Harbor Lights holds Local Auditions for GYPSY –
Saturday, May 30th.
Gypsy to be staged at St. George Theater this August
The Harbor Lights Theater Company, Staten Island’s only professional Equity Theater Company, led by Founders and Artistic Directors Tamara Jenkins and Jay Montgomery, is pleased to announce local auditions for Gypsy on Saturday, May 30th at Dance on the Bay, 68 Bay St #1, Staten Island, NY from 2 – 7 PM.
Harbor Lights is thrilled to be producing Gypsy, opening on August 6th and running two weekends through August 16th at the historic St. George Theater, Staten Island.
Gypsy will feature Tony award nominee Sally Mayes (She Loves Me, Closer Than Ever, Pete ‘n’ Keely) as Mama Rose and a cast of Broadway veterans under the direction of Bill Castellino (Cagney, Dirty Old Men).
Rehearsals begin mid-July and a variety of actors are needed to round out the company.
Harbor Lights encourages those who fit the following categories to audition. Please prepare 32 bars of a classic musical theater song with music in the correct key, bring photo stapled to resume or bio. Kids and showgirl types should be prepared to dance.
2:00 PM: Young boys and girls ages 10 to 16 who sing and dance. (Newsboys, Baby June, Young Louise, Balloon Girl)
3:30 PM: Male character actors ages 40 to 65. (Weber/Kringelein/Pastey - Uncle Jocko/Cigar/Phil - Pop/Goldstone/Minsky's Announcer/Bougeron-Cochon)
4:00 PM: Female character actors ages 30 to 65. (Waitress/Caroline/Ethel Mae, Caroline/Dolores/Renée, - Showgirls)
5:00 PM: Young professional level male dancers/singers ages 18 - 28 to play teenagers. (Angie, LA, Yonkers, Ulysses, Ensemble.)
6:00 PM: Young professional level female dancers/singers ages 18 - 28 can play teenagers. (Agnes, Toreadorables, Showgirls)
“The Harbor Lights Theater Company is honored to be producing this all-time classic, Gypsy, at the historic St. George Theater. It’s a show about Vaudeville taking place in an old Vaudeville theater. It’s just perfect! “says Tamara Jenkins.
Gypsy is widely considered one of the greatest musicals of all time. With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, choreography by Jerome Robbins, and book by Arthur Laurents, the play is based on Gypsy Rose Lee’s 1957 memoir. Gypsy tells the story of Mama Rose, Lee’s real life “backstage mother,” and her daughter Louise, the character based on Lee, who finally, triumphantly emerges from Rose’s shadow to become a star.
Casting an affectionate eye on show business life in the heyday of Vaudeville, Gypsy’s score features one legendary standard after another – “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Together (Wherever We Go),” “All I Need Is the Girl,” and “Let Me Entertain You,” among them.
Tickets on sale from the St. George Theatre Box Office or Ticketmaster!
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About The Harbor Lights Theatre Company
Harbor Lights is the first and only professional Equity Theater Company in Staten Island’s history. Since founding Harbor Lights in 2010, Broadway veterans andHarbor Lights Founding Artistic Directors Tamara Jenkins and Jay Montgomery, have begun building a bridge from Broadway to Staten Island, bringing the nation’s best to work with their community’s finest. In four seasons of producing plays and musicals, Harbor Lights has presented over 75 Broadway professionals, including Tony, Grammy, Oscar, Emmy, Drama Desk, and Obie award-winning and - nominated artists, in sixteen productions at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens.
www.hltc.org.
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