ARCHY & MEHITABEL - Jayson Borenstein Presents - Ethical Society Auditorium Non Equity Auditions

archy & mehitabel

Book by Joe Darion & Mel Brooks
Music by George Kleinsinger
Lyrics by Joe Darion
Based on the stories of Don Marquis
Produced on Broadway as Shinbone Alley

Producer/Director: Jayson Borenstein
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Caroline Juelke
Music Director: Patrick Gardner
Technical Director/Lighting Designer: Abrham Bogale
Audio Engineer/A1: Benjamin Collins

We're celebrating Mel Brooks' 100th birthday by bringing one of his long overlooked musicals to Philly Fringe!

AUDITION PROCESS
Please submit your resume, headshot, and a 16-32 bar cut of a song in the style of the show to jaysoncb@msn.com.

REHEARSALS
12 rehearsals between August 31 and September 18:
Monday, August 31
Tuesday, September 1
Wednesday, September 2
Thursday, September 3
Tuesday, September 8
Wednesday, September 9
Thursday, September 10
Monday, September 14
Tuesday, September 15
Wednesday, September 16
Thursday, September 17
Friday, September 18
No rehearsal on Labor Day weekend (September 4-7) or Rosh Hashanah (September 11-13). All rehearsals will be in the evening between 6pm-10pm at the Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square.

An additional rehearsal will be held during the day on September 19 from 12pm-5pm prior to the performance that will begin at 7:30pm.

PERFORMANCE
One performance on September 19 at 7:30pm at the Ethical Society Auditorium, 1906 Rittenhouse Square.

SALARY
All performers will receive a $150 stipend to be paid following the performance. No housing or transportation provided.

SYNOPSIS
In a deserted office, a cockroach dives headfirst onto the keys of a typewriter, pouring out the ruminations of his soul. It's archy (he's too small to hold down the shift key), poet, philosopher, moralist and futile worshipper of mehitabel, the alley cat. This bizarre, highly original musical takes us into the streets of the big city as archy tries hopelessly to bring the toujours gai mehitabel off the back fence and into a respectable home as a housecat.

SEEKING

BIG BILL, Male, Any Ethnicity. Baritone (B2-E4). Tough. Mean. Brave. The one-eyed terror of Shinbone Alley who falls in love with Mehitabel and then leaves her when she is pregnant.

TYRONE T. TATTERSALL, Male, Any Ethnicity. Baritone (A2-F4). The Actor Cat and ham extraordinaire. A “true” artist who thinks the tradition of theatre and art is dying. Snobbish, pompous, and easily annoyed.

NEWSPAPERMAN, Male, Any Ethnicity. Non-Singing. The narrator of the story and Archy's boss at the newspaper.