Tree County Players Audition Packet - Audition Dates: April 27-28 Performance Dates: June 25-29

Tree County Players
  Audition Packet

   Audition Dates: April 27-28

  Performance Dates: June 25-29

Synopsis:

Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback
of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs
by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnell’s new book embraces story theatre and features
verbatim passages from Hugo’s gothic novel.

The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-
century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be "Out There," observes all
of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon
Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated
cruelly by all but the beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda. Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by
her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As
the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the gypsies – and it’s up
to Quasimodo to save them all.

A sweeping score and powerful story make The Hunchback of Notre Dame an instant classic.
Audiences will be swept away by the magic of this truly unforgettable musical.

Audition Information:
      Auditions will be held at the playhouse on April 27 from 9 AM- 2 PM, April 28 from 7 PM- 9 PM, and
       April 29 from 4 PM- 9 PM
      Sign-ups for auditions will be on: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4CAFAD2AA1FA7-oklahoma
           o This link is the correct link, disregard the Oklahoma on the end.
      If you are unable to make these auditions or are unable to access the internet, you may schedule an
       audition by calling 765.894.5306. You must call before April 28 to schedule an audition via phone or
       schedule an alternate audition time.
               o Requests for alternate audition times made after April 28 will not be honored.
      Please have all rehearsal time conflicts with you – if we know about a time conflict, we can often work
       around it. Attending rehearsals is very important. Casting preference will be given to those who can
       attend and stay for all required practices.

Rehearsal Information:
      Show rehearsals will begin the week of May 6th.
      No Saturday or Sunday rehearsals are anticipated, but may be required.
      Depending upon the role, some cast members will not be required to attend all rehearsals.
      ALL cast members are required to attend ALL rehearsals during show week.
      Rehearsals on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday will usually begin at 6:00 pm and will usually end by
       8:30 pm, except the week before the show and show week. These rehearsals may go until 9:00 pm or
       later. Wednesday and Friday rehearsals will be TBA.

What Will The Audition Consist Of?:
      Completing an audition information form (these may be completed in advance—form follows.)
      Performance of a memorized monologue chosen from one of those included in this package.
       Memorization is required. This shows us that you are capable of memorizing lines and it frees you to
       present a demonstration of your acting ability rather than your reading ability.
      Performance of 16 measures of a Broadway style song, preferably from the show.
      React to some casting committee requests (e.g. – changing emotions, physical reactions, etc.).
      Possibly read lines from the script

Your Audition Will Be Rated Based On:
      Characterization
      Rehearsal availability
      Vocal quality, tone, and sound
      Comic ability – is very important and may outweigh other qualities
      Stage presence
      Ability to convey emotions
      Articulation and dialogue understandability
      Timing

            CAST WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA E-MAIL ABOUT WHAT ROLE THEY HAVE BEEN CAST IN.

MONOLOGUE CHOICES

                                          Male/Quasimodo Monologue Choice:
Chorus/Ensemble Monologue Choice:
                                           Years later, in the crypts below Notre Dame,
  Creeping past the ghostly fountains      there were discovered two skeletons. One of
   beside which beggars slept. They        which held the other in its embrace. The first
   ducked into the shadows to avoid           was that of a woman with a woven band
being seen by a pair of women at the        around her neck. The second was that of a
    windows holding candles, which        man whose spinal column was crooked. When
  sputtered in the gathering fog. The     they tried to detach the skeleton he held in his
curfew had sounded long ago and the                  arms, he crumbled to dust.
  streets were becoming blacker and
 more deserted every moment. They
could distinguish nothing of the mass            Male/Frollo Monologue Choice:
    of buildings, except black roofs
   at strange acute angles. And the               So a gypsy dares to enter this holy
 labyrinth of alleys and bridges like a             place. Your kind aren’t allowed
     ball of thread tangled by a cat.             here. What are you doing in here?
                                                    The boy doesn’t need your help.
                                                  He’s my charge. God loves even a
 Female/Esmerelda Monologue Choice:                  monster. Some of us are less
                                                   human. In the moral sense. You
  Why do you hate us so much? What did             dance in public without shame or
  we ever do to you?! I came here to find              modesty. Do you also deny
 that boy. It was my fault he was up on the        possessing black magic? You’re
    stage in the first place. He’s no less        clever. You twist the truth just as you
     human than the rest of us. I dance          twist your body and dance. Our Lord
   because I enjoy it. Others enjoy it, too,     Jesus said something. You see him
 and give me money. If I had the power of         on the cross there, gazing down on
 magic, why wouldn’t I use it to help myself        us? Midnight mass is starting. I
  and my people?! Your grace, there must             must go. My child, though your
    be some charity inside you. If you’ve          people are lost, maybe something
    helped that boy, then surely you can             within you can be saved. Stay.
  extend that kindness to others almost as        Perhaps you’ll see what true beauty
 unfortunate. How you would wish others to         is and we…We can continue this
     treat you, could you not treat them?               conversation afterwards.

Audition Form

Please print legibly
Name:________________________________________________________________Grade:_____________
Address:_________________________________________________________________________________
City:_______________________________ State:________________________ ZIP:____________________
Phone: ____________________________________ Cell Phone: ___________________________________
E mail:____________________________________________________________T -Shirt Size:____________
List role/s you are most interested in below:
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________

Show dates are June 25-29

Are you involved in any activities or job which would prevent you from being at rehearsals?
________________________________________________________________________________________

If so, what days & times?
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
(Use back of form if you need more space)

Any family willing to help with this show (sets, costumes, publicity, cast meals, etc.)? _______________

If so, please list contact information for them (e-mail address or phone number - e-mail is preferable)
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________

Please list past theatrical experience:
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________

        Are you willing to help backstage? _________________ - please check areas of interest below
        Sets_____________ Props _______ Costumes ______ Lights _______ Sound ____________
         Stage crew ____________ Publicity ________ Make-up _______ Photography __________

Female Song Choice- God Help The Outcasts

Male Song Choice
   Out There

Male Song Choice
     Hellfire

Female Song Choice
  Top of the World

Male Song Choice
 Heaven’s Light