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Greenville, NC 27858-4353
AUDITIONS for the ECU Spring 2015 Touring Musical of Ahrens’ and Flaherty’s LUCKY STIFF will be January 26th and 27th beginning at 7:00 PM in Messick RM 211. A Sign-up Sheet will be posted on the production Messick Call Board downstairs near the drafting room by Monday, January 12. Sides will be available in the workroom on Jan 12th as well. It’s likely most of you interested in being cast are involved in our performance degrees or classes, therefore it is expected you will treat these auditions more like call backs; meaning prepare vocal song selections from the show or in a style/range very similar to the songs of the character(s) you wish to read for. Youtube has the entire cast album segmented in song order under ‘Lucky Stiff by UpPlugTheStars,’ so you can and should get familiar with the score. (I would discourage you from watching any other Youtube posted production videos of the show. Most are of amateur productions and I prefer you not be influenced by the choices of others that I may be entirely wrong for our production). Read what you can about the show, listen to the score and pay attention to the character descriptions noted in the audition postings to make character choices. These characters are part of a broad musical comedy in style, but I hope to cast singer/actors who can portray the comedy while still finding the truth/core of the characters. If your character side involves a second character please arrange to share a slot and sigh up to read together. However, there will be a reader provided in the audition if you prefer.
*NOTE: There is one non-speaking/non-singing role for a male actor who plays the “stiff” the entire show. This requires an actor of great patience and discipline, as he must sit and/or be wheeled around in a wheelchair for the duration of each act on stage w/o moving a muscle (think Weekend at Bernie’s).
We will go into rehearsal 3 to 5 nights a week, 7-10:00 PM from the end of January through the performances on April 11 and 25. This rehearsal process crosses over several Main Stage productions and in some cases, as Main Stage casting is priority, changes may need to be made to Lucky Stiff casting through the semester. Obviously, those cast in Arcadia or working running crews for Arcadia will not be able to participate as the bulk of our rehearsal process will overlap Arcadia.
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