Brave enough to sword fight in a skirt?
Brigadoon auditions seeking dancers, singers and actors aged 16-65
Are you brave enough to sword fight in a skirt?
If so, then TheatreZone artistic director Mark Danni wants you. Today, Danni and Steffanie Pearce, artistic director at Gulfshore Opera announced auditions for Brigadoon, the Tony-award winning Broadway musical Danni is stage directing. The production is a joint collaboration between both non-profit arts organizations.
Brigadoon auditions (by appointment only) take place Saturday August 29, 2015 from 10 am until 3 pm, at the First Presbyterian Church located at 9751 Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs, Florida.
“Brigadoon is a timeless tale by the talented team that created My Fair Lady, with music composed by Frederick Loewe and Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, about two New Yorkers who accidently discover a magical village that comes to life for one day every one hundred years,” explains Danni. “They meet delightful people in the midst of wedding preparations, buying and selling from the Fair. Although the town is surreal, the residents are not; their hopes and dreams speak to us as clearly as any contemporary setting. Amidst beautiful music, dancing, and clever dialog, you will believe that miracles can happen,” he believes. Brigadoon includes a 19-piece live orchestra music conducted by TheatreZone veteran music director Charles Fornara.
Danni says he is seeking trained actors, singers and dancers, from ages 16-65 to fill principal and chorus roles comprised of Equity (Guest Artist) and non-Equity performers including three talented sword dancers who perform a traditional celebratory Wedding-Dance and the daring Sword Dance and Reel in a kilted tartan.
“Our staging includes Scottish dancing (similar to American square dancing), so we are looking for a cast that can move!” adds choreographer Karen Molnar.
Professionals should submit electronically résumé and audio/video clips to
info@gulfshoreopera.org. To schedule an appointment, email Danielle Ranno at
Danielle@theatrezone-florida.com or call
(561) 602-5529. First rehearsal is November 9, 2015. Production runs November 20 at Charlotte Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, FL, November 21 at First Christian Church, Ft. Myers, FL and a third TBD location/time in Collier County.
Four Equity actor contracts and several non-AEA contracts are available with ethnic diversity encouraged in all roles:
Andrew MacLaren: Father of Fiona & Jean, a hearty soul in his late fifties. He is a bit pompous and has a loud and gruff voice. Baritone.
Charlie Dalrymple: A sandy-haired, he is betrothed to Jean. Favroite son of Brigadoon. Most charismatic in the room. Tenor.
Jean MacLaren: Attractive, shy and diffident. She is betrothed to Charlie Dalrymple. Trained Dancer.
Jeff Douglas: retiring and good-natured, sarcastic, with a dry sense of humor.
Sword Dancers: Trained dancers
Two Bagpipers
Female trained dancers who sing
Male trained dancers who sing
To audition for a role, actors are asked to prepare 32 bars of a song and have a contrasting selection ready if asked. Please bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided. Be prepared to dance if asked. Sides will also be provided at the audition. Please bring a picture and resume stapled together.
TheatreZone Season 11 tickets are on sale for five additional musicals including a joint production of Xanadu with Florida Gulf Cost University’s Bower School of Music and The Arts, staged in the 90-seat Theatre Lab on the FGCU campus for 10-performances, October 1 through October 10, 2015. Tickets to Xanadu cost $40 and $45 each.
Season 11 selections at the G&L Theatre include Marvin Hamlisch’s Sweet Smell of Success, January 5 - 15, 2016; The Boy From Oz, February 4 - 14, 2016; Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, March 5 - 15, 2015 and Dames at Sea, April 28 – May 8, 2016. Season 11 series tickets are on sale now with the subscriber series (four shows) and a mini series (3 shows) available. Individual ticket sales to Season 11 selections are priced at $48 - $53 plus a $2 per ticket fee.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call TheatreZone at 1-888-ZONE-FLA,
1-888-966-3352 or purchase online at
www.theatrezone-florida.com. The on site Box Office will be open Wednesdays from 10 am until 12 noonuntil June 24, 2015.
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