Saturday, July 31, 2010

Open Auditions!

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The Stampede Troupe will hold open auditions for it's October production of Lucky Stiff on August 15, 2010 from Noon-4pm.

Auditions will be held at 2017-2nd Ave. Arrive 5 min. early to fill out paperwork. 

Prepare 28 bars of A Broadway Song with cold readings following your song.

The director of Lucky Stiff has asked that everyone schedule a time for their audition.   sign_up_now

Once at the calendar go to the month August. Go to the 15th. Click on the highlighted time and add appointment. There are two spaces available for each time slot.

If necessary there will be call backs at 7pm. 

Show Dates: October 8-10th and 15-17th. Friday and Saturday at 7:30, Sunday's at 2:00 pm.

Cast Needs (Cast of 10)

Ages mid 20's to 60

5 men and one man to play the dead body of Anthony Hendon

4 women

Roles:

Harry Witherspoon- A shy, sweet-natured and insecure young Englishman, working as an underpaid shoe salesman in a dreary London suburb. Lonely, and beset by dogs and prying neighbors in his boarding house. Harry knows that life is passing him by, but feels incapable of making any changes or taking any chances.

Annabel Glick- A representative of the Universal Dog home of Brooklyn, Annabel is a young woman with a natural bent for causes. She takes life very seriously, and denies herself any small pleasures, for fear that if she waits for happiness to knock, it won't. Instead she dedicates herself to good works. Annabel is the type who wears protest buttons and carries a bag ful of useful things like tire guages and granola bars.

Rita La Porta-A handsome, hard-edged woman with an extremely volatile nature and severe case of nearsightness. Rita is passionate, impulsive, jealous, manipulative and very insecure about her looks. She is also putty in the hands of the man she adores. Things often get out of control when Rita is present. She is a chain smoker

Vincent (Vinnie) Di Ruzzio-Rita's brother. An optometrist. A nervous and conservative man, a pillar of the community and a person who would never do anyting out of the ordinary, risky or controversial. Vinnie is allergic to smoke.

Luigi Gaudi-A boisterous and gregarious Italian. Luigi is a pivotal character, although his part is relatively small. He wears a beard, and perhaps an eye patch.

Ensemble Players (2 men, 2 Women) These performers double a variety of parts including: An English landlady and her brothers, and English solicitor, travelers on a train, a French waiter, a bell hop, tourists, gamblers, and emcee, a French nightclub entertainer and others.

One Actor who plays the Dead Body of Anthony Hendon is on stage almost the whole time as the dead man in a wheelchair.