<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div>THIS MONDAY (8/15) AND TUESDAY (8/16)!!!!</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Schenectady Light Opera Company’s Youth Theater</b><b></b></span></font></p><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b><i>AUDITIONS</i></b><b> for FOOTLOOSE</b></span></font></p><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img width="400" height="243" alt="FOOTLOOSE" src="http://sloctheater.org/2017IMAGES/FL-400.jpg"></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><b><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Audition Dates and Time:</font></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Monday, August 15, 2016 and Tuesday, August 16, 2016. <u style="text-align: center;">Sign-in begins at 6:30 p.m.</u> </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Call backs on Wednesday, August 17,2016 at 6:30 p.m.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Location:</i></b> Schenectady Light Opera Company, 427 Franklin Street, Schenectady, NY</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Performance Dates & Times:</i></b> November 11-13 & 17-20, 2016</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><b><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Rehearsal Information: </font></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All rehearsals will be held at SLOC.<b> </b>Rehearsals will begin on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 6:30 (read-through and parent meeting) and will take place every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 6:30-9:30 and Sunday from 1:00-5:00.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Director:</i></b> Christopher Stefani</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Producers:</i></b> Mary Darcy & Melissa Putterman-Hoffmann</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Musical Director:</i></b> Tyler Thomas </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Choreographer:</i></b> Trish Dembling</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Assistant Director:</i></b> Matthew Dembling</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>INFORMATION FOR THE AUDITIONER</i></b><b><i></i></b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><i></i></font></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Auditioners should be in <u><b>9th-12th grade</b></u> and should come prepared, with sheet music, to sing 16-32 bars of a musical theater song in the appropriate key. <u>It is requested that no songs from the show be used for the audition.</u> An accompanist will be provided. There will be no a capella singing.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In addition, auditioners <u>may</u> be asked to read sides from the show that will be provided.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dance auditions will be conducted the same evening. Please wear/bring comfortable clothes and appropriate footwear to dance in. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Headshots and resumes are requested, but not required. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i><u>Special Note</u></i></b><i>:</i> It is required that you bring a list of any conflicts that you may have between the audition dates and the dates of the show. This production will require the actors to be present at most rehearsals. Only minimal conflicts will be accepted, and must be approved, in advance, by the production team.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>ABOUT THE SHOW</i></b><b></b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b></b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Music by</i></b> Tom Snow</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Lyrics by</i></b> Dean Pitchford</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Book by</i></b> Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie<br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><b><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">THE STORY</font></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the live stage with exhilarating results. When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn't prepared for are the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, determined to exercise the control over the town's youth that he cannot command in his own home. When the reverend's rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren's reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid. The heartfelt story that emerges is of a father longing for the son he lost and of a young man aching for the father who walked out on him. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To the rockin' rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated top 40 score (the soundtrack album reached number one on the Billboard charts and has sold over 15 million copies!) and augmented with dynamic new songs for the stage musical, FOOTLOOSE celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open mind.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>CHARACTER BREAKDOWN</i></b><b></b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b></b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"></p><div title="Page 1"><dt><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>REN MCCORMACK </u></b>(Lead, Tenor, Strong Dancer) </font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ren is seen as a young rebel always getting into trouble, but at heart he is an energetic young man who is dealing with the pain of his father's absence. He emotes this pain through his quirky sarcasm and by dancing.</span></font></dd><dd><b><u style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><br></font></u></b></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>REVERAND SHAW MOORE</u></b> (Lead, Baritone) </span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Reverend Moore is the most powerful figure in Beaumont. He is a stern, strict, solemn man with a booming voice who runs the town with an iron fist. However he also has a tender side and is struggling with the loss of his son. </span></font></dd><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>ARIEL MOORE </u></b>(Lead, Mezzo-Soprano, Strong Dancer) </span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She is the preacher's daughter. At first glimpse it would appear that she is the perfect girl; beautiful, perky, energetic. But look closer and you will find that she is her father's worst nightmare. She is energetic, strong willed, and sharp tongued.</span></font></dd><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>VI MOORE </u></b>(Supporting, Mezzo-Soprano )</span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The strong-willed preacher's wife who holds the moral fiber of Beaumont in her upright stance. She feels she is losing her husband and daughter and doesn't know what to do. She ultimately is responsible for holding her family together after its terrible loss.</span></font></dd><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u><b>RUSTY </b></u>(Supporting, Soprano) </span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ariel's friend. A bit of a ditz but knows everything about everybody.</span></font></dd><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u><b>WILARD HEWITT </b></u>(Supporting, Tenor, Strong Dancer) </span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A simple country bumpkin with a warm heart and a big crush. He quickly befriends Ren and shows him the rules and regulations of living in Beaumont.</span></font></dd><dd><b><u style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><br></font></u></b></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>ETHEL MCCORMACK </u></b>(Supporting, Mezzo-Soprano) </span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ren's mother. She is a strong willed, outspoken single parent who would do anything for her son. </span></font></dd><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u><b>CHUCK CRANSTON </b></u>(Supporting, Tenor) </span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A motorcycle riding, foul mouthed, leather wearing hooligan who takes one look at Ren and realizes that there's only room for one bad boy in this town. He is dating the one girl that Ren obviously has a crush on, Ariel.</span></font></dd><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>URLEEN </u></b>(Featured, Soprano) </span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ariel's friend. The smart one of the group. </span></font></dd><dd><u><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><br></font></b></u></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>WENDY JO</u></b>(Featured, Mezzo-Soprano) </span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ariel's friend. Soft-spoken but sure knows a lot about Beaumont and the town rules. </span></font></dd><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u><b>LYLE, TRAVIS</b></u> (Featured, Tenors)</span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chuck's friends.</span></font></dd><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u><b>JETER, BICKLE, GARVIN</b></u> (Featured, Tenor, Baritone)</span></font></dt><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Willard's country friends.</span></font></dd></div><div title="Page 1"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div title="Page 1"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>COWBOY BOB </u></b>( Featured, Tenor)</span></font></div><div title="Page 1"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Lead Vocalist at the Bar-B-Que</span></font></div><div title="Page 1"><dd><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dd></div><div title="Page 1"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div title="Page 1"><dt><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></dt></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>ENSEMBLE (Townspeople and High School Students)</u></b> – The ensemble is very busy as there are several large numbers featuring them. Whether they are the townspeople, leaders of the town, teachers, or high school students, they are vital to creating the world of Beaumont. There are also several featured spoken roles that double in the ensemble as well: BETTY BLAST, PRINCIPAL HARRY CLARK, LULU WARNICKER, WES WARNICKER, COACH ROGER DUNBAR, and ELEANOR DUNBAR.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Please e-mail the Producers, Mary Darcy and Melissa Putterman-Hoffmann at, </i><a href="mailto:mary@marydarcy.org" target="_blank">mary@marydarcy.org</a> or <a href="mailto:mputtermanhoffmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">mputtermanhoffmann@gmail.com</a> <i>with any questions.</i></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.35em; padding: 0px;"><b><u><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The production team looks forward to seeing you at auditions!!!</font></u></b></p></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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