SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE - Surfside Players
Surfside Players announces AUDITIONS for our main stage musical production
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE
A Musical Review by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Presented by special arrangement with Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals
Directed & Musical Direction by Mario Davis; Choreography by Jeff Ferguson
Auditions will be held September 15 and 16 (Sunday & Monday, 7:00pm) in the Theatre Lobby.
We need 5 men and 4 women (all ages). The audition, like the show, is strictly song and dance. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes. A prepared song is ideal but not required. If you will be auditioning with a prepared song, please bring sheet music for our accompanist.
Songwriters Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock 'n' roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates a golden age of American culture. In an idealized '50's setting, the classic themes of love – won, lost and imagined – blend with hilarious set pieces and slice-of-life emotions. Featuring nearly 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded, including “Neighborhood,” Ruby Baby, Fools Fall in Love, On Broadway, Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown, Hound Dog, I'm a Woman, Love Potion #9, Jailhouse Rock, Spanish Harlem, Stand By Me, and many more! Performance dates are November 8 – 24, 2013. We hope to see you there!
CAST (these are the first names of the original actors):
A quartet modeled on The Drifters:
KEN - the smoothie
ADRIAN - the slow one of the quartet
FREDERICK - the implacable bass
VICTOR - the preening bad-boy who gets most of the comedy
MICHAEL - genuinely suave and impressive, evokes the memory of Elvis
BRENDA - a combination of savvy, wit, brains and beauty
B.J. - inspired by the titanic rhythm and blues shouter Big Mama Thornton
PATTIE - the throaty voice of experience
DeLEE - suggests the innocence of teenage girls, but with a wild streak
