North Canton Playhouse announces auditions for the summer production "Thoroughly Modern Millie" For ages 14-21 "Forget about the boy when a small town girl searches for a new life in the bright lights of 1920s New York City." Director/Choreographer: Sarah Jane Toy Production Coordinator: Delorna Toy Musical Director: Sandy Wallace When: Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5th from 6:30-9:30 Callback will be held Sunday, May 6th from 5-8 Where: North Canton Playhouse 525 7th St. NE North Canton, OH 44720 Please prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre song that best shows your range. Please bring sheet music in the correct key or sing A Capella. An accompanist will be available. Include headshot and resume if available. Please list all conflicts at auditions. Rehearsals will begin Saturday, May 12th, 19th, 26th June 2nd and 9th Regular Rehearsals will begin June 10th and run Sunday- Thursdays from 6:30-9:30 Tech rehearsals are mandatory and run: July 29th July 30th July 31st August 1st Show dates: August 2nd-19th Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30 and Sundays @ 2:30 To schedule an audition: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0848aaa828a4f94-thoroughly Please email katfish1040@hotmail.com with any questions. Millie Dillmount A spunky, modern woman trying to make it in New York City. She falls in love with Jimmy. Our story's protagonist. Gender: Female Jimmy Smith A suave city slicker who unexpectedly becomes the story's hero. He falls in love with Millie. Gender: Male Mrs. Meers A former actress turned human trafficker pretending to be a kindly chinese woman. She oversees the Hotel Priscilla where she secretly sells her tenants. Gender: Female Miss Dorothy Brown A naive, wealthy girl who has moved to New York to change her lifestyle. She becomes Millie's roommate and confidant. Gender: Female Ching Ho A Chinese immigrant working to bring his mother to the United States. Younger brother of Bun Foo and henchman to Mrs. Meers. Sings and speaks in chinese. Gender: Male Bun Foo A Chinese immigrant working to bring his mother to the United States. Older brother of Ching Ho and henchman to Mrs. Meers. Sings and speaks in chinese. Gender: Male Miss Flannery An uptight, stern office manager. She runs the stenographer pool at Sincere Trust Insurance Company. Gender: Female Trevor Graydon An executive at the Sincere Trust Insurance Company. He is sharp, ambitious, and secretly romantic. Gender: Male Muzzy Van Hossmere A glamorous actress and singer at a night club. She becomes Millie's friend and mentor. Gender: Female *It is the authors' preference that, for thematic reasons, the role of Muzzy be played by an actress of color as an African-American character. Traditionally show business was one of the only ways an African American could circumvent the worst of racism and embark on the same kind of self-reinvention that Millie is attempting -- and, in 1922, there were limited avenues for that trajectory available to African-Americans. That said, from a narrative perspective, the story can be told no matter what the race of the actress playing Muzzy.