Audition Packet

Sweeney Todd: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET Performed at the NorShor Theatre

Music and Lyrics by , Book by Hugh Wheeler

Director: Melissa Hart made her directing debut at the NorShor Theater with Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. She recently directed at Artistry in Bloomington, MN, and also Associate Directed FOLLIES, in which she played Hattie Walker. Other directing credits: FULL GALLOP, THE WILD PARTY, , TWELFTH NIGHT, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, GODSPELL, BABY, , LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THREEPENNY OPERA, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, WENCESLAUS SQUARE, ANNIE, YARRRH! – THE MINNESOTA FRINGE FESTIVAL ENTRY IN 2011. On Broadway, she was in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS!, THE APPLE TREE, CABARET, CANDIDE, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, and GEORGY, for which she received a Tony nomination for her role of Meredith. Regionally, she has worked at the Guthrie, the Old Globe, Goodspeed Opera House, North Shore Music Theater, the Alley Theater in Houston, the Royal Palm Dinner Theater, Florida Reparatory Theater, the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles, the Ordway in St. Paul, and numerous others. Music Director: Kyle Picha most recently directed The Full Monty for the Playhouse at the NorShor Theatre. Previous MD credits: Ordway: Mamma Mia!; Old Log Theatre: Guys and Dolls, Ghost the Musical, Million Dollar Quartet, The Wedding Singer, Life Could be a Dream; Yellow Tree Theatre: Violet, Next to Normal; Music Supervisor for Minnetonka Theatre.

AUDITION INFORMATION

WHEN: Saturday, October 20. Sign up for a 5-minute time slot starting at 10am. WHERE: NorShor Theatre rehearsal studios. 211 East Superior Street, 3rd floor (skywalk level)

If you cannot make these auditions, contact Christine Seitz ([email protected]). We will do our best to arrange another time. Video auditions are also acceptable.

• Bring a picture and resume and fill out attached form • Prepare 16-32 bars of a song either from the show, or in the same style of the show • Prepare a monologue (selections attached)

CALLBACKS: Sunday October 21 starting at 4pm You will be asked to sing from the show for specific roles. Vocal selections/sides from the show will be available at callbacks.

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Audition Packet

PREPARATION: Scripts/vocal scores are available for checkout ($5 deposit for 3-day rental) at the NorShor Theatre Box Office, 211 East Superior St.

REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

• START DATE: February 25, 2019 • OPENING DATE: March 28, 2019 • CLOSING DATE: April 14, 2019 • PERFORMANCES: Thursdays-Sundays

Character Age Vocal Range Dialect Range Sweeney Todd 35 - 50 Baritone British

Mrs. Lovett 30 - 50 Mezzo/Belter Cockney

Anthony 20 - 30 Lyric Baritone British

Joanna 20's Soprano British

The Beggar 30 - 50 Soprano British Woman The Judge 40 - 60 Baritone/Bass British

Beadle Bamford 30 - 50 Tenor British

Signor Pirelli 20 - 40 Tenor Italian/Irish

Tobias Teen's Tenor Cockney

Ensemble 5 women – 3 Sopranos, 2 Mezzos 5 men – 2 Tenors, 2 Baritones, 1 Bass

Audition Packet

Monologues

Sweeney Todd It is here we go our several ways. Farewell, Anthony, I will not soon forget the good ship “Bountiful” nor the young man who saved my life. There’s many a Christian who would have let me drown and not lost a wink’s sleep for it, either. I beg your indulgence, boy. My mind is far from easy, for in these onc