Lakewood Theatre Company Announces Open Auditions For PIPPIN

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for the musical PIPPIN on SATURDAY, APRIL 28 and SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2018. Sign up online to secure an audition appointment at this link: https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/lakewood-plays-auditions. Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.

Pippin is directed by Paul Angelo. The musical director is Valery Saul and choreography is by Erin Shannon. The director is casting actors with ages ranging from 16-70+. All roles are open and all receive remuneration. All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. For a breakdown of roles, please click here.

Call backs and dance auditions will be held on Sunday, April 29, at 3:00-8:00 PM. Actors who audition on Saturday will be notified that night via email about callbacks. Actors who audition on Sunday may be asked to stay or return for callbacks.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

Materials Needed: Please secure an audition appointment online and list all conflicts between late July - October 14. Please email a resume and head shot to bio@lakewood-center.org and bring both to your audition appointment. Please prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show or written by Schwartz. Please provide music properly notated and in the key you like, an accompanist will be provided. Please, no recorded music or a cappella singing. And also note: you may be asked to sing from the score at the audition.

Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin late July and continue six days a week until Opening on September 7th 2018.

Performance Schedule: Pippin opens September 7 and continues through October 14, 2018. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, two Wednesday evening performances at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:00 and some Sunday evenings at 7:00 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 Musical

Music and lyrics for Pippin are by Stephen Schwartz and the book is by Roger O. Hirson. Pippin originally made its debut on the Broadway stage in 1972 winning 5 Tony Awards followed by the 2013 revival, also a multiple Tony winner. This production will be the 2013 revival script and score.

With an infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell), Pippin is the story of one young man's journey to be extraordinary. Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival in 2013, this updated version of Pippin continues to captivate and appeal to the young at heart throughout the world.

The story: Leading us all on a wild journey, the Leading Player and a troupe of players tell the story of the heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin, who is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment (Corner of the Sky). He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield (War is a Science' & 'Glory), the temptations of the flesh (With You), and the intrigues of political power after disposing of his father King Charlemagne the Great (Morning Glow). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the un-extraordinary moments that happen every day.

66 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 theatre artists opportunities to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.

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