Casting Performers for "Show Boat" Production
The company is holding auditions for "Show Boat" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Showboat tells the story of the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat. This brand-new adaptation for a new generation is based on Edna Ferber’s 1926 novel, and features the glorious music of Jerome Kern, lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted by Peter J. Hill. Showboat is a musical masterpiece for our time. Additional info: PRODUCTION DATES: September 6 – 22, 2024 Performances Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2pm (Possible extension through September 29) Auditioners are asked sing 16-32 bars of a song of the style that also that best shows off their voice and range. An accompanist is provided. No recorded accompaniment, please. Please dress for dance audition following. Auditioners should be prepared with a short monologue if requested. Please apply if interested.
19 roles
The leading man in the Show Boat Troupe
Cook on the Show Boat
The engineer on the Show Boat
Cap’n Andy’s wife
The pilot on the Show Boat
The captain of the Show Boat
The soubrette in the Show Boat Troupe
Ellie’s boyfriend, the villain in the Show Boat Troupe
A handsome gambler
Any age Of Natchez
Parthy and Andy’s daughter
Queenie’s husband, an African American stevedore
At St. Agatha’s Convent
Magnolia and Ravenal’s grown daughter
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