired by the words of the 16th president. Winning composers receive a $5,000 award along with multiple performances from their submitted work. A complete entry form with all the rules and regulations can be found at www.ravinia.org.

• Steppenwolf Theatre Company is accepting application for its 2008-2010 African-American Fellowship, a two-year professional development program for early and mid-career African-American arts administrators. Application deadline is March 15. Visit www.steppenwolf.org for more information.