LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR THE MUSICAL
NINE
FEB. 27 & 28, 2016
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having auditions by appointment on
SATURDAY, FEB. 27, 2016 and
SUNDAY, FEB. 28, 2016 for the musical
Nine with Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston, adapted from the Italian by Mario Fratti. Call
503-635-3901 to reserve an audition slot.
Nine is directed by
Ron Daum. The choreographer is
Laura Hiszczynskyj and the music director is
Beth Noelle. The director is currently seeking 22 adult
Women Only (ages 18-60s). All ethnicities, sizes, ages and voice types are encouraged to audition. ALL MUST sing. All roles receive remuneration. For a breakdown of roles see Lakewood's website at
www.lakewood-center.org.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed: Please bring a resume, a current 8X10 photo, and prepare a Broadway or Italian song in the style of the musical, in the correct key for your voice. An accompanist will be provided. Please, no recorded music or a cappella singing. Please note: you may be asked to sing from the score at the audition.
Performance Schedule: Nine opens July 8, 2016 and continues through August 14, 2016. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 7:00 PM, Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM and two Wednesday evening performance at 7:30 PM. Rehearsals begin Wednesday June 1, 2016.
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 Play: Nine is the story of a celebrated film director Guido Contini and his attempts to come up with a plot for his next film as he is pursued by the hordes of women in his life (past and present), all clamoring to be loved by him and him alone. Flashbacks reveal the substance of his life which will become the material for his next film: a musical version of the Casanova story.
Nine was created and written by Maury Yeston as a class-project in Lehman Engel's BMI Music Theatre Workshop in 1973. It was later developed with a book by Mario Fratti, and then again with a book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The story is based also on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8_. Nine opened on Broadway in 1982 directed by Tommy Tune and choreographed by Thommie Walsh.
Nine was the winner of five 1982 Tony Awards including Best Musical and again as Best Revival of a Musical in 2003. It was adapted into a major motion picture directed by Rob Marshall in 2009.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
64 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 350 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
