*Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute -* *Summer 2019 Production Season* *Auditions 2/8-2/10, 2/23-2/24* *Oliver!* Book, Music and Lyrics by LIONEL BART Based on the novel OLIVER TWIST By Charles Dickens *June 28 - July 7, 2019* Directed and Choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz Music Directed by John Krol Set Design by T. Paul Lowry *A New Brain* Music and Lyrics by William Finn and James Lapine *July 26 - August 4, 2019* Directed by Dan Hendrock Music Directed by John Krol Set Design by T. Paul Lowry *Auditions for 2019 season: * *February 8th (6:30-8:30 pm) Feb 9th (2:30-5:30 pm)* * Feb. 10th(12-3 pm)* *Call backs/A New Brain - Feb.10th (3:30-7 pm)* *Call backs /Oliver!-Feb.23rd (4-6 pm), Feb.24th (1-6 pm)* Email for an appointment: hbti_auditions@hb.edu General auditions for the shows will be held together. Callbacks will be held separately. The rehearsal schedule is set so students can be in both shows. Please prepare a one minute memorized musical selection that is character driven and a one minute memorized monologue from a play. Bring sheet music - an accompanist will be provided. There will be dance call for *Oliver* at call backs. *Please Note: to be eligible to participate in this production you must attend at least 1 session of HBTI 2019 Summer Training.* *There is a production fee associated with each show. * *Oliver!* Book, Music and Lyrics by LIONEL BART Based on the novel OLIVER TWIST By Charles Dickens *June 28 - July 7, 2019* Directed and Choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz Music Directed by John Krol Set Design by T. Paul Lowry This Tony award-winning musical adaptation of the classic Dickens’ novel springs to life with some of the memorable characters and songs ever to hit the stage; Food Glorious Food, Where Is Love, Consider Yourself and As Long As He Needs Me to name just a few of the songs that earned Lionel Bart the Tony for Best Original Score. OLIVER is one of the few musicals to win an academy award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actor and audiences alike. About OLIVER!: The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse,becomes a neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance among a group of petty thieves and pickpockets lead by elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr Brownlow, takes him in. Fearing for the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, leaving Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of family. Roles available from grade 3 through college. Oliver Twist Fagin Artful Dodger Bill Sikes Nancy Bet Mr. Bumble Mrs Corney Mr. Sowerberry Charlotte Mrs. Bedwin Mr. Brownlow Old Sally Charley Bates Ensemble Email for an appointment: hbti_auditions@hb.edu For addition information go to: *https://www.mtishows.com/oliver <https://www.mtishows.com/oliver>* For more information about HBTI contact Bebe Weinberg Katz at *bkatz@hb.edu <bkatz@hb.edu>* Or check out our facebook page at: Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute * A New Brain* Music and Lyrics by William Finn and James Lapine *July 26-August 4, 2019 * Directed by Dan Hendrock Music Directed by John Krol Set Design by T. Paul Lowry “...Jaunty with moments of captivating eccentricity.” The New York Times “...apt and original.” The New York Post By the Tony Award winning authors of Falsettos, here is an energetic, sardonic, often comical musical about a composer during a medical emergency. Gordon collapses into his lunch and awakes in the hospital surrounded by his maritime-enthusiast lover, his mother, a co-worker, the doctor and the nurses. Reluctantly, he had been composing a song for a children’s television show that features a frog- Mr. Bungee- and the specter of the this large green character and unfinished work haunts him throughout his medical ordeal. What was thought to be a tumor turns out to be something more operable and Gordon recovers, grateful for a chance to compose the songs he yearns to produce. Roles available from 7th grade through college: Gordon Michael Schwinn A Homeless Lady Rhoda Waitress Mr. Bungee Richard Nancy D Mimi Schwinn Dr Jafar Berensteiner Roger Delli-Bovi The Minister Possible small ensemble of “frogs” Email for an appointment: hbti_auditions@hb.edu For additional Information go to: *https://samuelfrench.com/p/217/a-new-brain <https://samuelfrench.com/p/217/a-new-brain>* For more information about HBTI contact Bebe Weinberg Katz at *bkatz@hb.edu <bkatz@hb.edu>* Or check out our facebook page at: Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute