<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div><div>AUDITIONS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW!!!<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 <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5">Tuesday, January 2</a> and 3, 2012 atSchenectady Light<br>Opera Company, <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://6" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6">427 Franklin Street</a>, Schenectady. Registration will begin<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">at 7pm</a>. <br>Callbacks, if necessary, will take place <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8">January 4th.</a> The musical director is<br>Elizabeth “Cookie” Sears and the Choreographer is SaraFittizzi, who<br>also serves as producer. Production dates are <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">March 16-18</a> 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. Rehearsalsbegin Monday,<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10">January 9, 2012</a>.<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></div><div>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 SaraFittizzi<br>at <a href="http://dx.ayw.org/mailman/listinfo/capdist-auditions" target="_blank">sara.fittizzi at yahoo.com.</a> 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.<br>So if you have every dreamed of working with her on a production, this will be your last chance before she moves<br>out of state. This production is sure to be a highlight of the local community theater scene. Hope to see YOU at auditions!</div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div></body></html>