AUDITION CALL
SWEET CHARITY
WHEN: Monday, September 10 & Tuesday, September 11, 7 - 10 PM (both nights; you can come audition any time during the 3-hour period); CALLBACKS: Wednesday, September 12, from 6 - 10 PM at same location as auditions
WHERE: Knights of Columbus; 770 Kinderkamack Road; River Edge, NJ
REHEARSALS: The first rehearsal is Sunday, September 16th! The rehearsal schedule will be Sundays (time to be announced), Mondays & Wednesdays (7 - 10 PM).
PERFORMANCES:
Thursday, November 15th at 8 PM
Friday, November 16th at 8 PM
Saturday, November 17th at 2 PM & 8 PM
Sunday, November 18th at 2 PM
All performances will be at the Fair Lawn Community Center in Fair Lawn, NJ.
WHAT TO PREPARE:
- Please prepare TWO (2) songs, one ballad and one upbeat: 16-32 bars each.
- An accompanist will be present at the auditions, but you are welcome to perform your songs a cappella instead.
- Please be dressed to move, as there is a dance portion to your audition.
**AGE RESTRICTION**
Must be at least 17-years-old to audition!
SHOW INFORMATION:
Have you ever known a girl who wanted something so badly, that she tried too hard to get it? Meet Charity, the girl who wants to be loved so much, that she has lost sight of who she is. Charity sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances with the "animal magnetism" hero, the "ultra-chic continental" hero and the "impossible-to believe-but-he's-better than nothing" type hero. Her world is the all too real world of Times Square, and the people who pass through her world are as deceptively charming a group as ever swept across any stage. From her cynical, hard-core trio of girlfriends at the dance hall, to the phony evangelist, the Coney Island "fun people", the Central Park "strollers" and the YMHA "self-improvers," every character is interesting.
This is a bright and sophisticated show in every sense. Cy Coleman has captured the rhythms and sounds, and Dorothy Fields the vernacular and fun of New York. It's a comedy in every sense of the word. Neil Simon has a particular talent for looking at the truly amusing side of life. It's a dancing show too, with great opportunity for use of dramatic movement. Wonderful musical numbers include Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Too Many Tomorrows, There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This, I'm a Brass Band and Baby, Dream Your Dream.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
- Charity Hope Valentine, the girl who wanted to be loved
- Oscar Lindquist, a man whom Charity befriends and eventually falls in love with
- Charlie, Charity's boyfriend in the opening of the show, and the name on her tattoo
- Nickie and Helene, Charity's closest friends at the Fandango Ballroom
- Herman, the authoritarian owner of the Fandango Ballroom; Charity's boss
- Vittorio Vidal, a famous Italian movie star
- Ursula March, Vittorio's girlfriend
- Daddy Brubeck, the enigmatic leader of the Rhythm of Life Church
AND OVER 20 FEATURED DANCER/ENSEMBLE ROLES!
TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT!
