Kiss Me Kate

The Mousetrap Theatre Company is delighted to be presenting its musical in February in 2012 and has chosen “Kiss Me Kate” by Cole Porter. The Director is Sandra Hines and the Choreographer is Zita Anderson. The three week season will open on Friday, 24th February. Auditions will be held on Sunday, 31st October at 6 pm. Cole Porter’s marvellous musical about a theatre company putting on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” is a delightful romp about love and romance. It was first performed on Broadway in 1948 and was revived very successfully in 1999 where it won the Tony Award for the Best Musical. Fred Graham, the manager and director of the company, was once married to Lilli Vanessi, the leading lady, and is still infatuated with her. In the Shrew, they play Petruchio and Katherine and their stormy relationship runs parallel to their real life relationship. The sub-plot is the rocky romance of Lois Lane, a helpless flirt, and her dance partner and incurable gambler, Bill Cahoun. Enter two gangsters who arrive to collect Bill’s gambling debt but end up as part of the show. Kiss Me, Kate’s musical numbers include Another Opening, Another Show, I Hate Men, Brush Up Your Shakespeare, Too Darn Hot, Always True to You in My Fashion, Why Can’t You Behave, So In Love and From This Moment On. Kiss Me Kate - Cast and songs Lilli Vanessi (Kate)Wunderbar So in Love I Hate Men From This Moment On Kiss Me Kate Fred Graham (Petruchio)Wunderbar I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua Were Thine that Special Face Kiss Me, Kate Where is the Life that Once I Led? So In Love Lois Lane (Bianca)Why Can’t You Behave? Tom, Dick or Harry Always True to You in My Fashion Bill Cahoun (Lucentio)Why Can’t You Behave? Tom, Dick or Harry Bianca Stage ManagerAnother Opening, Another Show Hattie (dresser)Another Opening, Another Show Paul (dresser)Too Darn Hot Harry (Baptista) First Man (gangster)Brush Up Your Shakespeare Second Man/Woman (gangster)Brush Up Your Shakespeare General HowellFrom This Moment On Flynt (Gremio + aide)Tom, Dick or Harry Riley (Hortensio + aide)Tom, Dick or Harry Ensemble Another Opening, Another Show We Open in Venice I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua (Men) Cantiamo D’Amore Too Darn Hot Bianca Auditions will be in groups of four each half hour. Please contact Sandra Hines, director, to register for the time you wish to attend. Call backs will be on Wednesday, 2nd November at 7pm. All auditionees will be required to sing a song from the show: ï‚·Another opening, another show ï‚·So in love ï‚·I hate men ï‚·Too darn hot ï‚·Always true to you in my fashion ï‚·From this moment on ï‚·Brush up your Shakespeare The score is available as a free download: http://www.4shared.com/document/hKxani1_/_Kiss_Me_Kate__Vocal_Score_.html If you are unable to download the song you need for the audition, please contact Sandra Hines to arrange to get the music. The show is also on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d6DMbtKxdc or search for “Kiss me Kate revival” Sandra Hines: phone: 3880 1151, email: shines65@bigpond.com