A funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum CANCELLED (for now!)
4 July 2009 – 4 July 2009
Audition Dates
4 July 2009 – 4 July 2009- Sat 4 July 2009
Details
- Playwright
- See later!
- Director
- Lars Jensen
MELVILLE THEATRE COMPANY -AUDITIONS
We Regret to announce that the auditions for this production have ben cancelled.
Due to certain production difficulties we have poatponed this musical until the second season of 2010.
Arrangements are currently being finalised for a substitute production to fill the October slot and will be posted as soon as they come to hand.
Our sincere apologies to all who have expressed interest in this show- keep your options open for early next year.
For their October musical.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
By Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart, Titus Maccius Plautus.
Saturday July 4th from 2 pm
"This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as timeless as comedy itself." -Vincent Canby, The New York Times"The most urbane and literate musical comedy text ever conceived." -John Simon, New York magazine
In a desperate attempt to win his freedom, the slave, Pseudolus, attempts to help his young master, Hero, earn the love of a courtesan, Philia. Meanwhile, Pseudolus has to outsmart Hero's parents, the slave-master, Lycus, and the large man that has already paid for Philia, Miles Gloriosus. Also, an old man Erronious is desperately searching for his lost children who were kidnapped by pirates at infancy.
Characters
Senex, An old man, Baritone, Aged 40 – 75
Domina, His wife, Mezzo, Aged 40 – 60
Hero, Their son, Tenor, Aged 17 – 25
Erronius, An even older man, Baritone, Aged 65 – 85
Lycus, A Buyer and seller of female flesh, Baritone, Aged 30 – 65
Philia, A young courtesan, Soprano, Aged 16 – 24
Pseudolus/Prologus , A slave to Hero, Baritone, aged 30 – 60
Miles Gloriosus, A roman soldier, Baritone Aged 30 – 45
Hysterium, The house slave of Senex and Dominia, Baritone, Aged 35 – 65
Courtesans, Aged 16 – 65
Proteans, Aged 16 – 65 (3 actors playing a number of roles throughout the play)
Please prepare a song from a musical displaying your vocal ability. This can be either unaccompanied or you can bring a backing CD with no vocals.
The timeslots are 15 minutes but as we will also pair people up to do a bit of reading from the play please be prepared to stay for about an hour.
Please arrive 15 minutes early to fill in your personal details.
Due to the complexity of the musical we will not be able to give parts to people who are involved in other plays at the same time.
The show will run for 3 weeks from the beginning of October.
Please E-mail Lars Jensen using the heading Forum on vandlars@bigpond.net.au to book an audition timeslot or phone 9354 7651
Contact
This audition has concluded. Contact details are not available for past events.