Local auditions & tryouts
• Elgin Community College has auditions for its upcoming production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in Room 284D at the Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. Call (847) 214-7587 or visit eccartscenter.com for more information.
• The Highland Park Players has auditions for "Snoopy!!! The Musical" from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 8 and 9, at the West Ridge Center, 636 Ridge Road, Highland Park. Casting is for men and women ages 14 and older. Call (847) 604-4771 or visit highlandparkplayers.com for more information.
• The Black Box Theatre at McHenry County College has auditions for the Stephen Schwartz musical "Pippin" from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday, Dec. 7 and 9, in Room D167 at 8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake. For more information, call (815) 455-8746.
• Theater D has auditions for a March production of Ken Ludwig's comic farce "Lend Me a Tenor" at 1 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, Dec. 10 and 12, at the Jewett Park Community Center, 836 Jewett Park Drive, Deerfield. Call (847) 650-6598 for more information or to schedule an audition.
• GreenMan Theatre has auditions for its upcoming murder-mystery dinner theater production of "Speakeasy or Die Hard" at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, and at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 14 and 15, at the First United Methodist Church, 232 S. York Road, Elmhurst. Call (630) 464-2646 or visit greenmantheatre.com for information.