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Alma Show
Synopsis

Theater: Auditions

For 2010 musical:

Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by HUGH WHEELER
Directed by PAUL GURGOL
Music Direction by JODIE RICCI
Set & Lighting Design by RUSS BORSKI
Costume Design by TERRY PIERITZ
Russ Borski, 2010 Cain Park Theater Artistic Director

PERFORMANCE DATES/TIMES: June 10-27, 2010 in Cain Park's Alma Theater. Thursdays-Saturdays at 7 pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm.
REHEARSALS begin May 12 and usually occur weekday evenings and day/evening hours on weekends at the Cleveland Heights Community Center.

AUDITION DATES/TIMES: FEB 26-28, 2010
AUDITION APPOINTMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS OF FEBRUARY 1st by calling
216-291-2323 (M-F, 9 am-5 pm)
Friday, February 26 - 4-11pm EQUITY

Non-Equity may audition on Friday but no specific appointment times will be reserved. You may call and ask to be placed on a list of auditioners who will be heard between Equity audition appointments.

Saturday, February 27 - 10am-6pm EQUITY & NON-EQUITY
Sunday, February 28 -- 12-6 pm CALLBACKS

Singing, reading from the script, and movement

AUDITION LOCATION
Cleveland Heights Community Center (1 Monticello Blvd at Mayfield Rd).

CASTING NEEDS - ALL ROLES OPEN
Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker (bass-baritone): Protagonist. Morose and brooding, a barber by profession. Returned to London after 15 years of unjust incarceration in an Australian penal colony to seek revenge first on the corrupt judge who sent him there, and then simply on whomever proves unfortunate to end up in his shop.
Mrs. Nellie Lovett (alto): A cheery and chatty but wholly amoral shopkeeper whose premises and pies are coated in dust and plagued by flies. Would like to be more than merely a landlady to Mr. Todd.
Anthony Hope (baritone/tenor): A young, naïve sailor befriended by Todd on the voyage home.
Johanna Barker (soprano): A beautiful, young girl, Todd's daughter, but now claimed by Judge Turpin as his own ward.
Tobias Ragg (tenor): A simple young lad who works first for Pirelli, then for Mrs. Lovett. Never trusts Todd.
Judge Turpin (bass): Antagonist. A corrupt and depraved official. An upholder of justice who twists the system to serve his own ends.
Beadle Bamford (tenor): Turpin's right-hand man and accomplice to his crimes.
Beggar Woman (soprano): A mad crone with a filthy tongue whose cries go unheeded.
Adolfo Pirelli/Danny O'Higgins (tenor): A faux-Italian (truly of Irish descent) and flashy barber who attempts to blackmail Todd. As a youngster, worked for Todd for a brief period.
Ensemble members
Cain Park is committed to non-traditional casting. Actors will be cast solely on the basis of talent, except in cases where age, race or physical ability are essential to a role.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
1. 16 years of age and older.
2. Memorize/prepare 2 short, standard musical theater songs. NO POP SONGS.
3. Bring sheet music in the proper key (accompanist is provided). NO TAPED MUSIC ALLOWED.
Please note...you will not be allowed to audition without sheet music.
4. Bring your current resume and a current photo which will be retained by Cain Park.
5. Check your calendar for any conflicts before auditioning (see performance dates and
rehearsal dates above).

COMPENSATION
There are salaried AEA contracts available. All Non-Equity actors appear in Cain Park productions on a volunteer basis. Non-Equity actors cast in the production may be eligible for a performance internship. Call 216-291-5796 for details about the performance internship.