THE BLUE FLOWER Equity Principal Audition - Second Stage Theatre Auditions

THE BLUE FLOWER – Equity Principal Auditions

Second Stage Theater Off-Broadway $730/week minimum.

Artistic Dir: Carole Rothman

Assoc. Artistic Dir: Chris Burney

Book/Music/Lyrics: Jim and Ruth Bauer

Dir: Will Pomerantz

Casting: MelCap Casting

1st reh: Mid-September, 2011. 1st perf: Mid-October. Closing date TBD.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Pearl Studios NYC “500”

10 AM - 6 PM 500 Eighth Avenue, 12th Floor.

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City

Please prepare a brief pop/rock song. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.

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

Musical tale about famous German artist Max Baumann and his life and friends in 1914 Paris and 1920s Berlin.

Max:

Character ages in the piece from late 20s – 60s. World War I-era German artist. Passionate, creative, wildly eccentric; often speaks in a language of his own creation as a protest of the “meaninglessness of existence”. A thinker and student of life, Max is in perpetual creative motion in search of meaning, often alienating those he holds most dear. Baritone.

Hannah:

Late 20s - late 30s. Max’s lover. Dada vaudeville performer in Berlin. Sexy, beautiful, fearless provocateur; fiercely anti-government performance artist who often acts before she thinks. At times abrasive and blindly willful, she is also capable of great warmth and compassion for those she loves. Mezzo soprano.

Franz:

Man, mid 20s - early 30s. Vibrantly engaging, passionate and dynamic young artist. Attractive and charming in his own unique way. Capable of great warmth and feeling; falls in desperate love with Maria before joining up as a cavalryman and dying in battle. A thinking-person’s dreamboat; engaged in the world, draws people to him like a moth to a flame. Tenor.

Maria:

Late 20s - early 30s. German scientist and “irrepressible bon-vivant”. As intellectually curious and adept as she is attractive. Works hard and plays hard. Would have been named “best combination of beauty and brains” in her high school yearbook, had there been such a category. Deeply in love with Franz; Max’s unrequited love. Mezzo soprano.

Mr. Obmann:

Early 30s – early 40s. The enigmatic master of ceremonies of the evening. A captivating and compelling presence; shifts fluidly across time and space, often aware of the characters in ways they themselves are not. Tenor.

The following are Assistants to Mr. Obmann. They appear as ghosts. Performers must be great movers with terrific voices.

Bicycle Girl: Mid 20s - mid 30s. Mezzo soprano.

Sewing Machine Man: Mid 20s - mid 30s. Tenor.

Gramophone Girl: Mid 30s - mid 40s. Mezzo soprano.

Typewriter Man: Mid 30s - mid 40s. Baritone.