A LITTLE NIGHT MUSICauditions
Act 3 Galveston is pleased to announce auditions for our upcoming concert for the classic musical, A Little Night Music (synopsis). Stephen Sondheim creates a stunning tour de force when he takes Ingmar Bergman's comedy of manners, Smiles of a Summer Night, and turns it into a musical of masterful execution and elegance. Winner of four Tony Awards, this is a musical work that has forever entranced the world of theatre.
A Little Night Music is full of hilariously witty and heartbreakingly moving moments of adoration, regret and desire. This dramatic musical celebration contains Sondheim's popular song, the haunting "Send in the Clowns."
This will be a concert presentation (i.e., at music stands with minimal staging). There is no memorization required, however, there will be nine (9) unmissable rehearsals. The performer must commit fully to the rehearsals and the two presentations. There is a small stipend upon completion of the concerts.
The performance dates are Sat Sep 27 @ 8PM and Sun Sep 28 @ 2PM, in the auditorium of Ball High School.
Rehearsal schedule and cast breakdown is attached below.
The performance on the Sat Sep 27 will have a 6:00 call with a 7-7:30 meet-and-greet (to break the veil between performers and audience) and an 7:30PM downbeat. The Sun Sep 28th performance will have a 12:15PM call with house opening at 1:00PM. Immediately following the performance will be a 15-20 minute talk back with the audience.
Auditions will be by appointment. Songs from the show are acceptable, as are songs from traditional musical theater; this score calls for more legit vocal sound, not pop or rock. If you have a monologue, bring it. Also, please bring a hard copy of photo/résumé.
Email - mandanthea@gmail.com to request an appointment slot.
Auditions at 15 Park Lane, Galveston, Texas
Thu Aug 28, 6-10
Fri Aug 29, 6-10
by appointment, please
Rehearsals:
Music rehearsals week of Sep 16-20 scheduling TBD
Sun Sep 21, 1-5 - read-through
Tue Sep 23, 6-10PM - Act One
Wed Sep 24, 6-10PM - Act 2
Thu Sep 25, 6-10PM - put together
Fri Sep 26 6-10PM (5:30 call) - Dress Rehearsal with band (Sitzprobe)
Sat Sep 26, 6-10PM - individual/group brushups as needed
Performances:
Sat Sep 28 - 6:30PM call ; cocktail hour - mixing with audience 7-8, downbeat 8PM
Sun Sep 29 - 1 PM call , half hour 1:30, downbeat 2PM with 15-20 minute talkback afters
CAST OF CHARACTERS
3 men / 6 women principals
(N.B., the role of DESIREE ARMFELDT is already cast.)
HENRIK EGERMAN
Fredrick's gloomy son. He is serious but confused, as he studies for the Lutheran priesthood.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: G3
ANNE EGERMAN
Giddy and virginal; naive at times. Frederik's new child bride.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: Ab5
Vocal range bottom: G#3
(CAST OF CHARACTERS, cont.)
FREDRIKA ARMFELDT
Desiree's witty daughter who is very self-contained and formal with the precise diction of the convent-trained.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: C4
MADAM ARMFELDT
Desiree's elderly mother; brutally honest and a veteran of discreet encounters with the crowned heads of Europe.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: C3
FREDERICK EGERMAN
Middle-aged lawyer who is married to his second wife, Anne, and has a son, Henrik, from his first marriage.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: A2
PETRA
Anne's earthy maid and closest confidante. She seizes every moment to rustle in the hay.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
DESIREEE ARMFELDT
A self-absorbed, once-successful actress now touring the country-side. She becomes entangled in a love triangle with the Count and Fredrick.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: Ab5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
COUNT CARL-MAGNUS MALCOLM
Vain, arrogant, and splendidly proportioned but ferociously jealous. He is Desiree's newest lover.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: G3
COUNTESS CHARLOTTE MALCOLM
The Count's manic depressive, mistreated and downtrodden wife.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: G3
THE LIEBESLIEDER SINGERS
Mrs. Nordstrom (soprano) G♯3–E6
Mrs. Anderssen (mezzo-soprano) G♯3–A♯5
Mrs. Segstrom (mezzo-soprano) G♯3–G♯5
Mr. Erlanson (tenor) G♯2–A♯4
Mr. Lindquist (baritone) G2–G♯4
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
book by Hugh Wheeler
music/lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrick's wife, Anne; Desirée's current lover, the Count; and the Count's wife, Charlotte. Both men – as well as their jealous wives – agree to join Desirée and her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée's mother's estate. With everyone in one place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises.