CARNIVAL – Equity Performer Auditions in MD
Olney Theatre Center (Olney, MD) COST: Tier 1 $632
Artistic Director: Martin Platt
Managing Director: Amy Marshall
Director: Martin Platt
Music Director: Ross Scott Rawlings
Choreographer: Kelli Barclay
First Rehearsal: July 9, 2013; Performance Dates: August 1-26, 2013
Equity Principal Auditions by Appointment
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Olney Theatre Center
10 AM – 6 PM principal performers 2001 Olney-Sandy SPring Road
Lunch from 1 - 2. Olney, MD 20832
For an appointment, email
auditions@olneytheatre.org, or call: (301) 924-4485 x132.
AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
Prepare an uptempo number and a ballad from the Golden Age (1950-1963) musical. Or you may prepare the music selection from the show as posted on the theatre website beginning November 20.
Bring sheet music in correct key; accompanist provided but may not transpose.
All bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Equity Chorus Calls by Appointment
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at the Olney Theatre Center
10 AM – 6 PM chorus performers 2001 Olney-Sandy SPring Road
Lunch from 1 - 2. Olney, MD 20832
For an appointment, email
auditions@olneytheatre.org, or call: (301) 924-4485 x132.
AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
Prepare an uptempo number and a ballad from the Golden Age (1950-1963) musical. Or you may prepare the music selection from the show as posted on the theatre website beginning November 20.
Bring sheet music in correct key; accompanist provided but may not transpose.
All bring picture and resume, stapled together.
PRINCIPALS:
Paul Berthalet
(late 30s) a former soldier, now a puppeteer in the Circus. Bitter.
Strong/powerful legit baritone. Also does voices for five puppet characters. No dance requirement.
Marco the Magnificent
(late 30s, 40s) A Magician. Handsome. Full of himself. Strong high legit baritone. Excellent dancer – extended ‘Spanish’ Broadway dance number. The kind of guy who never fails with the girls.
B.F. Schlegl
(50s/60s) The hearty, gruff, and also loveable owner of The Grand Imperial Cirque de Paris – a flea-bitten touring Carnival. Baritone/Bass Baritone. A bear of a man .
Lili
(19) Young, naïve, wide-eyed innocent. Eager, with great energy and an inner glow. An orphan joining the Carnival with nothing but her straw suitcase to her name. Lyric Soprano.
The Incomparable Rosalie
(late 30s) Alto. Marco’s assistant and lover. A broad with a heart of gold – but tough. Really tough! And loves a drink now and again.
Grobert/Dr Glass:
(50s) Baritone. Doubles as Grobert, the not very nice souvenir seller at the Carnival – and as Dr. Glass, the very proper, very rich, Viennese (with accent) Veterinarian whom Rosalie might marry.
Greta
(15) – Legit Soprano. A Young girl, vendor, other circus skills.
CHORUS/ENSEMBLE
(all chorus will also appear as cast, if they have a named chorus role)
Looking especially for chorus members with circus skills: Jugglers, silks, trapeze, wire walking, unicycling, stilts , clown etc. Also looking for one chorus member who can play onstage Trumpet in the Parade (well), as designated in score.
Aerialist (m/f) tenor/sop
Stilt Walker (m) tenor
Gloria Zuwicki (f) sop
Gladys Zuwicki (f) alto
+ 4 male (1 tenor, 3 baritone)
3 female (2 alto, 2 soprano)
Ensemble play various circus performers, The Bluebird Girls, Roustabouts, Harem Girls, A Strong Man, Clowns, Gypsies, etc.
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