[Barn Players] Additional Auditions For Barn Jr.'s "Striking 12" and "The Girl Who Was Plugged In"
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Additional
Auditions:
Barn Jr.'s "Striking 12" and "The Girl Who Was Plugged
In"
...for students in middle school and high school only (performers ages 12-18).
Something new from The Barn Players and Barn Jr.: An evening of two one-act musicals! Spread the word to your favorite talented middle- through high-schoolers about this unique opportunity!
STRIKING 12
Music, Lyrics & Book by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin & Valerie Vigoda
THE GIRL WHO WAS PLUGGED IN
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by David Spencer, Book by Alan Brennert
Directed by Jason Coats, Musical Direction by James Levy
ADDITIONAL AUDITION DATE:
Wednesday, November 9th from 6:00pm - 9:00pm
At St. Pius School
55th and Woodson, Mission, KS
EXPECTATION and PREPARATION:
Auditions will be an open call both days, and will consist of singing a prepared 32 bar selection of a musical theatre or pop/rock song in the style of the show.
Please Provide: Sheet Music...no CDs & NO ACAPPELLA auditions...Headshot or School Photo / Resume (if available)
Typical weekly rehearsal schedule will by Sunday through Thursday nights from 7 - 10pm. Conflicts with the rehearsal schedule must be kept to an absolute minimum during the rehearsal process. No conflicts will be accepted during dress / tech week (1/2 - 1/5)
PRODUCTION DATES:
January 6th - 15th
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
All performances take place at...
The Barn Players Theatre
6219 Martway in Mission, KS
SYNOPSIS:
STRIKING 12 - On New Year's Eve, an over-worked and under-inspired single guy who's had enough of holiday cheer makes a resolution: to stay home and go to bed early. On another New Year's Eve, a continent away - and more than a century earlier - Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl tries unsuccessfully to sell her matches in the snow. The two stories are brought together when a young woman selling special "full- spectrum holiday light bulbs" to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder shows up at the grumpy man's door. Though the man (who probably could use the bulbs) seems to enjoy the young woman's company, he sends her away. It's not until he reads "The Little Match Girl" that he is finally pulled out of his funk. All of this unfolds through a tuneful pop/rock/jazz score that retains the vibrant style of its original performers: the celebrated band, GrooveLily.
THE GIRL WHO WAS PLUGGED IN - A homeless bag-lady whose soul is transplanted into the body of a gorgeous female android by a company which manufactures celebrities. The show is a one-act musical containing a curious mix of a science fiction framework around traditional themes - the generation gap, a love triangle and the archetypal conflict between those who have power and those who have.
CAST BREAKDOWN:
- STRIKING 12
- NARRATOR 1 (Master of Ceremonies)
- THE MAN WHO'S HAD ENOUGH
- S.A.D. LIGHT SELLER
- LITTLE MATCH GIRL
- JACK
- SMALL PART GUY: GRANDMA; CRAIG; HOGART CAROLER; JONNY, POST-NASAL-DRIP GUY
- NARRATOR 2: PASSERBY; DIANE; TV ANNOUNCER; HOGART CAROLER
- NARRATOR 3: LYDIA; ERICA; TV NEWS CORRESPONDENT; HOGART CAROLER; MRS. PALAMINO; SPACE-INVADING GIRL
- HAPPY FOLEY / BOSS / HOGART SPOKESMAN
- CHORUS roles that can be played by subset of chorus include: COWORKERS; TRAIN CONDUCTORS; PARTIERS; PASSERSBY ON STREET; HOGART CAROLERS
- THE GIRL WHO WAS PLUGGED IN
- P. Burke | Female
- Paul | Male
- Isham | Male
- Delphi | Female
- Joe | Male
- Zanth | Male
- Shannara | Female
- Mugger | Male
- Paramedic | Female
- Voice coach | Female
- Paramedic | Male
For more information, please contact Jason Coats, Educational Coordinator at bar...@thebarnplayers.org or Eric Magnus, Artistic Director of The Barn Players, at emagn...@me.com.