<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>"Caroline, or Change" at Schenectady Light Opera Company (SLOC).<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl">Corie Rowe, Director<br> Michael Lotano, Music Director</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><br> </span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl">Audition dates this November
:<br></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"></span></span> Monday, November 18, 2013 7pm<br> Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7pm<span class="text_exposed_show"><br> Thursday, November 21, 2013 - Call Backs<br> </span></span></span></div><div class="style6"><strong>Performance Dates: </strong></div>
<div class="style6"> Friday, February 7, 2014 - Opening Night Party<br>
Saturday, February 8, 2014 - Late Night Cabaret<br>
Sunday, February 9, 2014 <br>
Thursday, February 13, 2014<br>
Friday, February 14, 2014<br>
Saturday, February 15, 2014 - Late Night Cabaret<br>
Sunday, February 16, 2014</div><strong>Show times:</strong> Thurs, Friday and Saturday performances at 8PM, Sunday performances at 2PM. <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> See breakdown below!<br> <br>
Please Join us for Auditions- prepare 32 bars of any traditional
showtune or something in the style of the show. Please bring sheet
music for the pianist. <br> <br> Overview: The musical is set in 1963 in
Lake Charles, Louisiana during the American civil rights movement,
November–December 1963, encompassing the time of the assassination of
John F. Kennedy.<br> <br> <br> Caroline Thibodeaux is a black maid for a
Jewish family, the Gellmans, spending her days in their dank basement
doing the laundry for the pitiful sum of $30 a week. The Gellmans' young
son, Noah, has a strong emotional connection to Caroline, a single
parent who remains stoic amid the sweep of change she sees around her.
Regardless of the circumstances, whether it is the death of a president,
her daughter's growing activism and misunderstood dismissal of what she
perceives to be Caroline's choice to remain a maid, her son's
enlistment in Vietnam, a fight with a newly college-bound friend, or a
spin with the dryer, Caroline remains unflappable. She provides
stability during Noah's grief at his mother's death from cancer, and her
constant anger appeals to his constant sorrow. Noah's new stepmother
Rose, unable to give Caroline a raise, enlists Caroline's help in a plan
to teach Noah a lesson about leaving change in his pants pocket. Rose
tells Noah and Caroline that Caroline should keep the money Noah leaves
in his pockets. Caroline loathes the unintended humiliation of taking
money from a child—but her own children lack money for toys, sweets,
dentistry, and Christmas presents, and she is late with the rent because
her salary has gone toward two special meals for her children. As an
experiment and while fantasizing to exchange his isolating family for
the imagined compassion of hers, Noah deliberately leaves money in his
pockets, dreaming that Caroline's family now talk about his generosity
over dinner.<br> <br> <br> The lesson goes awry when the ownership of a
$20 bill is contested in the laundry, and Caroline's relationship with
eight year-old Noah is irrevocably ruptured. After a week of reflection,
with deep regret for harsh words spoken in anger, Caroline decides to
return to her dehumanizing work as a maid. In a furious and broken
prayer to God, she acknowledges that she'll never escape her
circumstances, and she vows to crush her soul so that she can resist the
pride that would grant her change but cost her the money that she needs
to support her family. Against a background of the death of JFK, the
Vietnam war, and the non-violent direct action protests organized by
Martin Luther King, the tide of change continues to define Caroline's
place in history, a working mother, bearing up under a broken marriage,
economic hardship, and racial inequality. Forever a maid, her tragic
destiny sears the memories of the two parted principals. The tragedy is
ultimately offset by an epilogue, a heroic solo sung by her daughter
Emmie, laying claim to the hope and determination for a better life for
Caroline's appreciative and proud children.<br> <br> CAST:<br> Caroline Thibodeaux: 39-year old African-American maid for the Gellmans, a middle-class Jewish family<br> Noah Gellman: The Gellman's 8-year old curious, sympathetic, and neurotic son<br> Rose Stopnick Gellman: Noah's concerned new stepmother from New York City, marries Stuart after his first wife's death<br> Stuart Gellman: Professional clarinet player and Noah's father, mourning the loss of his wife<br> Emmie Thibodeaux: Caroline's 16-year old free-sprited daughter, supporter of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement<br> Dotty Moffett: Friend of Caroline and fellow maid, takes night classes at the University<br>
The Washing Machine: Domestic appliance portrayed by an actor, cleans
clothes for the Gellmans and pushes Caroline to move forward in life<br> The Dryer: Domestic appliance portrayed by an actor, torments Caroline throughout the show<br> The Radio: Domestic appliance portrayed by a Supremes-like trio, serves as a Greek Chorus for the show<br> The Moon: Portrayed by an actor, is a calming and healing presence throughout the show<br> The Bus: Portrayed by an actor, is the primary source of transportation for the African-American characters in the show<br> Mr. Stopnick: Rose's father, a conservative Jewish man from New York City<br> Grandpa and Grandma Gellman: Noah's Grandparents, Stuart's parents<br> Jackie Thibodeaux: Caroline's young son<br> Joe Thibodeaux: Caroline's young son<br> <br>
CAROLINE THIBODEAUX Works as a maid to the Gellman family. She is a
divorcee with four children and resistant to change in the world.
Bitter, tired, devoted.<br> Range: E3 - E5<br> <br> DOTTY MOFFETT
Caroline’s high-spirited friend and fellow maid. A drinker and smoker,
she is routinely admonished by Caroline for her behavior.<br> Range: F3 - D5<br> <br> EMMIE THIBODEAUX Caroline’s only daughter and the second of four children. Observant, rebellious, outspoken.<br> Range: F3 - F5<br> <br>
GRANDMA GELLMAN Stuart’s mother and Noah’s grandmother. She is
concerned for her son’s melancholy and an admirer of his new wife.<br> Range: G3 - E5<br> <br> GRANDPA GELLMAN Stuart’s father and Noah’s grandfather. He is aloof to the changes occurring in the South.<br> Range: G3 - E5<br> <br> JACKIE THIBODEAUX Caroline’s son. Though he is older than Joe, he is more sweet and naïve.<br> Range: A3 - D5<br> <br> JOE THIBODEAUX Caroline’s son. Though he is the baby of the family, he is outspoken and skeptical.<br> Range: B3 - D5<br> <br> MR. STOPNICK Rose’s father from New York City. A politically progressive man with dissenting opinions.<br> Range: F3 - E5<br> <br>
NOAH GELLMAN The son of Caroline’s employer, Stuart Gellman. Shy,
forgetful, and looks to Caroline for comfort and distraction.<br> Range: G3 - E5<br> <br> ROSE STOPNICK GELLMAN An old friend of the Gellman's and Stuart’s new wife. She has recently moved to the South.<br> Range: G3 - E5<br> <br>
STUART GELLMAN Noah’s father and Rose’s new husband. He is also
Caroline’s employer. He has trouble connecting to his son and new wife.<br> Range: B3 - G5<br> <br> THE BUS Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story. Can double as The Dryer.<br> Range: G3 - B5<br> <br> THE DRYER Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story. Can double as The Bus.<br> Range: E3 - C6<br> <br> THE MOON Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story.<br> Range: B3 - A5<br> <br> THE RADIO Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story. Played by three women.<br> Range: G3-F5<br> <br> WASHING MACHINE Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story.<br> Range: G3 - E5</span></span></span></div><div> </div><div>Michael McDermott, Producer<br><br></div></div></body></html>