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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
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mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Sullivan and Gilbert Auditions December 5<sup>th</sup>
and 6<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Producer—Bonnie Williams, Director—Gwen Fraser and Musical
Director—Sherri <span class=SpellE>Strichman</span> announce auditions
dates for SLOC’s 3<sup>rd</sup> show of the 2005-2006 season, <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Sullivan and Gilbert</span></i></b>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Auditions will be held Monday and
Tuesday, December 5<sup>th</sup> and 6<sup>th</sup> at the Opera House on </span></font><st1:Street><st1:address>State
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:City><st1:place>Schenectady</st1:place></st1:City>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Sign in begins at <st1:time Hour="19"
Minute="0">7:00 pm</st1:time> each night and the auditions begin at <st1:time
Hour="19" Minute="30">7:30 pm</st1:time>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Everyone trying out for Savoyard, Violet or Alfred, should come
prepared to sing a Gilbert and Sullivan song or something similar.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>NO POP/ROCK.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We would like to produce a fully acoustic show…like it would be
in 1890 at the </span></font><st1:State><st1:place>Savoy</st1:place></st1:State>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Projection and diction will be very
important.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Do not be concerned by maintaining an accent during auditions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>An accompanist will be provided; a cappella singing will not be heard.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Sullivan and Gilbert</span></font></i></b> is set in the Savoy Theater
in 1890.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It is the final frantic
day of rehearsal for the Gilbert and Sullivan revue requested by Queen <st1:State><st1:place>Victoria</st1:place></st1:State>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The two men have been feuding for years,
but they are forced to work together one more time.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The playwright, Ken Ludwig has adorned
his book with a wonderful Gilbert and Sullivan score.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The cast consists of 17 adults.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Characters are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>William S Gilbert</span></font></b>—a strong
actor who has 1 duet that could be talked/sung.</span> He is a middle-aged,
rumpled, sturdy, stubborn, gruff, gout sufferer who is out-spoken, yet means
well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Sir Arthur Sullivan</span></font></b>—a
strong actor who has 1 duet that can be talked/sung.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He is a middle-aged, gentle, elegant,
high-strung, sensitive man of questionable health.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He longs to be known as a “serious
composer”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Gilbert and Sullivan are both quick tongued and
very different from one another, but there is still and underlying feeling of
caring between them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Kitty Gilbert</span></font></b>—a
non-singing role—is a confident woman in her late 30’s.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She’s been married to Gilbert
since she was 17 and is not at all fond of her husband’s <span
class=SpellE>brusk</span> ways.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She
acts as a buffer between G & S.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Richard <span class=SpellE>D’Oly</span>
Carte</span></font></b>—a non singing role—is the long time G &
S producer.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He valiantly tries to
keep everyone on task.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The following Savoyards and Violet do about 95% of
the staged singing.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>They all have
solos, plus ensemble singing and speaking lines.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Savoyards:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Durward</span></font></b></span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> <span class=SpellE>Lely</span> </span></b>(Tenor)<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> and <span
class=SpellE>Courtice</span> <span class=GramE>Pounds<span style='font-weight:
normal'>(</span></span></span></b>tenor<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>)—</span></b>both
are narcissistic and full of themselves.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City><st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Rutland</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:City><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> </span></b><st1:City><st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Barrington</span></b></st1:place></st1:City>
(bass-baritone)—an up stager, could be hefty.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Sybil Grey</span></font></b> (soprano) and <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Jessie Bond</span></b> (mezzo) both are catty, gossips who are jealous
of the attention given to Violet.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Rosina</span></font></b></span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> <span class=SpellE>Brandram</span></span></b> <span class=GramE>( alto</span>)
could be a large woman who is a man chaser.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She is a larger than life type woman.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>George <span class=SpellE>Grossmith</span></span></font></b>
(baritone) is a comic G & S actor who’s a dandy and very full of
himself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Violet Russell</span></font></b> (soprano) is a
pretty girl in her 20’s.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She
is a magnet for men and is currently having a secret affair with Sullivan.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She is willing to use her feminine wiles
to advance her career.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Alfred, Duke of <span class=SpellE>Edinburg</span></span></font></b>,
the second son of Queen <st1:State><st1:place>Victoria</st1:place></st1:State>
is a friend of Sullivan.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He is an
attractive playboy type.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He longs
to be on stage even though he’s totally inexperienced in theatre.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Gilbert refers him to him as a
“dumbbell without a title”. (<span class=GramE>sings</span> a solo
and some later ensemble #’s).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>2 men and 2 women who sing</span></font></b>.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>These 4 will be dressed as Victorian
stage hands and costumers.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>While
they haven’t any speaking lines, they will be used for staging business
and chorus parts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Production dates are: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>March 3, 4, 5 and 9, 10,
11, 12</span></b>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For further
information, please contact <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Gwen Fraser (346-1366) or
Sherri <span class=SpellE>Strichman</span> (346-6722).<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>-30-<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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