"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" Needs Talent
The company is holding auditions for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and looking for actors, dancers, and singers, please see the details below. Additional info: Auditioners are asked to prepare 16 bars of a musical song of your choice. Music may be played on a CD or phone. Please do not sing a cappella. You will also be asked to do cold readings from the script. Please wear comfortable shoes and loose-fitting clothes as you will be learning a simple dance.
15 roles
A Roman slave, owned by Hero, who seeks to win freedom by helping Hero win the heart of Philia. The slave name Pseudolus means "Faker". While originally written as a male role, it has been performed by female actors as well. Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: A2
Young son of Senex who falls in love with the virgin, Philia. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: B2
(Greek for "love") A virgin in the house of Marcus Lycus, and Hero's love interest. Her name is also a homophone of the Latin word "Filia", which means daughter. This foreshadows her status as the daughter of Erronius. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: B3
(Latin for "Hysterical", or "Anxious", the suffix "-um" makes the name neuter, and the character's gender is often mistaken throughout the piece) The chief slave in the house of Senex. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: D4
(Latin for "old man") A henpecked, sardonic Roman senator living in a less fashionable suburb of Rome. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: B2
(Latin for "mistress") The wife of Senex. A manipulative, shrewish woman who is loathed by even her husband. Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: B3
A purveyor of courtesans, who operates from the house to the left of Senex. (Name based on Lycus, the pimp in Plautus's Poenulus.) Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: A3
(Latin for "boastful soldier", the archetype of the braggart soldier in Roman comedies) A captain in the Roman army to whom Marcus Lycus has promised Philia. Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: B3
(Latin for "wandering") Senex's elderly neighbor in the house to the right. He has spent the past twenty years searching for his two children, kidnapped in infancy by pirates. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: B2
(Greek for "Athletic", with the connotation of nakedness) A courtesan from the house of Lycus with whom Pseudolus falls in love. She is mute.
(Latin for "Bells") A jingling, bell-wearing courtesan in the house of Lycus.
(Latin for "Vibrant") A wild, vibrant courtesan in the house of Lycus.
(Latin for "Twins") Twin courtesans in the house of Lycus.
(Greek for "Cure All") A courtesan in the house of Lycus.
Choristers who play multiple roles (slaves, citizens, soldiers, and eunuchs). Setting: Ancient Rome
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