PUTTING IT TOGETHER OPEN - West Virginia University School of Theatre & Dance Auditions

PUTTING IT TOGETHER – OPEN By Appointment in WV

West Virginia University School of Theatre & Dance (Morgantown, WV)

Guest Artist- Tier II; $400/week stipend

Director: Lee Blair

Musical Director: R. J. Nestor

Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim, Devised by Stephen Sondheim and Julia McKenzie

Summer production of the School of Theatre and Dance at West Virginia University.

First rehearsal: May 15; Opening: June 15; Run June 15-17 and 22-24 (6 shows); Closing: June 24

OPEN Auditions (Equity/Non-Equity actors) by Appointment:

Saturday, April 14, 2012 at West Virginia University

10 AM – 4:30 PM Creative Arts Center, Room 239A

Lunch from 1 – 1:30. 1 Evansdale Drive

And Morgantown, WV 26506

Monday, April 16, 2012

7 PM – 10 PM

(this day and time will be for new appointments as well as possible callbacks from 4/14)

For an appointment, email Lee Blair, director at
lee.blair@mail.wvu.edu.

For the auditions, prepare 16 to 32 bars of an uptempo and ballad, musical theatre fare; one may be Sondheim, but not required. Bring sheet music in your key.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

Two Equity Guest Artist Contracts available among the following roles being sought:

Seeking actors who sing and singers for:

Man 1: (35-50), leading man/character actor, baritone, head of a publishing firm, unhappy marriage to Woman 1

Woman 1: (35-50), leading lady/character actor, mezzo, wife of Man 1, throwing a cocktail party for husband's colleagues

Man 2: (25-40), younger leading man, baritone/tenor, works for Man 1

Woman 2: (20-35), ingenue/leading lady, soprano, Man 1's date at cocktail party

Man 3: (20-35), younger character role, baritone/tenor, imp of an uninvited guest at cocktail party