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<DIV class=description>Parade: Auditions <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_0 class=yshortcuts>February 9</SPAN> and 10, 2010 at 7:00 pm.<BR><BR>Spotlight Players Community Theater is proud to announce auditions for the Capital District community theater premiere of Parade (1999 Tony for Best Original Score, Drama Desk and <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_1 class=yshortcuts>New York Drama Critics Circle Awards</SPAN> for Best New Musical). Parade is composed by <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_2 class=yshortcuts>Jason Robert Brown</SPAN> who is steadily becoming a leading composer and playwright for American Musical Theater. It is a powerful dramatic musical based on the real life story of Leo Frank. <BR><BR><STRONG>The main auditions will be held <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_3 class=yshortcuts>on February 9</SPAN> and 10, 2010 starting at 7 PM.</STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV class=description>Auditions will be held at:</DIV>
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<DIV class=description><STRONG>Coumbia High School Auditorium</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=description><STRONG>962 Luther Road</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=description><STRONG>East Greenbush, NY</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=description><STRONG>12061</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV class=description>Please prepare 16 bars from a dramatic song from a musical.<BR><BR>Spotlight will be scheduling pre-auditions for the African-American roles in January. The show begins <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_4 class=yshortcuts>on Wednesday, May 12</SPAN> and runs through <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_5 class=yshortcuts>Sunday, May 16</SPAN>. This may be your one and only opportunity to do this musical. The parts listed below have solos-- there are many. This is a show in which actors have the opportunity to be onstage a great deal of time and explore many emotional scenes. This is not a dance show, so for you acting/singing types, this is right up your alley. As there is very little dancing, scene-work and rehearsals will move quickly. Although we are auditioning in February, we will not start rehearsals until March. <BR><BR>‘Parade’
concerns the true story of the 1913 trial of a Brooklyn-born Jewish factory manager Leo Frank who was accused of raping and murdering a 13 year old employee, <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_6 class=yshortcuts>Mary Phagan</SPAN>. The trial, sensationalized by the media, aroused anti-Semitic tensions in <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_7 class=yshortcuts>Atlanta</SPAN> and the state of Georgia. Helped by his loving wife and the principled governor of Georgia, Frank's sentence was commuted due to illegalities with the trial and he was transferred to a prison in <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_8 class=yshortcuts>Milledgeville, Georgia</SPAN>. Sadly, in the end, a lynching party breaks him out of the prison and Leo Frank is hanged. <BR><BR>We are delighted to announce that we have received a grant from the <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_9 class=yshortcuts>Arts Center</SPAN> of the Capital Region, which will help enable us to make the
tickets for this show free to the public. Because of this, you may be playing to a packed audience of over 900 and you will be able to invite anyone and everyone you've ever wanted to see you in a show. <BR><BR>Listed below are the main characters and their solos: <BR><BR>Leo Frank, 30-45, Sings many solos. Male lead. Baritone-Tenor. The ideal actor is a <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_10 class=yshortcuts>thin man</SPAN> who can portray innocence, nervousness but confidence in his values, he becomes more confident as the play progresses. <BR><BR>Lucille Frank, 30-45, Also sings many solos. Female lead. Alto. The ideal actress is strong, begins the show as a subordinate southern wife and grows to be a feisty equal partner and savior by the end of the play. <BR><BR><SPAN id=lw_1263360366_11 class=yshortcuts>Britt Craig</SPAN>, 20-45, Sings two solos--Big News and Real Big News. An actor who can portray slimy, but a character who can command the stage. He is the
