RING OF FIRE and DRACULA - Cincinnati Landmark Productions Non Equity Auditions

Cincinnati Landmark Productions

Will hold Auditions

For two Covedale Center productions:

Ring of Fire and Dracula

Saturday, April 20 (12:30 – 3:00 pm)

Sunday, April 21, 2013, (6:00 – 8:30 pm)

All auditions will be held at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill.

For Ring of Fire (Covedale Show #1)

Requirements:

• 3 featured lead men (country vocals, dialogue)
• 3 featured lead women (Dialogue, vocals, strong belt/mix a plus)
• Also seeking singing musicians for the pit: including those that play: fiddle, guitar, bass, guitar/upright bass, dobro, mandolin, trumpet and keyboard

MUST HAVE A RESUME listing theatrical experience in order to audition. A headshot/picture is appreciated but not required. Please prepare 16 bars of a song that best showcases vocal ability.

All singers should specialize or lean in country music vocals.

Singing musicians should come prepared to play and sing a song of your choice.

Stage movement is required for all cast members.

A CD player will be available for those using tracks and a pianist will be available for those using sheet music.

Please note: No more than two conflicts will be accepted during the rehearsal process for this production.

Ring of Fire – The Music of Johnny Cash

September 5 – 29, 2013
Created by RICHARD MALTBY, JR./Conceived by WILLIAM MEADE Orchestrations by Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby

A set of gifted singers and instrumentalists sing through some of the greatest songs of one of America's most brilliant singer/songwriters, Johnny Cash. Though he is never impersonated, his remarkable life story is told through his music, climaxing in a concert that will both move and exhilarate! Leslie Jo Bissett, Director/Choreographer, Michael Kennedy, Music Director; Erin Meyer, Production Stage Manager

Rehearsals begin: Monday, July 29, 2013

Performance dates: September 5 - 29, 2013

All roles are paid positions. No roles have been precast.

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For Dracula (Covedale Show #2)

Requirements for Adults (18 + years of age): MUST HAVE A RESUME listing theatrical experience in order to audition. A headshot/picture is appreciated but not required. Auditionees will be asked to read from the script. British Dialects please.

Dracula

October 17 – November 10, 2013

By John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane & Bram Stoker

Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist, believes that the girl is the victim of a vampire, a sort of ghost that goes about at night sucking blood from its victims. The vampire is at last found to be a certain Count Dracula, whose ghost is at last laid to rest in a striking and novel manner. Pure escape and great fun. Greg Procaccino, Director; Laura Weil, Production Stage Manager

Rehearsals begin: Thursday, September 12, 2013

Performance dates: October 18 – November 11, 2012

All roles are paid positions. No role precast.

Characters include:

DRACULA - a tall, mysterious man; polished and distinguished; continental in appearance and manner; age 50
MAID - an attractive young girl
HARKER - a young man of about 25; handsome in appearance, a typical Englishman of the Public School class, but in manner direct, explosive, incisive, and excitable
DR. SEWARD - an alienist of about 55; intelligent, but a typical specialist who lives in a world of text books and patients, not a man of action or force of character
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING - a man of medium height in his early 50s, with a clean-shaven, astute face; has a nervous, alert manner, an air of resolution; clearly a man of resourceful action with incisive speech
RENFIELD - repulsive youth; face distorted, shifty eyes, tousled hair
ATTENDANT - dressed in uniform
LUCY - a beautiful girl of 20, her face unnaturally pale; she walks with difficulty and wears a scarf around her throat

Please note: If you are auditioning for both productions, please provide headshots and resumes for both shows. Please note: It is not possible to do both shows as they are back to back productions.

For more information on auditions, contact us at
(513) 241 – 6550. Check us out on the web @
www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com

Cincinnati Federal Savings is the 2013 – 2014 Season Sponsor for the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue, 45238.