Casting Call: 'Thoroughly Modern Millie'

Villagers Theatre will hold auditions for "Thoroughly Modern Millie."

Auditions will take place at 7 p.m. on March 16 and 18. Callbacks will take place on March 21. A specific time will be given if you are called back. Please prepare a song and bring in the sheet music. Accompaniment will be provided. Please do not sing from the show. A dance will be taught at the audition.

Based on the 1967 film of the same name, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for money instead of love – a thoroughly modern aim in 1922, when women were just entering the workforce. Millie soon begins to take delight in the flapper lifestyle, but problems arise when she checks into a hotel owned by the leader of a white slavery ring in China.

Roles are:

Millie Dillmount 20-30 G#3-E5	A spunky, modern woman trying to make it in New York City. She falls in love with Jimmy. Our story's protagonist.
Jimmy Smith 20-30 C3-A4	A suave city slicker who unexpectedly becomes the story's hero. He falls in love with Millie.
Mrs.Meers 45-55 E3-Bb4	A former actress turned human trafficker pretending to be a kindly chinese woman. She oversees the Hotel Priscilla where she secretly sells her tenants.
Trevor Graydon 30-45 A2-G4	An executive at the Sincere Trust Insurance Company. He is sharp, ambitious, and secretly romantic.
Bun Foo 25-35 E3-E4	A Chinese immigrant working to bring his mother to the United States. Older brother of Ching Ho and henchman to Mrs. Meers. Sings and speaks in chinese.
Ching Ho 18-25 Bb2-E4	A Chinese immigrant working to bring his mother to the United States. Younger brother of Bun Foo and henchman to Mrs. Meers. Sings and speaks in chinese.
Muzzy.Van.Hossmere 35-45 G#3-D5	A glamorous actress and singer at a night club. She becomes Millie's friend and mentor.
Miss Dorothy Brown 20-25 B3-C6	A naive, wealthy girl who has moved to New York to change her lifestyle. She becomes Millie's roommate and confidant.
Miss Flannery 35-45 Bb3-D5	An uptight, stern office manager. She runs the stenographer pool at Sincere Trust Insurance Company.
Ensemble	Moderns, stenographers, hotel priscilla girls, muzzy's boys

The show will be directed by Alan Van Antwerp, produced by Marie Fiorello and Darren Nye, stage managed by Laura Zahorbensky, choreographed by Megan Ferentinos, and musically directed by Jack Bender.

The show will perform at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays from June 5 to June 21.