[NEohioPAL] Cleveland State University Summer Stages 2010 announces auditions!! Equity and Non-Equity!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Denise Astorino]

Cleveland State University

Summer Stages

Announces:

EQUITY AND NON-EQUITY AUDITIONS

*February 19th from 6-9pm*

*February 20th from 2-6pm*

Cleveland State University Factory Theatre

1833 E. 23rd St. (between Chester and Payne)  Upstairs Studio Theatre (signs
will be posted)

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*Curtains*

book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander

Directed by Dr. Michael Mauldin

Musical Director: John Krol

Choreography: *Martin* Cespedes



*Oh Dad Poor Dad Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad*

Written by Arthur Kopit

Directed by: Scott Spence

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*The Elephant Man*

Written by Bernard Pomerance

Directed by: Everett Quinton



Rehearsals begin May 31, season opens July 8 and closes August 8



                 Please prepare two contrasting monologues and sixteen bars
of a song.

                    (Audition is no longer than five minutes)



        You MUST have an appointment to audition.

              Please call 216.254.1429 and leave your name and phone number.

         Denise Astorino will get back with you regarding scheduling an
audition time.





*      Callbacks will be Sunday February 21st starting at 4pm. *

Please be ready to go at 4pm for a movement audition

         Also please be prepared to stay through

                   You must be there at 4pm dressed and ready to go for a
group movement audition.



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*Plots and Character breakdowns*

*Curtains *

book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander**

Curtains  is musical send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959
Boston, Massachusetts and follows the fallout when the supremely untalented
star of *Robbin' Hood of the Old West* is murdered during her opening night
curtain call. Can a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan
save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show
reopens, without getting killed himself?

 LIEUTENANT FRANK CIOFFI (30s - 40s): Local Boston detective who is also a
musical theatre aficionado. Aside from being exceptionally good at his job,
he has also aspired to be a musical theatre performer his entire life. He
falls in love with Niki.

NIKI HARRIS (20s-early 30s) Pretty, naive ingenue. Niki is a chorus
girl/understudy in the chorus of the show-within-the-show during its Boston
tryout. She aspires to make it as a performer on Broadway. She meets and
falls in love with Lt. Frank Cioffi who is investigating a murder at the
theatre. Actress must have legit Soprano and good comic timing.

GEORGIA HENDRICKS (20s-30s) Female half of our songwriting team. Ends up
taking on the leading lady role. Must sing and dance well.

CARMEN BERNSTEIN (40-65) Brassy Broadway producer. Terrific comedic actress
who sings well.

AARON FOX (20s-40s) The composer of the show-within-the-show. His
songwriting partner, Georgia, is also his wife from whom he’s separated.
He’s a sexy, charming ladies man.

SIDNEY BERNSTEIN (Late 50s-Mid 60s): The producer of an out of town flop.
Sidney is tough and self-serving. Seeking a character actor with good comic
timing.

CHRISTOPHER BELLING (30-60) English director. Very camp. Very funny.
Requires a good comic lead actor.

BAMBI BERNÉT (Early 20s-early 30s) Performer in the chorus and daughter of
Carmen, the lead producer. Hungry to work her way up to leading performer,
many think she was only hired because of her mother. Bambi is a good
dancer/comedienne who sings well.

DARYL GRADY: A Theatre critic for the local Boston newspaper, he enjoys
using the power he has to make or break shows during their out of town
tryouts.

JOHNNY HARMON  The Stage Manager of the show-within-the-show. Johnny is a
character man who is gruff but lovable. He keeps the company in line and on
their toes throughout the rehearsal process.

OSCAR SHAPIRO (45-65): The general manager. An agreeable if slightly gruff
man. He is always looking for any angle to find money. Seeking a good comic
actor who sings.

 BOBBY PEPPER (20s to early 30s) The choreographer and lead dancer. Seeking
a strong singer who dances well.

JESSICA CRANSHAW  Fading Hollywood star. A diva, who has no right to be one,
she is a terrible singer and actress who stars in the show within a show and
gets murdered on its opening night.

Small ensemble of singer/dancers





*Oh Dad Poor Dad Mama’s Hung You in the Closet*

Written by Arthur Kopit

Directed by: Scott Spence

Madame Rosepettle is fabulously wealthy; she travels around the world
according to her fancy, dragging along her neurotic son, an endless fit of
luggage, and the body of her deceased husband. Having arrived at a Caribbean
resort, she sets her sights on Commodore Roseabove--even as her stuttering
and increasingly hysterical son falls prey to the attentions of Rosalie, an
attractive young woman with the instincts of a snake. But as it happens,
Madame is not so much interested in seducing the commodore as she is
emasculating whatever man happens to find her attractive, and so far as
Rosalie is concerned... well, let's just say that it isn't going to work out
as Rosalie expects.

·         Jonathan Rosepettle,late teens

*·         *Commodore Roseabove, 40 - 60**

*·         *Madame Rosepettle, cast**

·         Rosalie, early 20s

*·         *Hotel Bellboys, various ages**

*The Elephant Man*

Written by Bernard Pomerance

Directed by: Everett Quinton



“The Elephant Man” is the profound and touching true story of John Merrick,
a man hideously deformed since birth. Under the care of a brilliant and
ambitious young doctor, Merrick transforms from a sensational object of pity
to a sensitive and intelligent man. Those around him come to know his
beautiful spirit within, and in the process, discover their own hidden
flaws. “The Elephant Man” questions the ideas of perception and what it
means to be truly beautiful.**



·         John Merrick, the Elephant Man, early 20s, must be in excellent
physical condition

·         Dr. FrederickTreves, a surgeon and teacher, early 30s

·         Carr Gomm, administrator of London Hospital, 40 - 60

·         The Bishop Walshom How, 40 - 60

·         Mrs. Kendal, an actress, 30 - 45

·         Ross, manager of the Elephant Man, 40 - 60

·         Conductor, of the Ostend-London boat train

·         Porter at the London Hospital

·         Snork, also a porter

·         Duchess

·         Countess

·         Princess Alexandra

·         Lord John

·         Nurse, Miss Sandwich

It is possible that some actors will play more than one role





NOTE:  There are a limited number of paid Apprentice Company positions for
student company members.  Students do not need to attend CSU to qualify.

-- 
I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images
passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent
sources of joy and ecstasy. ---Anais Nin
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