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Showboat Majestic’s 2012 Audition info

Babes in Hollywood        Audition Dates November 13 and 14, 2011    more info
Arsenic and Old Lace      Audition Dates  February 5 and 6, 2012         more info
George M                        Audition Dates  February 5 and 6, 2012         more info
Rounding Third                 Audition Dates  March 11 and 12, 2012        more info
The Music Man                Audition Dates  March 11 and 12, 2012         more info

BABES IN HOLLYWOOD – The Music of Garland and Rooney
Created by David Grapes

Dan Doerger, Director; Steve Goers, Music Director; Greg Underwood Choreographer
Rehearsals begin:
  Monday, April 9, 2012
Performance dates: 
 May 16 – June 3, 2012

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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE and GEORGE M!

Audition Dates
Sunday, February 5 and Monday, February 6, 2012,
@ 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Open Call.  No Appointment necessary.
All auditions will be held at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts,
4990 Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill.

Please Note:  If auditioning for both shows please provide resumes and headshots for both.
Although held at the same time, these are separate auditions. 

Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joe Kesselring

Requirements for 11 men and 3 women:   Adults, 17 years of age and MUST have a theatrical resume in order to audition.  A headshot is appreciated by not required.  Auditionees will read from the script.

Rehearsals begin: Monday, May 14, 2012
Performance dates:   June 13 – July 1, 2012 

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

The Show:
We meet the charming and innocent ladies who populate their cellar with the remains of socially and religiously "acceptable" roomers; the antics of their brother who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt; the murderous activities of the other brother while younger brother Mortimer is trying to get married to a regular girl! ARSENIC AND OLD LACE is the all-time American comedy classic!  Elizabeth A. Harris, Director

Characters include:

Mortimer Brewster: The slighlty neurotic nephew to Abby and Martha Brewster, who most come face to face with his maniac brother, Jonathon.
Elaine Harper:  Mortimer's pretty, independent girlfriend
Abby Brewster:  One of the two insane "Brewster aunts," who believes murdering lonely old men to be an act of charity.
Martha Brewster:  The other insane "Brewster aunt," who serves as Abby's partner in crime.
Jonathon Brewster:  Mortimer's evil, maniac brother, who, because of numerous plastic surgeries, bears a striking resemblance to Boris Karloff.
Dr. Einstein:  Jonathon's partner in crime, who hopes that they will be able to turn the Brewster house into an evil laboratory.
Teddy Brewster:  The kindhearted brother to Mortimer and Jonathon--who honestly believes that he is President Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr. Witherspoon:  (Cameo)  The caretaker of Happy Dale Sanitarium.
Officer O'Hara:  (Cameo) The determined police officer who is also an aspiring playwright.

Lieutenant Rooney:  (Cameo) A police officer who aids Mortimer in his fight against Jonathon.
Mr. Gibbs:  (Cameo)  A lonely little old man who nearly falls victim to the aunts' charity.
Reverend Dr. Harper:  (Cameo)  Father to Elaine Harper; The minister who runs the church nextdoor to the Brewster house.
Officer Brophy/ Officer Klein: (Cameos) Officers who make their rounds collecting Christmas toys, and aid Mortimer in his fight against Jonathon.

  

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GEORGE M!
Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohan 

Audition Dates

Sunday, February 5 and Monday, February 6, 2012, @ 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Open Call.  No Appointment Necessary
All auditions will be held at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill.

Adults (17 + years of age): MUST HAVE A RESUME listing theatrical experience in order to audition. A headshot/picture is appreciated but not required.  Auditionees should prepare should prepare excerpt (16- 32 bars that best represents his/her voice and bring sheet music for the accompanist in the proper key. No a cappella or recorded music auditions please. Auditionees will read from the script and may be asked to do a dance audition as well (bring tap and character shoes please). 

   
GEORGE M! tells the life story of George M. Cohan, a giant of the American musical theater who gave us such songs as Yankee Doodle Dandy, Over There, You're A Grand Old Flag, and Give My Regards to Broadway, and who transformed the Broadway variety show into a book-driven musical where song and dance advance plot. We follow him over a 60-year period from his childhood in Rhode Island on the vaudeville circuit with his parents and sister as "The Four Cohans," to New York, where he starts his 25-year absolute reign of the Broadway stage.

