{"id":678,"date":"2022-07-13T10:14:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T15:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westmontparks.org\/wpa\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=678"},"modified":"2022-07-18T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T15:31:25","slug":"november-22-auditions","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/westmontparks.org\/wpa\/event\/november-22-auditions\/","title":{"rendered":"“November 22” Auditions 8\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cNovember 22nd<\/sup>\u201d is a new musical written by award winning songwriter John Benischek and\u00a0 is being produced by The\u00a0 Westmont Performing Arts Theatre with World Premiere Performance dates set for November 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 at Westview Hills Middle School, 630 W 65th St, Willowbrook, IL.<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/h3>\n

\u201cNovember 22nd\u201d is the powerful story of a boy who dreams of becoming an admired hero, but when another man is killed for trying to make this a better world, he becomes known throughout history as a despised villain. The purpose of this musical is to make the audience laugh, cry, think, question what they have been told, become \u00a0angry, and finally walk out of the theater motivated to make this a better world. The goal is to make this show a masterpiece.<\/p>\n

Auditions will be conducted at the Westmont Park District, 75 E Richmond St, Westmont, IL.<\/strong>
Non-Equity Audition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday August 10 6:30pm-9:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday August 13 9:00am-5:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please sign up for a time slot here:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/409044DA5A92CA13-november<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Backs by invitation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday August 17 6:30pm-9:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday August 20 9:00am-5:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

If interested please bring your headshot, resume, a list of conflict dates, and either two 60 second contrasting monologues or one 90 second monologue that shows a range of emotions.<\/p>\n

Also, be prepared to sing either a verse or chorus of a song you know, and sing one of the songs from this show (the lyrics & recordings of all the songs from this show will be in the link below.)\u00a0 If you are not a singer, don\u2019t worry, there are also non-singing roles and dancer roles. We will also try to teach everyone some dance steps.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Link to the Female song to learn (\u201cHow Dare You\u201d) demo recording & lyrics for your Audition:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Female Song<\/a><\/p>\n

Link to the Male song (\u201cThings Are Going to Change\u201d) demo recording & lyrics to learn for Audition:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Male Song<\/a><\/p>\n

Link to the script of “November 22nd” and demo recordings of all the songs in the Musical:<\/strong><\/p>\n

script<\/a><\/p>\n

Time Commitment:<\/h3>\n

We’d like to start rehearsals on August 27 and then try to do 2 or 3 per week (only selected people Monday-Thursday and then hopefully everyone on Saturdays.<\/p>\n

Tech Week begins on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Characters- Male:<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

LEE:\u00a0<\/b>age-17-25, baritone or tenor, short, confident, naive, intelligent, earnest, last scene cries, (Michael J Fox)<\/p>\n

JFK:\u00a0<\/b>age-25-45, baritone or tenor, Must be a great singer. Charismatic, Handsome, Boston accent nice to have.<\/p>\n

COLONEL:\u00a0<\/b>age-40-65, baritone, Charismatic, Macho alpha male, walks with a limp. (Charlton Heston)<\/p>\n

MR BIG:\u00a0<\/b>age-40-65, baritone or tenor, Evil charismatic villain<\/p>\n

JACK_RUBY:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-50, baritone or tenor, Chicago mob accent (Danny DeVito, Joe Pesci)<\/p>\n

SERGEANT:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>age-30-50, baritone, macho alpha male.<\/p>\n

4STAR_GENERAL:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-65, baritone or tenor, macho (George C Scott)<\/p>\n

3STAR_GENERAL:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-65, baritone or tenor, macho (George C Scott)<\/p>\n

MAFIAGUY:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-65, baritone, mob accent (Sheldon Leonard)<\/p>\n

MARINE1, MARINE2:\u00a0<\/b>age-20-40, baritone or tenor, macho<\/p>\n

CIA_GUY:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-65, baritone or tenor, sneaky<\/p>\n

KRUSHCHEV<\/b>,\u00a0BORIS, GOLDTHUMB:\u00a0<\/b>age-40-60, baritone or tenor, strong Russian accent.<\/p>\n

NEWS_ANCHOR<\/b>,\u00a0FULL_DRESS_MARINE, PRIEST:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-65, baritone, Must have great speaking voice (James Earl Jones, Orson Wells, Walter Cronkite, Morgan Freeman)<\/p>\n

PRISONER:\u00a0<\/b>age-20-65, baritone or tenor, seeking redemption, emotional, misses wife & kids.<\/p>\n

GHOST_DAD:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>age-40-65, baritone, the ghost of Lee\u2019s dead father. Very emotional scene.<\/p>\n

LBJ:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-65, baritone or tenor, Texas accent, seething with jealousy over JFK.<\/p>\n

BANKER:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-65, baritone or tenor, Loves money.<\/p>\n

DETECTIVE1, DETECTIVE2:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-50, baritone, Texas accents<\/p>\n

DAVID:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-50, baritone, thinks he is a comedian.<\/p>\n

DR_O:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-65, baritone or tenor, calm at first but very scary when angry.<\/p>\n

VLAD, DIPLOMAT:\u00a0<\/b>age-25-50, Russian accent.<\/p>\n

DR_CRENSHAW, DR_ROSE, DR_PERRY:\u00a0<\/b>age-20-40, baritone or tenor, doctors at Parkland hospital.<\/p>\n

PAULGROODY:\u00a0<\/b>age-20-40, baritone or tenor, The undertaker.<\/p>\n

LOUIS:\u00a0<\/b>age-20-40, baritone or tenor, The minister who has to be talked into giving the eulogy for Lee.<\/p>\n

MAN1, MAN2, PEASANT<\/b>,\u00a0MANAGER,\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0PILOT, COP1, COP2, YOUNGMAN<\/b>,\u00a0BOBBY<\/b>,\u00a0AID, REPORTER1, NURSE1, NURSE2<\/b>:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0age-20-40, baritone or tenor, cops with Texas accents, Bobby with Boston accent. Male Nurses are physically large.<\/p>\n

<\/h3>\n

Characters- Female:<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

JACKIE:\u00a0<\/b>age-20-30 alto, – Intelligent, passionate, must be able to cry<\/p>\n

MARINA:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>age-18-25 alto or soprano. Russian accent, confident, passionate, a fighter, does cry<\/p>\n

JUDYTH:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>age-18-25 alto, genius scientist, naive but learns quickly, always moral<\/p>\n

LITTLE_BO_PEEP:\u00a0<\/b>age-20-50 alto, A stripper, starts sweet\/innocent then dominatrix,<\/p>\n

MARGARITE:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-50 alto, Oswald\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n

DOROTHY:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>age-20-50 alto or soprano, Newspaper reporter, feisty<\/p>\n

MARY:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-50 alto or soprano, scientist, good sense of humor.<\/p>\n

JUDGE:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>age-30-50 alto or soprano, Intelligent, serious<\/p>\n

SECRETARY:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>age-20-50 alto or soprano,\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Not very bright, chews gum<\/p>\n

WOMAN2:\u00a0<\/b>age-30-50 alto or soprano,\u00a0 Must be able to weep.<\/p>\n

WAITRESS:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>age-20-50 alto or soprano, seductive<\/p>\n

WOMAN1<\/b>,\u00a0OPERATOR<\/b>,\u00a0YOUNG_WOMAN, INTERCOM, MRS_LINCOLN:\u00a0<\/b>ages-20-50\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Director, John Benischek<\/p>\n

For any questions, please contact Bobby Yonkee ryonkee@westmontparks.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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