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AUDITIONS
Dolly Levi is a widow, matchmaker, and a professional meddler who ‘arranges things.’ Everything changes when she decides that the next match, she needs to make is to find someone for herself! Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Hello Dolly! is boisterous and charming from start to finish, featuring such memorable songs as “Before the Parade Passes By,” “It Only Takes a Moment,” “It Takes a Woman,” and—of course—the title number. “It’s nice to have you back where you belong!”
Director – Joel D. Seger
Music Director – John Leslie
Choreographer – Alison Hall
CAST REQUIREMENTS – 12 principal adult roles and ensemble
Where? Mount Wachusett Community College, A110
When? Tuesday, May 23 and Thursday, May 25 at 7PM sharp. All auditions are by appointment only.
TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, CALL THE THEATRE AT THE MOUNT BOX OFFICE AT 978 630-9388, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 9AM to 2PM, OR E-MAIL YOUR APPOINTMENT REQUEST TO box-office@mwcc.mass.edu
What? Please prepare a short vocal selection in the style of the show that shows your abilities and range (bring sheet music if selection is not from the show). An accompanist will be provided.
Wear comfortable clothing and footwear for dance audition.
Also expect cold-readings from the script for key roles.
Performance Dates: August 11, 12, 18, 19 @ 7:30PM; August 20 @ 2PM
Tentative Rehearsal Schedule: Sundays from 6pm to 9pm; Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm to 10pm
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
(Note: In referencing vocal range, C4 is Middle C on the keyboard)
Dolly Levi: Matchmaker, widow, meddler, opportunist, life-loving, commanding, strong stage presence. Stage age: 35-50. Vocal range: baritone/male range (C3 – B4) or alto/female range (F3 – E5). Dance ability: basic
Horace Vandergelder: Well-known half-a-millionaire, widower, owns the Feed Store, gruff, set in his ways, authoritative. Stage age: 40-60. Vocal range: baritone (B3-G5). Dance ability: basic
Cornelius Hackl: Head clerk at the Feed Store, energetic, enthusiastic, and adventurous. Stage age: 30-35. Vocal range: bari-tenor (Bb3-G5).Dance ability: moderate to strong
Barnaby Tucker: Assistant to Cornelius at the Feed Store, naïve, energized, follower. Stage age: 17-20. Vocal range: bari-tenor (C4-G5). Dance ability: strong
Irene Molloy: Owns the Hat Shop, widow, beautiful, smart, fun-loving. Stage age: 30-35. Vocal range: mezzo-soprano (G3-F5). Dance ability: moderate to strong
Minnie Fay: Irene’s assistant, naïve, strait-laced, fresh, follower. Stage age: 17-20. Vocal range: mezzo-soprano (C4-F5). Dance ability: strong
Ambrose Tucker: Struggling artist, good-natured, accommodating, wants to marry Ermengarde. Stage age: 19-23. Vocal range: any. Dance ability: moderate to strong
Ermengarde: Horace’s niece, whining, high-strung, wants to marry Ambrose. Stage age: 17-20. Vocal range: any. Dance ability: moderate to strong
Rudy: Maitre’d of the Harmonia Gardens, proper, commanding (accent preferred). Stage age: 40+. Vocal range: any. Dance ability: basic
Ernestina Money: Accommodating, good-time girl (strong character actress with a robust personality). Stage age: 30+. Vocal range: any. Dance ability: none
Judge: New York night-court judge (Strong character actor with presence.) Stage age: 40+.Vocal range: any. Dance ability: none
Mrs. Rose: Street vendor. (Fun character role with one line). Stage age: 35+. Vocal range: any. Dance ability: none.
Waiters: Harmonia Gardens wait staff. Stage Age: 16-30. Vocal range: various. Dance ability: strong
Ensemble: Miscellaneous character parts and chorus. Stage Age: 16+.Vocal range: various. Dance ability: basic to strong
For more information contact Professor Gail Steele at 978 630-9162 or at g_steele@mwcc.mass.edu
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AUDITIONS
From leaking cups to toothpaste-flavored cookies, Tilly has a trick for everyone: her mom, dad, brother, classmates, and even her teacher. But what happens when her family does some scheming of its own, will Tilly decide to change her trickster ways?
