Scoop: CATS to present Miss Saigon for its 20th anniversary in April-May ’14 @Nevada Theatre

Editor’s note: We saw this new post on the CATS website — an audition notice for Miss Saigon, one of the most stunning theatrical spectacles of all time and a “mega musical”:

Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra’s 20th Anniversary Production

From the creators of Les Misérables, comes a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini’s classic opera, Madame Butterfly. In the turmoil of the Vietnam War in the 1970’s, an American soldier and a Vietnamese girl fall in love, only to be separated during the fall of Saigon. Their struggles to find each other over the ensuing years end in tragedy for her and a fighting chance for the child he never knew he had.

AUDITIONS: Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street, Nevada City

Saturday, July 20, 10 am to 2 pm
Monday, July 22, 6 pm to 9 pm (Choose ONE date)
CALLBACKS: Saturday, July 27, from 10 am to 3 pm

Direction by Susan Mason. Musical Direction by Susan Mason and Jeffrey Mason

Tentative Rehearsal and Production Schedule:

Music rehearsals for full cast January and February 2014 – two or three times a week. Full rehearsals start in March – Sunday late afternoon or evening and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. All dates: TBA
Performance dates (TBD) will be 5 weeks in April and May at the Nevada Theatre.

(More information for people who want to audition can be found on CATS website)