Tantallon Community Players is excited to announce auditions for our 2017 spring production of A Chorus Line, which features the same artistic team from last years highly successful production of Dreamgirls. We are looking for strong singers and dancers ages 17 and up.
Directed by Christopher Gerken
Choreography by Debbie Clark and Rikki Lacewell
Music Direction by Levar Betts and Charla Rowe
Produced by Larry Carbaugh and Kathy Belfield
A Chorus Line was conceived and originally directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante
Auditions Dates: March 5 & 6, 2017
Audition Times: 6PM – 9PM
Audition Location: Harmony Hall Regional Center 10701 Livingston Road
Fort Washington MD 20744
Callbacks: TBD
ALL ROLES OPEN.
ZACH: The director and choreographer of the show. (non dancing role)
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 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 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 and up will understudy and sing throughout the show.
Please prepare 32 bars of music (please bring your own sheet music in the correct key an accompanist will be provided). A song from the show is preferred, but any song that shows your range and ability is acceptable.
THIS IS A DANCE HEAVY SHOW. Be dressed and prepared to dance at the audition. Please be prepared to list your conflicts as well.
