"Alice By Heart" Production Needs Actors
The company is holding auditions for "Alice By Heart" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: In the rubble of the London Blitz of World War II, Alice Spencer's budding teen life is turned upside down as she and her dear friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. When the ailing Alfred is quarantined, Alice encourages him to escape with her into their cherished book and journey down the rabbit hole to Wonderland. As they travel through the tale, Alice by Heart explores the poignancy of first love, coming to terms with loss and finding the courage to move forward. This Chicago premiere encourages us all to celebrate the transformational power of the imagination, even in the harshest of times. Rate: $700 Stipend Additional info: Casting for all roles! Current principal character vocal ranges are listed below for reference. Genders and ages in character descriptions are an indication of the way the character is scripted, not of the actors that will be considered for that role. Rehearsals begin the week of June 3, 2024 (4-5 rehearsal per week; a mix of weekday evenings and weekend morning/afternoons). Tech begins mid-July. First preview Thursday, July 18. Opening night Friday, August 2. Regular performance week is Thur-Sat 7PM, Sun 5PM. The show will run through Sun, September 29, 2024. Please apply if interested.
10 roles
A teenage girl full of questions and wonder; very driven for what she wants; very in love with Alfred and will do anything for him; entering a confusing time of transition in her body; living in a distressed situation, in a tube station; displaced from her family; wonderful imagination that allows her to escape her present situation Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: G3
Alice's ailing childhood friend and the boy Alice loves who had lived on the streets and contracted tuberculosis, also plays the White Rabbit and March Hare. Spends the show trying to get to the end of the story Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: B2
In the real world a strict Red Cross nurse tasked with taking care of the many people trapped in the tube station, the stress of the situation leads her to be harsh and even cruel. In Alice's Wonderland she is the Queen of Hearts, a childish and short tempered ruler obsessed with aging. Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: F#3
In the real world and Wonderland a street smart leader, helping Alice on her journey to accept her grief. Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: Bb3
In the real world a soldier who has lost his wits in the war who is manic, funny, charming. In Wonderland the chaotic Mad Hatter, preening; demanding; full of riddles. Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: C3
In the real world a sensitive young man, who plays the role of the Duchess in Wonderland, a very funny and overdramatic older woman. Vocal range top: E4 Vocal range bottom: C3
In the real world a frightened and traumatized teenage boy, struggling in the underground. In Wonderland he plays the sleepy Dormouse who accompanies the Hatter and the March Hare. Vocal range top: Bb4 Vocal range bottom: E3
In the real world a drug user who is trying to help those around him calm down, as well as in Wonderland as one of the Caterpillars. He is seductive, charming and funny. Vocal range top: B4 Vocal range bottom: F3
In the real world a hard of hearing and anxious doctor tasked with looking after the people in the tube station. He plays both the King of Hearts, a weak-willed counterpoint to the Queen, and the Jabberwocky, a monstrous expression of Alice's fears. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: C3
In the real world a once wealthy young woman who attempts to hold onto that class in the war. She plays a variety of small roles in Wonderland. Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: B3
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