auditions \ Where to try out for roles

ACTORS

“My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra.” Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theater, 130 CLO Academy way, downtown Pittsburgh (eighth floor). Auditions will be by appointment at 2 p.m. Sunday for two male (deep and high baritone) and two female singers/actors (mezzo-soprano and soprano) ages 20 to 50. Callbacks will be Monday. Auditioners should take a head shot and typed r sum , turn in a complete application, take sheet music with cuts marked (accompanist provided), prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue, perform two contrasting songs (suggested selections on Web site), be available from Feb. 2 through May 10, and provide your own housing and transportation. For more information, visit www.pittsburghCLO.org or call (412) 281-3973 if you don’t have access to the Internet.

“Kitchen Witches.” Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles. Auditions will be at 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday for two females, ages mid- to late 50s with strong improvisational skills, and one male mid- to late 30s and one male nonspeaking role, any age. Performances will be in March. (330) 717-0699.

MUSICIANS

Stambaugh Youth Concert Band. Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Auditions will be in January and are open to students in the ninth through 12th grades. Please call for information. (330) 747-5175.

Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra. Auditions are ongoing for section strings (violin, viola, cello), substitute brass and percussion for the 2008-09 season. Rehearsals are 7:30-10 Thursdays at the Tri-C’s Metropolitan Campus Auditorium in downtown Cleveland.

Audition requirements are one solo piece and one orchestral excerpt of your choice. Interested players should call the orchestra at (216) 556-1800, or visit www.clevephil.org.

XAudition notices are published in this space every Thursday. Deadline to submit casting calls is one week before publication.