[Capdist-auditions] Not So Common Players announces auditions for THE MUSIC MAN

[Sally Burke]

>>>>> NOT SO COMMON PLAYERS ANNOUNCES   
>>>>> 
>>>>> Auditions for Meredith Willson’s MUSIC MAN
>>>>> 
>>>>> “An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize - this despite the fact he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain's fall.” MTI
		
			THE ROLES OF HAROLD HILL AND MARIAN HAVE BEEN CAST.  ALL OTHER ROLES AVAILABLE.
>>>>> WHEN: Audition Dates:
>>>>> 
>>>>> ·      Thursday, May 2nd @ 6:00 PM (Children 10-12 for Amaryllis & Winthrop)
>>>>> 
>>>>> ·      Adults w/Children (Familes/Townspeople) – Children for the BAND (need 12 children) – ages 10+ would be helpful if child can play an instrument (trombone, horn, trumpet etc.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> ·      All children in the show should be accompanied by an adult in the show.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Adults and TEENS @ 8:00 PM
>>>>> 
>>>>> ·      Friday, May 3rd @ 6:30 PM – Adults and TEENS
>>>>> 
>>>>> CALLBACKS – if needed—May 6th @ 7:00 PM
>>>>> 
>>>>> WHERE: Not So Common Players located in Village Plaza between Toys ‘R Us and Joann Fabric, Clifton Country Rd., Clifton Park NY 12065
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please prepare 16-32 bars of a Broadway Style song.  Please choose from the standard Broadway songs. Avoid Sondheim.  No a cappella. Bring sheet music. Accompanist will be provided.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wear comfortable clothing for “movement” and/or dancing.  Readings from the Script will be supplied.
>>>>> 
>>>>> CHARACTERS:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Professor Harold Hill
>>>>> The Role has been cast
>>>>> Marian Paroo
>>>>> The Role has been cast
>>>>> Marcellus Washburn
>>>>> Harold's old friend, no longer a con man, who now lives in River City
>>>>> Mayor George Shinn
>>>>> A pompous local politician; suspicious of Hill
>>>>> Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn
>>>>> The mayor's wife
>>>>> Mrs. Paroo
>>>>> Marian's Irish mother
>>>>> Winthrop Paroo
>>>>> Marian's shy, lisping brother
>>>>> 
>>>>> Character
>>>>> Description
>>>>> The School Board (Barbershop Quartet)
>>>>> Four bickering businessmen united by Hill (Olin Britt, Oliver Hix, Ewart Dunlop and Jacey Squires)
>>>>> Pickalittle Ladies
>>>>> Eulalie's four gossipy friends (Alma Hix, Mrs. Squires, Ethel Toffelmier and Maud Dunlop)
>>>>> Tommy Djilas
>>>>> A young man "from the wrong side of town"; secretly seeing Zaneeta Shinn
>>>>> Zaneeta Shinn
>>>>> The mayor's oldest daughter; secretly seeing Tommy Djilas
>>>>> Charlie Cowell
>>>>> An anvil salesman who tries to expose Hill as a con man
>>>>> Constable Locke
>>>>> The town sheriff
>>>>> Amaryllis
>>>>> Marian's young piano student
>>>>> Gracie Shinn
>>>>> The mayor's youngest daughter
>>>>> Townspeople and Families will also be cast from the auditions.
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>> WHEN: Performance Dates: July 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 and 28 all at 8:00 PM
>>>>> 
>>>>> WHERE: Clifton Common Stage
>>>>> 
>>>>> CONTACT: Director, Debbie May dmay at sgcsd.net; 332-6188; Richard Lenehan, Producer rlenehan at nycap.rr.com; or call 877-5648 (Sally Burke, co-producer))
>>>>> 
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