The Historic Showboat Majestic
Will hold Auditions for
Show Boat!
In honor of our 85th season!
Audition Dates: Monday, June 16th @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm AND
Tuesday, June 17th @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Auditions will be held: aboard the Showboat Majestic located at:
435 East Mehring Way
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Cast requirements: Singers, Actors, Dancers needed. Wide age ranges open for most roles including ensemble. You must be a minimum of 17 years of age to audition.
NO ROLES ARE PRECAST.
Please prepare: A song that best represents your voice. Bring sheet music for the accompanist (no a cappella auditions). Performers will read from the script and may be asked to do a short movement combination.
Principle roles include (age range is just a guide):
Gaylord Ravenal (A handsome, young, riverboat gambler who loves Magnolia. 22 – 23 years of age – actor/singer)
Magnolia Hawks (Captain Andy and Party Anne’s teenage daughter who dreams of being an actress. She’s in love with Ravenal). 16 – 22 years of age – actress/singer)
Captain Andy Hawks (The jolly Captain of the show boat “Cotton Blossom”. 45 – 65 years of age – actor/singer)
Ellie Mae Shipley (Frank’s wife. A song and dance gal who thinks she should be a dramatic actress. 25 – 35 years of age Actress/singer
Frank Schultz (The male star of the nightly show on the Cotton Blossom. 27 – 37 years of age. Singer/actor some dance required)
Joe (Queenie’s African American husband who works on the showboat. He’s wise and with a great heart. 35 – 50 years of age. Actor/singer.
Julie Dosier (The beautiful leading lady in the nightly show on the Cotton Blossom who is marries to Steve. 27 – 35 years of age actress/singer)
Kim Ravenal (Gaylord and Magnolia’s young daughter. She dances the Charleston. 17 – 26 years of age. Actress/singer/some dance)
Parthy Anne Hawks (Captain Andy’s shrewish wife. 40 – 60 years of age. Actress/Singer)
Pete (An enginner on the Cotton Blossom who is in love with a married woman, Julie 28 – 42 years of age. Actor/Singer)
Queenie (The African American cook on the showboat. 30 – 50 years of age. Actress/Singer/some dance)
Steve Baker (The handsome leading man in the nightly show on the Cotton Blossom who is married to Julie. 30 – 40 years of age)
If you are unable to make the scheduled audition dates, other arrangements can be made. Questions? Please email Dennyreed@covedalecenter.com
Performances run: September 10 – September 28, 2008 aboard the Showboat Majestic.
Rehearsals will begin early August.. All roles are paid positions.
Special 85th Anniversary Season Closer!
Show Boat! September 10 – September 28, 2008
Music by Jerome Kern, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Based on the novel by Edna Ferber
One of America’s landmark musicals, SHOW BOAT premiered in 1927, four years after the Showboat Majestic was first launched! This epic show spans 40 years in the lives of three generations of showboat folk - Captain Andy Hawks, his daughter and showboat leading lady Magnolia and her gambler husband turned leading man Gaylord Ravenal. The iconic American music features such great songs as Cotton Blossom, Make Believe, Life Upon the Wicked Stage and the anthem, Old Man River. Come along on a sweeping, romantic journey set aboard (and performed aboard) a real showboat! What could be a more perfect ending to the Majestic’s 85th Anniversary year?
Directed by Denny Reed. Musical Direction by Steve Goers
FOR MORE INFORMATION on auditions for Show Boat, call 513.241.6550
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