**AUDITION NOTICE** Please contact Artistic Director Daniel Eilola at daniel@lakeworthplayhoyse.org to schedule an audition appointment. LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL Director: Karen Stephens Music Director: Elijah Gee Stage Manager – Monica Lester Roles available: Billie Holiday – the great jazz singer in the last year of her life. Requirements: Please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue and a 32-bar cut of either: “When a Woman Loves a Man,” “God Bless the Child,” “Strange Fruit,” or a song in the style of Billie Holiday. Rehearsals to start in mid-March, Weeknights 7-10pm through April 29th. Show Dates: April 30th – May 16th, 2021 15 performances total. About the Show: The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty, often humorous reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music. |