[Capdist-auditions] In the Heights Auditions (Fee Required)

[Troy Acting Guild]

Troy Acting Guild Proudly Presents
In the Heights
  
Produced & Directed by Andrew Higgs
Assistant Direction/Stage Management by Alex Tomaso
Music Direction by To Be Announced
Choreographed by To Be Announced
Sound Design by Winn Huntley

July Theater Camp

The Troy Acting Guild will be  presenting a three week summer camp 
production in which students  will study blocking, choreographing and 
acting over the camp period.  There will also be several workshops that 
cover all forms of theater, ie. performance and production track.

Audition Expectations:
Auditions   for actors/actresses ages 13-21 are scheduled for Saturday, March 16 from 11:30 to 1:00 at  Trinity Church (585 4th Ave. in  Lansingburgh,  NY).  Applicants 
should  come willing to sing 16 measures of the song(s) specified below  and read from  the show (each audition song is specific to the 
character that you will be auditioning for, will be updated below in the coming days).  There will also be a dance audition, as this show is 
very dance intensive (please dress appropriately).  An accompanist  and 
CD player will be  available.  NO ACCAPELLA AUDITIONS will be permitted.  There is a possibility of a callbacklater in the afternoon.

There are 30 - 35 available roles for this production.
ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE
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    If cast in the production, you are required to accept or decline 
your    role within 24 hours of the offer or roles will be recast.

TUITION PAYMENT:
The tuition for this program is $300 per participant (this covers all of the costs of the 3 week summer camp). 
Camp will run Monday thru Friday (9am to 4pm) from July 1 to July 19, 2013, 
with performances on July 19, 20 & 21, 2013 (4 performances).  There will be a evening read through planned for the month of JUNE, as well 
as a few evening music rehearsals (dates TBA pending on Music Directors 
schedule).
At the 
audition you are expected to pay a $25 audition fee.  If cast   in  the 
production this fee will be deducted from the remaining tuition    
balance.  If your child is cast and does not accept the role this fee   
is  NON-REFUNDABLE.  If your student is not cast in our production  your original check will be returned to you.  If cast in the  production 
you   have 24 hours to accept or decline your offer, please  note that 
after   that 24 hour grace period the role will be recast.   The script 
pick up   is scheduled for our read through in early June, your tuition 
balance will be due on MARCH 22, 2013.  

PLEASE contact us for payment plans and scholarships for this show!


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Characters/Audition Song Selection** PLEASE NOTE:  For your audition you must choose 16 measures of the 
songs provided and bring sheet music or an accompianment CD for your 
audition.  Anyone auditioning for Ensemble is asked to sing one of the 
songs from the show below, preferably the chorus part in "In the 
Heights"** 


Usnavi, the owner of a bodega in Washington Heights. He was named after one of 
the first sights his parents saw when they arrived in America, a US Navy ship. He dreams of going to the Dominican Republic, his parents' 
homeland. Abuela Claudia, the neighborhood matriarch, practically raised him. He is in love with Vanessa.  (Audition Selection:  In the Heights)

 Abuela Claudia is the matriarch of the barrio who knows everybody and 
is like a grandmother to all ("abuela" means "grandmother" in Spanish). 
She is the one who looked after Usnavi when his parents died. She was 
moved from Cuba to New York when she was a child. She worked as a maid 
for several years but never earned the money for her and her mother to 
travel home.  (Audition Selection:  Paciencia y Fe)

 Vanessa is Usnavi's love interest who works at Daniela's salon. She is stunningly beautiful and catches the eye of every guy in the heights, 
however she takes interest in Usnavi. She lives with an alcoholic mother and dreams of getting out of the barrio and getting an apartment 
downtown, but cannot afford it.  (Audition Selection:  It Won’t Be Long 
Now)

 Nina 
Rosario is the daughter of Kevin and Camila. She is the first to go to 
college (Stanford University), and everyone in the barrio admires her. 
However, she returns home from school for the summer with difficult news to tell her parents. She is the typical "good girl" and always got 
along with her parents. However when she returns home she loses patience constantly over her father's overprotection and refusal to accept 
Benny.  (Audition Selection:  Breathe)

 Benny works at Kevin's dispatch. The only non-Spanish-speaking member 
of the community, he falls in love with Nina. He dreams of opening his 
own business, "Benny's Car Service".  (Audition Selection:  Benny’s 
Dispatch)

 Sonny is 
Usnavi's sassy, lazy, yet ambitious younger cousin who works in the 
bodega. He is typically the laughing stock of the Barrio, but he hides 
his intelligent and thoughtful side.  (Audition Selection:  96,000)

 Daniela is the outrageous owner of the salon where the neighborhood 
girls gossip. She is very bold and loud but loves to gossip and cares a 
lot about her employees, especially Carla, one of her oldest friends.  
(Audition Selection:  No Me Diga)

 Carla works at Daniela's salon along with Vanessa, and is Daniela's oldest friend.  (Audition Selection:  No Me Diga)

 Kevin Rosario:  This role has been precast and will not be available at auditions. 

 Camila Rosario:  This role has been precast and will not be available at auditions.

 The Piragua Guy (Piragüero) is the owner of a small piragua stand that competes with Mister Softee.  (Audition Selection:  Piragua)

 Graffiti Pete is a graffiti artist and friend of Sonny. Usnavi 
believes he is a trouble-making vandal, but Pete is really a 
good-hearted artist.  (Dependent on Dance Audition)
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