Findlay, Ohio – An open audition for the musical play “Bells Are Ringing” will be held Monday, Dec. 5 and Tuesday, Dec. 6 beginning at 7 p.m. in The University of Findlay’s John and Hester Powell Grimm Theatre.

Callbacks also will begin Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. in the theatre. Auditions will consist of 16 bars of a song from a musical production. The total length of the audition should not be longer than one minute.

Auditions are being held for 29 roles, including 12 principal roles, and a cast for a chorus with substantial singing and dancing.

“Bells Are Ringing,” with music by Jule Styne and books and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, opened on Broadway Nov. 29, 1956, and ran for 924 performances. In 1960, the play was made into a Hollywood film starring Judy Holliday, Dean Martin and Jean Stapleton. Set in New York City in the late-1950s, “Bells Are Ringing” tells the story of Ella Peterson, a charming and heart-warming switchboard operator, who gets tangled up with her clients’ private lives.

The play will be held Feb. 22-26 at the Grimm Theatre.

The script for “Bells Are Ringing” is on reserve at the University’s Shafer Library.

For more information, contact Dr. Micheal F. Anders, UF professor of music and director of choral activities, at 419-434-4717 or e-mail at anders@findlay.edu.