[Capdist-auditions] Correction: AUDITIONS FOR MUSIC MAN--NOT SO COMMON PLAYERS MAY 2 AND 3
Sally Burke
burke.sally4 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 29 14:09:17 EDT 2013
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>>>> NOT SO COMMON PLAYERS ANNOUNCES
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>>>> Auditions for Meredith Willson’s MUSIC MAN
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>>>> “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
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>>>> The roles of Harold Hill and Marion the Librarian were cast at the March 16th auditions.
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>>>> WHEN: Audition Dates:
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>>>> · Thursday, May 2nd @ 6:00 PM (Children 10-12 for Amaryllis & Winthrop)
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>>>> · & Adults w/Children (Familes/Townspeople)
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>>>> & Children for the BAND (need 12 children) – ages 10+ (would be helpful if child can play an instrument (trombone, horn, trumpet etc.) While it is a "BOYS BAND" girls can be cast if they will dress like a boy.
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>>>> · All children in the show should be accompanied by an adult in the show.
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>>>> Adults and Teens @ 8:00 PM on Thursday.
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>>>> · Friday, May 3rd @ 6:30 PM – Adults & Teens
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>>>> CALLBACKS – if needed—May 6th @ 7:00 PM; Rehearsals begin May 8th.
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>>>> WHERE:
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>>>> Not So Common Players located in Village Plaza between
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>>>> Toys ‘R Us and Joann Fabric, Clifton Country Rd., Clifton Park NY
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Wear comfortable clothing for “movement” and/or dancing. Readings from the Script will be supplied.
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>>>> CHARACTERS:
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>>>> Professor Harold Hill
>>>> role has been cast
>>>> Marian Paroo
>>>> 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
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>>>> 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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