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Call Type
Equity Chorus
Time(s)
Friday, August 9, 2013
2:00 PM Women's Dance Call
3:00 PM Men's Dance Call
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
LORT B Minimum $788/wk
Location
Arvada Center
6901 Wadsworth Boulevard
Arvada, CO 80003
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Seeking
Experienced performers with strong acting and singing abilities are needed. Good movement abilities are required.
Preparation
The chorus dancers should bring a jazz dance shoe. Please prepare 16 bars of a song appropriate to the style of show. Please bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided. No recorded music or a cappella allowed. A current headshot and résumé are required.
Other Dates
REHEARSALS: Begin on: Tuesday, November 5, 2013
OPENING: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
CLOSING: Sunday, December 22, 2013
Other
www.arvadacenter.org/auditions
Personnel
Rod A. Lansberry - Artistic Producer
Gavin Mayer - Director
Kitty Skillman Hilsabeck - Choreographer
David Nehls - Musical Director
· Chorus rules are in effect.
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Auditions are by appointment only and can be scheduled by calling Arvada Center Box Office
(720) 898-7200. Do not contact the production staff.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
BEADLE / CREDITOR A worker in Scrooge's bank. C#3 - Bb3 (Baritone)
BOB CRATCHIT A hardworking clerk in Scrooge's employment. Dedicated to his family, especially his young son Tiny Tim. Cratchit maintains a kind heart, even in the face of Scrooge's mean-spiritedness. G#2 - E4 (Baritenor)
EMILY Young, lovely, and goodhearted. Truly in love with young Ebenezer. Happy with the simple things in life - friends, family, and the joy that comes from loving someone and being loved in return. D4 - F (Soprano)
FRED ANDERSON Warm and compassionate, Scrooge's nephew, feels sorry for the old man, yet still obligated to him, being family. C3 - D4 (Baritenor)
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE / BLIND OLD HAG C4 - D5 (Alto) (Doubles as Blind Old Hag)
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST / LAMPLIGHTER A young, twinkly, spritely apparition, full of the Christmas spirit. Eb4 - G5 (Boy Soprano) (Doubles as Lamplighter)
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT A large jovial man who wears a long cape and has a wreath on his head.
D3 - D4 (Baritone) (Doubles as the Sandwich Board Man)
GRACE SMYTHE The young daughter of Mr. Smythe. Accompanies her father to ask Scrooge for leniency following her mother's death. Respectable, but poor. Db4 - Db5 (Soprano)
JACOB MARLEY Returned from the grave to warn Scrooge of the consequences of living the life of a miser.
D3 - Ab4 (Baritenor)
MR. FEZZIWIG A portly, jolly man. A kind-hearted bank-owner who helps Ebenezer Scrooge get his start. Later, must ask Scrooge for help and is turned away. D#3 - B4 (Tenor)
MR. SMYTHE Recently widowed and left with a young daughter, Grace. Hopes Scrooge will be lenient and give him time to pay his debt. Respectable, but poor. C3 - C4 (Baritone)
MRS. CRATCHIT A wonderful wife and mother, hopeful and generous. G#3 - D5 (Alto)
MRS. FEZZIWIG The cheerful wife of Mr. Fezziwig the banker. Happy to reach out and help her fellow man. Later, becomes poor and can't understand why Scrooge won't help her husband. D4 - Ab5 Soprano
OLD JOE A rag picker who scavenges off the dead. F3 - E4 (Baritone)
SALLY ANDERSON The wife of Scrooge's nephew Fred. Tired of having Uncle Scrooge over for Christmas dinner each year. C4 - C5 (Alto)
EBENEZER SCROOGE An old man whose great wealth has turned his heart to stone. Deaf to the needs of his fellow men, Scrooge must journey through his past to regain the spirit of charity and kindness he had as a young man. A2 - Eb3 (Baritone)
SCROOGE AT 12 A poor orphan who works all day at a boot-making factory. Tired of poverty, he vows to save his money and make his fortune. He desperately misses his parents and wants to find a home of his own. F#3 - A4 (Tenor)
SCROOGE AT 18 Saving his money and running from a life of poverty, young Ebenezer is still happy and sociable and deeply in love with Emily. He is still searching for a place to call home, but has found a second family in the Fezziwigs. D3 - D4 (Tenor)
THREE CHARITY MEN D3 - F4 (TTB)
THREE RICH WIVES C4 - D5 (SSA)
TINY TIM The young son of Bob Cratchit. Weak and crippled, but full of true goodness and hope. More than anyone, Tiny Tim embodies the Christmas Spirit. Bb3 - D4 (Boy Soprano)
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