[NEohioPAL] Auditions: They're Playing Our Song and Breaking the Code

[Jan Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse

Akron OH

 

AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT

They're Playing Our Song

 

A Musical Comedy

Book by Neil Simon; music by Marvin Hamlisch; lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager

 

Audition Date:

Monday, June 7 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

 (10-minute increments)

Callbacks: 8 p.m. Monday, June 7

(immediately following auditions)

 

CALL 330-826-2626 FOR AN APPOINTMENT

 

12 Performance Dates:

Thursdays, September 9, 16, 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, September 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 at 8 p.m.

Sundays, September 12, 19, 16 at 2:30 p.m.

 

 

Audition Preparation: One contemporary Broadway pop tune with accompaniment. Bring sheet music in the correct key, an accompanist will be provided. If director is unfamiliar with your work, please prepare a comic monologue. There will be cold readings as well.

 

Character descriptions:

Sonia Walsh: 30s - 40s leading lady with a strong low register. Sonia is a New Yorker, a lyricist and somewhat offbeat.

 

Vernon Gersch: 30s - 40s leading man with a G on top. Vernon is a composer (piano playing is a plus, but not a necessity), a New Yorker and has a dry sense of humor.

 

6 additional roles: 3 men and 3 women who are the "Greek Chorus" or alter-egos to Sonia and Vernon. Must be good at harmonizing and ensemble work.

 

DIRECTOR:

Jacqi Loewy: Previous WCP directing credits include Man of La Mancha, I Do, I Do, Proof, The Full Monty, Little Shop of Horrors, The Laramie Project and The Last Five Years. A fulltime professor of theatre/communication at Notre Dame College, Jacqi is celebrating over a decade as one of Cleveland's busiest director/actor/stage managers.  She has directed at The Cleveland Play House, Ensemble, Dobama, CASE, Charenton, Playhouse Square and Cleveland Public Theatre. As an actress, her credits range from Broadway to most Cleveland venues and she has been seen in leading roles at Playhouse Square, Dobama, Charenton and Mercury Summer Stock. Jacqi had the privilege of supervising all 3 years of Tony n'Tina's Wedding, the longest-running show in Cleveland's history. She currently serves as Board President of the Cleveland Theater Collective and is thrilled to be returning to Weathervane for They're Playin' Our Song.

 

Musical Director:

Jonathan Swoboda is the Music Director for the Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance. He has just completed his second year on the faculty. In addition to teaching, Jonathan has music directed KSU's productions of A New Brain, Jane Eyre, Rent and Oklahoma! as well as Porthouse Theatre's productions of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum and Annie Get Your Gun. Jonathan is a graduate with High Distinction from the University of Michigan School of Music and holds a Masters degree from the University of Nebraska. He has music directed more than 75 productions throughout the country including numerous national tours. He was an Assistant Director for Purdue Musical Organizations, at Purdue University, directing numerous vocal and instrumental ensembles. As a pianist, Jonathan is equally at home in the classical world as both a soloist and accompanist. More recently, Jonathan spent three years as a Resident Music Director for PCPA Theaterfest in California, and he toured as the Featured Keyboard Artist for the internationally known performing ensemble Mannheim Steamroller. Jonathan is excited and happy to be a part of the Weathervane family. 





AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT

 

"BREAKING THE CODE"

By Hugh Whitemore

 

Audition Dates:

Monday and Tuesday, June 14 and 15 starting at 7 p.m.

 (10-minute increments)

Callbacks: TBA

 

CALL 330-826-2626 FOR AN APPOINTMENT

 

Michael Rupert, three-time Tony Award-nominee and Tony Award-winner for Best Supporting Actor in Musical for the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity, will be directing Breaking the Code. The play is an historical drama about Alan Turing, the eccentric genius who broke the Enigma code during World War II. He was put on trial for breaking another code - the taboo against homosexuality.

 

12 Performance Dates:

Thursdays, October 7, 14, 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, October 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22 at 8 p.m.

Sundays, October 10, 17, 24 at 2:30 p.m.

 

 

Audition Preparation: Readings from the script. Audition sides are available for pick up at the Playhouse and online at www.weathervaneplayhouse.com.

 

 

All roles (other than Nikos) require a British accent.

 

Alan Turing, 39.  A quietly charismatic and multifaceted man.  Atheist, homosexual, eccentric and brilliant mathematician whose honesty and decency were too much for society and his times.  Unkempt in appearance, he occasionally speaks with a gentle stammer.  (Lead.)

 

Mick Ross, mid-40's.  A Detective Sergeant with the Manchester Police Department.  A by-the-book, working-class man, very good at what he does.  And what he does is get to the truth.  Tough, but not unsympathetic.  (Lead.)

 

Sara Turing, early 50's.  Alan's mother.  A simple woman, never quite able to understand the complex and complicated son she so dearly loves.  (4 scenes.)

 

Ron Miller, 20.  A north-country, working-class man currently out-of-work and looking to get some money or, at the very least another pint, anyway he can.  A rough young man, he directly contributes to Alan's downfall.  (3 scenes.)

 

Pat Green, early 30's.  A cryptanalyst at The Government Code and Cipher School.  A bright young woman in love with Alan despite his homosexuality.  (3 scenes.)

 

John Smith, 50's.  An authoritative, upper-middle class officer with the British Foreign Office.  (2 scenes.)

 

Dillwyn Knox, 60.  A brilliant classical scholar.  Alan's boss at The Government Code and Cipher School.  (2 scenes.)

 

Christopher Morcom, 17.  A modest, yet charming school friend of Alan's at Sherborne School.  He's the kind of boy who makes such an impression Alan will continue to speak of him long after Christopher's early, untimely death.  (1 scene.)

 

Nikos, 20.  A handsome young Greek boy.  A one-night lover on Alan's holiday on the island of Corfu.  Speaks fluent Greek.  (1 scene.)                 

 

 

Weathervane Playhouse is committed to non-traditional casting.

Except in cases where race, gender, age or disability is essential to the play,

all roles will be cast on the basis of talent.

Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2323 X16
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com
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