Announces Auditions For A CHORUS LINE
Original Broadway Production produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc.
Patrick A’Hearn, Producing Artistic Director
Penny Ayn Maas and Justin Amellio, Directors & Choreographers
Angie Benson, Music Director
Rehearsal Dates:
To begin in early June 2018
Technical Rehearsal Dates:
Monday, July 16th – Tuesday, July 24th , 2018
Performance Dates:
Wednesday, July 25th – Sunday, September 16th , 2018
Audition Details:
Date
Saturday, March 17th , 2018
Time
10am – 4pm
Location
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts
95 Riverside Parkway
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406
Callbacks will be scheduled if needed.
Please prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre song from the show or in the style of the show. An accompanist will be provided. Be prepared to read from the script if asked. Please bring a headshot and a résumé. AEA Guest Artist contracts for some roles. All appointments will be scheduled via e-mail. Please contact the Company Manager via e-mail at companymanager@riversidedt.com for appointments. If you are unable to attend auditions, video submissions are encouraged (with a headshot, résumé, and video link/s) to companymanager@riversidedt.com.
Any questions or concerns, please contact the Company Manager, Erika McDowell at (540) 370-4300, ext. 230 or via e-mail at companymanager@riversidedt.com
Description
Broadway gypsies bare their souls and put their lives “on the line” as they audition for an unnamed Broadway musical. The 1975 show won the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Musical.
Roles
ZACH: The director and choreographer of the show.
LARRY: Zach’s assistant.
ALAN DELUCA: Male. Baritone. From the Bronx. Very straight. Street tough, macho, newly married to Kristine.
BEBE BENZENHEIMER: Female. Alto. From Boston. Very insecure about her looks, very funny which is a cover for her insecurities. Feels a little excluded but just wants to be liked.
BOBBY MILLS: Male. Baritone. Flamboyant, funny, bitchy and witty. Very sharp tongued. Covers everything over with a joke, had a very hard childhood. From upstate New York.
CASSIE FERGUSON: Female. Soprano. Older Dancer. Returning to the chorus after years of being a featured performer. Very strong dancer. Shy & kind hearted. Previously had a relationship with Zach.
CONNIE WONG: Female. Alto. Experienced dancer. SHORT. Married. A bit of a mother hen with a great sense of humor. Born in Chinatown, Lower East Side, New York.
DIANA MORALES: Female. Alto. Streetwise, a little bit tough, eternal optimist and starry eyed. A determined athletic dancer from the Bronx.
DON KERR: Male. Baritone. Ladies man, married, into cars, money, and women. Hedonist, cool, flirts with Maggie, very sure of himself. All-American guy, cocky, worked with Zach before. From Kansas City.
GREGORY GARDENER: Male. Baritone. Over sexed, over drugged, done it all before. Gay. Very conscious of how he looks and appears to others. Quite a smart-alec and has worked with Zach before. Very East Side New York.
JUDY TURNER: Female. Mezzo. Funny, gawky, nervous, scatterbrain. Warm and hopeful. Very awkward except when dancing.
KRISTINE URICH: Female. Mezzo. Wide-eyed, naive. Very nervous when not dancing. Married to Al.
MAGGIE WINSLOW: Female. Soprano. A sweetheart, little sister type. Dreamer. Fairly experienced dancer from California.
MARK ANTHONY: Male. Tenor. Optimistic, first timer, naive but charming. Great dancer and All-American kid. Hopeful and fresh, obsessed with sex. Very young from Arizona.
MIKE COSTA: Male. Tenor. Quite aggressive, determined, cocky, sure of himself BUT likeable. Tap dancer who worked with Zach before. Experienced and flirts with the girls. From New Jersey.
PAUL SAN MARCO: Male. Baritone. Introverted and slightly insecure but loves performing is only now starting to feel comfortable about being gay and accepted by his parents. From Spanish Harlem, New York. Friends with Diana.
RICHIE WALTERS: Male. Tenor. From Missouri. African-American, strong dancer, enthusiastic, cool and funny. Very likeable and laid back.
SHEILA BRYANT: Female. Alto. Oldest dancer on the line. Brassy, sexy, bitchy and sophisticated. One of the more popular dancers, very funny.
VALERIE CLARK: Female. Mezzo. Sexy, sassy, funny & foul-mouthed. A brazen, direct, attention seeker from Vermont.
CUT DANCERS: 4 Males and 3 Females 18-35 will understudy and sing throughout the show.
