CENTERstage Productions is thrilled to announce auditions for The Sondheim Series – the first of the CENTER concert series.
Nov. 20 @1pm
Nov. 21 @7pm
Callbacks, Tuesday, Nov. 23 @7pm
The CENTER is producing 3 of Sondheim’s most beautiful scores, which are rarely performed, as part of the first of the CENTER concert series. A concert version of a show is a non-memorized, non-staged, minimally rehearsed, presentation production where the focus is on the music.
The three shows are:
Merrily We Roll Along – Directed by Tamara Cacchione; musical direction by Paul Schubert
Passion – Directed by Louisa Vilardi; musical direction by JoAnne Schubert
Marry Me A Little – Directed by Kevin Archambault; musical direction by James Fitzwilliams
Merrily We Roll Along
Tells the story of three friends, and how their lives and friendship change over twenty years; it focuses particularly on Franklin Shepard, a once talented composer of musicals who, over those twenty years, abandons his friends and songwriting career to become a producer of Hollywood movies. The show's story moves backwards in time, beginning in 1976 at the friends' lowest moment, and gradually moving back until 1957, at their youthful best.
Marry Me a Little
The revue sets songs cut from Sondheim's better-known musicals, as well as songs from his then-unproduced musical Saturday Night to a dialogue-free plot about the relationship between two lonely New York single people, who are in emotional conflict during an evening in their separate one-room apartments. Despite knowing of the other's existence, they never get up the courage to talk to each other, though they imagine what such an encounter might be like.
Passion
The story was adapted from Ettore Scola's 1981 film Passione d'Amore, and its source material, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti's 1869 novel Fosca. Set in Risorgimento-era Italy, the plot concerns a young soldier and the changes in him brought about by the obsessive love of Fosca, his Colonel's homely, ailing cousin.
The series runs for 3 weekends (Jan. 7 – 23) in the following show schedule
Merrily We Roll Along – 1/7, 1/15, 1/23
Passion – 1/8, 1/16, 1/21
Marry Me A Little – 1/9, 1/14, 1/22
Singers / Actors may audition for one, two or all 3 of the productions. Auditions for all 3 shows are held on the same dates / times.
COVID AUDITION PROTOCOL: WE WILL BE USING ONLY A FULLY VACCINATED CAST, CREW, BAND AND PRODUCTION TEAM ON THIS PRODUCTION. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION WHEN YOU ARRIVE TO AUDITIONS.
Location: The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck.
Performance Dates: January 7-23, Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM
Seeking: Singers, ages 18+.
Strongly encourage women, persons of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals to apply. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of our work.
Prepare / Bring:
~Please bring 16 - 32 bars of a song of your choice
~Bring your sheet music for our pianist or feel free to sing with a backing track.
~Bring your schedule and be prepared to list your conflicts.
- All roles are available for casting.
Questions: Contact Artistic Director Kevin Archambault at kevin@centerforperformingarts.org.