AUDITION FOR “THE DROWSY CHAPERONE”

 

Stage Director: Sally Holden

Music Director: Lenny McGuire

Choreographer: Christine Seger

Assistant to the Director: Lisa Mielnicki

Stage Manager: Alexis Prosser

 

Open auditions will be held:

Sunday, September 8, 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Tuesday, September 10, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

 

Auditions will be held at WCLOC’s Grandview Playhouse at 21 Grandview Avenue, Worcester, MA.

 

The audition will include singing, dancing and cold readings. 

 

Call Backs, if needed, will be held on Wednesday, September 11, 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

 

Rehearsals will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and on Sundays, late afternoon to early evening until the second week in October, then they will switch to Sunday afternoons.     

 

Performances Dates: December 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15.

 

Vocal Audition Requirements:

For the vocal audition, please come prepared to sing 16 bars of a song from the 1920’s or 30’s, in the style of the show.  Please bring legible sheet music for the pianist as well.

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Dance Audition Requirements:

Please wear comfortable clothes for the dance audition.  If you tap, please bring your tap shoes as well and flat dance shoes, character shoes, or sneakers. 

 

Cold Reading Requirements:

For the reading audition, copies of scenes will be available at the auditions. To review scenes in advance, please visit our Drowsy Chaperone Audition Folder.

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Character Breakdown:

Man In Chair
Musical theatre aficionado who mourns the end of the Golden Era. He narrates the show as he listens to the record on vinyl.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50

Mrs. Tottendale
The air-headed, proper, and bossy host of the wedding.
Gender: Female
Age: 50 to 60
Vocal range top: Db5
Vocal range bottom: G3

Underling
Mrs. Tottendale's savvy butler who is thrifty and stiff yet has an understated sense of humor.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 50
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: Ab2

Robert Martin
The dashing, ever-cheerful groom; played by matinee-idol Percy Hyman.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: C3

George
Robert's anxious, dim-witted best man who has Robert's best-interest always at heart.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 50
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: F3

Feldzieg
Broadway producer who is desperate for his star to return to his show; played by Jack Adler.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: Db4
Vocal range bottom: Db3

Kitty
Feldzieg's dim-witted companion who has hopes of being a star; played by Sadie Adler.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 30
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Gangsters
Posing as pastry chefs, this duo is intending to collect from Feldzieg; played by the vaudeville duo Tall Brothers.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: Gb4
Vocal range bottom: Db3

Aldolpho
European self-proclaimed "ladies man"; played by former silent movie star Roman Bartelli.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A#2

Janet Van De Graaf
The famous bride. Glamorous and talented star of Feldzieg's Follies; played by rising star Jane Roberts.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: -1
Vocal range bottom: G3

The Drowsy Chaperone
Janet's alcoholic confidante and friend; played by well-established stage actress Beatrice Stockwell
Gender: Female
Age: 45 to 55
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: F3

Trix
The brave and brash female aviator who, by chance, is recruited to perform the wedding.
Gender: Female
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: Ab3

Ensemble
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