Current Lost Colony News

Lost Colony Casts Talent
-Local Auditions held for summer production -
(Manteo, N.C., March 2, 2010) – The annual search for talent take’s The Lost Colony’s production staff across the state and beyond. Auditions for 2010 have already taken the long-running drama's production team to New York, Connecticut, and Tennessee. Upcoming auditions are scheduled for Kentucky and in North Carolina. Local auditions for the drama took place February 27. Pictured here (top) are some of the younger actors to audition: (L-R) Noah Gross (Pomeroy,OH), Catherine Crabtree (Manteo, NC), Savannah Midgette (Manteo, NC), Haley Schreyer (Kill Devil Hills, NC), and Blair Smith (Kitty Hawk, NC). Actor and dancer Darren Shin (bottom photo, center) from Winchester, VA attended the audition. And was subsequently hired as a dancer for the 2010 Company. Also in this photo: Carl V. Curnutte (Executive Director/Producer), Robert Richmond (Director), and Robert Midgett (Fight Choreographer) -- on hand to audition the talent. Talented Lost Colony alumna Whitney Twiford Waddington (center) led dance auditions at the auditions held in the gymnasium of the College of the Albemarle Roanoke Island Campus. Over 90 actors, singers, dancers, and tech attended this audition. Company members for the production come from as close as Manteo to as far away as California.
By early May, the 2010 Lost Colony Company will arrive on Roanoke Island to begin rehearsals for Opening Night on May 28. Make plans now to attend this one-time-only event. The Lost Colony box office encourages patrons and members to reserve their seats in advance by calling the business office at 252-473-2127 or by visiting www.thelostcolony.org.
About The Lost Colony
The Lost Colony, presented where the real-life events occurred more than 400 years ago, uses song, dance, comedy, and special effects to tell the story and mysterious disappearance of America’s first English colony (1584-87). First staged in 1937, it is the nation’s premier and longest-running symphonic drama. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green, The Lost Colony’s 73rd Anniversary Season opens May 28 and plays through August 20. 
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