<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><span style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Chess Audition announcement info: May 19 & 20, Clifton Park Adult Community Center; 6:30 pm sign in.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;"></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;"></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Director: Frank Meredith</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Music Director: Adrienne Sherman</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Producer: Sally Burke</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;"></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;"></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">We are looking for strong vocalists and actors throughout the cast. We are using the Broadway script with a few minor adjustments to strengthen the story line. (This differs a lot from the concert video.)</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Florence will be more of a metaphorical White Queen than a pawn. The closing number will be a reprise of Someone Else’s Story.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">The optional Arbiter’s Song will be used to open the second act if we can cast someone (male or female) to deliver a show stopping performance.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Four rehearsals per week, Sept. through mid-Oct., then more TBA up to production weeks:</div><div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Oct 10th (tech week) 17th through 26th (performances.)</span></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Casting needs:</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Florence: Strong belt voice (to E). Mid-thirties. Born in Hungary, brought up in America. She is clever, touching, vivacious, volatile. Freddie’s chess second.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Freddie: Rock tenor (to high C). 30’s-40’s. American chess champion; a cross between Bobby Fischer and John McEnroe. Arrogant and temperamental, but a genius. We need to see his artistry along with his danger and obsessiveness.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Anatoly: Baritone (to G#). 30’s-40’s. Russian champion. Unexpectedly charming. Doesn’t seem a romantic hero at first. Intelligent, feeling, passionate.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Molokov: Bass (down to F#). 40’s-60’s. Anatoly’s chess second. KGB type. Intellectually formidable. An actor who sings well.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Svetlana: late 20’s-early 40’s. Strong belt voice. Anatoly’s wife. Domestic, homey, wholesome. Dramatic contrast to Florence; not a cosmopolitan woman.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Walter: Bass-baritone (down to G#). 30’s-50’s. A marketing agent. Seemingly respectable, substantial, trustworthy. An actor who sings well.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Arbiter: Male or female (to high A). 30’s-40’s. Smooth, but with a quick temper.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Gregor Vassy: Baritone (A-d). 60’s-70’s. Florence’s “father.” Speaks only Hungarian (5 lines) and sings solo in Hungarian.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">M & F, various ages: Reporters, merchandisers, Hungarians, Russians, Americans, etc.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Leads prepare to sing these songs in their entirety, unless indicated otherwise:</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Florence: Someone Else’s Story</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Nobody’s Side (1 verse & chorus)</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">You and I</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">I Know Him So Well</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Freddie: One Night in Bangkok</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Pity the Child</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Anatoly: Anthem</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">You and I</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Svetlana: You and I</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">I Know Him So Well</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Arbiter (male or female): Arbiter’s Song</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Gregor Vassy: Lullaby</div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Secondary roles and ensemble prepare 16 bars of a song of your choice.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">An accompanist will be provided. Arrive early if you wish to work briefly with the accompanist.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;">Readings will be from sides provided at the audition.</div><div style="font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; position: static; z-index: auto;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Questions: Frank Meredith- <a href="mailto:frankoflamancha@gmail.com">frankoflamancha@gmail.com</a></span></div></body></html>