CARNIVAL! Equity Performer Auditions - Gloucester Stage Company Auditions

CARNIVAL!

– Equity Performer Auditions by APPOINTMENT in MA

Gloucester Stage Company Gloucester MA NEAT (approval/salary level pending; 2011 weekly minimum: $350).

Artistic Dir / Stage Dir: Eric C. Engel

Score: Bob Merrill

Book: Michael Stewart

Mus Dir: Todd Gordon

1st reh: 6/19. Runs 7/5-7/22.

Equity Performer Auditions (Principal/Chorus) by APPOINTMENT:

Saturday, February 25, 2012 Steinert Building

12 Noon – 6 PM 162 Boylston Street, Studio 62

Boston, MA

For an appointment, call 978/281-4099 (12-4 PM, M-F). Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition session, as time permits.

Please prepare a brief song form the show, or a brief contemporary musical theater piece in the style of the show. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled back-to-back.

Seeking (all roles/chorus positions are available):

Lili:

18-20. Orphaned. Optimistic and impressionable. She is, at first, infatuated with Marco the Magician, but over the course of the drama becomes conflicted over her feelings for Paul.

Paul:

The puppeteer. Ex-professional dancer; slightly disabled* war veteran. On the surface, Paul is mad at the world and unable to reach out to others. Underneath are all of the mischievous, sensitive and fun-loving characteristics of the puppets he has created. *Paul’s disability is loosely defined. We know from the text that it prevents him from a professional dance career. The physical manifestation may rest anywhere between “hardly noticeable” to “prominent”.

Marco:

A charismatic magician. A lady magnet. Underneath his playboy lifestyle, he cares about Rosalie and is interested in protecting Lili.

Rosalie:

Still-beautiful but past-her-prime showgirl. Marco’s mistress/magician’s assistant. Deeply in love with Marco. Hot-tempered.

Jacquot:

Assistant puppeteer. Paul’s best friend, and sometimes voice of reason. Gentle, level and caring. A true lover of carnival life; his dream is to play the Paris circuit once again.

B. F. Schlegel:

Grumpy ringmaster of “Cirque de Paris”.

Five - Six Men:

Play various characters including Grobert, the sleazy souvenir peddler; Dr. Glass, Rosalie’s wealthy veterinarian boyfriend; the Roustabouts who set up the carnival elements; and others.

Two – Four Women:
Play various characters including Greta Schlegel, B. F. Schlegel's spoiled, pampered daughter; Princess Olga, a seductive snake-charming mistress; Gladys and Gloria Zuwicki, conjoined twins; etc.

EPAs/Season Dramas: 2/11 and 2/27/12. See separate notice.