LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD AUDITIONS
FOR THE MUSICAL STONE SOUP
DECEMBER 12 &13, 2020
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for high school actors for a live stream production of STONE SOUP The Musical. This show will be auditioned, rehearsed, and performed entirely over Zoom, with no one asked to meet in person. Further information about auditions for the live stream musical is available on the Lakewood Theatre website:
https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/lakewood-plays-auditions
Online auditions will be held SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 and SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2020. Sign up online to secure an audition appointment time.
Note: Actors should be available for callbacks auditions if needed on Tuesday, December, 15 and Wednesday, December 16, 2020 from 4:00 -7:30 pm.
STONE SOUP the Musical is directed by Demetri Pavlatos. The music director is Mak Kastelic.
All roles are open. Actors are unpaid but are not required to pay any production or program fees. All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. For a breakdown of roles, please click here
https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/auditions-Stone-Soup-2021
Audition Location: All auditions are online via zoom. You will be sent a zoom link to attend audition after you have signed up for an audition time slot.
Materials Needed: Please secure an audition online and list all conflicts between Dec 13 – Jan 31.
Song Please prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show with recorded musical tracks to accompany you. You may sing a cappella if you are unable to have recorded accompaniment.
Monologue Everyone auditioning will read one monologue from the script. Please select one of the three monologues for your audition listed on our audition website. The monologues include roles for Alex, Nadia, and the Mayor. You don't need to memorize them but being as familiar with them as possible is highly recommended.
Resume and head shot Please email a resume and head shot to
bio@lakewood-center.org.
Rehearsals: Rehearsals will held during the holiday break Saturday, Dec 19 – Jan. 2, 2021 Monday -Friday afternoon and evenings, and Saturday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Rehearsal schedule will change once school resumes Jan. 4 with rehearsals Monday -Friday 4:30-7:30, Saturdays 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Sunday rehearsals may be added during tech weeks in January. There will be no rehearsal on Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Performance Schedule: The live stream of Stone Soup performances will be January 29, 30 at 7:00 pm and January 31 at 2:00 pm.
About the Musical: This is a musical adaptation of the classic story of Stone Soup. The music, lyrics, co-book writer by Allen Robertson and co-book writer Damon Brown.
Stone Soup is an imaginative, high-energy, and comedic re-telling of the traditional folk story using musical styles from Rock / Pop to Folk and World. Full of memorable songs and characters and designed to entertain audiences of all ages the story digs into what it means to conquer your fears, and how powerful we can be when we work together
Synopsis The musical is an adaptation of the folk story of the same name. A traveler named Alex stumbles upon a city made entirely of stones where its citizens have been taught by their evil Mayor to trust no one and fear everything. Alex eventually unites the citizens, gets them to work together, and teaches them to confront their fears, all by convincing them to help him cook his world famous recipe for stone soup.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
68 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.
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