Audition Notice November, 2013 AUDITIONS Contact Us Stage Door Repertory Theatre 1045 N. Armando St. Anaheim, California 92806 714-630-SDRT (7378) stagedoorrep.org We are located in the Voit La Palma Corporate Park on the corner of La Palma and Armando just West of Kraemer. Auditions for Curtains! Book by RUPERT HOLMES Music by JOHN KANDER Lyrics by FRED EBB Original Book and Concept by PETER STONE Additional Lyrics by JOHN KANDER and RUPERT HOLMES Directed by Nick Charles Musical Direction by Nathaniel Brown Choreography by Lindsay Martin Its the brassy, bright, and promising year of 1959. Bostons Colonial Theatre is host to the opening night performance of a new musical. When the leading lady mysteriously dies on stage the entire cast & crew are suspects. Enter a local detective, who just happens to be a musical theatre fan! What: CURTAINS Audition Dates and Times: Saturday November 9th @ 12:00PM & Sunday November 10th @ 12:00PM. No appointment is necessary. Dance callbacks are Sunday November 10th at 2:00PM by invitation only. What To Prepare: 16 bars of an up tempo Broadway tune. Accompanist provided. No tapes, cds or a Capella. Bring headshot and resume. Performance Dates: January 25, 26, 31; February 1, 2; 7, 8, 9; 14, 15, 16; 21, 22, 2014 Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:00PM Sundays January 26th and February 2nd, 16th @ 7:00PM Sunday February 9th @ 2:00PM Rehearsals begin Monday December 2nd. (with a break over the Holidays) Typical rehearsals are Monday thru Thursday evenings from 7:00-10:00, plus Saturday afternoons from 12:00-5:00 Special Note: This is a Non-Equity Production. There is no pay. Casting the Following Roles All Roles Open Except As Noted Below LIEUTENANT FRANK CIOFFI (30s - 40s): Sweetly endearing local Boston detective who idolizes the world of musical theatre and has reveled in the thrill of performing in community theatre. Called upon to solve the murder of the star of Robbin Hood (a musical intended for Broadway that is currently out of town in Boston), Cioffi is very good at his job and, lamentably, married to his work. He is instantly smitten with ingénue Niki Harris. The undisputed central character of the musical. Requires deft and charming comedy, good singing, solid dancing in one extended Fred and Ginger number. NIKI HARRIS (20s-early 30s) Pretty, almost too innocent ingénue, a local performer in a small role hoping Robbin Hood will be the Boston production that at last takes her to Broadway. Love interest for Lieutenant Cioffi, apparently reciprocated. Requires a legit soprano and strong dancing in an extended Fred and Ginger number. GEORGIA HENDRICKS (This Role Has Been Cast) CARMEN BERNSTEIN (45-65) Brash and brassy Broadway producer. Terrific comedic actress with a belt. AARON FOX (30s - 40s, similar age to GEORGIA) The composer of the show-within-the-show. His songwriting partner, Georgia, is also his wife, from whom hes separated but for whom he still pines. Hes a handsome, intense, somewhat tortured artist-type. Requires a strong vocalist with comedy. SIDNEY BERNSTEIN (Late 50s-Mid 60s): The always-angry, sleazy, philandering producer of the out-of-town flop. Sidney is rough around the edges and completely self-serving. Requires a cartoon-like character actor who is funny on arrival. No singing required. CHRISTOPHER BELLING (40-60) English director. Very camp. Very droll. Noel Coward meets Addison DeWitt meets Clifton Webb. Requires a superb comic actor. BAMBI BERNÉT (Early 20s-early 30s) Performer in the chorus, daughter of Carmen, step-daughter of Sidney. Genuinely brassy and artificially blonde. Hungry to work her way out of the chorus; many think she was only hired because of her mother. She surprises everyone, however, when she shows genuine dancing and singing talent when at last called upon. Requires great dancing, strong street-smart dumb blonde comedy, and singing. OSCAR SHAPIRO (45-65): from the garment district and sole investor in Robbin Hood. A likeably gruff man who knows nothing about theatre and frets over every dime of his thats spent. Requires good rough around the edges comedy and singing. BOBBY PEPPER (30s to early 40s, similar age as Georgia and Aaron) The Gene Kelly of Robbin Hood, its choreographer and male star, and a handsome rival to Aaron for Georgias affection. Requires strong dancing, singing, comedy. DARYL GRADY (30s-40s): Caustic and smug theatre critic for the local Boston newspaper. Patronizingly pompous, enjoys using his power to make or break shows during their Boston tryouts. Does not require strong singing or dancing. JOHNNY HARMON * (30s-60s) Stage Manager of the show-within-the-show, and both drill sergeant and mother hen to the cast. Barks orders but has a pleasant side as well, he keeps the company in line and on their toes throughout the rehearsal process. Comic actor who can sing. JESSICA CRANSHAW (40s-60s) Faded Hollywood star, a grand diva with no right to be one, and a plague to the show-with-the-show and to her cast. An absolutely dreadful singer and inept actress who stars in the show-within-a-show and gets murdered on its opening night in Boston. Must be skillful enough to sing hilariously out-of-tune and ineptly, and adroit enough to dance perfectly out of step with the rest of the cast. Appears only in the first minutes of the musical; on Broadway, this performer then adopted a different look and became part of the ensemble. Plus men and women singers / dancers for the ensemble *Note: the role of JOHNNY HARMON can be played by a woman using the name JENNY HARMON, with all the same character traits as described. For more information, please email [email protected] SDRT is an intimate 50 seat live theatre with the highest of professional standards. Stage Door Repertory Theatre is your doorway to theatrical excellence! Stage Door Repertory Theatre
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