Piano students recital
BANGOR — A student piano performance, featuring 19 students of eight piano teachers as part of the Arlan A. Baillie Steinway Performance Series will take place at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 9, at All Souls Church, 10 Broadway. Music written by composers Haydn, Beethoven and Debussy will be on the program. Admission is free.
For information, call 942-7354.
Theater auditions
BANGOR — Penobscot Theatre Company has issued an open casting call for roles in its 2015-2016 season. Children age 8 to 17 will audition 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 16. Adult performers will audition 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, May 17.
Extending from September through June, the season will include seven professional productions with a variety of roles. Anyone interested in being considered is encouraged to attend, Actors Equity Association and non-association actors alike.
Auditions will be scheduled in five-minute slots. Interested parties must send an email to casting@penobscottheatre.org with the subject line “Audition Request,” and include in the body of the email the name and phone number of the person who wishes to audition and whether he or she will sing. Requests may take up to 10 days to process.
Everyone should prepare a two-minute contemporary monologue (memorized), and bring a headshot and resume stapled together. Vocalists also should be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song of their choosing. An accompanist will be provided, but vocalists must bring sheet music. An additional monologue or song may be requested, so participants should prepare accordingly.
Those who auditioned for Penobscot Theatre Company during the recent Unified Auditions in March need not schedule an additional time now.
Callbacks will take place at the beginning of June.
Listen To Your Mother show
BANGOR — Listen To Your Mother, giving motherhood a microphone in 39 cities across the nation, will come to Bangor 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Gracie Theatre.
The live show will feature 12 local women telling stories about motherhood and will be hosted by emcee Sarah Smiley. The show is locally produced by BDN Housewife Plus blogger Sarah Cottrell.
A portion of ticket sales and all donations made during the show will benefit Spruce Run Womancare Alliance.
To purchase tickets or to learn more about the cast and show please visit listentoyourmothershow.com/bangor. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Rachmaninoff Liturgy
BANGOR — St. John’s Episcopal Church will host a concert of The Rachmaninoff Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and Greek Repertoire performed by The Rachmaninoff Choir at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the church. The music will be sung in the original Slavonic language with soloists Amanda Mahaffey, contralto; and Michael Krohn, bass. Also on the program are Greek Orthodox Easter hymns sung in Greek.
The event is open to all. Childcare will be provided.
Admission is by suggested donation of $10 per person to benefit St. John’s Music Education and Outreach Program.
The Rachmaninoff Choir combines members of the Bowdoin College Chorus in Brunswick, Down East Singers in Rockport and other singers from Southern Maine and the Boston metropolitan area. The choir was formed in 1992 by Dr. Anthony Antolini. The ensemble specializes in Eastern Orthodox choral music. Depending on the concert, the group numbers 60-80 singers.
The choir has performed in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and in New York City, Montreal, San Francisco and Washington, DC. Foreign tours have included the Russian Far East and St. Petersburg in 2002, and Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece in 2009.
Janis Joplin tribute
BANGOR — Penobscot Theatre Company announced recently that it will offer “A Piece of Her Heart: A Tribute to Janis Joplin,” Thursday through Sunday, June 4-7, at the Bangor Opera House.
In the one-woman show, a concert piece, Indianapolis-based artist Karen Irwin will take the audience on a musical journey through her own personal transformation as inspired by her musical idol, Janis Joplin. Joplin used her “un-girly” voice and her no-holds-barred, blues-inspired performance style to triumph over her personal and social adversities, forever changing the face of women in music. With anecdotes and Joplin songs including “Mercedes Benz,” “Piece of My Heart” and “Bobby McGee,” Irwin will pay homage to the musical icon and deliver a rocking good time.
The Bangor-based band Rock Revelation featuring Heather Astbury-Libby will open each show.
To purchase tickets or for information, call the box office at 942-3333 or go to penobscottheatre.org.
‘Man and Superman’
ORONO — Simon Godwin’s reinvention of George Bernard Shaw’s witty 1903 classic “Man and Superman” will be broadcast live on the big screen at 7 p.m. Friday, May 14, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine.
Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes plays Jack Tanner in the sold-out stage production at the Lyttelton Theatre in London. “Man and Superman” is billed as a romantic comedy, an epic fairy tale and a fiery philosophical debate that asks fundamental questions about how we live.
For ticket information, visit collinscenterforthearts.com or call 581-1755 or 800-622-TIXX.
‘The Nite Show’
STATE — “The Nite Show” will broadcast a 30-minute special tribute to David Letterman, “A Nite Show Goodbye to David Letterman,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, on CBS stations statewide.
Featured in the tribute will be an interview with Eddie Brill, a stand-up comic who has appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman” 10 times, and was the show’s warm-up comic for 17 years. Brill has been a guest on “The Nite Show” twice. Also featured on the show will be Maine resident Lance Boucher. Boucher will tell the story of appearing in a memorable bit on Letterman’s show while he was on Spring Break in New York in 2000.
The special will include some Letterman-themed skits “The Nite Show” has done over the years, including a skit that first aired on the show’s first month on the air in 1997. Several recognizable faces from Maine broadcasting will be featured, offering their memories of Letterman through the years.
For information, go to theniteshowmaine.com.