[NEohioPAL]Reminder - Auditions for "Saturday Night" at Beck Center

Tue Oct 16 21:30:02 PDT 2001

--part1_136.329dc86.28fe4448_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Wednesday, 10/17 is the second night of auditions... 
call 9am-5pm to make your audition appointment --
Pam Grodzik at 216-521-2540  x224

Beck Center
Scott Spence, Artistic Director

AUDITIONS 
for
Saturday Night
Book by Julius J. Epstein, 
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the Play Front Porch in Flatbush 
by Julius Epstein and Philip G. Epstein

Directed by Fred Sternfeld
Music Directed by Charles Eversole
Choreography by Martin Cespedes

Audition Dates:
Tuesday, October 16, 2001 starting at 6:00pm
Wednesday, October 17, 2001 starting at 6:00pm

Callbacks will be on the evening of Wednesday, October 24, 2001

Audition Preparation:
Please prepare one short song and 
one short contemporary monologue 
which together should not exceed three minutes.  
If you are called back you should be prepared to read from 
the script and dressed comfortably for movement.

Call to make an appointment...
9:00am--5:00pm  Monday -- Friday
216-521-2540  x224 Pam Grodzik

Rehearsals:
Start in early February. 

Production dates:
March 15 - April 7, 2002   
Thurs., Fri., Sat., at 8pm & Sun. at 3pm.

The story follows an ambitious young man from Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue who 
dreams of wealth and glamour across the bridge in the Manhattan of 1929.      

Written in 1954, Saturday Night began as a play by Julius J. and Philip G. 
Epstein, the authors of the screenplay for Casablanca. Producer, Lemuel 
Ayers, wanted to make a musical of the script, and the young Stephen Sondheim 
was engaged to write the score. Money was secured to back a production, but 
Ayers died suddenly, and the project ceased. Saturday Night became part of 
the Sondheim lore, with individual songs from the show occasionally turning 
up in various retrospectives and albums. A new life for the musical began 
with The Bridewell Theatre Company in London, where it was given its world 
premiere production in 1997, with the blessing of the composer. 

Characters
Character ages as specified by the author are listed below, however the show 
could be cast with actors ranging from upper teens -- mid thirties

Gene Gorman - 20
Helen Fogel (Helene Forrester) - 19

The Gang:
Dino - 19
Artie - 20
Ray - 20
Ted - 19
Bobby - 16
Hank - 25

Celeste, Hank's wife - 22
Mildred - 18
Eugene Gorman (Pinhead), Gene's cousin - 26

The following parts may be doubled by three men and three women, ages are 
open
Attendant at the Plaza Ballroom (male)
Male Vocalist
Mr. Fletcher, a rental agent
A Butler
Florence - 18
Mr. Fisher, a loan shark
Clune, a detective
Dakota Doran, a nightclub hostess
Female Vocalist
Headwaiter
Police Lieutenant
Society Couples, Nightclub Couples

if you have questions you can e-mail me at  <A HREF="FSternfeld at aol.com">FSternfeld at aol.com</A> 

<A HREF="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/">http://www.fredsternfeld.com</A> 

--part1_136.329dc86.28fe4448_boundary
Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT  COLOR="#ff0000" SIZE=4><B><I>Wednesday, 10/17 is the second night of auditions... </FONT><FONT  COLOR="#008000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
call 9am-5pm to make your audition appointment --<BR>
Pam Grodzik at </I>216-521-2540  x224</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
<BR>
Beck Center</B><BR>
<B>Scott Spence, Artistic Director</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#ff0000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>AUDITIONS </FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
<B>for</B><BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=6 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><I>Saturday Night</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></I><BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Book by Julius J. Epstein, <BR>
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim</B><BR>
<B>Based on the Play <I>Front Porch in Flatbush <BR>
</I>by Julius Epstein and Philip G. Epstein</B><BR>
<BR>
<B>Directed by Fred Sternfeld</B><BR>
<B>Music Directed by Charles Eversole</B><BR>
<B>Choreography by Martin Cespedes</B><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Audition Dates:</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
<B>Tuesday, October 16, 2001 starting at 6:00pm</B><BR>
<B>Wednesday, October 17, 2001 starting at 6:00pm<BR>
</B><BR>
<B>Callbacks will be on the evening of Wednesday, October 24, 2001</B><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Audition Preparation:</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
<B>Please prepare one short song and <BR>
one short contemporary monologue </B><BR>
<B>which together should <I><U>not exceed</I></U> three minutes.  <BR>
If you are called back you should be prepared to read from <BR>
the script and dressed comfortably for movement.</B><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B><I>Call to make an appointment...</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#ff0000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</I>9:00am--5:00pm  Monday -- Friday<BR>
216-521-2540  x224 Pam Grodzik</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Rehearsals:</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
<B>Start in early February. </B><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Production dates:</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></B><BR>
<B>March 15 - April 7, 2002   </B><BR>
<B>Thurs., Fri., Sat., at 8pm & Sun. at 3pm.</B><BR>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><BR>
<BR>
                  </FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
<BR>
<B>The story</B> follows an ambitious young man from Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue who dreams of wealth and glamour across the bridge in the Manhattan of 1929.                     <BR>
<BR>
Written in 1954, <B><I>Saturday Night</B></I> began as a play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein, the authors of the screenplay for <B><I>Casablanca</B></I>. Producer, Lemuel Ayers, wanted to make a musical of the script, and the young Stephen Sondheim was engaged to write the score. Money was secured to back a production, but Ayers died suddenly, and the project ceased. <B><I>Saturday Night </B></I>became part of the Sondheim lore, with individual songs from the show occasionally turning up in various retrospectives and albums. A new life for the musical began with The Bridewell Theatre Company in London, where it was given its world premiere production in 1997, with the blessing of the composer. <BR>
<BR>
<B>Characters</B><BR>
Character ages as specified by the author are listed below, however the show could be cast with actors ranging from upper teens -- mid thirties<BR>
<BR>
<B>Gene Gorman</B> - 20<BR>
<B>Helen Fogel (Helene Forrester)</B> - 19<BR>
<BR>
<B><I>The Gang:</B></I><BR>
<B>Dino</B> - 19<BR>
<B>Artie</B> - 20<BR>
<B>Ray</B> - 20<BR>
<B>Ted</B> - 19<BR>
<B>Bobby</B> - 16<BR>
<B>Hank</B> - 25<BR>
<BR>
<B>Celeste</B>, Hank's wife - 22<BR>
<B>Mildred</B> - 18<BR>
<B>Eugene Gorman (Pinhead)</B>, Gene's cousin - 26<BR>
<BR>
The following parts may be doubled by three men and three women, ages are open<BR>
<B>Attendant at the Plaza Ballroom</B> (male)<BR>
<B>Male Vocalist</B><BR>
<B>Mr. Fletcher</B>, a rental agent<BR>
<B>A Butler</B><BR>
<B>Florence</B> - 18<BR>
<B>Mr. Fisher</B>, a loan shark<BR>
<B>Clune</B>, a detective<BR>
<B>Dakota Doran</B>, a nightclub hostess<BR>
<B>Female Vocalist</B><BR>
<B>Headwaiter</B><BR>
<B>Police Lieutenant</B><BR>
<B>Society Couples, Nightclub Couples<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#008000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><I>if you have questions you can e-mail me at  </I><A HREF="FSternfeld at aol.com">FSternfeld at aol.com</A> <BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
<BR>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/">http://www.fredsternfeld.com</A></B></B> <BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
</P></P></P></P></FONT></HTML>
--part1_136.329dc86.28fe4448_boundary--