Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Edward Kleban, Book by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante
Director: Peter J. Hill
Music Director: Debra Jo Davey
Choreographer: Noel Irick
Rehearsals Begin: 04/12/2015
Performance Dates: 05/22/2015 – 06/02/2015
Audition Appointments Required - to schedule, contact:
auditionsmet@gmail.com
Audition Dates and Times: Saturday, March 28th 3pm-
Callback Dates and Times: Tuesday, March 31st @ 7pm
Audition/Callback Location:
MET Black Box on Brown
318 E Brown Rd #101
Mesa, Arizona 85202
NW corner of Brown Road & Mesa Drive in a strip mall – unit #101 is nearest Brown Road.
What To Prepare - Headshot & Resume required
Please prepare 16-32 bars from a song that best shows off your voice. Please provide sheet music in the correct key. Please, no pre-recorded music. Dress to dance. Callbacks (if required) will consist of singing and reading from the script and additional dance.
Synopsis
Centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line, the musical is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. A Chorus Line provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.
Character Breakdown
ZACH: The director and choreographer of the show. Self assured and demanding.
LARRY: Zach’s assistant.
ALAN DELUCA: Male. Baritone. From the Bronx . Very straight. Street tough, macho, newly married to Kristine.
BEBE BENZENHEIMER: Female. Alto. From Boston. Very insecure about her looks, very funny which is a cover for her insecurities. Feels a little excluded but just wants to be liked.
BOBBY MILLS: Male. Baritone. Flamboyant, funny, bitchy and witty. Very sharp tongued. Covers everything over with a joke, had a very hard childhood. From upstate New York.
CASSIE FERGUSON: Female. Soprano. Older Dancer. Returning to the chorus after years of
being a featured performer. Very strong dancer. Shy kind hearted. Previously had a
relationship with Zach.
CONNIE WONG: Female. Alto. Experienced dancer. SHORT. Married. A bit of a mother hen with a great sense of humor. Born in Chinatown , Lower East Side , New York .
DIANA MORALES: Female. Alto. Streetwise, a little bit tough, eternal optimist and starry eyed.
A determined athletic dancer from the Bronx.
DON KERR: Male. Baritone. Ladies man, married, into cars, money, and women. Hedonist, cool, flirts with Maggie, very sure of himself. All American guy, Cocky, worked with Zach before. From Kansas City.
GREGORY GARDENER: Male. Baritone. Over sexed, over drugged, done it all before. Gay. Very conscious of how he looks and appears to others. Quite a smart-alek and has worked with Zach before. Very East Side New York.
JUDY TURNER: Female. Mezzo. Funny, gawky, nervous, scatterbrain. Warm and hopeful. Very awkward except when dancing.
KRISTINE URICH: Female. Mezzo. Wide-eyed, naive. Very nervous when not dancing.
Married to Al.
MAGGIE WINSLOW: Female. Soprano. A sweetheart, little sister type. Dreamer. Fairly experienced dancer from California.
MARK ANTHONY: Male. Tenor. Optimistic, first timer, naive but charming. Great dancer and All-American kid. Hopeful and fresh, obsessed with sex. Very young from Arizona.
MIKE COSTA: Male. Tenor. Quite aggressive, determined, cocky, sure of himself BUT likeable.
Tap dancer who worked with Zach before. Experienced and flirts with the girls. From New Jersey.
PAUL SAN MARCO: Male. Baritone. Introverted and slightly insecure but loves performing – is only now starting to feel comfortable about being gay and accepted by his parents. From Spanish Harlem, New York. Friends with Diana.
RICHIE WALTERS: Male. Tenor. From Missouri . African-American, strong dancer, enthusiastic, cool and funny. Very likeable and laid back.
SHEILA BRYANT: Female. Alto. Oldest dancer on the line. Brassy, sexy, bitchy and sophisticated.
One of the more popular dancers, very funny.
VALERIE CLARK: Female. Mezzo. Sexy, sassy, funny foul-mouthed. A brazen, direct, attention
seeker from Vermont.
CUT DANCERS: 4 Males and 3 Females 18 – 35 will understudy and sing throughout the show.
Call For Crew
Anyone interested in helping out with the production, please contact Artistic Director Debra Jo Davey, at debra.davey@asu.edu / 602-770-9819
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