Matt Wilson, Director; Eric Baumgartner, Music Director; Jeni Schwiers, Choreographer; Ashley Bowman, Stage manager

Rehearsals begin:  Wed., May 23, 2012
Performance dates: 
 July 11 – July 28, 2012

All roles are paid positions.  Characters include: 

George M. Cohan  - This role has been precast        

Jerry Cohan (George's father)

Ethel Levey (George's first wife)

Nellie Cohan (George's mother)

Agnes Nolan (George's second wife)

Josie Cohan (George's sister)

Fay Templeton

Sam Harris (producer)

A small ensemble that will play multiple roles.

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Rounding Third
By Richard Dresser

AUDITIONS - Sunday, March 11 and Monday, March 12, 2012, @ 6:30 – 9:00 pm
At the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts

Requirements for 2 men:
Adults (30 + 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 of the script.   

Rounding Third introduces us to two coaches — one a veteran, the other a new recruit — and their markedly different personal circumstances and philosophies about the game. Their clash of styles and wills drives this funny, acerbic and touching play through the bumpy terrain of fatherhood and baseball.

Bob Brunner, Director

Rehearsals begin: Monday, July 9, 2012
Performance dates: 
 August 8 – August 26, 2012 

All roles are paid positions.  No roles have been precast.  Characters include:

Don - a coach who believes that winning is what is most important in baseball, and he is all about the game.  Don’s kid is the star pitcher of the team.

Michael – Don’s assistant coach, a businessman who believes that kids should have fun when they play baseball.  Michael’s kid can barely remember to keep his shoelaces tied.

 

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The Music Man
AUDITIONS - Sunday, March 11 and Monday, March 12, 2012, @ 6:30 – 9:00 pm
at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts

Adults (17 + years of age): MUST HAVE A RESUME listing theatrical experience in order to audition.  A headshot/picture is appreciated but not required.  Auditionees should prepare excerpt (16-32 bars) that best represents his/her voice and bring sheet music for the accompanist in the proper key. No a cappella or recorded music auditions please. Auditionees will read from the script and may be asked to do a dance audition as well.   Auditions for adults begin at 8:15pm.  Arrive no later than 9 pm to audition.   No need for an appointment.

 

Role for three Children include: AMARYLLIS, GRACIE SHINN and WINTHROP PAROO (age ranges 8 – 13).  A headshot/picture is appreciated but not required.  Auditionees should prepare excerpt (16-32 bars) that best represents his/her voice and bring sheet music for the accompanist in the proper key. No a cappella or recorded music auditions please.  Auditionees will read from the script and may be asked to do a dance audition as well.  Auditions for children (ages 8 – 13) are 6:30 – 8pm.  Please note:  Arrive no later than 7 pm to audition.  No need for an appointment.

 

The Music Man

Book by  Meredith Willson; Music by  Meredith Willson
Lyrics by  Meredith Willson
Based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall. Ed Cohen, Co-Director; Dee Anne Bryll, Co-Director/Choreographer; Steve Goers, Music Director

 

Rehearsals begin:  Monday, August 6, 2012

Performance dates:   September 12 - 30, 2012

 

All roles are paid positions.  Many featured roles available!  Characters include: 

 

HAROLD HILL - A dynamic con man

MARIAN PAROO - Stuffy, "stuck-up", town librarian and music teacher

MARCELLUS WASHBURN - Harold's chummy friend

AMARYLLIS - Marian's young piano student
ZANEETA SHINN - The mayor's daffy daughter

TOMMY DJILAS - The town "bad" boy
CHARLIE COWELL-  A rival salesman

MAYOR SHINN - A blustery politician
EULALIE MACKECKNIE SHINN - Mayor’s Wife

GRACIE SHINN – Mayor’s younger daughter

MRS. PAROO - Marian's Irish mom

WINTHROP PAROO - Marian's lisping baby brother

 

 



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