Covedale Center for the Performing Arts Announces Open Auditions 5/23-24

Covedale Center for the Performing Arts will hold Auditions for the first two up-coming Productions Of The Covedale's 2010/2011 season. Auditions for EVITA And UNNECESSARY FARCE will be held Sunday, May 23, 2010, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm and on Monday, May 24, 2010, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm.

The auditions are open to adults over the age of 17 with a performance resume.

EVITA:

Those auditioning for EVITA should prepare a song that best represents voice and range. Everyone must bring sheet music for the audition. No a cappella auditions will be considered. Auditionees will read from the script and should be prepared to do a dance combination as well.

Auditions will be held to cast the roles of
Eva Peron, (Female, 17 - 30 years of age)
Che Guevara, (Male, 21 - 35 years of age)
Juan Peron, (Male, 32 - 55 years of age)
Augustine Magaldi, (Male 23 - 55 years of age)
Peron's Mistress (Female 17 - 25 years of age)
Ensemble/People of Argentina (various ages)

Rehersals for EVITA begin Monday August 23. Performances will be September 30 through October 17.

EVITA is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. EVITA tells the story of Argentina's controversial First Lady. At the age of fifteen, Eva Peron escaped her dirt-poor existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Driven by ambition and blessed with charisma, she was a starlet at twenty-two, the president's mistress at twenty-four, First Lady at twenty-seven, and dead at thirty-three. But Eva "saint to the working-class, reviled by the aristocracy and mistrusted by the military" left a fascinating legacy, unique in the 20th century - a story told via a dynamic score that includes "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "The Night of a Thousand Stars". Greg Procaccino will direct the production.

UNNECESSARY FARCE:

Auditionees will read from the script and do not need to prepare material.

Rehearsals begin Sunday September 12. Performances will be October 28 through November 14.

Auditions will be held for the following roles:

Eric Sheridan, (male, 30s)
Billie Dwyer, (female, 20s/30s)
Karen Brown, (female, 30s)
Mayor Meekly, (male, 50s to 70s)
Agent Frank, (male, 20s to 50s)
Todd, (male, 20s to 50s)
Mary Meekly, (female, 50s to 70s)

Performers do not have to be the character ages as listed, but must be able to play those ages.

UNNECESSARY FARCE by Paul Slade Smith. In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next-door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who's in which room, who's being videotaped, who's taken the money, who's hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes.Bob Brunner will direct this prodution.

All roles are paid positions.

For more information on auditions, contact the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, by phone at (513) 241 - 6550. For more information visit www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com

All auditions will be held at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill.

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