SOUTH PACIFIC - Lakewood Theatre Company
LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD AUDITIONS
FOR THE MUSICAL
SOUTH PACIFIC
SATURDAY, MAY 5 & SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions on SATURDAY, MAY 5and SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012 for the musical, South Pacific. Ron Daum directs the production and the musical director is Alan D. Lytle. Call
503-635-3901 to reserve an audition slot.
Roles are available for 15 men (ages 20-60), 15 women (20-35) and two children (ages 8-10). People of Asian and African American heritage are encouraged to audition for adult and child roles. All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. For a role breakdown please see Lakewood's website at
www.lakewood-center.org. All performers receive remuneration.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed: Please bring a resume, a current 8X10 glossy photo. Prepare a Rodgers and Hammerstein song or a song of the 1940s era in the correct key for your voice. An accompanist will be provided. Monologues are not required.
Performance Schedule: South Pacific opens Lakewood's 60th anniversary season on September 7, 2012 and continues through October 14, 2012. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 7:00 PM (Sept. 9, 16, 23); Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM (Sept. 16, 23, 30 & Oct. 7, 14) and one Wednesday performance Oct. 10 at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the Play: Set during World War II, this Pulitzer Prize-winning musical tells the romantic story of two couples and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and prejudices. The show is based on the 2008 Broadway revival of South Pacificwhich won seven Tony Awards.
Nellie Forbush is a nurse working overseas during World War II. She falls in love with a wealthy, older man who owns a plantation there. When she discovers that the mother of his two small children was a Tonkinese woman, the prejudices she grew up with in Arkansas prevent her from accepting his offer of marriage. Her friend, Lt. Cable, has a fiance back home, but speaks of her with a sense of duty rather than feelings of love. When he meets a young, innocent Tonkinese girl, he too is forced to face his prejudices. The beloved score's songs include "Some Enchanted Evening," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair," "This Nearly Was Mine" and "There is Nothin' Like a Dame."
Music for South Pacific is by Richard Rodgers, lyrics are by Oscar Hammerstein II, book is by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan was the original director. Ron Daum directs Lakewood's production.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
60 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a professional theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 400 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 40,000 people to its shows.
- 60th Anniversary Season -
Productions in the 2012-13 season are underwritten, in part, by
The Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Work for Art Program
The Oregon Arts Commission
The National Endowment for the Arts
