Theatre for the Next Generation
Now casting: Chicago (Teen Edition)
Chicago (Teen Edition) Auditions Now Open
Owner and Director
With a lifelong love of singing that began as a child, Kate Nolan-Rice is a highly qualified voice educator and accomplished performer. One of the youngest associates of the National College of Music, London, she holds both Licentiate and Fellowship Diplomas in voice.
She has a deep passion for theatre and has performed in a range of UK productions, including Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Cats.
Kate is equally committed to working with young people. She earned her BA in Youth and Arts while managing a team for the Welsh Government that supported disadvantaged youths in re-engaging with training and education. In this role, she used music as a powerful tool to engage and inspire the young people she worked with. She also holds a postgraduate in youth music from the University of South Wales and contributed to the development of the arts and music curriculum for the Wales Millennium Theatre.
She currently teaches voice at Cincinnati Country Day School, where she finds deep joy in nurturing each student’s unique voice and confidence. For Kate, teaching is more than sharing technique—it is about inspiring young people to discover their own artistry, express themselves fully, and grow both as performers and as individuals.
Outside of her professional work, Kate enjoys spending time with her two children and her husband, Antony.
Choreographer
Melissa Wood brings a lifetime of professional performing and teaching experience—and a passion for inspiring the next generation—to both the stage and the classroom.
Her career began at age 12 with a starring role in the television series Pumpkin Creek and as Clara in the Cincinnati Ballet’s The Nutcracker. By 16 she had joined the company full-time, rising to Soloist over eight years. She later performed with the Tulsa Ballet and spent nearly a decade on the National Broadway Tour of The Phantom of the Opera as a Paris Opera Ballerina and Meg understudy.
A graduate of Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts, she also trained on full scholarship at the School of American Ballet. Additional credits include featured roles with the Cincinnati Opera, Symphony, and Pops, as well as Anybodys in West Side Story with the Knoxville Opera.
After returning to Cincinnati to raise her family with her husband, Dan, Melissa moved into teaching and choreography. She has served as Audition Coordinator at the Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy, Director of Dance at Dance Etc., and instructor at the Mason Dance Center, and she previously taught at Cincinnati Country Day School, where she choreographed musicals and led PE Dance and Outdoor Wellness.
Melissa loves sharing her experience and creativity with young performers, believing that theatre and dance build confidence, teamwork, discipline, and the courage to shine both onstage and off.
Our technical, lighting, and production crew is provided through the Children’s Theatre and Emery Theater staff.
Rehearsals take place at The Children’s Theatre on Red Bank Road.
Performances are held at The Emery Theater in Over-the-Rhine (OTR).
Now Casting
The Crown Theatre is excited to announce auditions for our upcoming production of Chicago (Teen Edition)!
Location
The Children’s Theatre
4015 Red Bank Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45227
Dates & Time
Tuesday, 8th December and Thursday, 10th December
From 6:00 pm onwards
Who Can Audition
Open to teens. These auditions are for Chicago (Teen Edition) only.
Free to Audition
No payment is needed to audition. You only pay the production fee if you are offered and accept a role in the cast.
We are auditioning for:
What to Prepare
What to Bring
Audition Form
Please print, complete, and bring the audition form with you (signed by a parent/guardian).
Download Audition Form (PDF)
Registration
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Production Fee
There is no charge to audition. Only once you have been offered and accepted a role is the $400 production fee is due within 72 hours. Costumes and shoes are an additional cost (approx. $100 or less) and will be advised nearer the show date.
Pay Production Fee
Key dates for our production of Chicago (Teen Edition).
Auditions
The Children’s Theatre, 4015 Red Bank Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45227
Auditions
The Children’s Theatre, 4015 Red Bank Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45227
Weekly Rehearsals
The Children’s Theatre, 4015 Red Bank Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45227
Show Weekend
The Emery Theater, Over-the-Rhine
Show Weekend
The Emery Theater, Over-the-Rhine
Performance times will be announced closer to the show.
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For more information about The Crown Theatre or our upcoming production, please get in touch.
Email
thecrowntheatre@gmail.com
Phone
513-488-3211
We look forward to hearing from you!