[Capdist-auditions] Forum Auditions- Additional Night!

[Elisa Harrington-Verb]

Not So Common Players announces auditions for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sondheim's joyous, musical romp through Rome has desperate lovers, scheming neighbors and secrets behind every toga!

Audition Dates: Wednesday, March 30 and Thursday, March 31. Sign-in at 6:30, Auditions at 7:00
Audition Location: Not So Common Players Storefront, 19 Clifton Country Rd, Clifton Park (2 Doors down from Joanne’s Fabrics)
Read Through: Sunday, April 3rd
Rehearsals: Sunday 2-5, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 6:30-9:30
Production Dates: June 3-5 and 9-12
Production Location: The Clifton Common Stage (outdoors)
Director: Gary H. Hoffmann (Contact: ghoffma1 at nycap.rr.com, 518 859-7657)
Assistant Director: Debbie Paniccia 

Please prepare 32 bars of a musical theater standard. Bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. Be prepared to dance as well.
Please bring proof of vaccination to auditions.
Mask rules are subject to change as per CDC guidelines.
All roles are available and are open to actors of all ethnicities and gender identities
Prologus
Introduces the audience to the comedy they are about to see. (Same actor who portrays Pseudolus in Act 1 and Senex in Act 2).
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Senex
An old man and father to Hero and husband to Domina.
Gender: Male
Age: 45 to 70
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Domina
Senex's wife. A shrewish woman who dominates to the point of answering herself the questions she asks of others. Loves her husband deep down, but is outwardly controlling, demanding, and manipulative.
Gender: Female
Age: 40 to 50
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Hero
The young son of Senex and Domina. He falls in love with Philia and agrees to give Pseudolus his freedom if he can help Hero woo her. Practical, privileged, romantic.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Hysterium
The chief slave in the House of Senex. Believes he is in control, but is actually Pseudolus' puppet to carry out his schemes. Anxious, conservative, loyal. He desperately wants everything to be in order.
Gender: Male
Age: 40 to 55
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Pseudolus
A Roman slave, owned by Hero, who seeks to win his freedom by helping his young master win the heart of Philia. Quick-witted, scheming, childlike spirit.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Erronius
An old man, searching for his lost children.
Gender: Male
Age: 45 to 70
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Miles Gloriosus
The archetype of the braggart soldier. A captain in the Roman army to whom Marcus Lycus has promised Philia. Commanding, boastful, manly and strong.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Lycus
The owner of the house of Courtesans. Always out to make a profit, but also wants to provide good on what his business offers.
Gender: Male
Age: 40 to 50
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Philia
A virgin in the House of Lycus whom we also find out is Erronius' daughter. She is promised to Miles and vows to give him bodily what he has paid for, but loves Hero and promises he will always have her heart. Young, pretty, devoted. An archetypal ingénue.
Gender: Female
Age: 18 to 21
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Ensemble
Courtesans, Proteans, Soldiers
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