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m.a.d. Theatre
Announces Auditions for
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Rupert Holmes
Directed/Choreographed
by Jennifer Marshall
Musical Direction
by Justin Havard
Audition Dates
May 28 and 29 at 6:30pm
May 30 (callbacks) at 6:30pm
Location
GTE Financial Corporate Building
711 E. Henderson Avenue
Tampa, FL 33602
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This is a secure facility and a guard will have to buzz you through at the gate – just let him know you are with m.a.d. theatre. The facility is the smaller building on the east (left side) of the complex.
Production Dates: August 15-18 and August 22-25 at the Shimberg Playhouse (Straz Center)
Be prepared to sing 16 bars of a musical theatre song that best shows your voice (sheet music is preferred, accompanist provided). Dress comfortably, as a short movement combination will be taught at the audition. No appointments necessary. Non-paid.
Casting 18-22 energetic performers, aged 16-adult, for an audience interactive “show within a show” set in Victorian era. Strong improv abilities a plus. Roles available for strong singers, dancers and actors. All ethnicities encouraged to audition. Principal characters include:
The Chairman (baritone) – Emcee and host of the show. The chairman sets the scenes and keeps the pace of the show moving. Strong improv abilities preferred. Character age: 30-60
John Jasper (tenor or lyric baritone) – Opium addicted choirmaster of the Cathedral and Drood’s uncle. Madly in love with his music student Rosa Bud. Jekyll and Hyde type personality. Character age: 20-40
Edwin Drood (mezzo soprano) –John Jasper’s cocky nephew who goes missing on Christmas Eve. Engaged to Rosa Bud. Role played by a female impersonating a male. Character age: 20-30
Rosa Bud (lyric soprano) –Sweet innocent young woman who is engaged to Drood. Character age: 20-30
Neville Landless (baritone) –Twin of Helena Landless. Young, hot tempered young man from Ceylon who is interested in Rosa Bud and competes with Drood for her attention. Ethnic actor preferred. Character age: 20-30
Helena Landless (mezzo soprano) – Twin of Neville Landless. Fiery and temperamental young woman from Ceylon, she becomes close friend to Rosa Bud. Ethnic actress preferred. Character age: 20-30
Princess Puffer (alto) – A madam who owns the opium den that John Jasper frequents. Bawdy personality. Cockney accent a plus. Character age: 30-50
Rev Crisparkle (tenor/baritone) – Local clergyman who watches over the Landless twins and was in love with Rosa Bud’s mother. Character age: 30-60
Bazzard (baritone/tenor) – Rev Crisparkle’s assistant and aspiring playwright. Character age: 20-40
Durdles (baritone/tenor) – Drunken stonemason who overseas crypts at the Cathedral. “Clown” of the Music Hall Royale. Character Age: 30-60
Detailed synopsis available at http://www.tamswitmark.com/musicals/drood.html. Please contact the director, Jennifer Marshall, atjkjmarshall@gmail.com or 813-386-6179 with any questions about the show. Rehearsals will begin the second week of June.
Synopsis:
Recently revived on Broadway! This wildly warm-hearted theatrical experience kicks off when the Music Hall Royale (a hilariously loony Victorian musical troupe) puts on its flamboyant rendition of an unfinished Dickens mystery. The story itself deals with John Jasper, a Jekyll-and-Hyde choirmaster who is madly in love with his music student, the fair Miss Rosa Bud. Miss Bud is, in turn, engaged to Jasper's nephew, young Edwin Drood. Our title character disappears mysteriously one stormy Christmas Eve, but has Edwin Drood been murdered? And if so, then whodunnit? The giddy playfulness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience toward one ofDrood’smost talked-about features, which allows the audience to vote on the solution as prelude to the most unusual and hilarious finale!
At the first rehearsal all selected performers must sign an agreement to abide by the policies set by the Board of Director's of m.a.d. Theatre of Tampa, Inc.
Performance dates for Drood are August 15-18 & 22-25, 2013
at the
Shimberg Playhouse
David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
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