Auditions for
Summer
Musical Announced
Auditions for MCP's Company
Will Be Held in April
Mason Community Players is holding auditions for its summer musical. Performance dates are: July 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29 at 8:00 PM and July 23 at 2:00 PM. Performances will be at the Mason Community Playhouse.
Director Jim Cronin, Music Director Lara Gonzalez, and Producer Tess Catlin invite you to audition for MCP’s Company.
Auditions will be held Saturday, April 15th
from 1:00 to 4:00 PM,
Sunday, April 16th from 2:00 to 5:00 PM
and Monday, April 17th
from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
at the Mason Community Playhouse,
5529 Mason Road in Mason.
The audition will consist of selected readings (non-musical) from the script or other supplied material and a musical audition piece (that you supply). Please be prepared to sing the standard 32 bars showcasing your vocal talent. An accompanist will be provided for your musical number. Please do not audition with a song from Company.
Please fill out the online audition form accessible here.
E-mail Director Jim Cronin, if you have any questions.
Company is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth. The show follows the bachelor, Bobby, in a series of vignettes interacting with his 10 married friends and 3 girlfriends, who throw him a party for his 35th birthday. The original 1970 Broadway production was nominated for a record-setting 14 Tony Awards, winning 6.
Characters Include:
Robert (Male, 30 - 35). The story's protagonist, he is the only one of his friends still single. He is terrified of marriage and fears a lifelong loneliness.
Vocal range: G5 - G3
Sarah (Female, 30 - 40). Harry's hyper critical wife. She is an avid learner of karate. Open, accepting, and full of love.
Vocal range: A5 - A3
Harry (Male, 35 - 45). Sarah's husband. He is a recovering alcoholic continually falling off the wagon.
Vocal range: A5 - A3
Susan (Female, 30 - 40). A delicate southern belle. Peter's wife and ex-wife.
Vocal range: A5 - A3
Peter (Male, 30 - 40). Susan's husband. The perfect husband and ex-husband. He is very liberal in his view of relationships.
Vocal range: A5 - B3
Jenny (Female, 30 - 40). Quietly manipulative, simultaneously square and wise.
Vocal range: A5 - A3
David (Male, 30 - 40). Jenny's husband, he is relaxed and always in control.
Vocal range: A5 - B3
Amy (Female, 25 - 35). A frantic neurotic engaged to Paul but terrified of marriage.
Vocal range: A5 - G3
Paul (Male, 30 - 40) Amy's fiancé and patient to her neurotic nature. He is fully committed to the idea of marriage.
Vocal range: A5 - B3
Joanne (Female, 40 - 50). Acerbic, demanding, and blunt. Too old to be part of the young crowd, but not old enough to be part of the older crowd. Puts on a brassy front.
Vocal range: B5 - G3
Larry (Male, 45 - 55). Joanne's husband. He is stoic and centered. Indulges his wife's behavior but knows when to put his foot down. Vocal range: A5 - B3
Marta (Female, 20 - 30). A girlfriend of Robert's. Intensely modern, who is seeking adventure and excitement.
Vocal range: A5 - A3
Kathy (Female, 25 - 35). An old girlfriend of Robert's, who is now considered a good friend. Sweet and loving.
Vocal range: A5 - A3
April (Female, 25 - 35). A girlfriend of Robert's. She is a flight attendant who is ditzy and adorable.
Vocal range: A5 - A3