2021 CANDLELIGHT TOURS AUDITIONS
Candlelight Tours Director: Loretta Wittman
Sunday July 11th, 2:00-5:00 pm & Monday, July 12th 6:00-8:30 pm
Sign up for one ten-minute slot at:
Where: Old City Cemetery Chapel
401 Taylor Street
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Candlelight Tours is a consistently sold-out program of living history featuring portrayals of people of the 1800s and 1900s who are buried at the 215-year-old Cemetery.
Roles Available for Individuals aged 17+
Seeking actors to portray: African American school principal, a German immigrant woman, African American stone carver, a Point of Honor gentlelady, a formerly enslaved woman who served as a Civil War nurse, a coal miner killed in West Virginia, African American resident of the Dorchester Ladies Home, and a Civil War Doctor that served at the Pest House.
Also seeking seven Tour Guides who will have an individual character and will give context about each story as they lead audience members to six different sites each evening.
All positions paid!
Rehearsals will begin the week of August 22nd
Tech Rehearsal Week: October 2 – 6
Performance Dates:
October 7, 8, 9
October 14, 15, 16
October 21, 22, 23
Sunday, October 24 (matinee)
Audition Format
Actors will be provided with monologues from the script. Click Here for monologues: Candlelight Tours Audition Monologues 2021
Be sure to bring a recent snapshot, resume or list of experience, and calendar of conflicts with you to the audition.
Please arrive fifteen minutes prior to your audition to fill out forms.
Sign up for one ten-minute slot at:
