Palm Beach Dramaworks | West Palm Beach, FL


Contract
SPT
$626

Personnel
William Hayes, Producing Artistic Director
Clive Cholerton, Director
Paul Reekie, Musical Director
Nanique Gheridian, Company Manager
• A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Seeking
Equity singing actors, 10 men and 9 women, for the Concert Version Productions of

MAN OF LA MANCHA
and
CAROUSEL


Breakdown
MAN OF LA MANCHA (concert version)
Dir. Clive Cholerton
Rehearsals: July 1-9, 2013
Performances: July 10-21, 2013 (with possible 2 week extension)
Seeking: 6 men, 3 women for concert presentation

Cervantes/Quixote: Late 40s, Strong Powerful Baritone, Man of unfathomable passions, intellect, and magnetism. Must be an equally strong actor as a singer.

Manservant/Sancho: mid to late 40s. Tenor, great comic actor capable of sincere emotion and devotion.

Captain/Pedro/Housekeeper: 30s. High Baritone, strong falsetto. Powerful man, with mean violent streak. Must have comic character skills to handle doubling of female Housekeeper.

Governor/Innkeeper: mid to late 50s. Bass/Baritone. True leader. Great comic touch.

Duke/Padre: mid to late 50s: Tenor: Comic genius. Wonderful sense of irony and sardonic wit.

Maria/Barber/Moor: late 20s early 30s: Alto/strong belt: sensual, grounded, strong presence. Strong character skills to handle male Barber.

Aldonza: 30s: Alto/strong belt: deeply imbedded sense of anger and worldliness. Exceptional emotional depth.

Antonia: early 20s: Soprano: True ingenue. Shallow and self-serving but capable of sincere remorse.

Paco/Dr. Carrasco/Knight of Mirrors: Late 20s-early 30s: High baritone. Imposing presence. Capable of Muleteer as well as higher class doctor

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CAROUSEL (concert version)
Dir. Clive Cholerton
Rehearsals: July 30-August 6, 2013
Performances: August 7-18, 2013 (with possible 2 week extension)
Seeking: 4 men, 5 women for concert presentation

Julie Jordan - Late Teens-Early 20s, Soprano, attractive but plain, dreamer, desperately in search of better life and of connection of others.

Carrie Pipperidge - Late Teens-Early 20s, Soprano/Coloratura, attractive and spunky, loyal friend to Julie but very aware of improving her social status.

Enoch Snow - Late 20s, Tenor, highly ambitious and assertive personality, somewhat pretentious.

Nettie Fowler - Early 40s, Lyric Soprano, Julie's Aunt/confidante, attractive, eternal optimist with strong will & disposition.

Mrs. Mullen - Early-Mid 40s, Alto (With Strong Belt), A Once Upon A Time beauty with a few too many late nights under her belt, domineering/manipulative.

Jigger - Early-Mid 40s, Bass/Baritone, coarse, rough boatman, a violent streak that he masks with a forced joviality.

Mr. Bascombe - Late 40s-Early 50s, Bass Baritone, wealthy mill owner, very upper crust New England.

Starkeeper/Dr. Seldon - Late 50s-Late 60s, Baritone, everyone's best friend, a commanding presence.

Louise Bigelowe - 16/17, Soprano, very strong will, self-determined young lady, ability to dance a big +.

The following role has been cast. Auditioners will be considered as a possible replacement for:

Billy Bigelow - Late 20s-Mid 30s, High Baritone, Contradiction of false bravado & sensitive insecurities,

Appointments
NGheridian@palmbeachdramaworks.org.
AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.