[NEohioPAL] Lakeland announces Auditions: The Light in the Piazza

[Martin Friedman]

 Lakeland Civic Theatre announces
*AUDITIONS* for
*A beautiful and compelling play*
*The Light in the Piazza*
Book by Craig Lucas
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
*A Northeast Ohio professional premiere*

 Directed by Martin Friedman
Set and Lighting Design by Trad A Burns
Musical Direction by Jordan Cooper
Costumes Designed by Stephanie Fisher
Sound Designed by Eric Simna
Production Stage Manager Joel Rathbone
* *
*The Play:* THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA takes place in Italy in the summer of
1953. Margaret Johnson, the wife of a well-heeled American businessman, is
touring the Tuscan countryside with her daughter, Clara. While sightseeing,
Clara, a beautiful yet surprisingly childish young woman, loses her hat in
a sudden gust. As if guided by an unseen hand, the hat lands at the feet of
Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine, who returns it to Clara. This
brief episode, charged with coincidence and fate, sparks an immediate and
intense romance between Clara and Fabrizio.
Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and
Fabrizio apart. As THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA unfolds, a secret is revealed:
in addition to the cultural differences between the young lovers, Clara is
not quite all that she appears. Unable to suppress the truth about her
daughter, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara's future, but her
own hopes as well.
*Production and Rehearsal dates:** The Light in the Piazza *will open
on Friday,
January 31 and run through February 16, 2014. There will be 9 performances
over this period. * *
*Audition Information: *There is a possibility that I will have one Special
Appearance contract. *ALL roles are compensated.* No audition appointments
are necessary nor is there a need to prepare a monologue. After a vocal
audition you will read directly from the script.
Almost all the roles require you to not only learn and deliver lines in
Italian but also sing in Italian.
Rehearsals will begin the first week in December. We will be off during the
holidays; resuming rehearsals on January 5, 2014.  Rehearsals will
generally be Sunday afternoon/evening through Friday evening.
Musical Director Jordan Cooper suggests that each actor and actress prepare
a 16 to 32 bar classic musical theatre ballad. An additional short piece in
Italian is highly recommended but not required. The following ranges are
important for you to consider before auditioning:
Clara: A4-A6    Margaret: A4-A6   Franca: B4-F6
Signora N: C4-C6    Fabrizio: A3-B5  Signor N: A3-E4
Giuseppe: G2-F4     Priest: E3- D4
****
*All other cast members will fall into standard voice ranges. For more
information concerning music, please contact Jordan Cooper @
jcooper27 at me.com.*
*Audition Dates, Times and Locations:***
*Thursday, October 24, 2013: 7:00pm - 9:00pm. The Performing Arts Center
(PAC), Building “D”.  *

*Saturday, October 26, 2013: Noon- 2:00pm. The Performing Arts Center
(PAC), Building "D".*

*Sunday, October 27, 2013: 1:30 – 3:00pm. The Performing Arts Center (PAC),
Building “D”.*

*Callbacks:*
*Sunday, November 3, 2013: 1:30pm- 3:00pm The Performing Arts Center (PAC),
Building "D". *

*The Roles:*
*Margaret Johnson*: An elegant, self-possessed woman in her late 30’s to
mid 50’s.

*Clara Johnson*: Margaret’s daughter, who is beautiful, naïve and young for
her age of 26 years.

*Fabrizio Naccarelli*: A 20 to 22 year old good looking and charming
Florentine.

*Giuseppe Naccarelli*: Fabrizio’s older brother; between the ages of 25 and
29 years old.

*Franca Naccarelli*:. Giuseppe’s wife who is early to late twenties.

*Signor Naccarelli*: Fabrizio’s father. Late 40’s to 50’s. Speaks in
heavily accented English. Also speaks Italian.
*Signore Naccarelli*: Fabrizio’s mother. Mid 40’s to 50’s. Speaks very
little English.

*Roy Johnson*: Margaret’s Husband who is between 40 and 55 years old.

*Tour Guide*: Male. Mid twenties to thirties.
*Priest:* Late 30’s to 50’s.
*The Ensemble*: Between 4 and 8 assorted men and women.

*Production Dates:*
The Light in the Piazza *will open on Friday, January 31 and run
through February16,
2014:*
*Friday, January 31 @ 7:30pm*
*Saturday, February 1@ 7:30pm*
*Sunday, February 2 @ 2:00pm*
*Friday February 7 @ 7:30pm*
*Saturday, February 8 @ 7:30pm*
*Sunday, February 9 @ 2:00pm*
*Friday February 14 @ 7:30pm*
*Saturday, February 15 @ 7:30pm*
*Sunday, February 16 @ 2:00pm*
 *Production Dates:** **$15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for all
students. For ticket reservations and information call 440-525-7134 or
contact Martin Friedman at martinfriedman98 at gmail.com. *




______________________________________

NEohioPAL is SELF-SERVE. If you need to unsubscribe, change from digest to
one-at-a-time delivery or vice-versa, go on hiatus while out of town,
switch from mime to plain text or vice-versa, etc. check out the FAQS at
http://www.fredsternfeld.com.
______________________________________

Please consider a voluntary contribution to support Neohiopal -
http://www.fredsternfeld.com/faqs.htm#support
______________________________________

Disclaimer: The facts and/or opinions expressed in this message are solely
those of the person in the 'from' or 'reply-to' header. The fact that this
message is posted should in no way be taken as an endorsement by the
administrator of this list. Subscribers should perform due diligence for
all goods, services and activities promoted on NEohioPAL.
________________________________________

NEohioPAL mailing list
post at neohiopal.org
http://lists.neohiopal.org/listinfo.cgi/neohiopal-neohiopal.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.neohiopal.org/pipermail/neohiopal-neohiopal.org/attachments/20130826/a9344354/attachment-0001.htm>