[NEohioPAL] City of Angels Auditions Start Tomorrow!!!
Geoff Short
geoffshort at sbcglobal.net
Sat Dec 6 07:34:37 PST 2008
AUDITIONS TOMORROW (Sun. 12-7) AND MONDAY!!
Check out an audition video preview here: City of Angels Audition
Preview
then visit the website for more information: www.cityofangels.freehosting.net
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Appointments are filling up! Walk-ins are welcome, but to avoid
waiting contact the Director, Geoffrey Short at
geoffshort at sbcglobal.net to schedule an appointment.
Brecksville Theatre on the Square Announces Auditions for
CITY OF ANGELS
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 - all sizes, shapes, colors
and ages...the directors is committed and open to non-traditional
casting.
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...sings
the beautiful "With Every Breath I Take"
Alaura Kingsley/Carla Haywood - Femme fatale, beautiful - 20's-30's...
sings 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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