Auditions Announced for A CHORUS LINE at Covedale Center for the Performing Arts

Cincinnati Landmark Productions to hold auditions for the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 2015-2016 season opener, A CHORUS LINE.

Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8, 2015 by appointment only. Appointment times are 6pm, 7pm, 8pm & 9pm (max of 15 auditionees per time block).

Please email Jennifer Perrino, Business Manager at jenniferperrino@covedalecenter.com.
You will need to provide you name, email and phone please.

Auditions will be held at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill.

Adult performers are needed (ages 18-40). Auditionees will be tested for dance ability first, then will be asked to sing. Be prepared to sing a musical theater selection (bring sheet music for the accompanist in your key) and finally, may be asked to read from the script. Please dress appropriately.

Please note: Other cast members (that get cut from the line); will dance in the finale and will sing offstage.

MUST HAVE A RESUME listing theatrical experience in order to audition. A headshot/picture is appreciated but not required. Please prepare 16 bars of a song that best showcases vocal ability.
Please note: No more than two conflicts will be accepted during the rehearsal process for this production.

A CHORUS LINE is a stunning musical-vérité about a chorus audition for a Broadway musical. It tells of the achingly poignant ambitions of professional Broadway gypsies to land a job in the show, and is a powerful metaphor for all human aspiration. Memorable musical numbers include I Can Do That, At the Ballet, Dance: Ten; Looks: Three, The Music and the Mirror, What I Did for Love, One (Singular Sensation) and I Hope I Get It. It is a brilliantly complex fusion of dance, song and compellingly authentic drama. The show was instantly recognized as a classic.

Matthew Wilson, Director/co-choreographer;
Michael Kennedy, Music Director;
Angela Kahle, Co- Choreographer
Melanie D. Hall, Production Stage Manager

Rehearsals begin: Monday, July 27, 2015

Performance Dates: Thu, Sept. 3-27
Performances run Thursday at 7:30 pm.; Friday-Saturday at 8pm & Sunday at 2pm

All roles are paid positions.

Characters include:

• Zach — The imperious, successful Director/Choreographer running the audition
• Larry — Zach’s assistant (could be female)

Auditioning Actors: (audition numbers in parentheses)

• Cassie Ferguson, a once successful solo dancer down on her luck and a former love of Zach’s. (no number)
• Sheila Bryant, a sassy, sexy, aging dancer who tells of her unhappy childhood (152)
• Val Clark, a foul-mouthed but excellent dancer who couldn’t get performing jobs because of her looks until
• she had plastic surgery (179)
• Diana Morales, Paul’s friend, another Puerto Rican who was underestimated by her teachers. (2)
• Judy Turner, a tall, gawky, and quirky dancer. (23)
• Kristine Urich (DeLuca), Al’s scatter-brained wife who can’t sing. (10)
• Maggie Winslow, a sweet woman who grew up in a broken home. (9)
• Bebe Benzenheimer, a young dancer who only feels beautiful when she dances. (37)
• Connie Wong, a petite Chinese-American who seems ageless (149)
• Mike Costa, an aggressive dancer who learned to tap at an early age. (81)
• Richie Walters, an enthusiastic black man who once planned to be a kindergarten teacher. (44)
• Don Kerr, a married man who once worked in a strip club. (5)
• Paul San Marco, a gay Puerto Rican who dropped out of high school and survived a troubled childhood. (45)
• Mark Anthony, the youngest dancer who recounts the time he told his priest he thought he had gonorrhea (63)
• Greg Gardner, a sassy Jewish gay man who divulges his first experience with a woman. (67)
• Bobby Mills, Sheila’s best friend who jokes about his conservative upbringing in Buffalo, New York. (84)
• Al DeLuca, an Italian-American who takes care of his wife. (17)

Others (that get cut from the line; will dance at the end of the show:

• Vicki, who never studied ballet (60)
• Tricia, who has a brief vocal solo. (131)
• Lois, ballerina; non-speaking; who dances like a ballerina (53)
• Frank (59) — who looks at his feet when he dances; headband boy; non-speaking (59)
• Butch — non-speaking, who give attitude in the audition (14)
• Roy, who can’t get the arms right (“Wrong arms Roy”). (36)
• Tom — counts with his mouth; non-speaking. An all American Jock (40)

For more information on auditions, contact us at (513) 241 – 6550. Check us out on the web at www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com

Cincinnati Federal Savings & TriHealth are the 2014 – 2015 Season Sponsor for the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue, 45238.