Casting Call: 'A Chorus Line'

Every aspiring actor knows the trepidation that goes hand in hand with auditions, and the dream of being the star on the stage.

This month, Villagers Theatre in Somerset will give performers the chance for their lives to imitate art imitating life, with auditions for "A Chorus Line." "A Chorus Line" garnered almost every award imaginable, including Best Musical together with eight other Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. At nearly 15 years, it was one of the longest-running shows on Broadway.

Auditions be held at 7:30 p.m. July 29 and July 30, with callbacks, by appointment only, on Aug. 1.

The show will be directed and choreographed by Patric Starega and produced by Marie Fiorello, with music director David Neal and stage manager Judi Thaw.

Showdates will be Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Nov. 8-24.

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" is an enthralling and emotional metaphor for what drives each of us to pursue our dreams. Music is by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Edward Kleban, and book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante

Characters include:

Zach	30-40 years old	The director and choreographer of the show. This is a nonsinging role.
Larry	18-30 years old	Zach’s assistant.
Alan Deluca	30 years old	Male. Baritone. From the Bronx. Very straight. Street tough, macho, newly married to Kristine.
Bebe Benzenheimer	26 years old	Female. Alto. From Boston. Very insecure about her looks but also very funny, a cover for her insecurities. Bebe feels a little excluded but just wants to be liked.
Bobby Mills	25 years old	Male. Baritone. Funny and witty. Very sharp-tongued. Bobby covers everything over with a joke, and had a hard childhood. From upstate New York.
Cassie Feguson	30-ish years old	Female. Soprano. An older dancer. Cassie is returning to the chorus after years of being a featured performer. She is a strong dancer, shy and kind-hearted. She previously had a relationship with Zach.
Connie Wong	32 years old if played by an Asian woman; 20 years old if not	Female. Alto. Experienced dancer. Short. Married. Connie is bit of a mother hen, with a great sense of humor. She was born in Chinatown, Lower East Side, New York; or in Greenville, N.C.
Diana Morales	27 years old	Female. Alto. Streetwise, a little bit tough, eternal optimist and starry-eyed. Diana is a determined athletic dancer from the Bronx.
Don Kerr	26 years old	Male. Baritone. Ladies man, married, into cars, money, and women. A hedonist, Don is cool and flirts with Maggie. He is sure of himself, an all-American guy, Cocky, he has worked with Zach before. From Kansas City.
Gregory Gardener	32 years old	Male. Baritone. Oversexed, overdrugged, done it all before. Gay. Gregory is very conscious of how he looks and appears to others. Quite a smart‐aleck, he has worked with Zach before. Very East Side New York.
Judy Turner	28 years old	Female. Mezzo. Judy is funny, gawky, nervous and scatterbrained, and also warm and hopeful. She is very awkward, except when she is dancing.
Kristine Urich	22 years old	Female. Mezzo. Wide‐eyed, naive. She is very nervous when not dancing. She is married to Al.
Maggie Winslow	25 years old	Female. Soprano. Maggie is a sweetheart, little-sister type. A dreamer, she is a fairly experienced dancer from California.
Mark Anthony	20 years old	Male. Tenor. Optimistic and a first-timer, Mark is naive but charming. He is a great dancer and an all‐American kid. Hopeful and fresh, obsessed with sex. Very young, from Arizona.
Mike Costa	24 years old	Male. Tenor. Quite aggressive, determined, cocky, sure of himself but likeable. Mike has worked with Zach before. Experienced and flirts with the girls. From New Jersey.
Paul San Marco	28 years old	Male. Baritone. Paul is introverted and slightly insecure but he loves performing. He is only now starting to feel comfortable about being gay and accepted by his parents. From Spanish Harlem, New York. He is friends with Diana.
Richie Walters	27 years old	Male. Tenor. From Missouri. African‐American, strong dancer, enthusiastic, cool and funny. Richie is very likeable and laid back.
Sheila Bryant	29 years old	Female. Alto. Oldest dancer on the line. Brassy, sexy and sophisticated. One of the more popular dancers, very funny.
Valerie Clark	25 years old	Female. Mezzo. Sexy, sassy, funny and foul‐mouthed. A brazen, direct, attention seeker from Vermont.
Cut dancers	18 to 35 years old	Men and women.