The Raytown Arts Council Announces Auditions For ANNIE 5/7-8

The Raytown Arts Council announces their 2010 Summer Musical AUDITIONS for "ANNIE."

Auditions will Be held Friday, May 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, and Saturday, May 8 from 2:00 pm To 5:00 pm at Ridgewood Community Of Christ Church, 4341 Blue Ridge Blvd. Callbacks Monday, May 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Performances will be Friday and Saturday, July 16 and 17, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Sunday, July 18 , 2010 (Matinee) at 2:00 PM, and Friday and Saturday, July 23 and 24, 2010 at 7:30 PM.
Robert B. Atkin Performing Arts Center @ Raytown High School
6019 Blue Ridge Blvd,   Raytown, MO 64133

Audition Information:

 MUSICAL PREPARATION
All performers auditioning for leading roles will be asked to audition with a song choice from Annie. (examples below) please come prepared!  Bring a list of rehearsal conflicts to auditions.
* Annie:Tomorrow, Maybe
* Miss Hannigan: Easy Street, Little Girls
* Daddy Warbucks: Why Should I Change a Thing, Something Was Missing
* Grace Farrell: Don’t Need Anything But You
* Rooster & Lilly: Easy Street.
 All performers auditioning for additional orphans, secondary leads and chorus are asked to sing 16 -32 bars from any musical of you choice. Bring sheet music, an accompanist will be provided.

DANCE PREPARATION
Auditioners are requested to wear appropriate dance attire (black leotards, jazz pants or comfortable sweat pants). Auditioners will learn a short dance combination. Please wear appropriate foot wear (jazz shoes, ballet slippers, comfortable flats). Please no tennis shoes.

BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE SHOW: 
Abused by a cruel orphanage matron, Annie, a spunky, redheaded orphan, decides to run away and find her parents. After eventually managing to escape the orphanage, she sadly is caught and sent back by Officer Ward of the NYPD. Soon though, her luck improves. Billionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to invite an orphan over to his house for Christmas and Annie is chosen. The two quickly hit it off and he agrees to help Annie find her parents by putting up a $50,000 reward. Miss Hannigan's brother, Rooster, and his girlfriend, Lily, pretend to be Annie's parents by using information provided by Miss Hannigan. At the last minute, President Roosevelt intervenes to announce that the FBI has discovered that Annie's parents are in fact, dead. In the end, Hannigan, Rooster, and Lily are all arrested and Annie is adopted by Warbucks.

For more information, visit www.raytownarts.com

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