Sunday, July 14, 2013

Casting Call: 'A Chorus Line'

Villagers Theater will be holding auditions for the award-winning show "A Chorus Line" at 7:30 July 29 and 30.

Set during an audition for a Broadway show, young performers share their deepest hopes, fears and dreams as they compete for a chance of a lifetime. A Chorus Line, featuring one of the most brilliant scores ever written for the stage, is an enthralling and emotional metaphor for what drives each of us to pursue our dreams. Running for nearly 15 years, it was one of the longest-running shows on Broadway.

Roles to be cast include:

Zach (30-40)The director and choreographer of the show.
Larry (18-30) Zach's assistant.
Alan Deluca (30, baritone) From the Bronx. Very straight. Street tough, macho, newly married to Kristine Urich.
Bebe Benzenheimer
(26, Alto)
From Boston. Very insecure about her looks. Is funny, which is a cover for her insecurities. Feels a little excluded, just wants to be liked.
Bobby Mills
(25, baritone)
Funny and witty. Very sharp tongued. Covers everything over with a joke, had a very hard childhood. From upstate New York.
Cassie Ferguson
(30ish, soprano)
Older Dancer. Returning to the chorus after years of being a featured performer. Very strong dancer. Shy & kind-hearted. Had a relationship with Zach.
Connie Wong
(20 or 32, alto, female)
Experienced dancer. Short. Married. A bit of a mother hen with a great sense of humor. Born in Chinatown, Lower East Side, New York or Greenville, North Carolina.
Diana Morales (27, Alto) Streetwise, a little bit tough, eternal optimist and starry eyed. A determined athletic dancer from the Bronx.
Don Kerr (26, baritone) Ladies' man, married. Into cars, money, and women. Hedonist, cool, flirts with Maggie Winslow, very sure of himself. All American guy, Cocky, worked with Zach before. From Kansas City.
Gregory Gardener
(32, baritone)
Done it all before. Gay. Very conscious of how he looks and appears to others. Quite a smart-alec and has worked with Zach before. Very East Side New York.
Judy Turner:
(28, Mezzo)
Funny, gawky, nervous, scatterbrain. Warm and hopeful. Very awkward except when dancing.
Kristine Urich
(22, mezzo)
Wide-eyed, naive. Very nervous when not dancing. Married to Alan Deluca.
Maggie Winslow
(25, soprano)
A sweetheart, little sister type. Dreamer. Fairly experienced dancer from California.
Mark Anthony
(20, Tenor)
Optimistic first timer, naive but charming. Great dancer and All-American kid. Hopeful and fresh, obsessed with sex. Very young from Arizona.
Mike Costa (24, tenor) Quite aggressive, determined, cocky and sure of himself but likeable. Has worked with Zach before. Experienced and flirts with the girls. From New Jersey.
Paul san Marco
(28, baritone)
Introverted and slightly insecure but loving performing, Paul is only now starting to feel comfortable about being gay and accepted by his parents. From Spanish Harlem, New York. Friends with Diana.
Richie Walters
(27, tenor)
From Missouri. African-American, strong dancer, enthusiastic, cool and funny. Very likeable and laid back.
Sheila Bryant (29, alto) Oldest dancer on the line. Brassy, sexy and sophisticated. One of the more popular dancers, very funny.
Valerie Clark
(25, mezzo)
Sassy, funny and foul-mouthed. A brazen, direct, attention seeker from Vermont.
Cut Dancers (18-35)


Callbacks will be held Aug. 1. Villagers Theatre is located at 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset.

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