Audition Notice for COMPANY

Silver Summit Theatre Company to announce auditions for its fall production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical comedy Company, produced by special arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL. The show will be performed from November 6th – 23rd, 2013 at a new performance venue located in downtown SLC, just west of the Gateway.

Directed by: Kate Rufener

Music Direction by: Anne Puzey

Stage Management by: Annie Brantley

Location and Times

Auditions will be held at location that will be announced shortly. This post will be updated with the information as soon as it has been confirmed.

• Tuesday, April 8 from 6 pm to 9 pm
• Wednesday, April 9 from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
• Callbacks will be by invitation only on Saturday, April 12^th beginning at 11 am and running until approximately 2 pm

Sign up for an audition time slot here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQZQzV69KGNWXpybmVuNzNSWFU/edit?usp=sharing

Please note there are time slots for both Tues. 8^th and Wed. 9^th, you must scroll down to see the second day. Walk-ins are welcome and will be seen in the first available slot.

Rehearsals will begin at the end of August 2014. Production dates are November 6 through 23 2014. There are Sunday performances. Those auditioning are encouraged to be familiar with the play and its contents. This is a non-paid/volunteer opportunity.

Preparation

Please prepare and provide the following:

• 16 bars of a Broadway style song that showcases your vocal range. Songs from Company should NOT be used for the first round of audition.
• Sheet music in the proper key, with cuts marked, as an accompanist will be provided. (No CDs, mp3s, or a cappella, please.)
• A copy of your resume and a current head shot if you have one available.

Casting

Seeking men and women ages 25-65 to fill available roles. Actors of all ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to audition.The cast calls for 6 men and 8 women as follows:

ROBERT- A guy who all the women love and who all the men want to be. A middle-class male who’s thirty-five years old, which, as his married friends point out, is no age to be unmarried. By the end of the show, he agrees. He is an observer, seemingly happy, but with a hidden pain. Needed Range/Voice Class G-G’, Tenor/Baritone

ROBERT’S MARRIED FRIENDS

SARAH AND HARRY – A lot of verbal sparring takes place between them.

SARAH - A married woman who’s trying to lose weight and talks about food. A lot. She has taken up karate, which is no substitute. She’s a crisply critical woman. Needed Range/Voice Class A♭-F#’, Alto

HARRY - Sarah’s husband, a struggling tee-totaller since his arrest for Driving While Intoxicated. He is an alcoholic in self-denial. Needed Range/Voice Class A-G’, Baritone

SUSAN AND PETER – the “ideal couple” - to those on the outside

SUSAN - A delicate southern belle and a wonderful wife. Needed Range/Voice Class C-A♭’, Sop 1

PETER - Susan’s perfect Ivy League husband (and ex-husband.) Needed Range/Voice Class A-G’, Baritone

JENNY AND DAVID – She finds comfort in being straight laced; he wants to be more relaxed, she wins.

JENNY - Very middle-class, very conservative. Quietly manipulative, simultaneously square and wise. Needed Range/Voice Class C-B♭’, Sop 1

DAVID - Very middle-class, very stylish. Relaxed, in control. Needed Range/Voice Class A-G’, Baritone

AMY AND PAUL – In love, but she’s afraid to commit.

AMY - A bride-to-be who’s been living with her boyfriend (living in sin) and in therapy for years. She’s a frantic, neurotic, loving woman. Needed Range/Voice Class A-G’, Alto

PAUL - Amy’s fiancé - coolly loving to Amy’s neurotic nature. Needed Range/Voice Class A-G’, Tenor

JOANNE AND LARRY – She pushes love away, he refuses to leave.

JOANNE - A generous but sharp-tongued broad whose drunken scorn for others is matched only by her self-contempt. She is acerbic, funny, and demanding. Needed Range/Voice Class E-F#’, Alto

LARRY - Joanne’s husband, He is stoic and centered. Needed Range/Voice Class A-G’, Baritone

ROBERT’S GIRLFRIENDS

APRIL - A flight attendant from Shaker Heights who came to live in Radio City because she thought it was a city near New York, not actually in it. She is a bit ditsy, but adorable. Needed Range/Voice Class B-F#’, Sop

KATHY - She’s lived in New York, but is skipping town to find rural contentment in Vermont. She is very sweet and very much in need of love. Needed Range/Voice Class B-A’, Sop

MARTA - She hangs out on 14th Street and has theories on pretty much every topic imaginable. She is an intensely “with-it” woman. Needed Range/Voice Class B-G’, Sop/Alto

About the Show

Company tells the story of Robert, a single man unable to fully commit to a steady relationship. On the night of his 35th birthday, he contemplates his unmarried state. In vignette after hilarious vignette, he weighs the pros and cons of married life as we are introduced to the women he is dating and “those good and crazy people,” his married friends. In the end, he realizes being alone is “alone, not alive.”

The clashing sounds and pulsing rhythms of New York City underscore this landmark “concept” show, considered by many to have inaugurated the modern era of musical theatre. An honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships, Company is as contemporary and relevant as ever (witness the recent hit revivals on Broadway and the West End). It features a brilliant energetic score containing many of Stephen Sondheim’s best-known songs including Another Hundred People, The Ladies Who Lunch and Being Alive.

Some of the major awards for Company.

• Tony Award - Best Revival of a Musical (2007)
• Drama Desk Award - Outstanding Revival of a Musical (2007)
• Tony Award - Best Musical (1971)
• Tony Award - Best Book of a Musical (1971)
• Tony Award - Best Original Score (1971)
• Tony Award - Best Lyrics (1971)
• Drama Desk Award - Outstanding Book (1970)
• Drama Desk Award - Outstanding Lyrics (1970)
• Drama Desk Award - Outstanding Music (1970)

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