EQUITY and NON-EQUITY AUDITIONS
February 19th from 6:00 – 10:00 pm
February 20th from 2:00 – 6:00 pm
Cleveland State University Factory Theatre
1833 E. 23rd St. (between Chester and Payne)  Upstairs Studio Theatre (signs will be posted) 

Curtains
book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander
Directed by Dr. Michael Mauldin | Musical Director: John Krol | Choreography: Martin Cespedes

Oh Dad Poor Dad Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad
Written by Arthur Kopit | Directed by: Scott Spence

The Elephant Man
Written by Bernard Pomerance | Directed by: Everett Quinton

Rehearsals begin May 31, season opens July 8 and closes August 8. Please prepare two contrasting monologues and sixteen bars of a song. (Audition is no longer than five minutes)

For a five-minute appointment, please call (216) 254-1429.  Leave your name, phone number, and someone will contact you. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition session, as time permits.

Please prepare two brief contrasting monologues (one Shakespeare, one contemporary; total time: no longer than four minutes) and 16 bars of a song. Bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided.

Please call 216.254.1429 and leave your name and phone number. Denise Astorino will get back with you regarding scheduling an audition time. Callbacks will be Sunday February 21st starting at 4pm. Please be ready to go at 4pm for a movement audition
        
Also please be prepared to stay through. You must be there at 4pm dressed and ready to go for a group movement audition

Plots and Character Breakdowns

Curtains
book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander

Curtains  is musical send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts and follows the fallout when the supremely untalented star of Robbin' Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call. Can a police detective who moonlights as a music al theater fan save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself?

LIEUTENANT FRANK CIOFFI (30s - 40s): Local Boston detective who is also a musical theatre aficionado. Aside from being exceptionally good at his job, he has also aspired to be a musical theatre performer his entire life. He falls in love with Niki.

NIKI HARRIS (20s-early 30s) Pretty, naive ingenue. Niki is a chorus girl/understudy in the chorus of the show-within-the-show during its Boston tryout. She aspires to make it as a performer on Broadway. She meets and falls in love with Lt. Frank Cioffi who is investigating a murder at the theatre. Actress must have legit Soprano and good comic timing.

GEORGIA HENDRICKS (20s-30s) Female half of our songwriting team. Ends up taking on the leading lady role. Must sing and dance well.

CARMEN BERNSTEIN (40-65) Brassy Broadway producer. Terrific comedic actress who sings well.

AARON FOX (20s-40s) The composer of the show-within-the-show. His songwriting partner, Georgia, is also his wife from whom he’s separated. He’s a sexy, charming ladies man.

SIDNEY BERNSTEIN (Late 50s-Mid 60s): The producer of an out of town flop. Sidney is tough and self-serving. Seeking a character actor with good comic timing.

CHRISTOPHER BELLING (30-60) English director. Very camp. Very funny. Requires a good comic lead actor.

BAMBI BERNÉT (Early 20s-early 30s) Performer in the chorus and daughter of Carmen, the lead producer. Hungry to work her way up to leading performer, many think she was only hired because of her mother. Bambi is a good dancer/comedienne who sings well.

DARYL GRADY: A Theatre critic for the local Boston newspaper, he enjoys using the power he has to make or break shows during their out of town tryouts.

JOHNNY HARMON  The Stage Manager of the show-within-the-show. Johnny is a character man who is gruff but lovable. He keeps the company in line and on their toes throughout the rehearsal process. 

OSCAR SHAPIRO (45-65): The general manager. An agreeable if slightly gruff man. He is always looking for any angle to find money. Seeking a good comic actor who sings.

BOBBY PEPPER (20s to early 30s) The choreographer and lead dancer. Seeking a strong singer who dances well.

JESSICA CRANSHAW  Fading Hollywood star. A diva, who has no right to be one, she is a terrible singer and actress who stars in the show within a show and gets murdered on its opening night.

Small ensemble of singer/dancers

Oh Dad Poor Dad Mama’s Hung You in the Closet
Written by Arthur Kopit | Directed by: Scott Spence
Madame Rosepettle is fabulously wealthy; she travels around the world according to her fancy, dragging along her neurotic son, an endless fit of luggage, and the body of her deceased husband. Having arrived at a Caribbean resort, she sets her sights on Commodore Roseabove--even as her stuttering and increasingly hysterical son falls prey to the attentions of Rosalie, an attractive young woman with the instincts of a snake. But as it happens, Madame is not so much interested in seducing the commodore as she is emasculating whatever man happens to find her attractive, and so far as Rosalie is concerned... well, let's just say that it isn't going to work out as Rosalie expects.

• Jonathan Rosepettle,late teens
• Commodore Roseabove, 40 - 60
• Madame Rosepettle, cast
• Rosalie, early 20s
• Hotel Bellboys, various ages

The Elephant Man
Written by Bernard Pomerance | Directed by: Everett Quinton
“The Elephant Man” is the profound and touching true story of John Merrick, a man hideously deformed since birth. Under the care of a brilliant and ambitious young doctor, Merrick transforms from a sensational object of pity to a sensitive and intelligent man. Those around him come to know his beautiful spirit within, and in the process, discover their own hidden flaws. “The Elephant Man” questions the ideas of perception and what it means to be truly beautiful.

• John Merrick, the Elephant Man, early 20s, must be in excellent physical condition
• Dr. FrederickTreves, a surgeon and teacher, early 30s
• Carr Gomm, administrator of London Hospital, 40 - 60
• The Bishop Walshom How, 40 - 60
• Mrs. Kendal, an actress, 30 - 45
• Ross, manager of the Elephant Man, 40 – 60
• Conductor, of the Ostend-London boat train
• Porter at the London Hospital
• Snork, also a porter
• Duchess
• Countess
• Princess Alexandra
• Lord John
• Nurse, Miss Sandwich

It is possible that some actors will play more than one role