THREE PENNY OPERA Equity Principal Auditions - San Jose Stage Company Auditions

Posted December 7, 2012
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THREE PENNY OPERA - San Jose Stage Company

Three Penny Opera-EPA
San Jose Stage Company | San Jose, CA



Call Type
Equity Principal

Date of Audition
12/17/2012

Location
San Jose Stage Company
490 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Time(s)
Monday, December 17, 2012
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lunch Break is 4:00 - 5:00 PM

  • EPA Rules are in effect.
  • A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
Please contact
jjohnson@thestage.org or
408.283.7147 for appointments.

Contract
Bay Area Theatre
BAT Tier 3 - minimum $425/week

Seeking
Male and Female singers with a wide vocal range. See breakdown.

Preparation
Please prepare a song and monologue in the appropriate style (two and a half minutes total). Musical tracks and lyrics are available prior to audition. Contact Jaimie at
jjohnson@thestage.org or
408.283.7147for more information.

An accompanist will be available for actual audition.

Other Dates
First Rehearsal - 3/05/13
Tech - 3/29-3/31/13
Previews - 4/02-4/05/13
Open - 4/06/13
Runs until - 4/28/13

Other

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Personnel
Randall King - Artistic Director
Ken Kelleher - Director
Richard Marriott - Musical Director
Cathleen King - Executive Director
Jaimie L Johnson - PSM


Breakdown

Macheath ("Mackie Messer"/"Mack the Knife"), London's greatest and most notorious criminal

Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum, The "Beggar's Friend". Controller of all the beggars in London, he conspires to have Mack hanged

Celia Peachum – Peachum's wife, who helps him run the business -

Polly Peachum – The Peachums' daughter. After knowing Mack for only five days, she agrees to marry him

Jackie "Tiger" Brown – Police Chief of London and Mack's best friend from their army days

Lucy Brown – Tiger Brown's daughter. Also claims to be married to Mack

Jenny ("Ginny Jenny" or "Low-Dive Jenny"), A prostitute who was romantically involved with Macheath in the past. She is bribed to turn Mack in to the police.

Filch – The misfit young man who approaches the Peachums in hopes of beggar-training

The Street Singer – sings 'The Ballad of Mack the Knife' in the opening scene.

Smith – a constable

Walter

Matthias

Jakob

Jimmie

Ede

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