LIFE COULD BE A DREAM – EPAs by Appointment in CT
Ivoryton Playhouse Ivoryton, CT SPT $380/week minimum (pending)
Executive/Artistic Director: Jacqueline Hubbard
Musical Director: Jason Wetzel
Choreographer: Schuyler Beeman
By Roger Bean
1st rehearsal: February 26th, 2013. Runs: March 13th – 30th.
Matinees: Wednesday, Sunday.
Evenings: Wednesday through Saturday.
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Thursday January 24, 2013 at the Ivoryton Playhouse Rehearsal Studio
Noon – 8pm 24 Main Street
Lunch break from 4-5pm Centerbrook, CT 06409
Prepare a song from the show or in the style of the show. Actors will also read from sides, which will be available on line at
www.ivorytonplayhouse.org by January 15th.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
For an appointment, call 860-767-9520. AEA member without appointments will be seen as time permits.
All roles are available. All roles are singing and dancing and all characters are in their mid-twenties.
All ethnicities.
LOOKING FOR:
DENNY VARNEY
The leader of the group. Five years after high school graduation, Denny still lives with his mother, goofing off in the family basement instead of working for a living. Denny’s lack of ambition and discipline have always been his downfall, but the new WOPR Radio “Dream Of A Lifetime Talent Search” has put new wind in his sails. He uses his talents as a former Crooning Crabcake (the Glee Club at Springfield High) to first create a duo, then a trio, and finally a quartet to help find the unique doo-wop sound (and backer’s money) he needs to bring his dream to reality.
EUGENE JOHNSON
Denny’s best friend and co-conspirator, Eugene works hard just to stay in step with Denny’s fast-moving
schemes. During most days, Eugene works for his Dad down at the Springfield Sweet Shop, but at night
he cuts loose and tries to keep up with his fellow Crooning Crabcakes during singing and dancing practice in Denny’s basement.
WALLY PATTON
A checker at the Piggly-Wiggly, and older brother to bad-boy Billy Ray (from The Marvelous
Wonderettes), Wally is the son of a preacher who truly becomes the heart and soul of the group. He’s
desperate to be a part of the group, because inclusion seems better than exclusion. Still a youngster
himself, often childish, he does have an uncanny knack for seeing what’s important in life when the
going gets tough
SKIP HENDERSON
Skip is the heartthrob – attractive in a sexy, manly, blue-collar way. He is the new guy from the wrong
side of the tracks, and a natural singing whiz with a strong bass but can sing a higher pop sound. He works for Big Stuff Auto, the new sponsor of the group, and Skip is added to Denny’s fledgling group to turn it into a proper quartet. Skip is definitely the new alpha male, and Denny feels pushed aside and ignored for the seemingly brighter talents Skip brings to the table.
LOIS FRANKLIN
Daughter of “Big Eddie” Franklin, owner of Big Stuff Auto, and herself a former song leader at Springfield
High, Lois arrives on the scene to help shape the boys into a real singing and dancing group. Going
against her father’s advice, she decides to give his sponsorship money to the fledgling singing group,
and in doing so falls head-over-heels in love with bad-boy Skip. Lois’ parents refuse to allow their
daughter to date the grease monkey from their auto shop, and the fireworks that ensue threaten to
destroy the whole enterprise.
Theatre’s mailing address: Ivoryton Playhouse, PO Box 458, Ivoryton CT 06442.
Jacqueline Hubbard
Executive/Artistic Director
Ivoryton Playhouse
P.O. Box 458
Ivoryton, CT 06442
(860) 767-7318
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