[Capdist-auditions] Costume Designer Needed for Always...Patsy Cline

JJ Buechner togacub25 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 9 22:37:25 EDT 2009


The Local Actors Guild of Saratoga is looking for a costume designer to build two western outfits and alter a dress for our May production of Always...Patsy Cline. There is no pay involved only two comp tickets, but it is a great portfolio builder and a guaranteed fun time.

Contact JJ at togacub25 at yahoo.com for information.

Always...Patsy 
        Cline 
        is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife 
        Louise Seger.
      Having first heard 
        Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an 
        immediate and avid fan of Cline's and she constantly hounded the local 
        disc jockey to play Cline's records on the radio.

        

        In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived 
        about an hour-and-a-half early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was 
        traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that was to culminate 
        in Cline spending the night at Seger's house--a friendship that lasted 
        until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963.
      The relationship, 
        which began as fan worship evolved into one of mutual respect. It is the 
        kind of relationship that many fans would like to have with their heroes.
      Over a pot of strong 
        coffee, the two women chatted about their common concerns. When Cline 
        finally left for Dallas, her next job, the two women had exchanged addresses 
        and telephone numbers. Seger never expected to hear from Cline again, 
        but soon after she left, Seger received the first of many letters and 
        phone calls from Cline. The pen-pal relationship provides much of the 
        plot of the show.
      The play focuses on 
        the fateful evening at Houston's Esquire Ballroom when Seger hears of 
        Cline's death in a plane crash. Seger supplies a narrative while Cline 
        floats in and out of the set singing tunes that made her famous--Anytime, 
        Walkin' After Midnight, She's Got You, Sweet Dreams, and Crazy--to 
        name a few.
      The show combines 
        humor, sadness and reality. It offers fans who remember Cline while she 
        was alive a chance to look back, while giving new fans an idea of what 
        seeing her was like and what she meant to her original fans.



      
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