[Capdist-auditions] Hello Dolly Auditions

[dzbaxter at nycap.rr.com]

Audition Notice for SLOC’s fourth and final show of it’s 80th year - “ 
Hello Dolly! “ 

Batten down the hatches...Dolly's back where she belongs...on the SLOC 
stage! Auditions for the classic musical " Hello Dolly! " will be held 
at the Schenectady Light Opera Company, 826 State Street, Schenectady, 
January 30 and 31, 2007 at 7pm. Please prepare 16 bars of a song from 
the show or bring your own sheet music. An accompanist will be 
provided. No a cappella auditions will be allowed. Bring your 
calendars to check out needed future rehearsal dates. All auditioners 
will read from the script and participate in a dance audition. If you 
have any questions, please call the director Suzanne Rayome at (518) 
209-1127 or email her at guyanddoll at hotmail.com 

AVAILABLE ROLES: 
Principal Roles: 
Dolly Gallagher Levi - a middle age widowed matchmaker (Alto/Mezzo) 
Horace Vandergelder - a middle age feed-store owner and client of Mrs. 
Levi’s(Baritone) 
Cornelius Hackl – Vandergelder’s chief clerk, in his 30’s 
(Baritone/Tenor) 
Barnaby Tucker - an assistant to Cornelius, in his late teens 
(Baritone/Tenor) 
Irene Molloy - owner of a hat shop, in her 30s (Mezzo) 
Minnie Fay - an assistant who works in Irene’s hat shop, in her late 
teens (Mezzo) 

Supporting Roles: (some speaking, singing, or dancing): 
Ermengarde - 17 year old niece of Vandergelder 
Ambrose Kemper - young artist seeking to marry Ermengarde 
Ernestina - friend of Dolly’s 

Ensemble: chorus of speaking and non-speaking roles and dancers (8-10 
men/8 - 10 women) 

“ Hello Dolly! “  is one of the most popular Broadway musicals ever 
written.  It opened in 1964, won 10 Tony Awards, and ran for a record 
2,844 performances. 

Synopsis: Widowed matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi travels to Yonkers, 
New York to visit Horace Vandergelder, a prominent, wealthy bachelor 
who has decided he needs a wife to tend to himself and his home.  
Dolly convinces Horace - and his two stock clerks, Cornelius Hackl and 
Barnaby Tucker, his niece Ermengarde, and her beau Ambrose Kemper - to 
go to New York City.  While there, Dolly, who has decided to nab 
Vandergelder for herself, arranges a match between the two clerks and 
the woman Vandergelder had been courting, Irene Molloy, and her shop 
assistant, Minnie Fay.  A web of complicated romantic entanglements 
ensues, culminating in a free-for-all at the Harmonia Gardens 
restaurant and a trip to night court.  As the final curtain falls, 
each character is matched with his ideal partner. 
 
The main production staff (Director – Suzanne Rayome; Co-Producers – 
Amy Clark and Jenny Depew; Music Director – Andrea Merrill; 
Choreographer – Heather D’Arcy) is looking forward to auditioners 
making their decision a hard one - for all roles.  We’ll see you at 
the Gardens!