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The Valencia Character Company is the main theater-producing entity at Valencia Community College. Productions are held either in our 588-seat Performing Arts Center, or our more intimate Black Box Theater, both located on the East Campus.

The season runs from August through June each school year, and we produce four major productions each season, with variety and educational opportunities for both students and audiences driving the selection of plays. Recent productions have included major musicals, avant-garde plays, classical drama, contemporary Broadway hits, and favorite revivals. Valencia’s theater program also sponsors an annual competition among playwrights who reside in Florida. We solicit never-before-produced manuscripts each fall, which are read and evaluated by a committee of readers. One script is selected, and after extensive “workshopping” with staff, students and writer, it is presented as a fully staged production in the Black Box Theater.

AUDITIONS: Thursday, April 17, 2008, at 1 PM and 7 PM in the Black Box Theater on the East Campus, for the summer production of Alan Ball's FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS. Roles are available for five women, ages 20 - 35, and one male in his 20's. A 2-minute upbeat monologue is requested but not required, and actors will be asked to read from the script. No appointment is necessary. Production dates are June 5-15, 2008, and rehearsals will begin on or around May 5. Please call the director, Julia Gagne, at 407-582-2296, or email her at jgagne@valenciacc.edu, for further information.

ALSO: Free performances of student-directed one act plays will be held on two consecutive Wednesday afternoons, April 9 and 16, with 6 different short plays being presented each Wednesday. This is a classroom lab project, and will be held in the Black Box Theater from 1 - 4 PM each day, with the doors opening between the shows for audience entrance and exit. Please email Julia Gagne, jgagne@valenciacc.edu, for further information.

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