[NEohioPAL] Additional Audition Time - Debbie Does Dallas The Musical

[Patrick Ciamacco]

*See below for an additional audition time and a more detailed character
breakdown.*

*Blank Canvas Theatre *

Auditions for *The Cleveland Premiere* of

DEBBIE DOES DALLAS: The Musical

adapted by Erica Schmidt, composed by Andrew Sherman, conceived by Susan L.
Schwartz


Directed by Patrick Ciamacco

Musical Direction by Lawrence Wallace

Choreography by Nicci Cassara



* * There is NO actual nudity in this show. Despite the subject matter.
However, no one under 18 years old will be considered for this show.*


*Sign Up:* Email Patrick at blankcanvastheatre.com to sign up for the
additional audition time.

*Audition Date:* Saturday October 13th at 11:00am - Callbacks to follow
immediately

*Time:* 11:00am

*What to prepare:* Please prepare 32 bars or a short song in a
pop/contemporary musical theatre style. A headshot and resume is
appreciated.

*Performance Dates:* November 30th - December 23rd. Shows will
be Friday-Sunday. Friday & Saturday at 8pm. Sunday performances will be at
7pm.

*Rehearsals:* Will begin October 21 and will be Sunday-Thursdays. Sundays
may be a longer day and we can lose Thursday rehearsals based on conflicts.


*Pay:* Blank Canvas Theatre dedicates 20% of the net profit to the cast of
each show. The cast splits this evenly. This show contains 8 actors meaning
each actor will receive 2.5% of any net profit.


*Audition Location:*

Blank Canvas Theatre

1305 78th Street, Suite 211 (at 78th Street
Studios)

Cleveland, OH 44102

(Click here <http://blankcanvastheatre/directions> for directions or visit
our website at www.blankcanvastheatre.com)
   The Story

The show is the coming-of-age story of an all-American small-town
sweetheart named Debbie Benton. Debbie is captain of her high-school
cheerleading team, but she dreams of making it to the big time by becoming
a Texas Cowgirl Cheerleader. The only thing that stands between her and the
realization of her dream is bus fare to the big city: Dallas. Debbie
enlists her teammates, Lisa, Roberta, Donna and Tammy. The girls form a
company called Teen Services and get jobs, but they quickly realize
minimum-wage jobs just don't pay enough. Luckily, Debbie's boss, Mr.
Greenfelt, has an idea how the girls can raise enough money in time. A
ridiculous parody based on the 1978 pornographic film Debbie Does Dallas.
However, unlike the original movie, the musical does not contain any actual
sex or nudity.



*"A scream! A saucy, tongue-in-cheek romp." —The New Yorker.*

*"Hilarious! DEBBIE manages to have it all: beauty, brains and a great
sense of humor!" —Time Out NY.*

*"Shamelessly silly, shrewdly self-aware and proud of being naughty. Great
fun!" —NY Times.*

*"Racy and raucous, a lighthearted, fast-paced thoroughly engaging and
hilarious send-up." —NY Daily News.*


Character Breakdown

*Five women and three men, able to approximate high school aged students.
Though, this is flexible.*

*THE WOMEN*



*DEBBIE BENTON* – The heroine. Debbie is a small town girl with big city
dreams. On the surface she looks like a bombshell blonde—voluptuous and
squeaky clean; underneath she is an existentialist. She thinks deeply about
things and is nonjudgmental and generous by nature. She forgives easily but
she also has the conviction/determination to pursue her dream an achieve
it—regardless of the cost. Debbie’s growing up is the journey of the play.
She must be able to sing and cheer well.



*LISA* – Lisa is a great cheerleader. She is essentially “the hooker with a
heart of gold” or “the bad girl we love to hate.” Lisa is manipulative and
sneaky – she plots to steal Debbie’s boyfriend and succeeds but she carries
off her bad girl ways in a manner that makes us love her. She enjoys the
way she looks and a healthy sexuality and loves to use her looks and charm
and sex even in casual conversation (making for comedy). Lisa has grown up
lower-class. She also sets goals for herself and achieves them – she just
doesn’t aim very high. Must also sing and cheer well.



*ROBERTA *– Roberta is the most naïve, spacey, air-headed of all the girls
and this is because she chooses to be. She lives in her own world in a kind
of ventilated bubble of choosing to hear what sounds fun and blocking out
everything else; she has a selective memory. Roberta and Lisa are best
friends and like Lisa, Roberta is very comfortable with the way she looks
and has a lot of sex. She comes from money. She has a boyfriend, Jonny, but
they enjoy an open relationship.



