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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=ecxMsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=3><SPAN> </SPAN><B>AUDITIONS for </B></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=3>!</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Audition Dates and Time:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>Monday, September 10, 2012 and Tuesday, September 11, 2012 – <U>Sign-in begins at 6:30 p.m.</U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Location:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>Schenectady Light Opera Company</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Performance Dates & Times:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>December 7-9 & 13-16, 2012</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Director:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><SPAN> </SPAN>Sev Moro<SPAN> </SPAN><B>Producer:</B><SPAN> </SPAN>Jane Figueroa</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Musical Director:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>Brandon Jones<SPAN> </SPAN><B>Choreographer:</B><SPAN> </SPAN>Christine Marcella</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><STRONG><FONT size=4>***There is NEVER a fee to participate in a Schenectady Light Opera Company production***</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">INFORMATION<SPAN> </SPAN>FOR<SPAN> </SPAN>THE<SPAN> </SPAN>AUDITIONER</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=3>Auditioners should be in 9th-12th grade and should come prepared, with sheet music, to sing 16-32 bars of a musical theater pop song, not necessarily from the show.<SPAN> </SPAN>An accompanist will be provided.<SPAN> </SPAN>There will be no a capella singing.<SPAN> </SPAN>In addition, auditioners may be asked to read from the script.<SPAN> </SPAN>Dance auditions will be conducted at the call back session only.<SPAN> </SPAN>Please wear dance attire, if called back.<SPAN> </SPAN>Headshots and resumes are requested, but not required.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Special Note</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">:<SPAN> </SPAN>Please bring a list of any conflicts that you may have between the audition dates and the dates of the show.<SPAN> </SPAN>The production team always makes every attempt to be as accommodating, as possible.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">ABOUT<SPAN> </SPAN>THE<SPAN> </SPAN>SHOW</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=3>A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination! </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=3>One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, and recently revived on Broadway, this affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies has become a household name, thanks to a highly successful film version and a score by the songwriting team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin). Charming, tuneful and hilarious, </FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=3> never fails to entertain. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">CHARACTER<SPAN> </SPAN>BREAKDOWN</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">SEYMOUR</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> - Our insecure, naive, put-upon, florist’s clerk hero. Above all, he’s a sweet and well-meaning little guy and not a silly nerd.<SPAN> </SPAN>Secretly in love with Audrey.<SPAN> </SPAN>(Baritone - Low A to High G)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">AUDREY</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> - The bleached-blonde, secret love of Seymour's life. If you took Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe and Goldie Hawn, removed their education and feelings of self-worth, dressed them in spiked heels and trashy but modest dresses, and then shook them all up in a test tube to extract what's sweetest and most vulnerable-that'd be Audrey. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=3>(Belt - Low A to High D)</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">MR. MUSHNIK</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> -<SPAN> </SPAN>Their boss. A failure of an East Side florist.<SPAN> </SPAN>He seldom smiles but often sweats. (Bass-Baritone - Low G to High E flat)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=3><SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">CRYSTAL, RONNETTE AND CHIFFON</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> - Three female street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They’re young, hip, smart and the only people in the whole cast who REALLY know what’s going on. In their “Greek Chorus” capacity, they occasionally sing to the audience directly. And when they do, it's often with a "secret-smile" that says: "we know something you don't know." Must move and sing together, holding TIGHT harmonies. (Mezzos)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">ORIN</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> - A tall, dark, handsome dentist with a black leather jacket and violent tendencies. He is NOT, however, a leftover from the movie version of GREASE. Think instead of an egotistical pretty-boy — all got up like a greaser but thinking like an insurance salesman and talking like a radio announcer.<SPAN> </SPAN>Actor will also play multiple parts in Act II. (Baritone)<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">THE PLANT (AUDREY II)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> - An anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado. It has a huge, nasty-looking pod which gains a shark-like aspect when open and snapping at food. The creature is played by a series of four increasing large puppets, manipulated by a puppeteer.<SPAN> </SPAN>The first time we see The Plant, it is less than one foot tall. The last time we see it, it fills the entire stage. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">VOICE OF THE PLANT</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> - Provided by an actor on an offstage microphone. The sound is a cross between Otis Redding, Barry White, and Wolfman Jack. Think of The Voice as that of a street-smart, funky, conniving villain — Rhythm and Blues’ sound. (Belt) </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">ENSEMBLE</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> - members of the ensemble are featured in all group numbers and have solo lines. Looking for talent! Movement is a plus! (Various ranges)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><FONT size=4><STRONG>E-mail or call Director, Sev Moro, at sevmoro@hotmail.com or 698-7430 with any questions.<SPAN> </SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
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