Steel Beam to hold audition for 'Looking Glass Land'

Calling all actors, singers and dancers, age 8-17.

Auditions for the youth production of "Looking Glass Land," directed by Cordaro Johnson, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St. in St. Charles.

This award-winning stage adaptation by renowned playwright James DeVita takes Lewis Carroll's original "Through the Looking Glass" and literally runs with it. This wild adaptation highlights and improvises on the pure, unadulterated fun of the story. This delightful romp through Alice's looking glass land retains all of the familiar characters then introduces dozens of new ones: a baseball team, a gospel group called The Responsibilities, a train conductor, a peanut salesman, detectives, a Miss America pageant, star-struck tourists, plastic light saber wielding knights and much more.

Actors auditioning will be asked to read scenes from the script.

Rehearsals will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, beginning Jan. 14. "Looking Glass Land" opens March 4 and runs through March 12, with a total of six performances.

Questions should be directed to Marge Uhlarik-Boller, artistic director, at margesbt1@gmail.com.

Visit www.steelbeamtheatre.com.