FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3/17/11

Morgan Arts Council
Berkeley Springs, WV

press contact: Mary Hott
304-258-2300
www.macicehouse.org

AUDITIONS FOR PICASSO AT ICE HOUSE

BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV ---- The Morgan Arts Council (MAC) announces 
auditions at the Ice House on Saturday, March 26 from noon to 4pm for 
a late spring play. The Ice House Theater Project is staging a Steve 
Martin comedy, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" on June 9 -12 and June 
16-19. Kirsten Trump directs the production.

"The play is a fanciful, fun-loving look at a chance meeting between 
Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian bar in 1904," 
explained Trump. "The dialog and story are just what an audience 
expects from a comedian of Martin's genius."

The cast includes eleven parts for men and women ranging from early 
20s to 70s. Those auditioning are asked to prepare a monologue from 
the script which is on closed reserve at the Morgan County Public 
Library where it can be read and copied.

Trump has been directing MAC's year long "Building Community Theater - 
Taking the Next Step" project which includes an extensive set of 
acting, directing, stage management and tech classes. "Although this 
full-scale production marks the conclusion of the theater immersion 
year," said Trump, "those auditioning do not need to have attended any 
of the classes. This is when we hope to bring together people who've 
been part of the Ice House Theater Project and some of the newcomers."

Trump is on a semester sabbatical from her position as an assistant 
professor of theater at Shenandoah University.

Funding for the project is provided in part by the West Virginia 
Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. For 
additional information call 304-258-2300 or check online at www.macicehouse.org 
.