Seeking talented young people: "Kids from Wisconsin" holding auditions this weekend!
MILWAUKEE -- The "Kids from Wisconsin" will be holding auditions for their 48th season this weekend!
Auditions will be held across the state this weekend, February 26th through the 28th in Eau Claire, Wisconsin Rapids, Monona and Milwaukee.
"Kids from Wisconsin" officials are looking for 20 singer/danger positions and 13 instrumentalists for the iconic show troupe.
Applicants must be 15-20 years of age and able to travel and perform this summer.
Room and board and per-diem will be provided along with an excellent performing experience.
Online applications had to be be turned in by February 19th to be assured an audition slot.
33 chosen performers will learn a fully-staged, Broadway-style production and travel across the state performing to over 120,000 people in the summer of 2016. The summer-long tour will be a performance experience unlike any other.
The Kids from Wisconsin is part of an entertainment tradition that goes back nearly 50 years to its beginnings as a musical production created for Wisconsin's talented youth in 1969. Today, the pride and passion that enlightened that early music, lives on through a Kids from Wisconsin performance.
Online applications: http://www.kidsfromwisconsin.org
Or call 414-266-7067 for more information.
Kids from Wisconsin
2016 Summer Tour
22-Jun | Nathan Hale, West Allis (PREMIER) |
24-Jun | Music in the Glen |
25-Jun | TBD |
26-Jun | Racine Zoo |
27-Jun | New Richmond High |
28-Jun | River Falls - UWRF |
29-Jun | LaCrosse - Weber Center |
30-Jun | Wisconsin Lutheran College |
1-Jul | Private Show |
2-Jul | Round Lake Beach, Ill |
3-Jul | Kenosha - Celebrate America |
4-Jul | Monona Festival |
6-Jul | Washington Park Band Shell |
7-Jul | Mayville High School |
8-Jul | TBD |
9-Jul | Eau Claire, State Theatre |
10-Jul | Marshfield High School |
12-Jul | Sussex - Hamilton PAC |
13-Jul | New London High School |
14-Jul | Manitowoc - Capitol Theater |
15-Jul | Waterford Balloon Festival |
16-Jul | Gathering on the Green |
17-Jul | Private Show |
19-Jul | Antigo High School |
20-Jul | Rice Lake High School |
21-Jul | Stevens Point - Sentry Theater |
22-Jul | Brillion - Endreies PAC |
23-Jul | Plymouth PAC |
24-Jul | Peck Pavilion, Milwaukee |
26-Jul | Hartford - Schauer Center |
27-Jul | Port Washington High School |
28-Jul | TBD |
29-Jul | Oconomowoc PAC |
30-Jul | TBD |
31-Jul | Dubuque - Arboretum |
8/4 - 14 | Wisconsin State Fair |
16-Aug | Wisconsin Rapids PAC |
17-Aug | Fond du lac - Buttermilk Park |
18-Aug | St. Norbert - Walter Theater |
19-Aug | New Berlin West PAC |
20-Aug | Monona Grove High School |