LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD AUDITIONS
FOR THE MUSICAL
CHESS
MARCH 17 & 18, 2018
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for the musical Chess SATURDAY, MARCH 17 and SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2018. Sign up online to secure information and audition appointment at this link:
https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/auditions-Chess or call
503-635-3901 if you need assistance.
The musical Chess features music by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Richard Nelson. Lakewood's production will be directed by John Oules. The musical director will be Darcy White and the choreographer will be Laura Hiszczynskyj.
The director is casting actors 18 and up. All roles are open for audition and all receive remuneration. All ethnicities are encouraged to audition.For a breakdown of roles, please see this link:
https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/auditions-Chess.
Dance auditions: will be held on Wednesday, March 21
Call backs: if needed, will be held on Saturday, March 24
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts,
368 S. State Street in
Lake Oswego, OR 97034.
Materials Needed:
Please secure an audition online at and list all conflicts between May 28 – Aug 12. You can email a resume and head shot to
bio@lakewood-center.org and bring both to your audition appointment. Please prepare 32 bars (approx 1 minute) in the style of the show. (your song should not from Chess). You MAY be asked to sing a contrasting song as well. Please make sure your song is in the correct key for your voice. 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.
Rehearsal Schedule: Rehearsals will begin Monday, May 28 and continue Monday –Friday 6:30pm - 9:30pm, and Saturday. 10:00am - 3:00pm. Note: a Sunday, July 1 10:00am - 5:00pm rehearsal will be added for tech.There will be no rehearsal on Wednesday, July 4.
Performance Schedule: Chess opens July 6 and continues through August 12, 2018. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:00 and 7:00 PM and two Wednesday evening performances at 7:30 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 Chess
The ancient game of chess becomes a metaphor for romantic rivalries, competitive gamesmanship, super-power politics, and international intrigues in this musical featuring music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. The pawns in this drama form a love triangle: the loutish American chess star, the earnest Russian champion and a Hungarian-American assistant who arrives at the international chess match in Bangkok with one chess player, but falls for the other. From Bangkok to Budapest the players, lovers, politicians and spies manipulate and are manipulated to the pulse of a monumental rock score.
Chess premiered as a concept album in 1984 prior to the London production being premiered in 1986. It was revised for the Broadway production in 1988. The story involves a politically driven, Cold War-era chess tournament between two men—an American grandmaster and a Soviet grandmaster—and their fight over a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other. Although the protagonists were not intended to represent any real individuals, the character of the American grandmaster (named Freddie Trumper in the stage version) was loosely based on Bobby Fischer, while elements of the story may have been inspired by the chess careers of Russian grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
66 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a 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 more than 400 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
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Productions in the 2018-19 season are underwritten, in part, by
The Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Work for Art Program
The Oregon Arts Commission
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Jackson Foundation
The Kinsman Foundation
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