PEACOCK PLAYERS ANNOUNCES

 

MAINSTAGE AUDITIONS

FOR OUR 2008 FAMILY MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF

 

BARNUM

 

DIRECTED BY KEITH WEIRICH

MUSICAL DIRECTION BY JUDY HAYWARD

CHOREOGRAPHY BY SHAINA SCHWARTZ

 

Auditions for Barnum will be held Monday, May 19th & Tuesday, May 20th from 6pm-10pm at 14 Court Street in Nashua, with invited only callback interviews on Wednesday, May 21st between 6pm-10pm.

 

Please prepare a short musical selection that showcases your singing and acting talents. Singing from the show is acceptable. Please bring a headshot or photo, a resume or list of theatre experience (on and off-stage), and your own sheet music, as an accompanist will be provided.

 

To schedule an audition, please email your name, phone number and preferred audition date and time to Artistic Director Keith Weirich at keithw@peacockplayers.org.

 

Performance Dates:

Friday, July 18th – Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Fri @ 7pm, Sat @ 2pm & 7pm, Sun @ 2pm

 

Rehearsal Commitment:
Mondays through Fridays from 7pm-10pm.

The first rehearsal for Barnum will begin on Monday, June 2nd.

 

BARNUM

 

Music by Cy Coleman

Lyrics by Micael Stewart

Book by Mark Bramble

 

Originally Produced on the Broadway Stage by Judy Gordon, Cy Coleman, Maurice and Lois F. Rosenfeld in association with Irwin Feld and Kenneth Feld.

 

Cast size: 50+

All Ages

 

See why "The Greatest Show On Earth" is welcome with open arms all over the world. With songs like There's a Sucker Born Every Minute, The Colors of My Life, I Like Your Style and Love Makes Such Fools of Us All, BARNUM is certain to be a huge success. There will only by one P.T. Barnum, but his enthusiasm and spirit live forever in this show.

 

BARNUM played for 854 performances on Broadway at the St. James Theatre starring Jim Dale and Glenn Close.  This show traces the career of America's greatest showman from 1835 to the year he joined James A. Bailey to form The Greatest Show On Earth.

 

 

 

 

 

BARNUM Character Breakdown:

 

PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM (The Prince of Humbug)

 

CHAIRY BARNUM (P.T. Barnum’s wife)

 

JOICE HETH (The Oldest Woman Alive)

 

TOM THUMB (Smallest Man in the World)

 

JULIUS GOLDSCHMIDT (Jenny Lind’s Manager)

 

JENNY LIND (Swedish soprano)

 

BLUES SINGER

 

JAMES A. BALIEY (Small Circus Owner)

 

RINGMASTER (Circus performer)

 

CHESTER LYMAN (Joice Heth’s Manager)

 

AMOS SCUDDER (Owner of the American Museum)

 

SHERWOOD STRATTON (Tom Thumb’s Father)

 

MRS. SHERWOOD STRATTON (Tom Thumb’s Mother)

 

WILTON (Barnum’s Assistant on the Jenny Lind Tour)

 

EDGAR TEMPLETON (Political Party Boss)

 

HUMBERT MORRISSEY (Political Party Boss)

 

FIRST WOMAN

 

SECOND WOMAN

 

CONCERT MASTER

 

With a strong ensemble of TUMBLERS, JUGGLERS, CLOWNS, AERIALISTS, ACROBATS, GYMNASTS, BRICKLAYERS, PASSERBYS, MUSEUM PATRONS, STRONGMEN, BEEFEATERS, THE “MOB” IN GENERAL, THE BRIDGEPORT PAGEANT CHOIR, AND BANDS OR EVERY SIZE, SHAPE AND DESCRIPTION.

 

Time: 1835 through 1880

The action of the play takes place all over America and the major capitals of the world.

 

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