*DONNA* – Donna is a poet. She is the dark angel of the team and a study in
contradictions. She has a boyfriend, Tim, but her closest allegiance is to
Tammy (who is a prude). Donna wants to experiment with sex but she doesn’t
want to be branded as “easy”. She is concerned about what people will say
and very worried about the censure of her parents. She is thoughtful and
smart. Her favorite poet is probably Sylvia Plath but her favorite movie is
probably Titanic.



*TAMMY* – Tammy wants to be a senator when she grows up. She is a young
Hillary Clinton with a sense of humor. Her role models are probably
Condoleeza Rice and Madonna. She is prone to wisecracks and smart comments
that sometimes go over the heads of her teammates although she remains
nonjudgmental of their choices (or tries to). She does not have a
boyfriend. She is probably a cheerleader because it helps to have
extracurricular sport on your transcript when you apply to college, but she
is also good at cheering. Tammy is best friends with Donna. She is a virgin
and remains so.



*THE MEN*



*ACTOR ONE*

*Actor One is the quintessential suburban American high-school heartthrob.
He must transform from role to role (and these roles are pretty similar and
therefore harder to make distinct) and be funny and lovable and elicit
nostalgia for high school days.*



*RICK* – Rick really wants to have sex. He is the quarterback and captain
of the football team and his girlfriend is the captain of the cheerleaders
(Debbie). Rick is a typical all-American 18-years-old suburban high school
guy.



*HAMILTON* – Hamilton is a rich, young tennis pro who owns a set of courts
in a town and teaches lessons. He is arrogant, snobby, chauvinistic and the
only really aristocratic presence in the show.



*BIGTIME*- Bigtime is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys football team and
cheerleading squad. He is the most important man in Dallas. He has southern
accent and is a bit of a cowboy. Mr. Bigtime makes only cameo appearances.



*ACTOR TWO*

*Actor Two must be a character actor who has the ability to be funny (and
transformative) and also have real depth, soul and likeability in the role
of Greenfelt.*



*GREENFELT* – Mr. Greenfelt owns the local sports goods store. He is
unmarried and lonely. Greenfelt wanted to be an athlete all through high
school and community college but he never made it. Now he owns a sports
store and specializes in selling other people their dreams. He is
understated and earnest. Greenfelt has a real thing for Debbie and while he
is desperate to get in her pants in an aggressive/macho/man’s-man kind of
way, he deals with his desire in a gentlemanly fashion. He is a simple man,
he isn’t brilliant but he isn’t stupid; he means everything he says without
any manipulation or malice. He cannot be smarter than Debbie although he
has more life experiences; they are equals.



*BIDDLE *– Mr. Biddle works at the high school library. He is repressed and
reserved. Biddle is of a forgotten generation in his principles and
etiquette. (He is a male character in a porno and he does not want sex). He
is Smart, rash, quick to anger and passionate about poetry.



*KEVIN* – A high school jock. Kevin is a friend of Rick’s and an
all-American football player. He drinks beer and cuts school. He is
suburban.



*ACTOR THREE*

*Actor Three plays more than five roles and therefore must be facile at
quick and total character transformations that are each equally funny. A
comic. Actor Three also appears as himself and as the speaking stage hand.**
*



*HARDWICK* – Mr. Hardwick is a swinger. Hardwick owns a candle shop with
his wife and has probably spent the last ten years of married life shopping
for a third party for their sexual activities. He is open and fun-loving.
You would think he is a hippie but there is something very Mr. Rogers about
him.



*BRADLEY* – Mr. Bradley is the kind of man who hires high-school girls to
wash his car in his driveway while his wife is at work. He is the high
school Spanish teacher and chooses to speak only that language. He is
American middle –class: medium everything.



*ASHLEY* – Ashley is good friends with Hamilton (who owns the tennis
courts). Like Hamilton, Ashley comes from money and has never had to work,
but unlike Hamilton, Ashley is challenged when it comes to scoring ladies.



*NICK* – Nick is college-aged. He works at the record store and is a bit of
a musical snob- one of those guys who is nerdy but makes himself cool by
acquiring insane amounts of knowledge about obscure bands. He has a certain
cool-guy youth, charm, and appeal but in a very Athens, Georgia/High
Fidelity kind of way.



*JOHNNY*- Johnny is the tight end on the football team. He is Rick’s friend
and a typical football-playing-all-American high-school type.


*TIM* – Tim is also on the high-school football team. He is much more
bookish than Rick; he is Donna’s boyfrien



 If you have any questions feel free to contact us at
patrick at blankcanvastheatre.com. We look forward to seeing you at auditions!
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