<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>THE Musical you will want to be a part of in 2012! <BR><BR>SCHENECTADY LIGHT OPERA COMPANY (SLOC) ANNOUNCES<BR>FUTURE AUDITIONS FOR FIDDLER ON THE ROOF*<BR><BR>Auditions for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Directed by Laura W.Andruski will be<BR>held on Monday and Tuesday, January 2 and 3, 2012 at Schenectady Light<BR>Opera Company, 427 Franklin Street, Schenectady. Registration will begin at 7pm and Auditions will begin at 7:30. Callbacks, if necessary, will take place January 4th. </div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">The Musical Director is Elizabeth “Cookie” Sears and the Choreographer is Sara Fittizzi, who also serves as Producer. </div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Production dates are March 16-18 and March<BR>22-25, 2012. A large,diverse cast of men, women and children will be<BR>needed. Those auditioning should prepare to sing 16-32 barsof music<BR>from a Broadway show (no pop or rock) and bring sheet music.An<BR>accompanist will be provided. No monologue necessary. Selected actors<BR>will read directly from the script. There will be a brief dance<BR>audition as well, so please dress accordingly. Rehearsals begin Monday,<BR>January 9, 2012.<BR><BR>FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a musical with music by Jerry Bock,lyrics by<BR>Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in TsaristRussia in<BR>1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye theMilkman and<BR>Other Tales) by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye,the father<BR>of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his familyand Jewish<BR>religious traditions while outside influences encroach upontheir
lives.<BR>He must cope with both the strong-willed actions of histhree older<BR>daughters—each one's choice of husband moves further awayfrom the<BR>customs of his faith—and with the edict of the Tsar thatevicts the<BR>Jews from their village.<BR><BR>Available roles and vocal ranges:<BR><BR>Tevye, a poor milkman; a comic, earnest, wise father;baritone (low A-flat - high F), 45-65<BR><BR>Golde, his strong-willed wife; mezzo (low A - E-flat), 40-55<BR><BR>Tzeitel, their eldest daughter; loves Motel, mezzo (low B -D-sharp), 18-25<BR><BR>Hodel, their next eldest daughter; Falls in love withPerchik, mezzo (low B - E), 17-24<BR><BR>Chava, their middle daughter; Falls in love with Fyedka,mezzo (low B - C), 16-23<BR><BR>Shprintze & Bielke, their youngest daughters, 8-14<BR><BR>Motel, the young tailor; baritone or tenor (E - highF-sharp), 18-27<BR><BR>Perchik, a student and Bolshevik revolutionary; baritone (B- high E), 21-30<BR><BR>Yente, the gossipy,
meddling matchmaker; alto (low F - midE-flat), 50-75<BR><BR>Lazar Wolf, the butcher; baritone (C- C), 35-55<BR><BR>Rabbi, Anatevka's Jewish spiritual leader; baritone (G - C),45-79<BR><BR>Mendel, Rabbi's son; baritone (B -E-flat), 16-30<BR><BR>Avram, the bookseller; baritone (D -high E-flat), 45-65<BR><BR>Grandma Tzeitel, Golde's dead grandmother; mezzo (C-sharp -E-flat), 60-75<BR><BR>Fruma-Sarah, Lazar's Wolf's dead wife; mezzo (C - E-flat),40-55<BR><BR>Mordcha, the innkeeper (C-C), 40-50<BR><BR>Constable, the head of the Russian authority in Anatevka,45-65<BR><BR>Fyedka, Russian Orthodox Christian farmer, 18-25<BR><BR>Shaindel, Motel’s mother, 40-55<BR><BR>Nachum, the beggar, 30-60<BR><BR>The Fiddler, actual musician needed; the part is mute.<BR><BR>Other Villagers and Russian Soldiers<BR><BR>For additional information, please contact the producer Sara Fittizzi<BR>at sara.fittizzi at yahoo.com. We look forward to seeing you at auditions!<BR>To
Life to Life L'Chaim!<BR><BR><BR>*Laura W. Andruski, one of the Capital Region's most stalwart directors, makes her exit with this production. So if you have every dreamed of working with her on a production, this will be your last chance before she moves out of state. This production is sure to be a highlight of the local community theater scene. Hope to see YOU at auditions!<BR></div></div></body></html>