sensational news reported brought in to cover the trial. <BR><BR>Hugh Dorsey, 40-60, Sings 3 solos-- Something Ain't Right (not on CD), Twenty Miles from Marietta, Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes, Baritone. An actor who can portray a confident, southern attorney, determined to win at all costs. He is the prosecuting attorney.<BR><BR>Frankie Epps, 16-20, Sings 2 solos plus the Epilogue in the Finale (may also portray the young soldier) Baritone-Tenor. This role is for a teenager whose voice and characterizations are heart wrenching and powerfully emotional. He is the teenage friend/big brother type of Mary Phagan. <BR><BR>Young Soldier/Fiddlin John, 16-25 Sings Prologue- The <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_12 class=yshortcuts>Old Red Hills of Home</SPAN>, and It's Time Now (People of Atlanta.) Baritone-Tenor. Needs a phenomenal singer. He begins the show with one of the best songs in musicals ever.<BR><BR>Mary Phagan, 12-14, Sings 2 solos-- The Picture
Show and Frankie's Testimony (she does appear in flashback scenes after she is dead) Alto. Looking for a girl who is the poster child of innocence. She is the unfortunate girl and <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_13 class=yshortcuts>factory worker</SPAN> whose murder is the plot of the story.<BR><BR>Mrs. Phagan, 26-45, Sings 1 solo-- My Child Will Forgive Me and a duet later in act 2, Alto. Ideal for an actress who can portray poor but cleans up well, her singing voice must evoke sympathy. She is Mary's mother. <BR><BR><SPAN id=lw_1263360366_14 class=yshortcuts>Tom Watson</SPAN>, 35-55, Sings 2 solos -- Watson's Lullaby and Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes. This role is a detective who demands justice, singing voice must be strong. He is the lead detective on the case. <BR><BR>Judge Roan, 50 and up Sings 1 solo-- Letter to the Governor. Bass. This bass part is very low, his solo, Letter to the Governor is one of the turning points of the show, and his
song is riddled with guilt. He is often doubled with Old Soldier. <BR><BR>Quartet of girls who sing a couple of sections in various songs Alto/Soprano. These roles are for 4 girls who blend well together, some have occasional solo lines, but they are basically a package together. <BR>• Iola Stover (she is more of a supporting role)<BR>• Essie<BR>• Lizzie Phagan 14-18 <BR>• Monteen<BR><BR>Newt Lee, 50 and up, Sings 1 solo-- I Am Trying To Remember-- plus sections of Other Songs, Baritone, African-American. This role is for an African-American male who can portray an older man in character and voice. He is the night watchman for the factory and is originally accused of the murder as well.<BR><BR>Jim Conley, 20-40, Sings 2 solos -- That's What He Said and Feel the Rain Fall (not on CD), Baritone, Tenor, African-American male with a cunning personality who can command the stage. A factory worker also, he is the actual guilty party. <BR><BR>Angela,
20-50, Sings Rumblin and a Rollin with Jim. Newt and Riley – Alto. Belt African-American female who can bring it home in the number Rumblin and a Rollin. She is Riley's wife and a laundry worker.<BR><BR>Riley, 20-60, Sings Rumblin and a Rollin - Baritone, an African-American male who can portray a subservient driver for the governor. <BR>Old Soldier - 50 and up, Sings 1 Solo -- The Old Red Hills of Home-- Baritone/Bass, the epitome of southern pride, he is a soldier of the confederacy in the civil war. <BR><BR>Governor Stanton, 40 and up, Sings 1 solo -- Pretty Music-- Baritone-Tenor/Dancer, a kind of a foolish politician, a showman who can dance and sing. He is the big cheese of the state. <BR><BR>There are also solos within songs for additional characters. We may be having ensemble members playing more than one of these characters. They are Aide, assistant, Det. Starnes, Off. Ivey, Prison Guard, Floyd McDaniel, Luther Rosser, Nurse, Mr. Peavy.
Versatility will be necessary for these parts. There are other parts in the play not listed above because they do not have solo work. This is just a list of characters who must sing a solo. We are looking for good singers. <BR><BR>If you wish to talk to the director, Michael Mensching, or pick up a CD then please e-mail him at <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_15 class=yshortcuts>Senor65@aol.com</SPAN> or call <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_16 class=yshortcuts>477-2256</SPAN>.<BR><BR>This project is made possible in part through a Community Art$Grant, a program funded by The Arts Center of the Capital Region through the <SPAN id=lw_1263360366_17 class=yshortcuts>New York State Council on the Arts</SPAN>, a state agency.</DIV><BR> </DIV>
<P><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_18 class=yshortcuts>Michael McDermott</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1263360366_19 class=yshortcuts>(518) 669-5414</SPAN></P>
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<P>Michael McDermott<BR>(518) 669-5414</P>
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