[NEohioPAL] Pippin auditions at Weathervane

[Jan Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse

Akron OH

 

AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT

Call 330-836-2626

 

pippin

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

Book by Bob Fosse and Roger O. Hirson

 

Audition Dates:

Sunday, March 27 by appointment from 5 - 8 p.m.

 Monday, March 28 from 6 - 9 p.m.

 

Dance callbacks: Wed., March 30

(Bring music in case singing is required)

 

Run Dates: June 2 - 26, 2011

16 performances

 

Thursdays, June 2, 9, 16, 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays, June 3, 10, 17, 24  at 8 p.m.

Saturdays, June 4, 11, 18, 25  at 8 p.m.

Sundays, June 5, 12, 19, 26 at 2:30 p.m.

 

 

PREPARATION

Please prepare TWO brief, contrasting songs from

contemporary musical theater (may be from Pippin).

 

Please bring your calendar with you to the auditions in order to declare any potential conflict dates that you may have. Conflicts reported after casting may result in re-casting.

 

 

Casting Requirements: All roles require adults (18 or over) except Theo.

The Players: An ensemble of 12-14 singer/dancers. Each sings, dances and plays a variety of roles. All ages 18 and over with strong dancing skills needed.

 

PIPPIN: Earnest, attractive, misguided young man. Age range 18 - 25 Tenor or Baritone

 

BERTHE: Pippin's saucy Grandmother. Age 50+ Comic Alto role

 

CATHERINE: An attractive young widow. Age range 20-30 Alto

 

CHARLES: Pippin's domineering father. Age 45+ Baritone

 

FASTRADA: Pippin's conniving stepmother. Strong dancer/mover. Soprano/Mezzo

 

LEADING PLAYER: The Emcee of the show. Dynamic, magnetic singer/dancer. Male or female. Baritone or Mezzo Soprano.

 

LEWIS: Pippin's self-absorbed stepbrother. Bari-tenor

 

THEO: Catherine's 8-year-old son.

 

Eric Van Baars (Director) directed The Sum of Us last season at Weathervane Playhouse. As Associate Professor in the School of Theatre and Dance, Eric teaches Movement and Acting and has directed productions of Oklahoma, The Diviners, Lysistrata, On The Verge, Honk!, The Wild Party, and A New Brain. He serves as Assistant Artistic Director of Porthouse Theatre where he has directed Pump Boys and Dinettes and Dames at Sea and choreography for Once On This Island, Big River, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Fantasticks. On the Porthouse stage, he has appeared in The Music Man ( Harold Hill), The Odd Couple ( Felix) Anything Goes ( Lord Evelyn), Sweet Charity ( Oscar), Jesus Christ Superstar ( Herod), Guys and Dolls (Benny ), and Oklahoma! (Will Parker). As a choreographer/director, Eric's work has been seen at the Halle Theater, St. Louis Rep, Connecticut Rep, Berea Summer Theatre, Weathervane Playhouse and Cain Park.

 

 

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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