Noosa Arts Theatre Auditions

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Auditions are to be held on
Mon 6th May and Wed 8 May @ 6.00 pm

We are casting 2 months before rehearsals start – this gives actors a chance to learn lines before rehearsals start in earnest 17th July.

I plan to call specific characters at specific times so that those auditioning do not have to wait for extended periods. If you are auditioning for the role of Judy you may be required to stay until the end to audition with different characters. You are welcome to audition for more than one role. The timings below are approximate depending on how many audition for each role but I plan to call the characters at the following times:
Judy and Johnny – 6-7pm Both Nights
Remaining Characters 7 – 8pm Both Nights

See below for a list of audition pieces.

SYNOPSIS
When Judy sets out to become the perfect 1950s housewife, the Martins are living the dream. Johnny has a beautiful wife, a beautiful home and a promotion on the horizon. Judy is revelling in the joys of domesticity; making cakes, cocktails and homemade marmalade. But cracks are starting to appear in this beautiful façade which threatens their domestic bliss.

CASTING
Judy – Lead role in her late thirties (Playing age 35-45)
Judy is the central character of the play and she is on stage for the duration of the show. This is a wonderful role with full-on 1950s retro feel. Judy is trying desperately throughout the play to keep together the façade she has built of being the perfect 1950s housewife.

Johnny – Main Role (Playing Age 35-45)
Judy’s husband who initially seems supportive of his wife’s choice to live as a 1950s housewife and to live with the 1950s façade. He too has adopted the fifties lifestyle and clothing.

Fran – Medium Role (Playing age 25-40)
Judy’s good friend and recently married to Marcus. She is interested in Judy’s lifestyle and appears to admire hers and Johnny’s perfect relationship.

Sylvia – Medium Role (Playing Age 65+)
Judy’s mother who is horrified by Judy’s choice to become a housewife having brought Judy up in a commune and to be a feminist. She has two brilliant scenes including a fabulous scene stealing monologue.

Alex – Small Role (playing age late 20s to 30s)
Johnny’s boss at the estate agency firm. She is seen as somewhat opposite to Judy in both her appearance and attitudes.

Marcus – Small but important role (Playing age 30/40s)
Fran’s husband and friends with Johnny and Judy. Marcus is an interesting role who has some controversial views. He is probably the least sympathetic character.

PERFORMANCE DATES
Preview: September 12 at 7:30pm
Evenings: September 13, 18, 19 & 20 at 7:30pm
Matinees: September 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 2:00pm

REHEARSALS
Wednesdays evenings – 6 to 8:30pm, Saturdays 10am to 2pm and Sundays 10am to 3pm starting 30 June.

Character	Audition Pieces	Timing
Judy	Pages 3 – 5 from Johnny’s line ‘Are you happy darling’ to end of scene. Pages 68–73 From Johnny’s line ‘Could we ever afford this’ to Judy’s line ‘You’re the one who’s saying its broken’	Focus pieces 6-7pm
Johnny	Pages 3 – 5 from Johnny’s line ‘Are you happy darling’ to end of scene. Pages 68-73 From Johnny’s line ‘Could we ever afford this’ to Judy’s line ‘You’re the one who’s saying its broken’	Focus pieces 6-7pm
Marcus	Act 2 Scene 5 pg 90 to bottom of pg 92	7 – 8pm
Fran	Act 1 Scene 2 pg 6 to bottom of pg 9	7 – 8pm
Sylvia	A self chosen portion (3 paragraphs) of her monologue pg 82 – 84	7 – 8pm
Alex	Scene 4 pg 85-86 to end of monologue	7 – 8pm

LADIES IN BLACK AUDITIONS

INFORMATION NIGHT

Monday 1st July – 7pm

AUDITION DATES – Noosa Arts Theatre
Monday 8^th July – 5.00-8.30pm (for the role of LISA)

Tuesday 9^th July – 5.00-8.30pm (All other roles)

Wednesday 10^th – 5.00-8.30pm (All other roles).

Monday 15^th July – 6.00pm Call backs

You may be asked to attend a Call Back on 15 July – for final casting.

Auditions by appointment only

For further information and to book an audition slot please contact Margaret Courtney M:0407 450 621 or E: theperegianpair@hotmail.com

Please prepare a musical theatre song. Music backing tracks need to be provided – either on USB or from your Mobile. Alternatively, you may sing ‘a cappella’ (without Music backing).

PERFORMANCE DATES
Preview: November 14 at 7:30
Opening Night: November 15 at 7:30pm
Evenings: November 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29 at 7:30pm
Matinees: November 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 & December 1 at 2:00pm

REHEARSALS COMMENCE – Tuesday 24 September (6.00pm)
Thereafter Tuesdays (6-9 pm), Thursdays (6-9pm) and Saturdays (1pm-5pm) as required.

Rehearsals and Commitment to the Show

All cast are to be active members of Noosa Arts Theatre.
All cast members must be available for all show dates.
An initial rehearsal schedule will be provided by the first rehearsal.
Please note – You may not be required to attend every rehearsal, and this will be covered in rehearsal schedule.
All cast members are expected to attend every rehearsal for which they are called.
A full commitment to this show will be required from all performers.
If more than three rehearsals are missed, a performers participation in the show will need to be re-evaluated.
Please don’t audition if you are doing another show that will impact on your ability to attend our rehearsals OR if you are not available for all scheduled performance dates.

