AUDITIONS | Where to try out for roles

ACTORS
"The Hobbit," "Just So Stories" and "The Wizard of Oz." Kent Trumbull Theater, 4314 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren. Auditions, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. Call (330) 675-8887.
"Man of LaMancha," New Castle Playhouse, 212 E. Long Ave., New Castle. Auditions, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 5; 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 7. Roles: men, women, large chorus. Performances July 13-29. Call (724) 657-9369 or visit www.newcastleplayhouse.org.
"Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," New Castle Playhouse. Auditions, 7 p.m. May 21 and May 23. Roles: man and woman mid-late 40s and man and woman mid-late 20s. Performances Aug. 10-26. Call (724) 657-9369 or visit www.newcastleplayhouse.org.
MUSICIANS
Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Auditions for new members for 2007-08 season will be May 8 for woodwinds; May 9 for brass, percussion and harp; May 10 for viola, cello and bass; and May 12 for violin. For advanced students up to and including college age. (412) 392-4872 or www.pyso.us.
SINGERS
Tapestries of Ohio, auditions for singers for the 2007 Christmas season. Rehearsals begin in August and continue through the second week of December when the Boar's Head dinners are performed. Auditions will be in June; call John Astolfi for more information at (330) 393-6798.
2007 Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and 2007-08 Blossom Festival Chorus , auditions will be at the Fairmount Temple in Beechwood the evenings of May 2 -3 by appointment only. Contact Anna Stowe, manager of choruses, at (216) 231-7372 or astowe@clevelandorchestra.com.
Audition notices are published in this space every Thursday. Deadline to submit casting calls is one week before publication.