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color:black;font-weight:bold'>Director – Michael Mensching </span></font></b><b><font
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color:black;font-weight:bold'> Musical Director – Val Lord </span></font></b></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>To Spelling Bee Contestants</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>: (actors 20’s to 30’s)
We are pleased that you are considering entering the Bee. For contestants we
are looking for <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>adults</span></b> that can
easily look and play the parts of children ages 8-14. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>All ethnicities are encouraged to audition</span></b>.
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Please prepare 16 bars from an up tempo or
comedic song (most preferably one from the show) </span></i>and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>prepare a one minute joke or story that will be told
in the persona of the character you most wish to play.</span></i> Please be
prepared for a simple movement audition. *** What we are looking for are
talented performers that can stand out in a crowd. Remember, these are
Spelling Bee kids; they are not conformists. Part of the humor of these
contestants is that they are adult actors in these roles.</span></font></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>To Spelling Bee Administrators</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'> (roles of Rona, Panch, Mitch):
Please prepare either a song from the show or a ballad that is appropriate for
your character (We might suggest a song from A New Brain which is another Finn
piece if you can’t find one from this show) Vice Principal Panch does not
sing a lot, so most anything is fine. For these three characters, we would like
a one minute fictitious history of your character. Start with your character
description and go from there. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Character Breakdown - </span></font></b><i><font color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black;
font-style:italic'>Characters include but are not limited to the following:</span></font></i></p>
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</span></font><b><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Chip Tolentino:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:windowtext'>TENOR </span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>(</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:windowtext'>to</span></font><font size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:windowtext'>high</span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Cambria><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Cambria;
color:windowtext'> B</span></font><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>) </span></font><font size=2
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:windowtext'>The</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'> reigning spelling champion of </span></font><font size=2
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:black'>Putnam</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>County</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>, relatively athletic and social, he
expects things to come easily to him. Lately though, he’s been going
through some weird changes, and things are slipping out of his control. </span></font></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>William Barfée: </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:black'>TENOR (to high B flat) has a host of health
problems and a lot to prove. Loud and combative as a defensive posture, he is
the fat kid who becomes a bully to avoid being picked on. His parents are
divorced, his father remarried to a much younger woman; and William does not
expect kindness from anyone but his mother. So friendship takes him by
surprise. Still, he’s noticed on the spelling circuit for his remarkable
technique—spelling words out on the floor with his foot. Taken out of
competition last year because of an ill-timed allergic reaction, he’s
here for vindication. The journey he doesn’t expect is one of coming to
care about someone else—when he sees outside his own needs for perhaps
the first time, it shakes him fundamentally. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Olive Ostrovsky:</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:black'> MEZZO (B to F sharp)A word lover, Olive has a
fairly quiet life. An only child with often-absent parents, Olive spends a lot
of her time alone. She fills some of that time reading the dictionary—the
words bring her comfort, as does the idea of the vastness of the world the book
contains. During the first half of the bee, she often peers into the audience
to see if her father, who is delayed at work, has made it yet. She starts
enormously shy, and shyly blossoms. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'> MEZZO (C to D)Younger than most bee
participants, she is driven by internal and external pressure—but above
all by a desire to win to make her two fathers (from whom she takes her
combined last name) proud. She lisps, is a little uncomfortable in her body,
has some tics, but still manages to strike a strong presence with her political
awareness and keen sense of justice. Having drilled words for hours a day, she
is aware of everything that passes in this room. </span></font></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Leaf Coneybear: </span></b>TENOR ( A to G)A
second alternate, he never expected to compete here today. Home-schooled with
his many siblings, everything about this public bee is an adventure for him,
from meeting the other kids to showing off his homemade clothing, to each
moment of unexpected attention. He may have severe Attention Deficit Disorder
but delights in his own wandering focus. Leaf doesn’t expect to win
– or even to spell one word correctly – but he finds absolutely
everything incredibly amusing. His mother has made him wear his protective
helmet to the bee. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Marcy Park</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:black'>: MEZZO (B to E)The ultimate over-achiever, Marcy
has never been given another option. She comes from a family where excellence
is expected and so simply produced. A parochial school student, she assumes
God, too, expects perfection. She sees herself as a mass of problems but she
keeps them to herself. Having moved often because of her parents’ work,
she knows she can beat the local competition. Her many talents include piano,
dance, martial arts, baton twirling, and/or other special gifts. </span></font></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Rona Lisa Peretti:</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:black'> MEZZO (C# to A Flat), Age 30-40 The #1 realtor in
Putnam County, a former Putnam County Spelling Bee Champ (at the 3rd annual
Bee) and long-time spelling bee moderator. From her perspective, she keeps the
bee running smoothly, upholds protocol, and conveys crucial information to the
audience. Her interest in the competition is unflagging and drives it forward.
She thinks of this as a complex cerebral sporting event, and she wants the
audience to understand ever twist and turn. If anything, in her life in
general, she has to minimize the importance of this event to her, embarrassed
that her own championship moment remains such a highlight. A little concerned
when the substitute word pronouncer arrives, she knows she has to step up her
game to make the day a success. </span></font></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Vice Principal Douglas Panch: </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>BARITONE, Age 40-55 This Vice
Principal of Lake Hemingway Dos Passos Junior High, is frustrated with his
life. He fell into education, less out of love than a general ability uncoupled
to a particular passion. The drive of the young spellers is alien to him. He never
found anything that important. Stuck in his current job, endlessly awaiting a
promotion that isn’t coming, he was not happy to get the call this
morning that he was needed to substitute; but he starts the bee eager to do
well, to redeem himself for past mistakes, and to impress the local hostess,
Rona Lisa, who impressed him long ago. </span></font></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Mitch Mahoney:</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:black'> TENOR (E to A), Age 25-35 with a bouncer’s
physique and demeanor, Mitch appears an odd choice to be the bee’s
“comfort counselor,” but it’s part of his community service
assignment. The outsider, who in a way gets to inhabit the audience
perspective, he wonders about the wisdom of putting the kids through this at
all. He has no idea how to offer comfort, but does increasingly find himself
wishing he could find a way to make the kids feel better about losing, and
perhaps place misspelling in wider perspective. </span></font></p>
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Prior to the auditions scripts are available at
The Saratoga Springs Public Library Reference Desk
Visit www.homemadetheater.org for more information
PRODUCTION DATES: Weekends, October 15 – 31
REHEARSALS: Will begin late August with a full schedule beginning September 7th
For further information please call Home Made Theater at (518) 587-4427
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