[Capdist-auditions] Caroline or Change! Last chance to audition tonight, November 19.

[Michael McDermott]

> 
> "Caroline, or Change" at Schenectady Light Opera Company (SLOC).
> 
> Corie Rowe, Director
> Michael Lotano, Music Director
> 
> Audition dates this November :
> 
> Monday, November 18, 2013    7pm
> Tuesday, November 19, 2013   7pm
> Thursday, November 21, 2013 - Call Backs
> 
> Performance Dates: 
> Friday, February 7, 2014 - Opening Night Party
> Saturday, February 8, 2014 - Late Night Cabaret
> Sunday, February 9, 2014 
> Thursday, February 13, 2014
> Friday, February 14, 2014
> Saturday, February 15, 2014 - Late Night Cabaret
> Sunday, February 16, 2014Show times: Thurs, Friday and Saturday performances at 8PM, Sunday performances at 2PM. 
> See breakdown below!
> 
> Please Join us for Auditions- prepare 32 bars of any traditional 
> showtune or something in the style of the show.  Please bring sheet 
> music for the pianist. 
> 
> Overview: The musical is set in 1963 in
> Lake Charles, Louisiana during the American civil rights movement, 
> November–December 1963, encompassing the time of the assassination of 
> John F. Kennedy.
> 
> 
> Caroline Thibodeaux is a black maid for a
> Jewish family, the Gellmans, spending her days in their dank basement 
> doing the laundry for the pitiful sum of $30 a week. The Gellmans' young
> son, Noah, has a strong emotional connection to Caroline, a single 
> parent who remains stoic amid the sweep of change she sees around her. 
> Regardless of the circumstances, whether it is the death of a president,
> her daughter's growing activism and misunderstood dismissal of what she
> perceives to be Caroline's choice to remain a maid, her son's 
> enlistment in Vietnam, a fight with a newly college-bound friend, or a 
> spin with the dryer, Caroline remains unflappable. She provides 
> stability during Noah's grief at his mother's death from cancer, and her
> constant anger appeals to his constant sorrow. Noah's new stepmother 
> Rose, unable to give Caroline a raise, enlists Caroline's help in a plan
> to teach Noah a lesson about leaving change in his pants pocket. Rose 
> tells Noah and Caroline that Caroline should keep the money Noah leaves 
> in his pockets. Caroline loathes the unintended humiliation of taking 
> money from a child—but her own children lack money for toys, sweets, 
> dentistry, and Christmas presents, and she is late with the rent because
> her salary has gone toward two special meals for her children. As an 
> experiment and while fantasizing to exchange his isolating family for 
> the imagined compassion of hers, Noah deliberately leaves money in his 
> pockets, dreaming that Caroline's family now talk about his generosity 
> over dinner.
> 
> 
> The lesson goes awry when the ownership of a 
> $20 bill is contested in the laundry, and Caroline's relationship with 
> eight year-old Noah is irrevocably ruptured. After a week of reflection,
> with deep regret for harsh words spoken in anger, Caroline decides to 
> return to her dehumanizing work as a maid. In a furious and broken 
> prayer to God, she acknowledges that she'll never escape her 
> circumstances, and she vows to crush her soul so that she can resist the
> pride that would grant her change but cost her the money that she needs
> to support her family. Against a background of the death of JFK, the 
> Vietnam war, and the non-violent direct action protests organized by 
> Martin Luther King, the tide of change continues to define Caroline's 
> place in history, a working mother, bearing up under a broken marriage, 
> economic hardship, and racial inequality. Forever a maid, her tragic 
> destiny sears the memories of the two parted principals. The tragedy is 
> ultimately offset by an epilogue, a heroic solo sung by her daughter 
> Emmie, laying claim to the hope and determination for a better life for 
> Caroline's appreciative and proud children.
> 
> CAST:
> Caroline Thibodeaux: 39-year old African-American maid for the Gellmans, a middle-class Jewish family
> Noah Gellman: The Gellman's 8-year old curious, sympathetic, and neurotic son
> Rose Stopnick Gellman: Noah's concerned new stepmother from New York City, marries Stuart after his first wife's death
> Stuart Gellman: Professional clarinet player and Noah's father, mourning the loss of his wife
> Emmie Thibodeaux: Caroline's 16-year old free-sprited daughter, supporter of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement
> Dotty Moffett: Friend of Caroline and fellow maid, takes night classes at the University
> The Washing Machine: Domestic appliance portrayed by an actor, cleans 
> clothes for the Gellmans and pushes Caroline to move forward in life
> The Dryer: Domestic appliance portrayed by an actor, torments Caroline throughout the show
> The Radio: Domestic appliance portrayed by a Supremes-like trio, serves as a Greek Chorus for the show
> The Moon: Portrayed by an actor, is a calming and healing presence throughout the show
> The Bus: Portrayed by an actor, is the primary source of transportation for the African-American characters in the show
> Mr. Stopnick: Rose's father, a conservative Jewish man from New York City
> Grandpa and Grandma Gellman: Noah's Grandparents, Stuart's parents
> Jackie Thibodeaux: Caroline's young son
> Joe Thibodeaux: Caroline's young son
> 
> CAROLINE THIBODEAUX Works as a maid to the Gellman family. She is a 
> divorcee with four children and resistant to change in the world. 
> Bitter, tired, devoted.
> Range: E3 - E5
> 
> DOTTY MOFFETT 
> Caroline’s high-spirited friend and fellow maid. A drinker and smoker, 
> she is routinely admonished by Caroline for her behavior.
> Range: F3 - D5
> 
> EMMIE THIBODEAUX Caroline’s only daughter and the second of four children. Observant, rebellious, outspoken.
> Range: F3 - F5
> 
> GRANDMA GELLMAN Stuart’s mother and Noah’s grandmother. She is 
> concerned for her son’s melancholy and an admirer of his new wife.
> Range: G3 - E5
> 
> GRANDPA GELLMAN Stuart’s father and Noah’s grandfather. He is aloof to the changes occurring in the South.
> Range: G3 - E5
> 
> JACKIE THIBODEAUX Caroline’s son. Though he is older than Joe, he is more sweet and naïve.
> Range: A3 - D5
> 
> JOE THIBODEAUX Caroline’s son. Though he is the baby of the family, he is outspoken and skeptical.
> Range: B3 - D5
> 
> MR. STOPNICK Rose’s father from New York City. A politically progressive man with dissenting opinions.
> Range: F3 - E5
> 
> NOAH GELLMAN The son of Caroline’s employer, Stuart Gellman. Shy, 
> forgetful, and looks to Caroline for comfort and distraction.
> Range: G3 - E5
> 
> ROSE STOPNICK GELLMAN An old friend of the Gellman's and Stuart’s new wife. She has recently moved to the South.
> Range: G3 - E5
> 
> STUART GELLMAN Noah’s father and Rose’s new husband. He is also 
> Caroline’s employer. He has trouble connecting to his son and new wife.
> Range: B3 - G5
> 
> THE BUS Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story. Can double as The Dryer.
> Range: G3 - B5
> 
> THE DRYER Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story. Can double as The Bus.
> Range: E3 - C6
> 
> THE MOON Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story.
> Range: B3 - A5
> 
> THE RADIO Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story. Played by three women.
> Range: G3-F5
> 
> WASHING MACHINE Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story.
> Range: G3 - E5
>  
> Michael McDermott, Producer
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