<p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><i>See below for an additional audition time and a more detailed character breakdown.</i></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><font size="4">Blank Canvas Theatre </font></b></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
Auditions for <b>The Cleveland Premiere</b> of</p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="6">DEBBIE DOES DALLAS: The Musical</font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 1em"><font color="#181818" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">adapted by Erica Schmidt, composed by Andrew Sherman, conceived by Susan L. Schwartz</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 1em"><font color="#181818" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
Directed by Patrick Ciamacco </p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Musical Direction by Lawrence Wallace</p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
Choreography by Nicci Cassara </p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
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* 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.</b></p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
<br></p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Sign Up:</strong> Email <a href="mailto:Patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com" target="_blank">Patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com</a> to sign up for the additional audition time.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Audition Date:</strong> Saturday October 13th at 11:00am - Callbacks to follow immediately </p>
<p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Time:</strong> 11:00am</p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
<strong>What to prepare:</strong> Please prepare 32 bars or a short song in a pop/contemporary musical theatre style. A headshot and resume is appreciated. </p>
<p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Performance Dates:</strong> November 30th - December 23rd. Shows will be Friday-Sunday. Friday & Saturday at 8pm. Sunday performances will be at 7pm. </p>
<p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Rehearsals:</strong> Will begin October 21 and will be Sunday-Thursdays. Sundays may be a longer day and we can lose Thursday rehearsals based on conflicts. </p>
<p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br><strong>Pay:</strong> 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.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br><strong>Audition Location:</strong> </p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
Blank Canvas Theatre </p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">1305 78<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 211 (at 78th Street Studios) </p>
<p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Cleveland, OH 44102 </p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
(Click <a href="http://blankcanvastheatre/directions" target="_blank">here</a> for directions or visit our website at <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" target="_blank">www.blankcanvastheatre.com</a>)</p><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><h2 style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
The Story</h2><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">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.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1em"> </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em"><em style="font-size:11px">"A scream! A saucy, tongue-in-cheek romp." —The New Yorker.</em></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="font-size:11px"><em>"Hilarious! DEBBIE manages to have it all: beauty, brains and a great sense of humor!" —Time Out NY.</em></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="font-size:11px"><em>"Shamelessly silly, shrewdly self-aware and proud of being naughty. Great fun!" —NY Times.</em></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="font-size:11px"><em>"Racy and raucous, a lighthearted, fast-paced thoroughly engaging and hilarious send-up." —NY Daily News.</em></span></p>
<p></p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </p><h2 style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Character Breakdown </h2>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="font-size:12px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Five women and three men, able to approximate high school aged students. Though, this is flexible.</i></font></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">THE
WOMEN</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">DEBBIE
BENTON</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> – 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">LISA</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ROBERTA
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">–
Roberta is the most naďve, 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">DONNA</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">TAMMY</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">THE
MEN</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ACTOR
ONE</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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.</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">RICK</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HAMILTON</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">BIGTIME</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-
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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ACTOR
TWO</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">GREENFELT</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">BIDDLE
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">–
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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">KEVIN</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ACTOR
THREE</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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.</span></i><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HARDWICK</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">BRADLEY</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ASHLEY</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NICK</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
– 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">JOHNNY</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-
Johnny is the tight end on the football team. He is Rick’s friend and a typical
football-playing-all-American high-school type.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">TIM</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> – Tim is also on the high-school football team.
He is much more bookish than Rick; he is Donna’s boyfrien</span><p></p><p></p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
</p><p style="color:rgb(24,24,24);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> If you have any questions feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com" target="_blank">patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com</a>. We look forward to seeing you at auditions!</p>
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