Singing Audition for Musical "Colours In The Storm"
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking performers for musical "Colours In The Storm". See the details below. About the musical: "Colours in the Storm" is about the life - and mysterious death - of one of Canada’s best-loved painters, Tom Thomson, whose landscapes of Algonquin Park are among the most famous paintings ever done in Canada. A beautifully written work with memorable music, it is more a gallery of scenes and songs than a traditional musical. The story follows Thomson’s life and growth as a painter, from his arrival in Algonquin Park in 1912, to his tragic death in Canoe Lake in 1917. Often haunted by his artistic vision, Thomson struggles to realize his potential and to come to terms with the passions in his life, while under the spell of his magnificent surroundings. Rate: This is a NON-EQUITY, NON-PAYING production. Additional information: Rehearsals will begin on Sunday, February 1 (2-6 pm) and continue on Monday/Wednesday evenings (7-10 pm) and Sundays (2-6 pm), excluding April 5 [Easter Sunday]. Easter Monday there will be a rehearsal. Sunday evening rehearsals from 6 to 9 pm will be added starting March 22. During tech week, the Q2Q will be held on Sunday, April 19, our dress rehearsals will be held on Tuesday, April 21 (7-10 pm), and the Preview for an invited audience will be on Thursday, April 23 (7-10 pm). Location: Cookstown, Ontario. SHOW DATES: April 24 through May 10, 2026 on Friday/Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Cast members are required to be available for the Q2Q, the dress rehearsal, the Preview, and all production dates without exception. Please prepare: A song (max of 3 min) that shows off your voice and acting ability – any style and genre. Use of pre-recorded tracks is encouraged. No acapella singing. Please alert the Producer in your audition request if an accompanist is required; they will try to accommodate A memorized monologue (max of 1 min). Alternatively, you can recite a poem or narrative song lyrics. Be prepared to be redirected by the Director, as requested at the audition. There will be a short group movement audition - no preparation or experience is necessary. Please be prepared to hang around after your initial audition - you will be released as each group is seen. If you're interested, please apply.
15 roles
Passionate, mercurial and increasingly possessed by his artistic vision, 35 years old in 1912.
Quiet, emotionally repressed, but capable of anger; considers himself Thomson’s rival for Winnie.
“The big Irishman”; powerful and quick to anger; jealous of and increasingly aggravated by Thomson.
Poacher, guide, self-proclaimed “expert woodsman”; makes a mean vat of hooch.
Park ranger, diarist; grows to become one of Thomson’s few friends.
Runs the local lumberyard, tolerates his wife’s desire to be sociable and genteel.
Ophthalmologist, art patron, businessman; wry and intelligent, becomes Thomson’s patron, agent and friend.
A founder of The Group of Seven; spiritual, well-spoken.
Confident, capable and Thomson’s equal in most things; a few years younger than Thomson.
Hard-working and good-hearted; endlessly intrigued by Thomson; comes to understand her own strengths.
An uncontrolled spirit of the bush, alert to and embracing of the dangers and passions of the park.
An artist; self-confident, intelligent, goes after what she wants.
Determined to be a proper mother, she has somehow sublimated a real strength and determination.
Voices and number cast to be determined.
Aged 15 (can look the part), vivacious, unaffected, determined.
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