Beijing Playhouse Announces OKLAHOMA Auditions

Oklahoma!.  The king of all Broadway musicals comes to China!  Featuring such classic songs as Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', Little Surrey with the Fringe on the Top, and Kansas City, this amazing musical will have your heart singing.  Rodgers and Hammerstein's most famous showstopper set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre. The high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background as they sing and dance their love story.  This huge musical will feature 30 singers and dancers and a crew of 80 or more.  The Pulitzer Prize winning stage show also won Academy Awards when it was turned into a major motion picture. 

 Crew:  Directed by David Peck.  Musical director Beth Kerzee.  Choreographer Emma Orr.  Costume designer April Qi. Set designer Gareth Repton. Props Master Ellen Lickman.  Subtitles coordinator Sid Gulinick.  Assistant directors Peter Fox, Christina Liao, Karim Oyarzabal.  Assistant musical director Tanya Davies. 

AUDITION DATES: Sunday, February 26 and Monday, February 27, 2012 at 6:30 pm.

LOCATION:  Beijing Playhouse's performances and auditions for Oklahoma! are at Mako theatre in Shuangjing; just south of Guomao.  Rehearsals are at BUCT, a 10 minute walk from the Huixingxijienankou subway station.

ROLE(S):  All 30 roles open.  Ability to perform in English is required; but English as a native language is not required. Auditions are open and anyone can come.  We love discovering new talent.  We request that interested actors complete the Actor Audition Form in advance.  It helps the directors.  (Request one and we'll send it to you.)  We're looking actors and singers, men and women, ages 10 to 80.

AUDITION FORMAT:  Monologues are encouraged but not necessary.  Actors will do a live read from the script performing scenes from the show.  Singing a song of your choice a capella will be required. (Call backs, if necessary, Wednesday, February 29 at 6:30 pm, at BUCT.)

PAY:  This is volunteer fun. 

PERFORMANCE DATES:  Performances are Tuesday-Saturday nights and Sunday matinees, May 18 to June 3, 2012.  Rehearsals are evenings at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 2:30 pm in March and April. 

CONTACT:  Beijing Playhouse (www.beijingplayhouse.com), performance@beijingplayhouse.com.

SPONSORS:  Beijing Playhouse's Oklahoma! is sponsored in part by US Embassy, Lehman Brown,Beijing Kids, Sniper Sounds, City Weekend, Candis, localnoodles.com, KK Rabbit, and patrons of the arts, like you.