EVANSTON, ILLINOIS - Children age eight through eighth grade are invited to audition for Evanston Children’s Theatre’s next production, The Cell Phone Rings for Thee, on Thursday, September 3 and Saturday, September 5 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Levy Senior Center,  located at 300 Dodge Ave., in Evanston. Actors should have a poem or short monologue memorized for the audition.

The Cell Phone Rings for Thee is comprised of seven 10-minute plays that shine light on the use of cell phones, Facebook, cutting-edge shopping carts, and other gadgets that bewitch and bedevil us on a daily basis. The seven plays are: The Cell Phone Rings for Thee; Gary’s Endurance Roast; The Talking Shopping Cart; Un Restaurant; Coulrophobia; Close Shave; and The Morris A. Cockmorton High-School Cafeteria Text Messaging Tragedy.

Rehearsals will be held Tuesday or Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Performances will take place at the Levy Center on Friday, November 20 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 21 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The final performance of the play will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 22 at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, located at 1655 Foster St., in Evanston.

The fee for those cast is $110. For more information, please call 847-866-5914.