Rochester Community Players will hold open auditions for the final production of its 99th season—the musical BABY with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.; music by David Shire; and book by Sybille Pearson. Auditions will be 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 21 and Thursday, August 22, 2024, at The Theater at Innovation Square (formerly Xerox Auditorium), 131 Chestnut Street, in downtown Rochester. The director is Michael C. Krickmire and Music Director is Jim Schmitt.
BABY is a musical story of three couples of different ages working their way through pregnancy toward parenthood under three very different sets of circumstances. All are welcome to audition with RCP supporting and encouraging ethnically diverse and inclusive casting.
Please prepare 16 bars each of an up-tempo song and a ballad that best suit your vocal range. An accompanist will be provided (please bring sheet music). Audition scenes will be provided and time will be given to become familiar with scenes before presentation. No dance auditions are required as minimal dancing is needed for the production, only an ability to move well to music. Please provide a head shot and resume, if possible.
THE COUPLES:
Danny…20s, college student and baseball player who dreams of being a musician and composer but is afraid to take the risks that might be required. Lizzie’s energetic, loving and supporting steady boyfriend. Vocal range: top A4, Bottom A2.
Lizzie…20s, college student who dreams of being a writer. Danny’s loving and supporting steady girlfriend. She has a visionary, adventurous, demonstrative, and energetic personality. Vocal range: top F5, bottom G3
Nick…Mid-30s, athletic, the college baseball coach. A jokester who is madly in love with his wife, Pam. An “everybody’s best friend” type with personality plus, who yearns to become a dad. Vocal range: top F#4, bottom B2
Pam…Mid-30s, an athlete and the college basketball coach who questions her femininity. She is madly in love with her husband, Nick, and wants to be a mom with every inch of her being. She possesses a funny, open, and “easy to make friends with” type of personality. Vocal range: top F5, bottom G2
Alan…Mid-40s. A college administrator or professor. Witty, professional in nature and a fatherly figure. Arlene’s husband. With their children grown, an “empty nester” facing a re-definition of his dynamic with his wife and his purpose in life. Vocal range: top F4, bottom B2
Arlene…Mid-40s. Alan’s wife. Warm, socially involved, highly educated, and worldly wise. Now a “former” full-time mom (“empty nester”), she faces a new definition of her life and her dynamic with her husband. A level-headed, but adventurous woman who sees new possibilities for her future. Vocal range: Ab5, bottom B2
PLUS, an ensemble of at least three women and two men who play many diverse roles such as college administrators, nurses, doctors, realtors, and friends.
Rehearsals will begin in early September and continue on Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings through November 1. Technical rehearsals, dress rehearsals and performances will be November 3 through 10 at The Theater at Innovation Square.