I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti by Lake Michigan College Performing Arts - Show Details

What To Know About This Production

This memory play tells the story of Holocaust survivor Raja Englanderova and the children of the Terezin Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia. This play honors those lives lost and pays tribute to the art and poetry the children created during their internment.

Performance Dates

Nov 15 Friday 7:00 PM
Nov 16 Saturday 7:00 PM
Nov 22 Friday 7:00 PM
Nov 23 Saturday 7:00 PM
Nov 24 Sunday 3:00 PM

Auditions For I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti

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What To Expect At Auditions

The Lake Michigan College Visual & Performing Arts Department will hold open auditions for the Fall production of "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" directed by LMC Instructor of Theatre Ms. Shalico Sain.

Students and community members are invited to participate in the auditions set for 5:30-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, and 5:00-6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 in the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Hanson Theater, 2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor. Callbacks are tentatively scheduled for 6:30-9:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Those planning to audition should prepare a dramatic monologue, poem, or prose piece of up to one minute. Pieces do not need to be memorized. Each auditioner will also be asked to participate in cold readings from the script. Sides for cold readings will be made available in advance.

Advance registration is encouraged via this site. However, drop-ins are permitted. In-person auditions are preferred; if unable to attend auditions, auditioners may submit a video audition through the sign-up link.

Please complete audition form after reviewing show details, and rehearsal. Provide any know conflicts in advance.

Audition Times

Sep 10 Tuesday 5:30 PM
Sep 10 Tuesday 6:00 PM
Sep 10 Tuesday 6:30 PM
Sep 10 Tuesday 7:00 PM
Sep 10 Tuesday 7:30 PM
Sep 11 Wednesday 5:00 PM
Sep 11 Wednesday 5:30 PM
Sep 11 Wednesday 6:30 PM

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Cast List For I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti

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Available Roles

Raja Engladerova - Female Lead- Teen, Young adult.
Irena Synkova - Female Lead Adult
Honza Kosek - Male Supporting- Teen/Young Adult
Father - Male Featured- Raja's father - Adult Ensemble
Mother - Female Featured- Raja's mother- Adult Ensemble
Vera - Female Featured- Raja's aunt- Adult Ensemble
Pavel - Male Featured- Teen/Young Adult Raja's brother
Irca - Female Featured- Adult Ensemble
Erika - Female Ensemble- Teen/Young adult a neighbor
Child I - Either- Children's Ensemble
Child II - Either- Children's Ensemble
Child III - Either-Children's Ensemble
Child IV - Either- Children's Ensemble
The Youth of Terezin - Either, Ages 6-15, Children's Ensemble
Rabbi - Male- Adult Ensemble
Loudspeaker - Either- Adult Ensemble
Production Crew - Misc crew positions: Props, Costumes, Lighting, Sound, Running Crew

Cast List

Name	Role(s)
Greyson Sanders	Raja Engladerova
Lauriebelle Radin	Irena Synkova
Garreth Smiley	Pavel

Lyn Jones	Mother
Kristen Robinson	Vera

Allison Elkins	Irca and Erika

Reis Leaverton	Child I
Kyle McAndrew	Assistant Stage Manager, Child II

NeSha Heard-Bettison
Mel Weber	Rabbi
Zac Mansfield	SS Guard
Ella Harris	Production Crew
Mikayla Mennito	Stage Manager
Joanna Blue

I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti by Lake Michigan College Performing Arts in Benton Harbor, Michigan