Auditions for The Full Monty
Summary: It’s 1997, Buffalo, NY. The recession has shut down the steel mills, real estate values are dropping, and people are leaving by the tens of thousands. The men left behind are unemployed, disenfranchised, scrap. Proud, strong and solitary, they are reluctant to accept ordinary jobs. Their wives have found work but struggle to deal with the bills and the husbands who, in their eyes, are failing. When Jerry Lukowski learns his ex-wife is suing for sole custody of their son for lack of support and that she and her friends are paying $50 a pop to watch The Chippendales perform at a local club, he gets the hair-brained scheme to gather together some of his buddies to do the same, make a bundle and give the women what they really want to see: real men and The Full Monty. What the men learn about themselves, their partners and each other through their effort to strip is the heart of this funny, moving and energizing musical.
Director: Wayland Bunnell
Music Director: Joel Mercier
Choreographer: Sue Sartorelli
Set Design: Jim Webber
Costumes: Gay Bean and Kim Miracle
Lights: Wally Pineault
Please Join Us for Information Night Sunday January 25th !6pm – 6:30pm: Boys and their parents 6:30pm – 7:30pm: Men Only Held at the Community Players Studio |
Production Dates:
April 30, May1-3, 2009
Audition Dates:
Sunday, February 1st from 6-9:30pm
Monday, February 2nd from 6:30-9:30pm
(auditions will be held at the community players studio)
Please note that The Full Monty, set in 1997, has a pop/rock score with
musical styles ranging from funk, jazz, and rock to folk and pop ballad.
Please prepare a post-1970’s pop, rock, or contemporary musical theatre
piece (but not from the show itself) that shows your modern vocal style
and range. Please bring sheet music in the appropriate key. If you’re
unsure or unable to find something like this, come audition anyway.
We’ll have some music on hand.
Callbacks:
Wednesday, February 4th 7-9pm
Cast:
10 Men Mid 20’s to 60 years old
7 Women Mid 20’s to 60 years old
1 Woman, older – playing 70-80 years old
1 Boy, 10-12 yrs old (short 13-16 yrs ok, but must read 10-12 onstage)
Special Needs:
Nathan Lukowski, the boy, needs strong acting skills. He’s not in any of the musical
numbers, but carries some significant scene work.
“Horse” is an older Black man who does have pop dancing skills, more American
Bandstand than Dancing With The Stars.
“Buddy ‘Keno’ Walsh” is a professional Chippendale-like stripper, owning the
stage, confident with his body and showing it off.
For information or questions please contact Wayland Bunnell at 668-5466 or wtarrytown@aol.com
These are open auditions – racial, ethnic and non-traditional casting will be considered
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