[NEohioPAL] City of Angels Auditions

[Geoff Short]

Brecksville Theatre on the Square Announces Auditions for

CITY OF ANGELS

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Featuring a book by M*A*S*H TV series writer/producer Larry Gelbart  
and a swinging score by Cy Coleman with lyrics by David Zippel, City  
of Angels is a wonderful musical full of great roles  - including over  
15 singing roles - to challenge a large number of strong character  
actors and strong singers.

Directed by Geoffrey Short
Musical Direction by Georgiann Bodle

Audition Dates:
Sunday, December 7 starting at 2 p.m
Monday, December 8 starting at 7 p.m.
Call-Backs Wednesday, December 10 starting at 7 p.m.

Production Dates:
3 weeks; March 13 - March 29...Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and  
Sundays at 3 p.m.

Rehearsals to start on January 19th*

Auditions are held in the B.T.O.T.S. Administrative facility located  
at Blossom Hill at 4450 Oakes Road in Brecksville. Oakes Road can be  
accessed from Brecksville Road or Broadview Road. Upon entering the  
Blossom Hill facility, follow the driveway to the back parking lot.  
The main administrative office is located in Building 5, across from  
the main school building. Auditions are held in Building 5.
Performances are held at the Old Town Hall, 49 Public Square at the  
intersection of routes 82 and 21 in Brecksville.

Please prepare a musical theatre song selection and bring sheet music  
in the proper key....accompanist will be provided.  Dress comfortably  
for movement.
Contact the Director, Geoffrey Short at geoffshort at sbcglobal.net to  
schedule an appointment.

CITY OF ANGELS is two shows in one. It is the interweaving of two  
plots, one dealing with the writing of a screenplay in the legendary  
Hollywood of the '40's; the other, the enactment of that screenplay.   
The show boasts two musical scores. One provides the cast with numbers  
to help reveal certain emotions or to celebrate particular moments in  
the way that only music can. The "other" score was written to emulate  
pure movie soundtrack music, 1940's vintage. It is entirely  
appropriate, then, that the final curtain comes down on two happy  
endings.

Roles are available for 13 men and 7 women
Among the main characters needed are:

Stine......male, fiction writer, 20's - 40's
Stone....male - Stine's creation...1940's style private eye - Humphrey  
Bogart/Sam Spade type...20's - 40's
MOST OTHER ROLES ARE TWO CHARACTERS PLAYED BY ONE ACTOR - one  
character in the "real" world and one in Stine's fictional "story  
within a story":
Male Roles
Buddy Fidler/Irwin S. Irving....Movie director/producer, mogul  
type...male....30's - 50's
Gerald Pierce/Peter Kingsley...male...non-singing; 20's-30's...an  
actor/Alaura's stepson...handsome, suave
Pancho Vargas/Lt. Munoz - an actor and a police detective...male... 
20's - 50's
Gene/Officer Pasco - an Assistant Director/Police Officer...male -  
20's - 50's
Jimmy Powers - a movie crooner.....a la Sinatra...smooth and  
suave..strong singer 20's-50's
Werner Kriegler/Luther Kingsley...(non-singing) an actor/the feeble,  
rich husband of the much younger Femme Fatale Alaura mature male  
40's-60's
Gilbert/Dr. Mandril...Buddy's barber/a religious leader; guru-type;  
Luther's caretaker...older male (non-singing role)...40's-50's

Female Roles
Oolie/Donna...female, a wisecracking, jaded secretary (Imogene Coca  
type) in both worlds, but also sensitive. (sings the classics "You Can  
Always Count on Me" and the duet "What You Don't Know About Women"  
with Gabby .  20's-40's
Gabby/Bobbi...Stine's wife/Stone's ex-wife...capable and confident  
writer, but also sexy and sultry lounge singer...20's - 30's
Alaura Kingsley/Carla Haywood - Femme fatale, beautiful -  
20's-30's...sings the beautiful "With Every Breath I Take" and the  
duet "Tennis Song" with Stone.
Mallory Kingsley/Avril Raines - Alaura's stepdaughter/a  
starlet...sultry, young and sexy...sings the steamy "Lost and Found"... 
18 - 30
Margaret  - a maid at the Kingsley's mansion (non-singing)...30'S-50's

Plus a number of other great ensemble/chorus roles (speaking and non- 
speaking)

  This is a non-equity production.
*subject to change; detailed rehearsal schedule available on the  
Calendar page of  the City of Angels  website and will be available at  
auditions
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