Open Auditions
Monday and Tuesday
October 1 and 2, 2018
7:00 p.m
Produced by LYNNE B. ROBINSON
Directed by D. SCOTT ROBINSON
Set Design & Technical Directed by JOHN WALKER
Costumes by CATHY CUTSHALL
Sound Design by MATT SPURLOCK
Properties by MELISSA DEVITO
Buck Creek Playhouse will hold open auditions for the Indianapolis premiere of AFTER THE FAIR, a romantic chamber muscial by Stephen Cole (book and lyrics) and Matthew Ward (music), on Monday and Tuesday, October 2 and 3, 2018, at 7 p.m. at the playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Avenue. Director D. Scott Robinson is looking for two men and two women for this production. All roles are available.
AUDITION PREPARATION
- Please be prepared to sing 16-20 measures of a Broadway song. Bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. No a capella auditions, please.
- Some auditioners may be asked to read from the script or to sing from the score.
- AFTER THE FAIR is scheduled for nine performances, weekends January 25-February 10, 2019. Please bring a list of all conflicts from October 2018 through early February 2019.
What happens when a married Victorian British woman writes letters for her illiterate maid and falls in love with the man to whom she is writing? A romantic, literate musicalization of Thomas Hardy's short story, On the Western Circuit, this award-winning four-character musical has played Off-Broadway, London, and various cities throughout the USA.
Read the original Thomas Hardy story, On the Western Circuit, here.
AVAILABLE ROLES
CHARACTER |
SEX / ESTIMATED AGE |
DESCRIPTION |
VOICE PART |
EDITH HARNHAM |
Female, 40s to 50s |
Wife to Arthur, she is discontented and bored with her marriage. |
Mezzo |
ANNA |
Female, early to mid 20s |
Maid in the Harnham household. Young, pretty, and uneducated. |
Mezzo |
ARTHUR HARNHAM |
Male, 50s to 60s |
Husband to Edith, he is a pompous wine merchant. |
Baritone |
CHARLES BRADFORD RAYE |
Male, 20s |
A young and handsome barrister slightly older than Anna. |
Tenor |
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