[Capdist-auditions] The Scarlet Pimpernel Auditions

[John M Baxter Jr]

Auditions for:

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Director Suzanne Rayome, Producer Jennifer S. Depew, and Music Director
Michael Lotano are pleased to announce auditions for The Scarlet Pimpernel,
SLOC's 5th and final show of the season.  Auditions will be held at the
Opera house, located at 826 State Street in Schenectady, on Tuesday, January
27 and Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 7:00p.m.  Call back auditions, if
needed, will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2009.  Production dates will
be May 1-3 and May 7 - 10, 2009.  If you wish to audition, please come
prepared to sing 16 bars from any musical number in the show or any musical
theater piece.  An accompanist will be provided; no a cappella singing or
singing with an accompanying CD will be allowed.  Individuals auditioning
will be asked to read scenes from the script and may be asked to learn a
choreographed movement.  For further information, please contact the
Director, Suzanne Rayome at 209-1127 or at guyanddoll at hotmail.com or the
Producer, Jennifer S. Depew, at 456-5504.

 

Based on the classic novel by Baroness Orczy, SLOC's staging of the musical
The Scarlet Pimpernel features a Capital Region premiere.  The show is set
in England and France against the backdrop of the Reign of Terror during the
French Revolution.  The musical vividly portrays the romance, intrigue and
horrors of one of the most tumultuous periods in history.  With the book and
lyrics written by Nan Knighton and the music by Frank Wildhorn, the story
mixes historical fact with dramatic adventure. The hero of the story, a rich
Englishman, organizes a brave band of his friends to rescue intended victims
of the guillotine in France.  The title of the musical gets its name from
the symbol used by the enigmatic hero: the red, star-shaped wildflower known
as the Scarlet Pimpernel.  There are many leading and supporting roles
available for teens, (age 14 and above), women and men.  

 

Roles to be cast/vocal ranges include: 

 

Percy Blakeney (a.k.a. The Scarlet Pimpernel) - tenor 

 

Marguerite St. Just (his wife) - mezzo soprano 

 

Chauvelin (the antagonist in search of the true identity of the Scarlet
Pimpernel) - baritone/tenor

 

Armand St. Just (Marguerite's brother) - baritone

 

Percy's Bounders (the band of heroes helping the Scarlet Pimpernel):  

            Ozzy, Dewhurst, Elton, Farleigh, Hal, Ben - various ranges

 

Marie Grosholtz (a friend of Marguerite) - mezzo

 

Prince of Wales- baritone

 

Chorus of 6 - 10 includes many speaking, singing and supporting roles.

 

 

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