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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=5 color="#292526" face=Courier><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:
Courier;color:#292526'>Auditions for:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=5 color=red face=TT1BE2O00><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:TT1BE2O00;
color:red;font-style:italic'>The Scarlet Pimpernel<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Director Suzanne Rayome, Producer Jennifer S. Depew, and Music
Director Michael Lotano are pleased to announce auditions for <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Scarlet Pimpernel</span></i>, SLOC’s 5</span></font><sup><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>th</span></font></sup><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>and final show of the season. Auditions will be held at the Opera
house, located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">826 State Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Schenectady</st1:City></st1:place>,
on Tuesday, January 27 and Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 7:00p.m. Call back
auditions, if needed, will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2009. Production dates
will be May 1-3 and May 7 – 10, 2009. If you wish to audition, please
come prepared to sing 16 bars from any musical number in the show or any
musical theater piece. An accompanist will be provided; no a cappella singing
or singing with an accompanying CD will be allowed. Individuals auditioning
will be asked to read scenes from the script and may be asked to learn a
choreographed movement. For further information, please contact the Director,
Suzanne Rayome at 209-1127 or at guyanddoll@hotmail.com or the Producer,
Jennifer S. Depew, at 456-5504.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Based on the classic novel by Baroness Orczy, SLOC’s staging
of the musical <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Scarlet Pimpernel </span></i>features
a Capital Region premiere. The show is set in <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>
against the backdrop of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. The musical
vividly portrays the romance, intrigue and horrors of one of the most
tumultuous periods in history. With the book and lyrics written by Nan
Knighton and the music by Frank Wildhorn, the story mixes historical fact with
dramatic adventure. The hero of the story, a rich Englishman, organizes a brave
band of his friends to rescue intended victims of the guillotine in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
The title of the musical gets its name from the symbol used by the enigmatic
hero: the red, star-shaped wildflower known as the Scarlet Pimpernel. There
are many leading and supporting roles available for teens, (age 14 and above),
women and men. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Roles to be cast/vocal ranges include: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Percy Blakeney (a.k.a. The Scarlet Pimpernel) – tenor <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Marguerite St. Just (his wife) – mezzo soprano <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Chauvelin (the antagonist in search of the true identity of the
Scarlet Pimpernel) – baritone/tenor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Armand St</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>. Just (Marguerite’s brother) – baritone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Percy’s Bounders (the band of heroes helping the Scarlet
Pimpernel): <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> Ozzy, Dewhurst, Elton, Farleigh, Hal, Ben –
various ranges<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Marie Grosholtz (a friend of Marguerite) – mezzo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Prince of Wales- baritone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Chorus of 6 - 10 includes many speaking, singing and supporting
roles.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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