About – LADIES IN BLACK

Ladies in Black is based on the 1993 novel The Women in Black by Madeleine St John.
[There is a non-musical movie of the same name and same story playing at cinemas.]
A scrumptious coming of age musical set in1959 in the department store “Goodes”.

A shy teenager joins the staff of the women’s clothing department. Each staff member is on the precipice of change – facing independence, working for a living and what it means to be a woman.

The Age called it “a unicorn of the stage: a full-blown, home-grown musical that actually works” and “probably the best Aussie musical since Priscilla went global.” It wrote “Tim Finn’s songs range from Broadway-inspired numbers to true blue ballads, from witty patter songs to shares of blues and jazz standards. They’re beautifully integrated with the dramatic action, and the comic lyrics are priceless.”

CAST – Minimum Eight Females & Three Males. Potentially, speaking parts for up to 11 women and 6 men.

Lisa – 16. A thin, shy bookworm, who is described as having neither style nor beauty, yet emerges with both at the end of the story. Highly intelligent, and desperate to learn more about literature, her holiday job at Goodes teaches her more about life than she could have imagined.

This is a star vehicle role. Lisa is involved in 17 songs and 18 scenes in the show.

Myra/Dawn – a double for a woman in her mid to late twenties. Myra is Fay’s best friend – buxom, cheerful and out for a good time.
Dawn is Patty’s sister – forthright, cynical and rough round the edges.

Myra is involved in 3 scenes in the show.

Dawn is involved in 2 songs and 2 scenes.

Patty – 32-year-old, unhappily married shop assistant at Goodes. She has failed to have a baby and her husband is chronically uncommunicative, so she has become stitched up and a little malicious as a result. Underneath she is vulnerable and unhappy.

Patty is involved in 11 songs and 13 scenes in the show.

Frank – Patty’s 35–40-year-old husband. Described by others as ‘gormless’ Frank is a tile salesman with little ambition or vitality. Humiliated by his potential responsibility for his childless marriage, he hides his low self-esteem in taciturn introspection.

Frank is involved in 4 songs and 7 scenes in the show.

Magda – an exotic Hungarian of about 40. In charge of Model Gowns at Goodes, she is the embodiment of European style, glamorous, educated and beautifully presented. While undoubtedly somewhat forbidding, she has warmth, wit and great insight.

Magda is involved in 9 songs and 13 scenes in the show.

Rudi/Lloyd/Fred – potentially all played by one actor in his mid to late 30s. Lloyd and Fred are two Australian men on the look-out for a good time.
Rudi is Hungarian refugee on the look-out for a wife. He is charming, well-read, irrepressible, a beautiful dancer and a genuine lover of women.

Rudi is involved in 3 songs and 5 scenes in the show.

Lloyd and Fred – Scene work

Mrs Miles – Lisa’s mother, in her late thirties or forties. She dotes on her daughter, is proud of her and wants the best for her but is nervous of rocking the boat and upsetting her conservative husband. A product of her era, she is neither educated nor sophisticated, but her love for her daughter ultimately gives her courage.

Mrs Miles has 3 solo or duet songs and is involved in 9 scenes in the show.

Miss Cartright/Joy – A potential double for an actress of about 40.

Miss Cartright is the blue-stocking, crisply authoritative manager of the Ladies Department at Goodes. Ideally tall and definitely stylish, she is all business, having dedicated her life to it, but is not without compassion or wit.

Miss Cartwright is involved in 4 songs and 4 scenes in the show.
Joy is Patty’s older sister. Exhausted by motherhood and housework, she doesn’t live up to her name.

Joy is involved in 2 songs and 2 scenes in the show.

Miss Jacobs/Mrs Crown – a potential double for an actress in her sixties.

Miss Jacobs has worked in Goodes her whole life. Nervous and intense, she lives alone and has a sense of tragedy about her.

Miss Jacobs is involved in 6 songs and 6 scenes in the show.
Mrs Crown is Patty’s mother. Now widowed, she is a rough diamond who has brought up three daughters and doesn’t beat around the bush.

Mrs Crown is involved in 2 songs and 3 scenes.

Fay – 29-year-old shop assistant at Goodes. Pretty and cheerful but has had a series of unfortunate relationships with unsuitable men, so she feels insecure about ever getting married and being considered respectable.

Fay is involved in 9 songs and 16 scenes in the show.

Mr Miles/Stefan – These two roles can be played by one actor. Both are in their 40’s.

Mr Miles (Dad) is stiff, conservative, and authoritarian. He loves his daughter but firmly believes a woman’s place is in the home and is baffled by her intellect and ambition.
Stefan is an ebullient Hungarian intellectual and bon vivant. He is a passionate enthusiast for all things literary.

Mr Miles -Dad/Stefan has 2 duets and is involved in 5 scenes in the show.

Women can also be: Solo singers, Customer in Goodes, “The Voices” in a number of scenes, the Barmaid, Staff at Goodes, Guests at Magda’s party.

Men can also be: Fred, Lloyd or Joe – Australian men, “The Voices” in a number of scenes, Vronsky in an Anna Karenina fantasy, a young WW1 soldier – Miss Jacob’s lost love, guests at Magda’s party, The Doorman (with solo singing) or husbands at Goodes sales.

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