FOR FIRST ST. LOUIS PRODUCTION OF
ROCK OPERA "NEXT TO NORMAL"
Auditions for New Line Theatre's production of the rock opera NEXT TO NORMAL will be held on two successive Monday nights, October 8 and 15, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at the Washington University South Campus building (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend, in the second floor theatre. This is NOT on the Washington University main campus. Performers need to come to only one of the dates. The show will run twelve performances over four weeks, Feb. 28-Mar. 23, 2012.
New Line is looking for a cast of six strong singer-actors, four men and two women (see character breakdown below). We will not cast anyone under 17. We are looking for intelligent singing actors who are willing to take risks onstage. Performers are asked to bring a prepared song from a musical, preferably in rock or pop style, with printed piano music for our pianist (no tapes, no lead sheets, and no a cappella, please). There will not be a dance audition. Performers may also be asked to sing from the score.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
DIANA -- Sexy. Sharp. Delusional bipolar depressive, 30s-40s. Range: gusty mezzo-soprano.
DAN -- Diana's husband. Handsome. Genuine. Constant. Tired. 30s-40s. Range: high baritone.
GABE -- Diana's son. Almost eighteen. Dashing. Gentle. Bright. Playful. Everything a mother, etc., 17-18 yrs old. Range: high rock tenor.
NATALIE -- Diana's daughter. Sixteen and trying to be perfect. It's not going well. 16-17 yrs old. Range: mezzo-soprano.
HENRY -- Seventeen. Musician, romantic, stoner, slacker, philosopher king, 16-18 yrs old, Range: tenor.
DR. MADDEN/ DR. FINE -- On the young side of ageless. Assured. A rock star, 30s/40s. Range: rock baritone.
Rehearsals for
Next to Normal will tentatively begin the first week of January, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m., plus every night the week the show opens. Rehearsals are at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in St. Louis Hills. Performances are at the Washington University South Campus Theatre, 6501 Clayton Road. Performers will share a guaranteed 10% of box office receipts. Call
314-773-6526 or email
info@NewLineTheatre.com for more information.
No appointments are necessary. All performers should arrive for the audition before 7:00 p.m. New Line is a non-union professional theatre company and is always very eager to find multi-racial casts.
If you have performed with New Line Theatre during the last eighteen months, you don't have to audition for us. You just have to contact artistic director
Scott Miller before the last night of auditions to tell him that you want to be considered. On the other hand, if you want to be considered for a role that's very different from what you've done for New Line before, then you are more than welcome to audition and show us how perfect you are for the show.
ABOUT NEW LINE THEATRE
New Line Theatre is a professional company dedicated to involving the people of the St. Louis region in the exploration and creation of daring, provocative, socially and politically relevant works of musical theatre. New Line was created back in 1991 at the vanguard of a new wave of nonprofit musical theatre just starting to take hold across the country. New Line has given birth to several world premiere musicals over the years and has brought back to life several shows that did not do well in their original New York productions. Altogether, New Line has produced 67 musicals and 5 concerts of theatre songs since 1991. New Line Theatre was recently given its own entry in the latest edition of the Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. New Line receives funding from the Regional Arts Commission, the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, and the Missouri Arts Council. For more about New Line, go to
www.newlinetheatre.com/contact.html
New Line Theatre's next show, the St. Louis premiere of the rock musical BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, runs Sept. 27-Oct. 20, 2012. Tickets for the entire 2012-2013 season are on sale now through Metrotix, 314-534-1111. For other information, visit New Line Theatre's full-service website at
www.newlinetheatre.com. All programs are subject to change.
