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“Christmas Stars,” a holiday-themed musical revue preparing for its 28^th season, will hold auditions for adult (high school and above) singers and dancers and children in kindergarten through eighth grade on Saturday, May 15th from 9:00 to 11:30 am and on May 17th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Xavier Fine Arts Theatre, 1600 W. Prospect Avenue, Appleton.

Rehearsals are held at Xavier High School on Sunday nights beginning at the end of August for adults and in September for students. Performances for 2021 are December 2nd through December 12th at the Xavier Fine Arts Theatre. The show’s director is Jim Romenesko, assisted by Sue Hahn. Mary Doverspike is the choreographer and Peter Leschke is the choral director.

COVID-19 precautions will be followed for auditions and rehearsals. Masks are required.

Auditions are by appointment. Music and accompaniment are provided by the producers. Those interested in auditioning may find more information as well as audition and registration materials at the “Join Our Cast” link on the show website: www.christmasstars.org.

Xavier Theatre will present Spin, a celebration of the pop music explosion of the early 1960s when the music of Leslie Gore, Franki Valli, The Chordettes & the Beach Boys shook the airwaves and filled hot rods and school gyms across the USA. Performances will be live on stage at 7:00 pm May 6-8, 11-15 and at 2:00 pm on May 15.

Tickets are $12 and to ensure proper distancing and capacity limits, seats will be sold only in groups of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 on a first-come, first-served basis. They can be purchased online at www.xaviertheatre.com or by phone through the Xavier box office, (920) 733-8840. The box office is open with expanded hours through May 14, Monday through Friday, noon until 3:00 pm. You may leave a phone message at any time. We regret that we are unable to accommodate walk in sales at this time.