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Calling All Stage Stars: “A Night of Musical Comedy” Auditions!

Are you a vocalist who belts out laughter? An instrumentalist with a side of wit? A poet with punchlines? A comedian with a killer melody? Then we want YOU!

Tree County Players is holding auditions for its electrifying showcase, “A Night of Musical Comedy!” This unique event will blend laugh-out-loud humor with toe-tapping tunes, creating an unforgettable experience for both performers and audiences.

Who We’re Looking For:

• Vocalists: Strong singers with comedic timing and diverse styles
  welcome! Whether you belt show tunes or croon with a wink, we want to hear your voice.
• Instrumentalists: Soloists, bands, or duos who can add humor and energy to their music. Think virtuosic riffs with a wink, jazzy improvisations with wit, or anything that makes you chuckle while tapping your feet.
• Poets: Wordsmiths with a flair for the funny! Spoken word masters, rhyming rebels, and all between, share your insightful wit and lyrical humor.
• Comedians: Stand-up stars, sketch artists, improv wizards, and all hilarious humans, bring your A-game! We’re looking for original, clever, and side-splitting comedy.

Audition Details:

• Date: Friday, March 15, 2024
• Time: 7:00 pm
• Location: TCP Playhouse, 634 W. Main Street, Greensburg, IN 47240
• What to Bring: A prepared piece showcasing your talent (max 5 minutes), and your infectious enthusiasm! Vocalists, please bring sheet music or accompaniment recording, if needed. Instrumentalists, please bring your own equipment. All performers are required to sign up for an audition time on this link: A Night of Musical Comedy Audition Form

Additional Information:

Performances will be at the TCP Playhouse on Thursday, May 2, 2024, and Friday, May 3rd, 2024, at 7:00 pm. Currently, we are planning a single rehearsal on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 7:00 pm.

We are planning on starting the show with a group number, “Comedy Tonight” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. We would like as many performers as possible to participate in this number. We may also close the performance with a group number, if we can find a number we like.

This is a “prepare on your own” event, so each performer should select and prepare their selection at home and come to the TCP Playhouse on Friday, March 15, 2024, at 7:00 pm (other dates may be available upon request) to present their act. A piano player will be available for those who bring sheet music. If a performer is using a pre-recorded track, please bring the track on a DVD or USB drive in either “wav” or “mp3” format.

Performers for “A Night of Musical Comedy” will be selected from those that audition.

TCP is available to help each performer to track down sheet music or an
accompaniment recording for the song of their choosing, if possible.

If you have any questions about the audition process or the show itself, please contact either Karen Matthews, Jeff Lincourt, or Cathy Lincourt.

Songs to Consider
The following is a list of potential songs for “A Night of Musical Comedy”. The list is not comprehensive nor does your selection have to come from this list. This is simply a list of potential songs for those that would like to sing but do not have a song picked out.

This list is “first come, first served” meaning that whoever is first to notify us of the song they would like to sing, they are the one who will sing (or play) that song.

“Little Girls” for Annie
“Diva’s Lament” from Spamalot
“The Song That Goes Like This” (male/female duet) from Spamalot
“The Sidestep” from Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
“How Lovely to be a Woman” from Bye Bye Birdie
“Kids” from Bye Bye Birdie
“Private Parts” from Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
“All for the Best” (duet) from Godspell
“There! Right There! From Legally Blonde
“I Shall Scream” (duet for male/female) from Oliver!
“I Just Can’t Wait to be King” from The Lion King
“What is This Feeling?” (duet) from Wicked
“My New Philosophy” from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
“Little Known Facts” from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
“Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” by Irving Berlin
“Ooh, My Feet” from Most Happy Fella
“The Ladies Who Lunch” from Company
“Shy” from Once Upon a Mattress
“Song of Love” from Once Upon a Mattress
“Beauty School Dropout” from Grease
“What If” from The Addams Family
“Lovely (Hysterium Version)” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
“Six Months Out of Every Year” from Damn Yankees
“I Hate Men” from Kiss Me, Kate
“Adelaide’s Lament” from Guys and Dolls
“To Keep My Love Alive” from A Connecticut Yankee
“A Little Priest” from Sweeney Todd
“Dentist!” from Little Shop of Horrors
“Ya Got Trouble” from Music Man
“Brush Up Your Shakespeare” from Kiss Me, Kate
“The More You Ruv Someone” from Avenue Q
“Stepsisters’ Lament” from Cinderella
“Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)” (duet) from Annie Get Your Gun
“You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton
“Just Around the Corner” from The Addams Family
“So Much Better” from Legally Blonde
“I Can’t Say No” from Oklahoma
“I’m Calm” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
“Edwina” from Dear Edwina
“Eat It” by “Weird Al” Yankovic

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Show Dates: August 24, 25, and 26 at 7:00 at TCP’s Main Street Playhouse

Audition Dates: Friday, June 23 5-8 PM and Saturday, June 24 9 AM – 12 PM at TCP’s Main Street Playhouse

Playhouse address: 634 West Main Street, Greensburg, IN 47240

Show Synopsis: Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best New Play, August: Osage County centers around the Weston family, brought together after their patriarch, world-class poet and alcoholic Beverly Weston, disappears. The matriarch, Violet, depressed and addicted to pain pills and “truth-telling,” is joined by her three daughters and their problematic lovers, who harbor their own deep secrets, her sister Mattie Fae and her family, well-trained in the Weston family art of cruelty, and finally, the observer of the chaos, the young Cheyenne housekeeper Johnna, who was hired by Beverly just before his disappearance. Holed up in the large family estate in Osage County, Oklahoma, tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Bursting with humor, vivacity, and intelligence, August: Osage County is both dense and funny, vicious and compassionate, enormous and unstoppable.

PLEASE BE ADVISED- August: Osage County contains strong language and intense subject matter, including drug use, suicide, addiction, sexual references, and intergenerational trauma.

Intended for mature audiences only. Recommended for ages 18+.

At auditions, you will be asked to read from various sample scripts.

Character descriptions, the audition form to fill out, and July’s rehearsal schedule can be found here.