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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Audition Dates:

• Monday, May 2 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm
• Tuesday, May 3 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm
• Wednesday, May 4 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm (this evening may be used for call-backs as well)

Audition Requirements:
Please prepare 2 songs (up to 32 measures) that show your range, strength and character.  You may be ask to do cold readings from the script. Accompanist will be provided.

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Roles Available:

• Mr. Mushnik: The seasoned owner of the failing East Side flower shop and Seymour’s nosy boss. He is profit-driven, greedy, and manipulative. Vocal range top: F4 – Vocal range bottom: G2
• Audrey: Bleached-blond, Billie-Dawn-like, secret love of Seymour’s life. She has poor self-worth and education, but incredibly good looks and a sweet and vulnerable demeanor. Vocal range top: D5 – Vocal range bottom: G#3
• Audry II – The Plant: Male or Female – The actor/actress needs a powerful voice/belt. A funky Rhythm and Blues voice is best. The plant will have a more human persona and needs a lot of sex appeal and charisma. Vocal range top: G4 – Vocal range bottom: G2
• Chiffon, Crystal & Ronnette: Female or Male –  Street urchins, acting as the occasional Greek Chorus. Young, hip, and smart,  the only ones who have a grip on reality. Must be able to harmonize. Vocal range top: F5 – Vocal range bottom: Ab3
• Seymour Krelborn: An insecure, put-upon florist’s clerk and eventual hero. He is a genuine, well-meaning man who is taken for granted because of his clumsy ways and poor social skills. Vocal range top: G4 – Vocal range bottom: A2
• Orin Scrivello: An egotistical dentist with a passion for leather and sadistic tendencies. Audrey’s abusive boyfriend, who is targeted by Seymour. Vocal range top: G4 – Vocal range bottom: G2
• CHORUS: Several people will be cast as townspeople, skid row bums, back-up singers, etc.

Performance dates: Aug. 19-27

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THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
By Matthew Lopez

Audition Dates:

• Sunday, April 3rd – 4pm – 5:30pm
• Monday, April 4th – 7pm – 8:30pm
• Tuesday, April 5th  – 7pm – 8:30pm

Roles Available:

• Casey/Georgia McBride: Male, late 20’s to early 30’s Southern, charismatic and good-looking small town high school football star turned Elvis impersonator; a loyal, loving husband who dreams big, if not practically; lived a charmed life until now, and though he’s never dumb, he hash’t yet had to grow up and take responsibility for his life/family. Georgia: a drag queen with Elvis, country, and rock ‘n’ roll roots, but ultimately a wholly original creation and a force of nature; sexy, flirtatious, and fierce.
• Jo: Female, late 20’s to early 30’s Southern; Casey’s wife; a hard-headed woman married to a soft-hearted man; a realist who’s prone to being fatalistic; grounds her husband while he enables her to breathe and dream; tough without being bitchy; works hard in a service job and it’s taken a toll run down; insecure about her appearance; she is perhaps not the striking, sexy girl she once was, but those qualities are just below the surface.
• Eddie: Male, needs to look and act over mid 30’s Eddie: the easily flustered, hot-headed owner of a struggling dive bar; a bit rough around the edges; still longing for the dimly remembered glory days of high school; later in the play, he becomes an amateur showman who loves the spotlight; cousin to Tracey Mills.
• Miss Tracey Mills: Needs to look and act over mid 30’s Spirited, sassy, energetic and filled with the desire to perform and create. She wants to create and be a great drag performer.
• Rexy: Male, late 20’s to mid 30’s Bitchy in a mean way, but very funny; feisty and sharp-tongued with a dark past; a fairly trashy gal who fancies herself the most sophisticated in the room; thrives on conflict and is a bit of a hot mess, but she has great respect for the history and art of drag.
• Jason: Male, late 20’s to mid 30’s  the sweet best friend of Jo and Casey. Helvetica: a mellow, confident, unflappable drag queen.(this role can be combined with Rexy)

Audition Requirements: Cold reading from the script

Production dates: June 17-25

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