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Saturday, February 3rd (2-6 pm)
Sunday, February 4th (2-6 pm)

Callbacks: Monday, February 5th (7pm)

Audition Location:
The Creative Center at the Palace
215 S 3rd St. Hamilton, OH 45011

Performance Dates: April 25-28, 2024

Audition Information:

• Please prepare a 60-90 second musical theater song that best displays your voice. An accompanist will be available and a bluetooth speaker w/ iphone adapter.
• If you prefer to be featured as a DANCER please come to auditions and meet with our production team!   We seek dancers with classical experience/training.
• Please bring a headshot and resume if you have one.
• Please bring a list of conflicts to auditions. Conflicts given after casting may not be accepted.
• The role of Rudolph has been cast as Sami Shabaan.
• Rehearsals begin February 2/12 and run Sundays 3:00 – 6:30, Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30 – 9:00. Wednesdays will be added in late March 6:30-9
• Can’t make in-person auditions? Please send us an audition video! Forward your video or link to: samixalmy@gmail.com. Please include headshot, resume, and conflicts in the email.

Our production team is a diverse group of artists from all over Cincy/NKY. Performers of all races, gender identities, and abilities are encouraged to audition.

Director: Matt Neal
Producers: Sammy Haven, David Stark
Choreographer: Taylor Gorsuch
Music Director: Kristi Hiner
Stage Manager: Brooke Baird
Production Design: Mary Slocum, Ben Houser
Costumes: Katelyn Osborn, Elaine Messerly
Props: Rhonda Lucas
Sponsored by: Max & Teresa Iltzsch

(Cast members do not have to be the actual ages of the characters but must look age appropriate and act accordingly.)

Roles include:

• Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi (40-55) — A widow with an indefatigable hunger for life.
• Horace Vandergelder (40-55) — Grumpy, funny, smart. A Saint Bernard exterior with a heart of gold.
• Cornelius Hackl (33) — Vandergelder’s naïve chief clerk, 33 years old and never kissed a girl.
• Barnaby Tucker (17) — An assistant to Cornelius, 17 years old and never kissed a girl.
• Mrs. Irene Molloy (30-35) — A young widow hungry for love and adventure in New York City.
• Minnie Fay (17-22) — A young girl who works for Irene’s Shop. Supreme comic timing.
• Ermengarde (17) — The 17-year-old niece of Horace Vandergelder. Strong dancer and comedic timing.
• Ambrose Kemper (17-21) — An artist seeking to marry Ermengarde. Strong dancer and comedic timing.
• Ernestina (30-50) — A single woman in need of Mrs. Levi’s services. A wild and free spirit for 1899.
• Numerous roles will be cast throughout the ENSEMBLE. Seeking strong singer/dancers and performers with unique talents!

Directed by Anna Brown
Assistant Directed by Sydney Higgins
Produced by Marijo Farley
Sponsored by Community First Solutions and Al Joe’s

• Monday, December 11 @ 6:30pm
• Tuesday, December 12 @ 6:30pm

Be prepared to read from the script. Please bring a resume, headshots, and list of conflicts from January 2-February 18, 2024.

Show dates are February 15-18, 2024.

Roles Available:

CORIE BRATTER – early to mid 20s, new wife to Paul Bratter, free-spirited optimist, longs for new adventures, impractical, attempting to decorate her and Paul’s new apartment, attempts to set up her mother and Victor

PAUL BRATTER – mid to late 20s, dour, straight-laced lawyer, dislikes their small, uncomfortable apartment, concerned with practical matters, would prefer a more staid lifestyle than Corie

MOTHER (ETHEL BANKS) – late 40s, Corie’s widowed mother, lives a boring life, tends to complain a great deal about anything new and about her bodily ailments

VICTOR VELASCO – late 50s, Corie and Paul’s eccentric, womanizing upstairs neighbor who is a gourmet cook, shares Corie’s sense of fun and adventure

TELEPHONE REPAIR MAN – mid-30s, tall, heavy-set

DELIVERY MAN – early 60s (NON-SPEAKING)