Local auditions
• Theater D has auditions for a March production of Ken Ludwig's comic farce "Lend Me a Tenor" at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Jewett Park Community Center, 836 Jewett Park Drive, Deerfield. Call (847) 650-6598 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 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 14-15, at the First United Methodist Church, 232 S. York Road, Elmhurst. (630) 464-2646 or greenmantheatre.com.
• TownSquare Players has auditions for the musical "1776" from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 14-15, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaulkee Valley Road, Woodstock. Twenty-five men and two women are needed. Call (815) 236-1937.
• The Annual Prairie Crossing Cookie Walk and Craft Market seeks vendors and volunteers for its "A Safe Place" benefit event from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, at Byron Colby Barn, Route 45 and Jones Point Road, Grayslake. Call (847) 401-6346.