• The Village Theatre Guild has auditions for Donald Margulies’ drama “The Country House” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at 2S720 Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. (630) 291-5757.

• An open casting call for North American productions of “Blue Man Group” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at the Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted St., Chicago. Male and female performers who are between a select height with drumming skills are encouraged to addition. For more information, visit blueman.com/casting.

• Second- to eighth-graders are invited to audition for a tuition-based production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, and 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Arts Center of St. Charles, 2422 W. Main St., St. Charles. Call (630) 234-9506 for more information.

• The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce and WPB Special Service Area (SSA) #33 announce the largest public art commission in their history, a permanent installation to be displayed at the highly visible intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Wood Street in the heart of the Wicker Park Bucktown neighborhood. The $30,000-$75,000 commission will be awarded to an artist or group of artists following a national call for submissions. Final artist proposals are due Friday, Nov. 18. No prior experience with outdoor art installations is required. A jury of Chicago arts professionals will select five finalists from all qualifying proposals. Finalists will receive $1,000 to create maquettes, which will be publicly displayed in Wicker Park Bucktown (location TBD) for public voting. The WPB SSA #33 Commission will announce a winner in March 2017, to be awarded the final public art commission. A detailed RFP with full proposal instructions and installation guidelines is available at wickerparkbucktown.org.

— Scott C. Morgan