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<div>A Correction to the previous email. The Saturday May 5th Audition is scheduled for 5 PM, Not 7 pm. Sorry for the Inconvience.</div>
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<div>Scott Fields<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Scott Fields</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:scottwfields@gmail.com" target="_blank">
scottwfields@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Apr 3, 2007 11:05 AM<br>Subject: Audition Notice for PIPPIN - FIRST NOTICE<br>To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Capdist-auditions@dx.ayw.org" target="_blank">
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<p align="center"><font size="4"><u><strong>Auditions for: Pippin</strong> </u></font></p>
<div align="center"><font size="4"><u>Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and </u></font></div>
<div align="center"><font size="4"><u>Book by Roger O. Hirson</u></font></div>
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<div align="center"><font size="4">Presented by Colonial LIttle Theatre<br></font><font size="4">Directed by Gary Castler</font></div>
<div align="center"><font size="4">Musical Direction by Mark Hitrick</font></div>
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<div align="center"><strong><u>FIRST NOTICE</u></strong></div>
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<div align="center"><strong>Production Dates are July 27-29 and August 3-5, 2007</strong></div>
<p>Those auditioning should prepare 16 bars of an upbeat show tune or pop song, Also prepare to do cold readings from the script. </p>
<p align="center"><br><strong>This show will be the Opening Show of the Theater's 70th Anniversary Season</strong></p>
<p><strong>SYNOPSIS:</strong></p>
<p><em>Based on rhe story of Pippin, son of Charlemagne.</em></p>
<p><em>Once upon a time, the young prince Pippin longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. He sought it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, he found it in the simple pleasures of home and family.
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<p><em>This hip, tongue-in-cheek,anachronistic fairy tale captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere (the show has become a staple on high school and college campuses). The energetic pop-influenced score by three-time Oscar®-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz ("Godspell," "Children of Eden" and the animated films "Pocahontas," "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" and "The Prince Of Egypt") bursts with one showstopping number after another, from soaring ballads to infectious dance numbers.
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<p><em>Featuring a strong ensemble cast and a show-stealing song-and-dance narrator, "Pippin" is equally effective as an intimate, black-box production (as envisioned by the authors) or as original director/choreographer Bob Fosse's splashy, dance-driven spectacle, which included some of the most brilliant staging in Broadway history.
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<p><em>This Show is Rated PG</em></p>
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<p>CHARACTERS: </p>
<div> <br><strong>Leading Player</strong> dynamic, magnetic (Male or Female) Baritone</div>
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<div><strong>Pippin </strong> earnest, attractive, misguided Baritone </div>
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<div><strong>King Charlemagne </strong>military, imposing, Father of Pippin Bass</div>
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<div><strong>Fastrada</strong> Pippin's conniving step-mother Mezzo</div>
<p><strong>Berthe</strong> Pippin's saucy Grandmother Mezzo</p>
<div><strong>Lewis</strong> Pippin's foppish Stepbrother </div>
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<div><strong>Catherine </strong> attractive, sharp woman Mezzo</div>
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<div><strong>Theo </strong> Catherine's 8-year-old son, must have a strong singing voice.<br> </div>
<div><strong>PLUS a Cast of Players to round out the cast</strong><br> </div>
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<div><strong>THIS SHOW IS OPEN TO AGES 12 AND UP TO AND INCLUDING ADULTS OF ALL AGES</strong></div>
<p><br>Audition Dates: <strong>Saturday May 5th at 5 PM <br></strong> <strong>Mon-Tues May 7 and 8th, 2007</strong></p>
<div><br>Time: <strong>Registration 7:00 PM(5 PM on Sat May 5th)</strong></div>
<div><strong> Auditions begin promptly at 7:30 PM(5:30 PM on May 5th)</strong></div>
<p>Place: <strong>Colonial Little Theatre</strong><br> One Colonial Court<br> Johnstown, NY<br> (Parking Available in City Lot Right Across from Theater)
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<p>For Directions and other Questions: <strong>518-762-4325</strong> or Visit the Theatre website <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.coloniallittletheatre.org/" target="_blank">
<strong>http://www.coloniallittletheatre.org</strong></a><br></p>