Director – Emily Smith
Music Director – Dave Twiss
Choreographer – Dawn Ross
CAST REQUIREMENTS: Ensemble cast of 8 to 12 teenagers (age 14 and up).
Where? Mount Wachusett Community College, Room A110
When? Tuesday, July 11 and Thursday, July 13 at 6:00PM sharp* by appointment only; to schedule an appointment, email box-office@mwcc.mass.edu
Deadline to schedule an appointment is Monday, July 10.
A SHORT VOCAL SELECTION WILL BE TAUGHT TO ALL TEENS WHO AUDITION; WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHING FOR A DANCE/MOVEMENT AUDITION; COLD READINGS FROM THE SCRIPT.
Performance Dates: Show at the Mount on October 21 at 2:00pm; on tour OCTOBER 19, 20, 26, 27 and NOVEMBER 3 (Tour dates are weekdays – performers should plan to miss school on these dates)
Tentative Rehearsal Schedule: Sunday afternoons, Tuesday and Thursday evenings
For more information contact Professor Gail Steele at 978 632-6600 ext. 162 or at g_steele@mwcc.mass.edu
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AUDITIONS
This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.
Director – Craig Cormier
CAST REQUIREMENTS – 8 adults
Where? Mount Wachusett Community College, room A110 (formerly 182)
When? Monday, July 10 and Wednesday, July 12 at 7PM sharp. All auditions are by appointment only.
TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, CALL THE THEATRE AT THE MOUNT BOX OFFICE AT 978 630-9388, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 9AM to 2PM, OR E-MAIL YOUR APPOINTMENT REQUEST TO box-office@mwcc.mass.edu
What? Cold-readings from the script
Performance Dates: October 6, 7, 13, 14 at 7:30PM; October 15 at 2PM
Tentative Rehearsal Schedule: Sundays from 6pm to 9pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm to 10pm. Read-through will be end of July, with rehearsals beginning tentatively on August 22nd.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
Oscar Madison: A carefree, good-natured, divorced sportswriter who lives alone in a messy eight-room New York apartment. He is completely oblivious to dirt, clutter, and the overdue child-support payments about which his wife telephones weekly. He has his male cronies in for a weekly poker game with refreshments that invite food poisoning. Oscar’s lifestyle is abruptly turned around when he takes in one of the members of the group, Felix Ungar, whose wife has thrown him out. Everything is now antiseptically clean, the food served to the poker players is appetizing, and there is money to pay his former wife, Blanche. Felix is so compulsive, however, that Oscar cannot live with him and forcefully requests that he leave.
4 scenes, 456 lines.
Felix Unger: A fussy man who knows that he is difficult to live with but cannot—or will not—make any concessions or compromises. His wife, unwilling to continue their marriage, asks him to leave the family despite his suicide threat, and he then moves in with Oscar. Made comical by his exaggerated behavior, Felix is persuaded by the end of the play to live temporarily with the Pigeon sisters, who pity him, but it is probable that they too will find him exasperating.
4 scenes, 386 lines.
Gwendolyn Pigeon: Oscar and Felix’s giggly upstairs neighbor, one of a pair of English sisters. She is a widow. 2 scenes, 66 lines.
Cecily Pigeon: Oscar and Felix’s giggly upstairs neighbor, one of a pair of English sisters. She is a divorcée. 2 scenes, 57 lines.
Speed: One of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. Gruff and sarcastic, often picking on Vinnie and Murray. 3 scenes, 64 lines.
Murray: A NYPD policeman, one of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. 3 scenes, 118 lines.
Roy: One of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. Oscar’s accountant. Roy has a dry wit but is less acerbic than Speed. 3 scenes, 64 lines.
Vinnie: One of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. Vinnie is mild-mannered and henpecked, making him an easy target for Speed’s verbal barbs.
For more information contact Professor Gail Steele at 978 630-9162 or at g_steele@mwcc.mass.edu