Compensation: Salary $850
Rehearsals Begin: 01/03/2015
Run Dates: 02/19/2015 – 04/04/2015
Synopsis
Henry Higgins wagers he can transform a
Cockney flower girl into an aristocratic lady never dreaming he will be transformed! A sparkling score of enduring favorites including “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Wouldn’t it be Loverly,” “The Rain in Spain,” and “Get Me to the Church on Time.” Based on George Bernard Shaw’s most incisive social satire, a joyful, crowd-pleasing celebration for the entire family.
Genre: Stage/Live
Casting: Adults
Nudity: No
Participation
Fees: No
Character Breakdown
+ ELIZA DOOLITTLE: (20-30) Soprano. A young Cockney flower girl from Lisson Grove working outside Covent Garden. Her potential to become ”a lady” becomes the object of a bet between Higgins and Pickering.
+ HENRY HIGGINS: (40-60) Baritone. British, upper class professional
bachelor, world famous phonetics expert, teacher and author of “Higgins’ Universal Alphabet.”
+COLONEL PICKERING: (40-65) Baritone. Retired British officer with colonial experience and the author of “Spoken Sanskrit.”
+ MRS. HIGGINS: (50-75) Henry’s long-suffering mother. Is not at all intimidated by her son. Demonstrates a real affection for Eliza.
+ MRS.
EYNSFORD-HILL: A friend of Mrs. Higgins and Freddy’s mother.
+ FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL: (20-30’s) Tenor. Upper class young man who becomes completely smitten with Eliza.
+ ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE: (40-65) Baritone. Eliza’s father; an elderly but vigorous dustman.
+ BARTENDER: George, works the Tottenham Court Road Pub. (Doubles in the
ensemble)
+ HARRY: Drinking companion of Alfred Doolittle. (Doubles in the ensemble)
+ JAMIE: Drinking companion of Alfred Doolittle. (Doubles in the ensemble)
+ MRS. PEARCE: (40-65) Henry Higgin’s housekeeper.
+ MRS. HOPKINS: A cockney woman of Tottenham Court. (Doubles in the ensemble)
+ ENSEMBLE: (20’s-60’s) Bystanders, Cockneys, Butler, Footmen, Lord and Lady Boxington, Flower Girl, Selsey Man, Hoxton Man, Maids, Buskers, Servants, Stewards, Chauffeur, Policemen. ALL MUST SING AND DANCE.
Additional Info
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION:
Visit here:
http://www.halecentretheatrearizona.schedulista.com/
PAYMENT:
Each adult actor 16 years of age and older will receive a payment of $25 per performance. ($850.00)
DIRECTOR:
Cambrian James (Director) is well-known for his versatile staging at theaters throughout the Valley and nationally. He is a multi-award winning director and choreographer for his work in productions of Phantom, Footloose, Damn
Yankees and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Cambrian has also enjoyed a long career as an actor and dancer in Annie (Daddy Warbucks), Crazy For You (Bobby Child), The King and I (the King) and in the recent Hale production of Hairspray (Edna Turnblad).
What To Prepare
+ Be prepared to sing 16 bars of music.
Bring your own sheet music; an accompanist will be provided.
+ A head shot and resume is required.
Audition Details
Hale Centre Theatre
50 West Page Avenue
Gilbert, Arizona 85233
Headshots/Resume Required (NO Web Links)
By Appointment: Email ONLY
Audition Dates and Times:
Saturday November 22nd, from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Callback Dates and Times:
Saturday, December 6th at 9:00 AM
