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To be presented by the Warner Stage Company |
| AUDITIONS Monday, January 19, 2015 at 7:00pm (by appointment) Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 7:00pm (by appointment) All roles are open to audition. We are seeking a large ensemble cast for this production. There are 5 principal female roles, 4 principal male roles plus a large singing/dancing ensemble from which numerous supporting roles will cast. Auditioners must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 32 bars, but no more than one minute, of a fully memorized Broadway-style musical selection that showcases their vocal range. Auditioners should mark their selection with a highlighter. An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Auditioners will also be asked to read from the script and perform a short dance/movement combination that may be taught at the audition. Please dress comfortably. Rehearsals will be held on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning February 17th.. Additional rehearsals may be added later in the rehearsal process on Sunday or Monday. There will be one midweek rehearsal on Thursday, May 7, 2015. CALLBACKS: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 7:00pm AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Please send an email to auditions@warnertheatre.org to schedule your appointment. An audition confirmation e-mail will be sent with full details on what will be expected at your audition. Audition appointments by e-mail are preferred, but if you do not have access to e-mail call the Warner Theatre Audition Line at 860-489-7180 ext.151. Please be specific as to the date you would like to schedule your appointment. PERFORMANCE DATES: Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 8:00pm Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 2:00pm Friday, May 8, 2015 at 8:00pm Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 8:00pm Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 2:00pm ABOUT THE SHOW HELLO, DOLLY! is the story of Mrs. Dolly Levi’s efforts to marry Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, and send his money circulating among the people like rainwater the way her late husband, Ephraim Levi, taught her. Along the way she also succeeds in matching up the young and beautiful Widow Molloy with Vandergelder’s head clerk, Cornelius Hackl; Cornelius’ assistant, Barnaby Tucker, with Mrs. Molloy’s assistant, Minnie Fay; and the struggling artist, Ambrose Kemper, with Mr. Vandergelder’s weeping niece, Ermengarde. Mrs. Levi tracks Vandergelder to his hay and feed store in Yonkers, then by train back to Mrs. Molloy’s hat shop in New York, out into the streets of the city where they are all caught up in the great Fourteenth Street Association Parade, and finally to the most elegant and expensive restaurant in town, the Harmonia Gardens. There, Dolly is greeted by the waiters, cooks, doormen and wine stewards in one of the most famous songs in the history of American musical comedy, Hello, Dolly! What happens in the end? Dolly gets her man, of course. Even makes him glad she caught him. Dolly leaves the stage at the end of Act II with a wink to the audience as she takes a peep into Vandergelder’s bulging cash register, and promises that his fortune will soon be put to good use. She quotes her late husband as she says, “Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow.” HELLO, DOLLY! is an ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with happy songs, shining with loving scenes, alive with the personality of one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage…Dolly Gallagher Levi! Classic musical numbers include Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Elegance, It Only Takes A Moment and So Long, Dearie. AVAILABLE ROLES Principals (5 female; 4 male) Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi — an indefatigable meddling matchmaker; a widow in her middle years Mrs. Irene Molloy — a millioneress with a hat shop near 14th Street in New York City Minnie Fay — a young girl who works in Irene’s Shop Ernestina — a heavy-set girl in need of Mrs. Levi’s services Ermengarde — the 17-year-old niece of Horace Vandergelder Horace Vandergelder — proprietor of a hay and feed store in Yonkers, NY and a client of Mrs. Levi’s Cornelius Hackl — Vandergelder’s chief clerk, 33 years old Barnaby Tucker — an assistant to Cornelius, 17 years old Ambrose Kemper — a young artist seeking to marry Ermengarde Supporting (from the Chorus) Mrs. Rose — sells vegetables from a street cart, a friend of Mrs. Levi’s from years before Coachman — non-speaking Horse — two chorus/dancers Rudolph Reisenweber — the Prussian major-domo of the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant Stanley — a young waiter Fritz, Harry, Louie, Danny, Manny and Hank — waiters; non-speaking chorus/dancers First Cook — Harmonia Gardens employee with a German accent Second Cook — Harmonia Gardens employee Judge — white whiskered, red nosed, New York night court Policemen — several New York City officers; only one speaking Court Clerk (Recorder) — male chorus member Paperhanger — non-speaking Ensemble Townspeople of New York Yonkers Band Lodge Members Feed Store Customers Harmonia Gardens Customers Polka Contest Contestants 14th Street Parade Ensemble |
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