[Capdist-auditions] "Lucky Stiff" Auditions - Class Act Productions

[Class Act Productions]

Class Act Productions Presents: 
Auditions For 
Lucky Stiff 
 
Director: Gary Hoffmann
Producer: Michael Ciaravella
Musical Director: Maria Elmer
Choreographer: Amanda Jo Marshall
 
"Lucky Stiff is a zany, offbeat, and very funny murder mystery farce complete with slamming doors, mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair." - MTI
 
Audition Dates and Times:
Tuesday, December 4th and Friday, December 7th - 7pm
Sign-In 6:30pm
 
Location:
Rexford United Methodist Church
18 Main St
Rexford, NY
 
Performance Dates:
March 15-17 and 21-24, 2013
All performances will be held at the Schacht Fine Arts Center on the Russell Sage campus.
 
What to Bring to Your Audition:
-if you have one, a theatre resume.  If you don't have one, it doesn't count against you.
-a 16-bar excerpt from each of two (2) songs, one upbeat, one ballad.  Please bring your own sheet music for the accompanist.
-your calendar with conflicts/commitments through March 2013
-eagerness to have a good time!
 
What the Director is Looking for at Your Audition:
-poise/stage presence
-demonstrated ability to use intonation, facial expression and body language to supplement/communicate dialogue and/or business
-ability to do accents (English, French, New York City, New Jersey, Arab)
 
CHARACTERS:

ANNABEL GLICK (age: 25-35)                                    
A representative of the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. Annabel is a very dedicated young woman with a natural bent for causes, particularly canine ones.  She is very businesslike and humorless.  Her stuffiness initially disguises that she really is a pretty woman.  Alto.
 
HARRY WITHERSPOON (age: 25-35)
A shy, sweet-natured and insecure young Englishman, working as an underpaid shoe salesman in a dreary London suburb. Lonely, and beset by dogs and prying neighbors in his boardinghouse, Harry knows that life is passing him by, but feels incapable of making any changes or taking chances.  Tenor.
 
LUIGI GAUDI/ ARAB/TONY HENDON (age: 45+)
A boisterous and gregarious Italian. Luigi is a pivotal character, although his part is relatively small. He wears a beard, and perhaps an eye patch. As Tony Hendon, all disguises come off to reveal he is Rita's love interest.  Tenor.
 
RITA LA PORTA (age: 35+)
A woman with an extremely volatile nature and a severe case of nearsightedness. Rita is passionate, impulsive, jealous, manipulative and very insecure about her looks. Things often get out of control when Rita is present. She is a chain smoker.  Alto.
 
VINCENT (VINNIE) DI RUZZIO (age: 30-40)
Rita La Porta's brother. An optometrist, but not an optimist. A nervous and conservative man, a pillar of the community and a person who would never do anything out of the ordinary, risky or controversial. Vinnie is allergic to smoke.  Baritone
 
DOMINIQUE DEL MONACO (age: 25-35)
French night club singer. Sets her sights for Harry, until she thinks Vinnie has his hands on a fortune.  Alto
 
ENSEMBLE (2-4 men, 2-4 women, not age specific)
These performers double in a variety of parts, including an English landlady & boarders; an English solicitor; travelers on a train; a French waiter; a bellhop; tourists; gamblers; an emcee; a nun, a Texan, etc.
 		 	   		  
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