Talent Needed for "Showboat" Production
The company is holding auditions for "Showboat" production and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Showboat follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927 telling stories of showbusiness, prejudice and tragic but enduring love. The musical has contributed such classic songs as "Ol' Man River", "Make Believe", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man". 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 who has fashioned a new image of Showboat. Rate: No Pay Additional info: 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; please bring sheet music. No recorded accompaniment, please. Please dress for dance audition following. Please apply if interested.
19 roles
The leading man in the Show Boat Troupe
The African American 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
Steve’s wife, the leading lady in the Show Boat Troupe, mixed race
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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