Community theaters and choruses are getting a jump on their seasons by preparing to rehearse shows that will play later in the summer through the fall. Young people and grown ups are sought for roles both big and small.

Freeport Players

Freeport Players will hold open auditions for Kenny Finkle’s comedy, “Indoor/Outdoor,” about an indoor cat who is content with her life until she kills her first mouse and meets a street-wise alley cat. There are roles for four adults (two women, two men). Actors will be asked to cold read dialogue from the play.

Auditions will be held Sunday, June 2, and Monday, June 3, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Freeport High School library, 30 Holbrook St.

The show is directed by Linda Duarte. Performances are Sept. 12-29 at Freeport Performing Arts Center.

For more information, visit www.fcponline.org/auditions.

Wescustago Youth Chorale

Wescustago Youth Chorale invites interested singers grades 3-12 from any town to call for an audition time on June 3 or 5. Previous singing experience is suggested, but not required.

Auditions will be held at Mast Landing School in Freeport. For an audition time, call 846-0705.

WYC has three choirs based on grade level and rehearses on Monday nights starting in September. This past year it performed with USM Chamber Singers, with Natalie MacMaster at Merrill Auditorium, and National Anthems at Portland Pirates and Maine Red Claws.

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Midcoast Youth Theater

Auditions for “Disney’s Mulan, Jr.,” Midcoast Youth Theater’s elementary summer musical production, will take place Thursday, June 6, from 4-6 p.m. and Saturday, June 8, from 1-3 p.m.

All students entering grade 1 through 6 are welcome.

Show dates are July 11 through 13.

Auditions for “Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” Midcoast Youth Theater’s middle school summer musical production, will be held Thursday, June 13, from 4-6 p.m. and Saturday, June 15, from 1-3 p.m.

All students entering grades 6 through 9 are welcome.

Show dates are Aug. 8-10.

All auditions are held at Midcoast Performing Arts Center, 4 Pleasant St., Brunswick.

For more information, call Henry at 751-2619.

Heartwood Theater summer camps

Heartwood Theater’s 11th annual Youth Theater Summer Camp sessions begin June 24 in Newcastle for campers entering 1st grade through 12th grade.

“Sprouts Camp” returns this summer, for students entering 1st or 2nd grade, next fall. Led by Elise Voigt and Millie Santiago, with movement workshops by Karen Montanaro, this session runs July 8-10, from 9- 11:30 a.m. Students will focus on imaginative play, movement and simple crafts — a great introductory theater experience for young children.

“Kids’ Theater,” led by returning instructor Alison Machaiek, is an eight-day camp running June 24-28 and July 1-3, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., for students entering grades 3-8. Campers will produce a short play and enjoy challenging workshops in mime/dance and mask theater and movement. This is a process oriented camp experience, focusing on skill building and ensemble work.

A newly formatted, userfriendly, “Theater Electives Program” is available this summer, to students entering grades 5-12. Campers may participate in any (or all) of five distinct areas of focus from June 24 to July 10: musical theater voice coaching, mask theater and movement, mime and dance, acting and improv, and stage combat.

Musical Theater Voice Coaching with Beth Preston is an eight-day session, running from 10:30 a.m.-noon, June 24-28 and July 1-3. No experience necessary.

Mask Theater and Movement with returning performer/ teacher Beverly Mann is a three-day session from noon-1:30 p.m. on July 1- 3.

Mime and Dance, always popular with students, will be led by Karen Montanaro, June 24-28 from 1:30-3 p.m.

Acting and Improv, taught by Griff Braley, is an eightday session of skill building, June 24-28 from noon–1:30 p.m. and July 1-3 from 1:30-3 p.m.

Stage Combat, with renowned fight choreographer Mark Bedell, is tentatively scheduled for July 8-10, from 9 a.m.-noon. Workshops will include hand-to-hand combat, falling, and swordplay (subject to sufficient enrollment).

For questions, pricing and further details, call 563-1373 or email info@heartwoodtheater.org.

Registration forms and camp descriptions are available online at www.heartwoodtheater.org.

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