AUDITIONS -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 STARTING AT 1:00 PM --BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
THE 1940's RADIO HOUR
By Walton Jones
Featuring Music from the 1940's
Directed by Joe Lauderdale
The preparations before and during the live radio broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade on December 21, 1942 evoke a different time and spirit of a bygone era. Music of the period such as Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, I'll Be Seeing You, How About You and Strike Up The Band are featured.
NON-SINGING MALE ROLES AVAILABLE
SOME ROLES MAY BE COMBINED OR CUT & SOME ACTORS MAY BE PRE-CAST, THOUGH ALL ROLES ARE OPEN AT THIS TIME.
CALLBACKS
Sunday, October 19 @ 2:00 pm
PERFORMANCES
Saturday & Sunday, December 6 & 7
Friday-Sunday, December 12-14
REHEARSALS BEGIN
Around October 26 typically on Weekday Evenings at 7:00 and Saturdays 10:00-5:00.
Additional times may be added
***CASTING***
Clifton Feddington - 40s-50s, Baritone,general manager and announcer of radio station, a bit hysterical
Ann Collier - 30s-40s, Alto, the "old standard" singer of the studio and a secretary for her day job
Johnny Cantone - 40s, Baritone ex-boxer with a voice like velvet and drinks too much
Ginger Brooks - 20s-30s, Alto, bubble-headed waitress turned singer,
Geneva Lee Browne - 30s40s, Mezzo, African-American southern belle who sings with Swing bands
Neal Tilden - 30s-40s, Baritone, cab driver by day and singer/dancer/choreographer by night
B.J. Gibson 20s-30s, Baritone, squeaky clean student at Yale
Connie Miller - 20s, Mezzo, bobbysoxer from Ogden, Utah who runs an elevator during the day
Pops Bailey - 50s-60s, Non-Singing, crotchety stage door keeper and gambler
Lou Cohn - 50s-60s, Non-Singing, sound effects man who tries to impress the girls
Wally Ferguson - 20s, Singing or Non-Singing, hopeful for a singing career, drugstore delivery boy
Biff Baker - 20s-30s, Singing or Non-Singing, musician, joining the Army after the concert
Stanley - 20s-30s, Non-Singing, lugs cables around and works in the control booth
WHAT TO DO FOR THE AUDITION
1. Prepare 24-36 bars of a 1940's or Broadway song showing range. Sheet music in the correct key only. Nothing else accepted. For Non-Singing Roles prepare a 2 minute comic monologue.
2. Provide photo and resume if available.
3. Be prepared to list current conflicts occurring during the rehearsal period,
All Auditions, Rehearsals and Performances will be at
No Square Theatre in Legion Hall
384 Legion Street, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
To make an appointment please visit our website http://www.nosquare.org
No Square Theatre is a non-union community theatre.
All Actors are volunteers. There is no pay.
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