SOMETHING'S AFOOT - Rover Dramawerks Non Equity Auditions

ROVER DRAMAWERKS ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS

Something’s Afoot
Book, Music and Lyrics by James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach,
with additional music by Ed Linderman

directed by Mark C. Guerra
musical direction by Thiago Nascimento
choreography by Rebecca McDonald

Auditions:

Sunday, November 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Monday, November 12 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Callbacks will be Tuesday, November 13

Appointments are required. For an appointment time, please email
audition09@roverdramawerks.com.

Auditions will be at Rover Dramawerks’ office space, 521 J Place, Suite 629,
between Plano Parkway and the Bush Turnpike, a half block west of Avenue K.


Brief Synopsis:

In this wonderfully zany musical parody of Agatha Christie mysteries, ten people are stranded in an isolated English country house during a raging thunderstorm. One by one they're picked off by fiendishly clever, yet villainously murderous, devices. As the bodies pile up in the library, the survivors frantically race to uncover the identity and motivation of the cunning culprit before they are the victim – all while singing and dancing! “Both a spoof and a tribute to Agatha Christie...played with fine tuned, flamboyantly melodramatic affectations.” - Los Angeles Times


Roles (4 women, 6 men):

Lettie –(late 20s to late 30s) “The saucy maid” (Cockney) – Alto

Flint – (30s to 40s) “The caretaker” (Cockney) – Tenor

Clive – (late 30s to early 50s)”The fussy butler” – Bass

Hope Langdon – (early to mid 20s) “The ingenue” – Soprano

Dr. Grayburn – (early 40s to late 50s) “The family doctor” – Tenor

Nigel Rancour – (late 20s to late 30s) “The black sheep nephew” – Tenor

Lady Grace Manley-Prowe – (late 30s to late 40s) “The Grande Dame” – Alto

Colonel Gillweather – (late 40s to early 60s) “The old army man” – Bass

Miss Tweed – (late 40s to early 60s) “The tweedy, elderly amateur detective” – Soprano

Geoffrey – (early 20s)” The juvenile; the uninvited guest” – Tenor

Actors should be experienced in using a Standard British accent except where otherwise noted.

All roles are available.


Other information:

• For the initial audition, please have 32 bars of a musical theatre song prepared. Any tempo is fine; please show off your voice. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist provided.
  
  
• For callbacks, be prepared to read from script and learn and execute a brief, simple dance combination.
  
  
• Email
  audition09@roverdramawerks.com for an appointment.
  
  Bring a resume and head shot.
  
  
• Actors and technicians will receive stipends.
  
  
• Rehearsals will be in Plano and will begin the week of November 28. There will be a rehearsal break over the Christmas holidays.
  
  
• Please visit the website at
  www.roverdramawerks.com or call
  (972) 849-0358for more information.

Something’s Afoot will run January 24 through February 9, 2013
at the Courtyard Theater of Plano.

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And don't miss the hilarious comedy, Completely Hollywood (abridged),
currently running Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.,
plus a matinee THIS SATURDAY, November 3 at 2:00 p.m.
at the Cox Building Playhouse, 1517 H Avenue in Plano.

Click here for tickets!