[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for The Drowsy Chaperone

[Michael Ciaravella]

Day Two of Auditions is today at 2pm! Per multiple requests, additional auditions will be held tomorrow as well. Please email MCiaravella at troycivic.org to secure a Monday audition time!

  


 
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Troy
 Civic Theatre is happy to announce auditions for its upcoming production of “The Drowsy Chaperone.”  



 



Winner
 of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The
 Drowsy Chaperone is
 a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. 



With
 the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The
 Drowsy Chaperone begins
 as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have
 the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. 



Hailed
 by New
 York Magazine as
 "The Perfect Broadway Musical," The
 Drowsy Chaperone is
 a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre.  







Audition
 Dates: 



Friday,
 August 3rd,
 2018 at 7:00pm  



Sunday,
 August 5th,
 2018 at 2:00pm  



Call
 Backs, if necessary, will be held on Monday,
 August 6, 2018,
 Time 7:30
 PM. 



 



Audition
 Specifics: 



The
 audition will include a vocal audition, cold readings from the script, and a movement/dance audition. Please
 bring 16 bars of sheet music from a musical, and clothes that you can move easily in.  Cold Readings will be provided.  







Location: The
 Black Box Theater - The Arts Center of the Capital Region – 



 265
 River Street, Troy NY 12180  







Contact: Kathryn Capalbo,
 Director at info at troycivic.org,
 or Michael Ciaravella,
 Managing Artistic Director, at MCiaravella at troycivic.org 







Performance
 Dates: October
 5th,
 6th,
 12th, 13th at 7:30pm. October
 7th at
 2:00pm.  







Characters 












Man
 in Chair 



Musical
 theatre aficionado who mourns the end of the Golden Era. He narrates the show as he listens to the record on vinyl. 



Gender:
 Male 



Age:
 30 to 50 







Mrs. Tottendale 



The
 air-headed, proper, and bossy host of the wedding. 



Gender:
 Female 



Age: 50
 to 60 



Vocal
 range top: Db5 



Vocal
 range bottom: G3 







Mr.
 Underling 



Mrs. Tottendale's savvy
 butler who is thrifty and stiff yet has an understated sense of humor. 



Gender:
 Male 



Age:
 35 to 50 



Vocal
 range top: G4 



Vocal
 range bottom: Ab2 



 









Robert
 Martin 



The
 dashing, ever-cheerful groom; played by matinee-idol Percy Hyman. 



Gender:
 Male 



Age:
 25 to 35 



Vocal
 range top: Ab4 



Vocal
 range bottom: C3 



 







George 



Robert's
 anxious, dim-witted best man who has Robert's best-interest always at heart. 



Gender:
 Male 



Age:
 35 to 50 



Vocal
 range top: Bb4 



Vocal
 range bottom: F3 



 







Feldzieg 



Broadway
 producer who is desperate for his star to return to his show; played by Jack Adler. 



Gender:
 Male 



Age:
 25 to 35 



Vocal
 range top: Db4 



Vocal
 range bottom: Db3 



 









Kitty 



Feldzieg's dim-witted
 companion who has hopes of being a star; played by Sadie Adler. 



Gender:
 Female 



Age:
 25 to 30 



Vocal
 range top: F5 



Vocal
 range bottom: Bb3 



 







Gangsters 



Posing
 as pastry chefs, this duo is intending to collect from Feldzieg;
 played by the vaudeville duo Tall Brothers. 



Gender:
 Male 



Age:
 35 to 45 



Vocal
 range top: Gb4 



Vocal
 range bottom: Db3 



 







Aldolpho 



European
 self-proclaimed "ladies man"; played by former silent movie star Roman Bartelli. 



Gender:
 Male 



Age:
 35 to 45 



Vocal
 range top: G4 



Vocal
 range bottom: A#2 



 









Janet
 Van De Graaf 



The
 famous bride. Glamorous and talented star of Feldzieg's Follies;
 played by rising star Jane Roberts. 



Gender:
 Female 



Age:
 25 to 35 



Vocal
 range top: -1 



Vocal
 range bottom: G3 



 







The
 Drowsy Chaperone 



Janet's
 alcoholic confidante and friend; played by well-established stage actress Beatrice Stockwell 



Gender:
 Female 



Age:
 45 to 55 



Vocal
 range top: D5 



Vocal
 range bottom: F3 



 







Trix 



The
 brave and brash female aviator who, by chance, is recruited to perform the wedding. 



Gender:
 Female 



Age:
 30 to 40 



Vocal
 range top: Eb5 



Vocal
 range bottom: Ab3 



 









Ensemble 



Staff;
 Reporters 



 







 







 

















    
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