SHE LOVES ME - Lakewood Theatre Company Non Equity Auditions

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for the musical She Loves Me on SATURDAY, JULY 19 and SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2014. Call
503-635-3901 to reserve an audition slot.

She Loves Me is directed by Tobias Andersen. The musical director is Jon Quesenberry.

The director is casting 17 parts (ages 20s-60s). These include 9 featured characters (7 male and 2 females 20s-60s) plus an ensemble of 8 (4 men and 4 women ages 20-40) who play various roles, sing, dance and one man/woman couple must be able to tango! All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. All roles are open for audition and all receive remuneration.

Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

Materials Needed: Please bring a resume, a current head shot, and prepare 32 bars of a Broadway song in the correct key for your voice (no contemporary, pop, rock, Andrew Lloyd Webber or Sondheim). An accompanist will be provided. Please, no recorded music or a cappella singing. Please note: you may be asked to sing from the score at the audition.

Performance Schedule: She Loves Me opens November 7, 2014 and continues through December 21, 2014. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:00 and 7:00 PM, one Saturday at 2:00 PM and twoWednesday evening performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

About the play: She Loves Me features book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and is based on a play by Miklos Laszio.

The story: Georg and Amalia are clerks in a European parfumerie during the 1930s who secretly find solace in their anonymous, romantic pen pals, little knowing their correspondents are each other. She Loves Me is a musical with an endearing innocence and a touch of old world elegance and nostalgia, yet as relevant as ever in the age of internet romances.

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About Lakewood Theatre Company

62 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 400 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 40,000 people to its shows.

- 62nd Season -

Productions in the 2014-15 season are underwritten, in part, by

The Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Work for Art Program

The Oregon Arts Commission

The National Endowment for the Arts

Media Sponsor: The Oregonian, Powering Oregon Live

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ROLE BREAKDOWN:
Please note: All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. All roles are open and all receive remuneration.

* Amalia Balish (Strong Soprano, 20-30s) Attractive, personable, shy. A little too sharp for her own good.
* Georg Nowack (Baritone, 30s) Good looking, soft-spoken, well-read, personable, strong.
* Ilona Ritter (Mezzo, late 30s) A clerk who is experienced in both life and men. Peppy but weary. Makes a resolve not to be a man's puppet anymore.

* Steven Kodaly (Tenor/Baritone, dance 30-40s) Handsome but slick and shallow - a womanizer.
* Ladislav Sipos (Baritone, 35-45) Agreeable but dull man. Browbeaten.
* Arpad Laszlo (Tenor, 18-26) Bright young delivery boy. Hopes to one day own the Parfumerie.
* Maraczek (Baritone, 45-60) Owner of the parfumerie, a stubborn perfectionist.
* Waiter (Tenor, 20-40) Bent on keeping his establishment romantic
* Mr. Keller - (cameo) Private investigator
* Small chorus of customers and cafe patrons. four men, four women (20-40). Two able to tango.

Note: No children are being seen at this audition.

Auditions for She Loves Me are by appointment. Call
503-635-3901 to schedule an appointment.