For the auditions, please prepare a song with sheet music – an accompanist will be provided – and a monologue; you may also be asked to do cold readings from the script. Movement will be required at the callbacks, but you should be prepared for movement at the auditions if asked.
Synopsis: A famous film director is suffering from a creative block – and personal difficulties with his wife, mistress, the actress who serves as his muse, and his female producer – in this musical adaptation of the Federico Fellini film 8 1/2.
AVAILABLE ROLES:
LUISA CONTINI - Guido's wife 35-40 (SINGS - MOVIES / BE ON YOUR OWN)
GUIDO'S MOTHER 60 + (SINGS - NINE)
LILIANE LA FLEUR - Guido's producer 40+ (SINGS - FOLLIES)
LINA DARLING - La Fleur's mysterious accomplice 30+
STEPHANIE NECROPHORUS - a critic 35+ (SINGS- FOLLIES)
OUR LADY OF THE SPA 40+ (CHARACTER PART / NARRATOR)
MAMA MADDELENA - chief of the chambermaids 35+ (SINGS - GERMANS)
SARRAGHINA - a voluptuous prostitute 30+ (SINGS - BE ITALIAN)
THE ITALIANS
DIANA (First Woman)
MARIA (Second Woman)
FRANCESCA (Third Woman)
ANNABELLA (Fourth Woman)
GUILIETTTA (Fifth Woman)
RENATA (Sixth Woman)
THE GERMANS
OLGA VON STURM (German Reporter)
HEIDI VON STURM (American Reporter)
ILSA VON HESSE (British Reporter)
GRETCHEN VON KRUPF
LITTLE GUIDO'S THREE SCHOOLMATES (BE ITALIAN / BELLS) 8-12+
A NUN / A VENETIAN GONDOLIER / CARDINAL / RENATA (TBD) – male role, some drag
For more information, call the Box Office
203-226-1983; for directions to Westport Community Theatre and Westport Town Hall, please go to
www.westportcommmunitytheatre.com
