[Capdist-auditions] Avenue Q Auditions

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The Local Actors Guild of Saratoga

Proudly Announces their auditions for the Area Premiere of

Avenue Q

Audition date is Tuesday, December 20th 2011 at 7pm sign in starts at 6:45
at the Saratoga Arts Center – 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Please bring
16 measures of an upbeat Broadway show tune. Please do not sing anything
from Avenue Q. You might be asked to read from the script. Puppets will be
on hand for script readings – you don’t have to know how to operate a
puppet, we are just trying to get an idea of how you handle being put on
the spot. Please remember like Avenue Q we want you to have fun at the
auditions. Please remember when picking an audition song we really want
upbeat songs.
Avenue Q show dates are May 26 (2pm&8pm) May 27 (2pm), June 2 (2pm&8pm)
June 3 (2pm) 2012 at the Saratoga Arts Center. Rehearsal will begin the
beginning of April and will be on Sunday, Mondays & Wednesdays. If you have
any questions about auditions please e-mail localactorsguild at gmail.com
Available
Roles are: CHRISTMAS EVE - A therapist who moved here from Japan. B3 - F#5

GARY COLEMAN - Yes, that Gary Coleman. He lives on the Avenue, too. He's
the superintendent. D3 - Bb5 Belt voice or Alto

KATE MONSTER - A Kindergarten teaching assistant, a bit older than
Princeton.
F#3 - F5 Soprano

LUCY - A vixenish vamp with a dangerous edge. F3 - F5 Alto - Belting

MRS. T - Ancient, Kate's boss.

NICKY - A bit of a slacker, who lives with Rod. B2 - B4 Baritenor

PRINCETON - A fresh-faced kid just out of college. Bb2 - G4 Baritenor

ROD - A Republican investment banker with a secret. A2 - G4 Baritenor

THE BAD IDEA BEARS Two snuggly, cute teddy-bear types. 1 female voice
(Mezzo-soprano) and 1 male voice (Baritone)

TREKKIE MONSTER - A reclusive creature obsessed by the Internet. Bb2 -
Eb4 *Avenue
Q Synopsis* *Act One -* At the opening we meet Princeton, in a graduation
cap and gown, who wonders what he is now going to do after graduation. On a
dilapidated street in an outer-outer borough of the city, Brian and Kate
Monster both agree that life is not treating them fairly. He is unemployed;
she is single. Joining in the chorus are embattled room-mates, Nicky and
Rod; Brian's Japanese fiancée, Christmas Eve; and finally Gary Coleman —
yes, that Gary Coleman — who's the neighborhood’s superintendant. He helps
new arrival Princeton get an apartment. Nicky swears he'd stand by Rod
though Rod protests he's not gay. Meanwhile, Princeton decides to find his
role in life. He runs into Kate Monster, who declares that her purpose is
to open a school devoted to Monsters. Princeton makes a racist statement
about Monsters, and he and Kate explore the notion that everyone's a little
bit racist. At her teaching job, Kate is assigned an important lesson. She
decides to teach the kids about the Internet, but neighbor Trekkie Monster
upstages her by insisting that the internet is for porn! Princeton asks
Kate for a date that night. They go to a club, where Brian warms up the
crowd. Chanteuse, Lucy the Slut, then sings that she can make anyone feel
special. The trouble-making Bad Idea Bears get Kate and Princeton drunk and
send them home, where they "get it on" noisily. Meanwhile, a sleeping Rod
dreams that Nicky is in love with him; in real life, Kate expresses her
fondness for Princeton and he gives her a lucky penny. Brian and Christmas
Eve get married. At the reception, Nicky suggests that Rod is gay. Rod
overhears and defensively brags about his girlfriend in Canada. He kicks
Nicky out of the apartment. Princeton realizes he's forgotten his purpose
in life, and he breaks up with Kate, who recognizes the fine line between
love and a waste of time.

*Act Two* - A few weeks later, Princeton is in a funk. In the city,
Princeton hooks up with Lucy. Kate Monster sees them together and gets
upset, so Christmas Eve helpfully explains the hatred that arises. Kate
writes Princeton a note asking him to meet her on top of the Empire State
building. Lucy reads the note and destroys it. Meanwhile, Nicky has no
place to live, and asks Gary for help. Gary explains the concept of taking
pleasure in other people's pain. Kate waits in vain for Princeton atop the
Empire State Building. She throws his lucky penny off the side, and it
lands in Lucy's skull 102 stories below. Princeton, Nicky, and Kate all
remember a simpler time. Meeting homeless Nicky on the street, Princeton
decides to help Kate open her Monster school, and they enlist others to
help raise money. Falling very short, they turn to Trekkie Monster, who
saves the day. A thrilled Kate gets her school. Rod appears and comes
triumphantly out of the closet. He asks Nicky to move back in, and in
return Nicky brings out someone who looks just like himself: a boyfriend he
found for Rod! Meanwhile Kate, touched by Princeton's generous action,
agrees to try a relationship again. A newcomer to the street makes
Princeton finally realizes his purpose: to put on a show about struggling
through your twenties! Everyone agrees that it's a bad idea. Seeing his
sadness and frustration, his friends console him, teaching him that
everything in life, good and bad, is only for now.
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