POLAND — The Poland Players will hold auditions for its summer traveling troupe, which performs shortened versions of Shakespeare’s works during July at a variety of venues. This year’s shows will be “The Tempest” and “The Merchant of Venice.”

Auditions will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, in the theater at Poland Regional High School, 1457 Main St.

Auditions will be also be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m Monday, March 14, at the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham; and from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at Bates College.

Anyone hoping to audition should contact D’Arcy Robinson at drobinson@rsu16.org, Alexz Wight at 333-7026 or Bryant Cyr at 212-4471.

For more information about the summer performances, visit summerknights.wordpress.com.