Category: Performer

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.

Palm Beach Dramaworks

West Palm Beach, FL
US