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The Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park will hold auditions for the musical, "The Last 5 Years", on:
Saturday, February 11, from 12-2 p.m.
and Sunday, February 12, from 6-8 p.m.
Auditionees should prepare a song FROM THE SHOW. Also, prepare 16-32 bars of a different theater song in case we want to hear something else. A piano accompanist will be provided. CDs may be used also.
NO acapella.
The musical will be directed by Wade Hair.
Auditionees should look mid 20's to mid 30's. The script makes it VERY clear that the man is Jewish and the woman is not.
There will be 4 casts. Each cast will perform one weekend (4 performances each).
*all roles are unpaid.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a contemporary song-cycle musical that ingeniously chronicles the five year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up or from break-up to meeting, depending on how you look at it. Written by Jason Robert Brown (PARADE, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD), THE LAST FIVE YEARS is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer and an actress told from both points of view.
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Saturday, February 18, from 12-2 p.m.
Sunday, February 19, from 6-8 p.m.
The revue features Broadway songs featuring hookers, strippers, and bad girls. The show will include songs from Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Jekyll and Hyde, Evita, Cabaret, Sweet Charity, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, The Life, Miss Saigon, Gypsy, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Chicago, Rent, The Wild Party, and Les Miserables.
The show will be co-directed by Wade Hair and Erynn Hair, musical directed by Justin Scarlat, stage managed by Caleb Bennett, and choreographed by Joey Sikkema. Our costume coordinator will be Josette Gillette.
The show will be performed 7 times at the Orlando Fringe Festival from May 17-27, 2012*.
We are looking to add 6 more women and 1 drag queen, who are STRONG singers and can pick up choreography easily, to our ensemble. We want women of all nationalities, ages, shapes, and sizes.
The cast already includes Erynn Hair, Krystal Gillette, Gabby Brown, Vicki Burns, and Raveonette Rox.
To audition, sing 16-32 bars of two songs, and one needs to be a "bad girl" song. A piano accompanist and CD player will be available. NO ACAPELLA.
YOU MAY COME DRESSED IN YOUR BEST BAD GIRL COSTUME! Men must come in drag.
This show will be a "For Mature Audiences" only show, so all performers must be comfortable wearing risque and skimpy clothing.
*We will not know our exact performance dates and times until February 29 You MUST be able to perform at any time between May 17-27.
**All roles are unpaid.
The musical will be presented from March 30-April 23, 2012.
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Saturday, March 31, from 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, April 1, from 6-8 p.m.
The musical will be directed by Jamaal Solomon with assistance from Jimmy Moore and choreographed by Angelyn Rhode.
Those auditioning must prepare 16-32 bars of both an up-tempo song and a ballad. A piano accompanist will be provided. ALSO, please prepare a "clean" joke to tell. *There may be a possible dance callback if needed.
The musical will be performed from June 1-25, 2012. All roles are non-paid.
The role of the Reverend Mother will be played by Karen Edwards-Hill.
Show synopsis: The Order of the Little Sisters of Hoboken take over a high school auditorium to hold a fund-raising variety show to raise money to bury several sisters (who were accidentally poisoned by their cook). They must inter the nuns before the health inspector comes and finds
the dead nuns in their freezer! Fraught with hilarity, both Catholic and otherwise, we watch as 5 nuns try to perform their planned performance amidst chaos and calamity.
Roles available:
Sister Mary Hubert:
Hubert is in charge of novices, but fancies herself a Mother Superior and is constant competition with Mary Regina. She exudes maternal wisdom to novices, but also likes to let loose. Sister Hubert is African-American. Voice part: Mezzo/belter.
Sister Robert Anne:
Once a child delinquent herself, this rough tough nun is a jokester and constantly challenging authority. She speaks with a thick Brooklyn accent and constantly displays her lack of refinement.
Vocal part: Mezzo/belter
Sister Mary Amnesia:
As the name suggests, she has lost her memory and does not know who she is except that she is a nun. She is spacey and incoherent, often slipping into displays inappropriate for a nun. Must be able to sing in classical and country styles.
Vocal part: Soprano AND belter/Amnesia sings up to C# and belts A's and B's
Sister Mary Leo :
Leo is the novice nun, still learning the way and coming to terms with her decision to give up "civilian" life. She is a ballerina and displays her talents through much of the show. She is also easily swayed to join in mischief.
Vocal part: mezzo/belter
