Auditions for upcoming musical, Beauty and the Beast

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“Beauty and the Beast”

PRESENTED BY CENTERSTAGE CLOVIS COMMUNITY THEATRE
see www.centerstageclovis.com for audition forms
Directed by: Brent Moser

AUDITION INFO:
Auditions will be Saturday May 9, 2009 beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Depending on the size of the audition pool, auditioners may receive a time to return later in the day. Each group
of 40 auditioners will take from an hour to an hour and a half to complete. Those unable to audition later into the
day are encouraged to arrive extra early to get in one of the first audition groups.

Location: Alta Sierra Intermediate School Multi-Purpose Room
Callbacks for principal roles will be Monday, May 11, 2009 beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Location: Buchanan High School Choir Room
Participants should prepare a memorized song and provide sheet music for the accompanist.
Sixteen bars of music is the requested amount to prepare.
Auditioners will also do a dance audition and read scenes from the script.
Minimum age to audition is 8 years old.

Rehearses: June 1st – July 22nd
6PM- 9PM There will be no rehearsal on Saturdays or Sundays.

Performance dates: July 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and Aug. 1, 2009. (Two shows on Saturdays)

PLAY SYNOPSIS: The brainy and beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle gets more adventure than she wanted when she becomes a captive in the Beast's enchanted castle! Dancing flatware, menacing wolves, and singing furniture fill the stage with thrills in this beloved fairy tale about very different people finding strength in one another and learning about love and redemption.

CHARACTERS:

Beast: A Prince transformed into a terrifying beast for his lack of compassion; hot-tempered and commanding, but with a warm, loving heart buried far beneath his gruff exterior.
Baritone: A – High F

Belle: A vibrant, intelligent young beauty who wants more out of the life than an ordinary existence. Mezzo-Soprano: Low A - High F

Lumiere: A suave, debonair enchanted candelabra. Baritone: A – High F sharp

Cogsworth: A tightly-wound, enchanted mantle clock and the head of the Beast’s household.
Baritone: A – High E

Gaston: The vain, egotistical, ultra-masculine villain determined to marry Belle.
Baritone: A – High F

LeFou: Gaston’s bumbling, toady sidekick.
Baritone: B – High F sharp

Mrs. Potts: A warm-hearted, maternal enchanted teapot.
Mezzo-Soprano: Low F sharp – High G

Maurice: Belle’s loving, eccentric inventor father.
Baritone: B flat – High D flat

Madame de la Grande Bouche: A former opera diva turned enchanted wardrobe.
Mezzo-Soprano: C sharp – D

Monsieur D’Arque:The creepy, scheming proprietor of the local insane asylum, “The Maison De Lune”.
Tenor: D – High A

Chip: An enchanted teacup, and Mrs. Potts’ darling little boy.
Tenor: D – B

Babette: A saucy, enchanted feather-duster, and the object of Lumiere's affections.
Soprano: C - High C

Characters such as the bookseller, doormat, enchantress and the young prince will be part of a large ensemble of enchanted objects and provincial villagers.