Created Date | December 05, 2024 | |
Expiration Date | January 04, 2025 | |
Posted by | Administrator | |
Country | United States | |
State | Illinois | |
City | Chicago | |
Location | Chicago | |
Project Type | Non-Equity Audition | |
Project Title | My Fair Lady |
Description:
Finch Theatrics is holding auditions for My Fair Lady.
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Play and Gabriel Pascal's Motion Picture "PYGMALION"
Original Production Directed by Moss Hart
presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International
All characters can be Black, Latine, MENASA, API, Indigenous, Mixed or White.
Eliza Doolittle: A flower girl who works outside Covent Garden. Strong willed. Comedic.
Gender: Woman
Age: 20s to 30s
Soprano
Henry Higgins: A world-renowned phonetician of the upper-class British society.
Man
Age: 30s-40s
Any Voice Range
Colonel Pickering/Quartet: A former British officer and author. Friends with Henry Higgins and a fellow phonetics enthusiast.
Man
Age: 30s-50s
Baritone
Freddy Eynsford-Hill/Jamie: A young, upper-class British man who falls in love with Eliza.
Man
Age: 20s - 30s
Tenor/High Baritone
Alfred P. Doolittle/some Ensemble: Eliza's loud and charismatic father. Man
Age: 30s - 50s
Baritone
Mrs. Pearce/Mrs. Eynsford-Hill/ Ensemble: Higgins's lead housekeeper / Freddy's mother.
Woman
Age: 30s - 60s
Mezzo-Soprano
Mrs. Higgins/Ensemble: Henry's Mother.
Woman
Age: 30s - 60s
Alto or Mezzo-Soprano
Additional FEMALE ENSEMBLE (2)
age 20s-40s other various roles (Mrs. Hopkins)
Any voice types
Additional MALE ENSEMBLE (1)
age 20s-40s other various roles (Zoltan Karpathy, Harry)
Tenor/High Baritone
ABOUT FINCH THEATRICS:
Producer/Director: Eric Desnoyers
Music Director: Matt Mason
Choreographer: KC Lyphout
Casting Associate: Bernadette Siudock
My Fair Lady is Finch Theatrics' inaugural production
Stipend: $300 ($100 per performance)
Contact Info:
Please send a video submission of a 32-64 bar cut singing from any classical musical. Songs from My Fair Lady are encouraged.
Audition Form here: https://forms.gle/6otuK6n1vFXZ7HQb8
Callbacks will be held in-person the week of January 13, 2025. (Location/Date TBA).
To Audition: Slate your name / introduce your piece. Sing 32-64 bars from any golden age musical. Songs from the show are encouraged.
Audition Date: All Video Submissions due by end of Day December 27, 2024
No housing provided.
any questions? email eric@finchtheatrics.com
Website: forms.gle/6otuK6n1vFXZ7HQb8