Friday, February 8, 2008

 

My Fair Lady Auditions!!!

Come one, come all! Auditions start in only 3 days!

Directed by Rachel Hockett

Music Direction by John Cribb

Choreography by Zach Johnson

When: Mon Feb 11 OR Tues Feb 12, 6:30 pm. Callbacks if necessary Wed Feb 13, 6:30 pm

Where: Trinity United Methodist Church, 490 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos

Audition plan:

Vocal--Please prepare 16 bars of a song not from My Fair Lady. Audition accompanist provided; bring sheet music.

Dance--We will teach you a short routine; be sure to wear comfortable shoes and clothes for dancing.

Dialect--We will ask you to "repeat after me" in both Cockney and standard British.

Roles--No monologue preparation necessary; reading from the script only (sides provided).

A perusal script is available at the reference desk of the main branch of the SLO library, 995 Palm St (corner of Osos).

Important: Please appear either Mon OR Tues promptly at 6:30, and save Wed in case you are called back.

Also important: We encourage you to try out, even if you are feeling reluctant. A fun audition is promised. Remember: You gotta be in it to win it!

General Rehearsal Schedule: March 3 - May 21. Rehearsals will take place at different locations in San Luis Obispo City vicinity. A more detailed schedule will be available for perusal at the audition.

Preview: Thurs, May 22, 8 pm

Performances: May 23 – June 22, Fri and Sat at 8, Sat and Sun at 2

Eight principals, many featured roles, and a large ensemble, including young actors; no small parts. (Age ranges are flexible.)

Women:

Eliza Doolittle* (age 18-28): A streetwise, intelligent, and unschooled cockney girl from Lisson Grove working outside Covent Garden. Her potential to become a “lady” becomes the object of a bet between Higgins and Pickering.

Mrs. Pearce* (age 25-60): Higgins’s very proper housekeeper.

Mrs. Higgins (age 50-70): Henry’s long-suffering and elegant mother. Ensemble singing only.

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill (age 40-70) A friend of Mrs. Higgins’s and Freddy’s mother. Ensemble singing only.

8-10 featured roles/ensemble, including 1 or 2 young actors (ages 8-17): Speaking in dialect, singing, and dancing required.

Men:

Henry Higgins* (age 38-50): Upper-class professional bachelor, an ill-mannered curmudgeon with redeeming charms, a world-renowned phonetics expert, a teacher and the author of “Higgins’ Universal Alphabet.”

Colonel Pickering* (age 50-70): Retired British officer with colonial experience, kind and earnest and with all the manners that Higgins lacks, the author of “Spoken Sanskrit.”

Alfred Doolittle* (age 40-60): Eliza’s father, the elder statesman of the dustman set.

Freddy Eynsford-Hill* (age 20-35): Upper-class young man who becomes completely smitten with Eliza.

8-10 featured roles/ensemble, including 1 or 2 young actors (ages 8-17): Speaking in dialect, singing, and dancing required.

*Principal singing roles.


Comments:
I'm delighted to report that our auditions were a resounding success, and a great deal of fun. We are so very excited about getting started rehearsing this magnificent piece, with our dedicated and talented cast (click on the auditions tab to see who), crew, and production team. If you'd like to pitch in and help backstage, please feel free to get in touch. All contributions welcome! ~Rachel Hockett, My Fair Lady director
 
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