Auditions--Theatre (MusicalTheatre)

Auditions for Remember When Again are scheduled April 22 and 23,  2012 for ages 15 and up! NOW is your chance to “get on stage” in a fun production! No special preparation is needed for the audition, but the audition materials can be picked up in advance if you want or from Doc.

Audition Songs will be sung Karaoka style. NOTE – you will not necessarily need to sing the whole song.   You can see “videos” of the songs on You Tube if you are unfamiliar. Here’s what you will do
FEMALE Singing Role– “Stop In the Name of Love” (Diana Ross& Supremes version) or “Downtown” (Petula Clark version)
MALE  Singing Role – “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” (B.J. Thomas Version); “For What’s It’s Worth”(Buffalo Springfield version)
If you just want to be in “CHORUS” – “Do You Wanna Dance”(Beach Boy version)
AUDITION MATERIALS May be obtained Wednesday, April 18 between 5 and 7 p.m. or by contacting the director, Donald Voorhies, at 364-1975 or by emailing him using ipal@cox.net .

Audition Procedures:
  After filling in the paperwork, you will have your photo taken, you will do a quick “dance audition” which will be jitterbugging or twisting, then you will have a “singing and acting” audition. This will be privately done on-stage to a small group. You will have the option of auditioning alone or with a partner of your choice. The vocal audition will be done with “karaoke” recordings and the acting audition will be using a brief cutting from the script. The Audition will be SUNDAY, April 22 between 2 and 5 p.m. and Monday, April 23 between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. The actual show runs Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Matinee) August 16-26. Twenty three songs are in the show.
 If you are unable to make these dates, please contact the director asap.

About “Remember Then Again – A Sixties-Era Musical”
Synopsis:  The show is a sequel to IPAL’s 50’s show, Remember When. The plot revolves around the Mayor of New Berry’s plan to tear down “Ye Olde Malt Shoppe” to put up a parking lot.
Time and Place:  Set  in the 70’s but about the 60’s.
SET: Original Ye Olde Malt Shoppe, a “Jail” set, a “Protest Scene Set” and a “new” Malt Shop called “Sugar Shack Too”
MUSIC: The “Berry Classics” will be back! AWESOME! They are awesome! We’re looking for a 2nd pianist and a saxophone player.
CHOREOGRAPHY: There are quite a few numbers involving “dance” in the show. Be prepared to have fun!
CHORUS: We will need a large song, dance and/or acting chorus and those aged 15 and up are invited to audition.
Want Lines?  You will have the role of customers in the shop who are the friends, children, and grandchildren of the principals and have various lines.  You  are also the backbone of the big song and dance numbers.
Don’t Want Lines? There is still a lot to do.  You will be  non-speaking customers in the shop who are the friends, children, and grandchildren of the principals. You, too, are the backbone of the big song and dance numbers.
MAJOR CHARACTERS
Gary – Male  - Over 50 (or made up so).  Gary is the store owner who is upset because they want to tear down his business… and gets in trouble!
Molly– Female – Over 50 (or made up so) Gary’s wife who tries to help him through the stressful events of the show.
Connie – Female – A younger girl who is “Vee’s” younger sister and has taken over his job at the Malt Shoppe when he went off to college.  Lots of lines for her.
Dave(P)  – Male ---  Over 50 (or made up so).  Content in his married life. He and wife, Samanthan,  have a lot of banter.
Samantha(P)  (aka Sam) – Female -  Over 50 (or made up so)  Content in Married life. Dave’s wife.
George – - Over 40 (or made up so) The lovable gadfly from “Ville Platte” given to smart aleck remarks and comments. He even tries a “pick up” line again.
Jan – Female   -- Over 40 (or made up so) George’s wife and another regular in the Malt Shoppe.
The Mayor –  A new “character” added to the cast.  Over 40 (or made up so). Needs to sing, act, and dance.
Navy Officers – More new Characters. The Navy Base was open in the 60’s … and they came to the Malt Shoppe!
Bob Dylan Imitator – “Times They Are a Changin’”
Petula Clark  Imitator – “Downtown”;Beatles Imitators –  “ Twist and Shout” (modeled after the Beatles performance at Shea Stadium. The 4th one on You Tube.); maybe Joni Collins imitator “Big Yellow Taxi”;
OTHER singers -  We are hoping to enlist “on stage actors/actresses to sing are “Stop In the Name of Love”, “Twist and Shout” “For What It’s Worth”,  “Think”, “Sounds of Silence”,  “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” and “Sugar Shack” and a number of other songs  in the show!!
On Stage Guitarist – We are looking for a guitarist if possible to be on-stage for “Love Me Tender” and “Greenback Dollar” and “Sounds of Silence
Saxaphonist needed also!
Also: Policeman,, Hippies, Mayor’s assistants,  gals and guys in the Malt Shoppe, etc.