Monday & Tuesday, March 26 & 27, 2012
7:00 p.m.

Produced by Lynne B. Robinson
Directed & Choreographed by D. Scott Robinson
Vocal Direction by Matthew Konrad Tippel
Set Design & Technical Direction by Aaron B. Bailey
Costumes by Linda Rowand
Lighting Design by Joanne Johnson
Sound Design by Jeff Rowand
Stage Managed by Ruthie Weller-Passman
Properties by Heather Johns

Buck Creek Playhouse will hold open auditions for the musical within a comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. Director D. Scott Robinson and Vocal Director Matthew Konrad Tippel are looking for eight men, five woman, and a small ensemble of men and women for this large cast show. Auditioners should come prepared with sixteen to twenty measures of an audition song with sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. No accompaniment tracks or unaccompanied singing, please. Please come prepared to dance, and bring tap shoes if you have them. You may be asked to read from the script or to sing from the score. All roles are available. *If cast as Robert Martin, George, or Underling, you may be asked to purchase your own tap shoes for the production.

The Drowsy Chaperone is scheduled for a nine-performance run June 1-17, 2012. To peruse a reading copy of the script, please contact us at buckcreekplayers@yahoo.com. Please bring a list of all conflicts from March through June 2012.

If you’ve ever sat in a dark theatre and thought, “Dear Lord in Heaven, please let it be good,” then this is the musical comedy for you! It all begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his record player, and the musical literally bursts to life around him in his living room, telling the rambunctious and comedic tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. The Drowsy Chaperone, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, pays tribute to the Jazz-age shows of the 1920’s and the power those shows held to transport us into a dazzling fantasy…lifting our spirits in times of need.

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Roles Available

Character	Description
Man in Chair	Male, 35 to 50. Narrator who helps bring to life his favorite record album of the 1928 musical, The Drowsy Chaperone.
Mrs. Tottendale	Female, 40 to 60, wealthy widow, often forgetful.
Underling	Male, 40 to 60, Mrs. Tottendale’s butler. Must be able to do one very simple tap step.
Robert Martin	Male, 20s to 30s, the groom. Proficient tap dancer.
George	Male, 20s to 30s, Robert’s best man. Proficient tap dancer.
Mr. Feldzieg	Male, 35 to 55, Janet’s producer who hopes she doesn’t get married.
Kitty	Female, 25 to 35, a chorus girl looking for a break into show business.
Gangster #1	Male, 25 to 45, disguised as a pastry chef, after Mr. Feldzieg.
Gangster #2	Male, 25 to 45, disguised as a pastry chef, after Mr. Feldzieg.
Aldolpho	Male, 25 to 45, a womanizing cad who is set up by Feldzieg to destroy the wedding.
Janet van de Graaff	Female, 20 to 30, once a showgirl, always a showgirl, the bride. Proficient dancer.
Drowsy Chaperone	Female, 30 to 50, Janet’s companion, weary of the world, but not champagne.
Trix	Female, 25 to 40, the aviatrix/female pilot. African-American in the script, but not necessary.
Ensemble	4 Male & 4 Female, various ages (20 and older)

 

Questions?
Please contact Director D. Scott Robinson by e-mail at buckcreekplayers@yahoo.com.