AUDITIONS || Where to try out for roles

ACTORS

“Miracle on Easy Street.” Easy Street Productions, 865 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown. Auditions are Sunday for experienced dancers. Must be 12 or older and available for all rehearsals beginning in November. Auditions for age 12-15: tap, 1-1:45; jazz, 1:45-2:30; age 16 and older: tap, 3-3:45; jazz, 3:45-4:30 p.m. Performances in December. (330) 743-8555.

“Believe: White Christmas.” St. Michael Church Hall, Route 46, Canfield. Auditioners be prepared to sing a refrain (bring sheet music) and recite a prepared, memorized 30-second monologue. Age 6 through adults. Performances: Nov. 28-Dec. 6. (330) 533-8789.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Youngstown Playhouse Youth Theater, 600 Playhouse Lane, Youngstown. Auditions are at 5 p.m. Sept. 28 and 29. Large cast of boys and girls age 8 and up and adults of all ages. Bring wallet-size photo. Read from script. Rehearsals will be 4:30-6 beginning Oct. 13. Performances are Dec. 2-5. (330) 788-8739.

“A Musical Christmas Carol.” Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theater, Penn Ave. Place, 130 CLO Academy Way, Pittsburgh. Auditions from 1 to 9 p.m. Oct. 6 for men and women 20s through 40s. Equity and non- equity performers are eligible. Callbacks Oct. 7. Requirements: Individuals wishing to audition should prepare two songs (in musical-theater style), 16 bars of one ballad and one up-tempo. Auditioners should bring legible sheet music in the correct key. A one-minute monologue done in a British accent is also required. Auditioners should also bring a typed r sum and head shot. Performers must be available from Nov. 30 through Dec. 23. Please call or e-mail to schedule an audition time. Performances are Dec. 10-23 at Byham Theater. www.pittsburghCLO.org or (412) 281-3973.

MUSICIANS

Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra. Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium, downtown Cleveland. Auditions are ongoing for section strings (violin, viola, cello and bass), substitute brass and percussion for the 2009-10 season. Rehearsals are 7:30-10 p.m. Thursdays. 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.