AUDITIONS - COMPANY at OCTA

Olathe Community Theatre Assn announces auditions for:

COMPANY
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth

Directed by Jason Coats

AUDITIONS:
Saturday, June 22, 2013 1pm-4pm
Monday, June 24, 2013 7pm-9pm

Olathe Community Theatre
500 E Loula
Olathe KS 66061

EXPECTATION and PREPARATION:
Prepared to sing 24-32 bars of a musical theatre selection NOT from COMPANY that features your range and ability to communicate character through song.

Please provide sheet music. An accompanist will be provided.

Auditions may also be made by appointment by contacting the director at jason@kkpsi.org

Auditions by video may be accepted--contact the director for details.

Resumes and headshots are recommended but not required.

CALLBACKS: (BY DIRECTOR INVITATION ONLY)

Saturday, June 29 at 1pm.


REHEARSALS:

Music rehearsals will begin in July, based on individual schedules.

Full cast music rehearsals will begin the last week of July, with staging rehearsals beginning August 4th.

Tech week begins Sept 1st.

Conflicts should be kept to a minimum; no conflicts during tech week will be accepted.

PRODUCTION DATES:
Sep 6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 2013
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm

All performances take place at:

Olathe Community Theatre Assn
500 E Loula
Olathe, KS 66061

SYNOPSIS:
The clashing sounds and pulsing rhythms of New York City underscore this landmark "concept" show, considered by many to have inaugurated the modern era of musical theatre. COMPANY follows our anti-hero bachelor Robert as he makes his way through a series of encounters with April (the stewardess), Kathy (the girl who's going to marry someone else), Marta (the "peculiar" one), as well as with his married friends.

On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor Robert contemplates his unmarried state. In vignette after hilarious vignette, we are introduced to "those good and crazy people," his married friends, as Robert weighs the pros and cons of married life. In the end, he realizes being alone is "alone, not alive."

An honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships, COMPANY is as contemporary and relevant as ever (witness the recent hit revivals on Broadway and the West End). It features a brilliant energetic score containing many of Stephen Sondheim's best-known songs (including "Another Hundred People," "The Ladies Who Lunch" and "Being Alive"). - MTI

PRODUCTION CREW
Director: Jason Coats
Musical Director: Todd Kendall Gregory
Accompanist: Jonathon Antle
Stage Manager: Sarah Saugier


VOCAL BREAKDOWN

Robert male baritone 30 – 45
April female mezzo 25 – 35
Harry male baritone 30 – 45
Susan female mezzo 25 – 35
Kathy female mezzo 30 – 40
Marta female mezzo 25 – 35
Peter male baritone 25 – 35
Jenny female soprano 30 – 45
David male tenor 30 – 45
Amy female alto 25 – 40
Paul male tenor 25 – 40
Larry male tenor 40 – 60
Sarah female alto 30 – 45
Joanne female alto 35 – 55


For more information about OCTA visit www.olathetheatre.org

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