Civic Theatre Guild and WYO Theater announce auditions for First Date

The WYO Theater and Civic Theatre Guild are excited to announce the ‘21-22 co-production, First Date, a Musical Comedy by Austin Winsberg.  

Directed by Kelly Miller-Smart with music direction by Amanda Patterson the show will be presented in the Mars Theater at the WYO Performing Arts & Education Center and will run April 1-3 and 7-10, 2022.  

First Date is a musical comedy about that ominous “first date” and the unexpected turns it can take. According to the WYO Theater release, when blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds, the couple quickly realize they are not alone on this unpredictable evening with Casey and Aaron’s inner critics taking on a life of their own as other restaurant patrons transform into supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents singing and dancing them through ice-breakers, appetizers and potential conversational land mines.  

Auditions for this annual collaboration will be held at 6 p.m. Monday Jan. 10, and Tuesday Jan. 11, in the Mars Theater.  Auditioners are asked to come prepared with a contemporary piece of music and to be prepared for cold readings from the script.