4/3-4 - AUDITIONS for RENT, Musical by Jonathan Larson Directed by Kelly Stuible at Riverwalk Theatre
Music Direction by Nicole Martin

April 3-4, 7 pm
Production Dates: June 2-12, 2016
This Tony and Pulitzer Award winning rock musical opened 20 years ago and changed the face of Broadway. Experience a year in the lives of a group of NYC friends facing disease, success, troubled relationships, heartbreak, and selling out – as the new millennium looms. For more information on auditions, please follow www.rentatriverwalk.blogspot.com. NOTE that we’re looking for a diverse company, and may not stick to the ethnicities of the original cast.

Angel Dumott Schunard - The eccentric HIV-positive street drummer. A drag queen with an incredible gift of dance and a magnetic personality. He becomes Tom’s lover. Male, 20-30 years old, Strong Dancer Range: C3 - A4 
Benjamin Coffin III - Landlord of Mark and Roger’s apartment building. A former roommate in the loft, Benny traded in his personal morals for power and wealth. Male, 25-35 years old, range: Bb2 - F#4 
Joanne Jefferson - A public interest lawyer and headstrong lesbian. She is smart and purposeful in all her decisions. Carries on a tumultuous relationship with Maureen. Female, 25-40 years old, range: G3 - E5 
Mark Cohen - Filmmaker and video artist. Knee deep in his own soul-searching, Mark is the typical young artist. He and Roger are roommates in the loft. A bit of a nerd. Male, 20-30 years old, range: A2 - G4 
Maureen Johnson - An unpredictably zany performance artist. Maureen oozes sexuality and used to live in the loft. She has recently dumped Mark for Joanne. Female, 20-30 years old, range: C4 - F5 
Mimi Marquez - An HIV-positive stripper with drug addictions. Slender and sickly, she conceals it all at her job in the local strip club. She lives in the same building as the loft. Female, 18-25 years old, strong dancer, range: Eb3 - E5 
Roger Davis - A struggling musician and former drug addict. He is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain. Roommates with Mark in the loft and battles with being HIV-positive. Male, 20-25 years old, range: F2 - A4 
Tom Collins - A computer genius and liberal professor. He is a nurturer with a smooth and relaxed disposition. Used to be a roommate in the loft and is HIV-positive. Male, 25-35 years old, range: F#2 - A4 
Company: All ages, ethnicities, and types invited to audition! Police Officers,Vendors, Support Group, Homeless People, Junkies, Parents, Backups, The Man, Alexi\Darling, Mr. Grey, Restaurant Man, Pastor
Come prepared to dance and sing a song; accompanist provided.


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Thriller by Frederick Knott
Directed by Rita Deibler

Auditions:  Sun & Mon,  Jan. 24 & 25, 7 pm.

Production Dates: March 31 - ­April 10, 2016

A Broadway hit, this masterfully constructed play moves from one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying, breath­stopping, final scene. The tense thriller features a blind woman trapped in her apartment, terrorized by a trio of thugs.

Cast of Characters:

Mike Talman - Professional conman and has spent time in jail. Tall (at least taller than Suzy) appearing between 30 and 45 years of age. He must be likeable, seem sincere but has a dark and ruthless streak. He has to carry a major portion of the show.

Sgt. Carlino - Professional conman. Not as like­able as Mike, he’s a thug, perhaps a little older than Mike. Nervous and desperate for the money, he follows Mike’s lead. At some points he must be able to evoke sympathy from the audience. His character offers more potential for comedic moments than the others, rather like a character Peter Lorre might play.

Harry Roat, Jr. - Professional conman, the leader. Likely older than Mike and Carlino but he plays varying characters in this con so must be versatile. Dark and sinister, he’s only interested in himself and will do anything for the pay day. He is capable of murder. We should be afraid of him.

Suzy Hendrix - Blinded in an accident as an adult, Suzy is still adjusting to her blindness, late twenties to mid thirties in age. Suzy is like­able, naive with an air of innocence. She struggles to be as independent as she used to be but must rely on her husband for a great deal and this is difficult for her to accept.

Sam Hendrix - A photographer, about the same age as Suzy perhaps a little older. While he is only in a few scenes, the audience must still trust him, he should be friendly and cheerful.

Gloria - Between 9 and15, she lives upstairs and is paid to assist Suzy with chores and shopping. Living with a mother more interested in dating than being a mother, Gloria has grown independent and temperamental. She seeks attention/approval from Sam as a father figure. She helps Suzy outwit the conmen.

(2) Policemen - They can be men or women; they only appear in the final scene. Perhaps they assist with props and scene shifts. Their ages can be anywhere from 25-­50; they should have the quick and efficient movements of investigative officers.

Please prepare a brief MONOLOGUE and be ready to read from the script.
Perusal scripts are available at the Riverwalk office, Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 5:30 pm. Call 517-482-5700 to check availability or request a scanned copy: [email protected]

Also NOTE:
Riverwalk’s “Rent” AUDITIONS have been moved to April 3-4 (previously March 6-7) Director Kelly Stuible.

Dramedy adapted by Dale Wasserman from Ken Kesey’s novel,
 
Directed by Diane Cooke & Liz Cooke
 
Audition Dates:  Sun & Mon, December 13 &14, 2015, at 7 pm.
 
Production Dates:  February 11-21, 2016
 
A charming rogue finagles a short sentence in an airy mental institution to avoid a term in prison.  He leads the other “quirky” inmates in a revolt for TV privileges and clashes with the formidable head nurse. Consequences follow. Set in the early 1960’s.
 
Cast of Characters:
 
The Patients:

Chief Bromden – An imposing man of mixed Native American and white heritage. Pretends to be a deaf mute in order to protect himself from the forces of “The Combine”

Dale Harding – A college-educated, handsome (if somewhat effeminate) man, who everyone knows has a very sexy wife at home

Billy Bibbit –A stuttering, possibly suicidal man thanks to a dominating mother

Scanlon – A balding, sulking man

Cheswick – A chubby little man – turbulent one moment to cringing the next

Martini –An eager but delusional Italian

Ruckley – Once a powerful man, now blank-faced and empty-eyed

Randle P. McMurphy – A gambling ‘bad boy. A charming con man with a devilish grin.

The Staff:

Aide Warren and Aide Williams – Men hired to assist with patients and help maintain order on the ward


Dr. Spivey – Resident Psychiatrist - Pipe-smoking, glasses-fumbling, easily influenced man


Nurse Ratched – The Head Nurse – definitely IN CHARGE! Pretty beneath the hard exterior, can go from screaming for control - to in control in 0-60 seconds.


Nurse Flinn – The pretty nurse who gives out the pills. A ditzy, but efficient(ish) catholic girl


Aide Turkle – Elderly night watchman
 
Others:


Candy Starr – A prostitute with a ‘heart of gold’. “A real dish”


Sandra – Candy’s friend – An ‘earthy wench’
  
Come prepared to read from the script. Perusal scripts are available at the Riverwalk Theatre Office Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm
You may request a perusal script by email from [email protected] or from [email protected]