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Note: Facebook is not letting us change the cover photo. Oliver! is the correct show.Auditions for Artist Connection Theatre's production of Oliver! will be held December 6 at 10:00 and December 8 at 6:30, with performances February 27 - March 15. Directed by Lori Newton.
Bring a headshot if available (selfies are fine) and conflicts from December 14 - March 15. Prepare a 30-second musical theatre piece that showcases your vocal abilities. There will also be a movement component, as well as cold readings from the script. We welcome actors of all experience levels ages 10 and up to audition for this timeless classic.
Synopsis and character descriptions:
Consider yourself at home with Lionel Bart's classic musical based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actors and audience members alike.
The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family.
Available Roles:
Oliver Twist: A workhouse boy about 11 years of age. Gender: male, Age: 8 to 12, Vocal range top: E5, Vocal range bottom: A3
Fagin: An elderly receiver - runs training academy for young pickpockets. Gender: male Age: 50 to 70, Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: A2
The Artful Dodger: Fagin's brightest pupil - an undersized 16. Gender: male Age: 14 to 18 Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Bill Sikes: A villain in his prime. Gender: male Age: 30 to 45 Vocal range top: D4 Vocal range bottom: A2
Nancy: 23 years old - a graduate of Fagin's academy, and Bill's doxy. Gender: female Age: 20 to 25 Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: F3
Bet: A 15 year old lass in Fagin's establishment - idolises Nancy. Gender: female Age: 14 to 18 Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: Ab3
Mr. Bumble: A large and pompous Beadle of the workhouse. Gender: male Age: 35 to 60 Vocal range top: Ab4 Vocal range bottom: C3
Mrs. Corney: A sharp-tongued, domineering widow - the Workhouse Mistress. Gender: female Age: 40 to 55 Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: C4
Mr. Brownlow: An old gentleman of wealth and breeding. Gender: male Age: 55 to 70
Mr. Sowerberry: The Undertaker. Gender: male Age: 45 to 60 Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: C3
Mrs. Sowerberry: Mr. Sowerberry's wife and his overseer. Gender: female Age: 45 to 60 Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: C4
Charlotte: The Sowerberry's flirty young daughter. Gender: female Age: 18 to 25
Noah Claypole: Mr. Sowerberry's pimply apprentice. Gender: male Age: 18 to 25
Mr. Grimwig: A Doctor. Gender: male Age: 30 to 50
Mrs. Bedwin: The Brownlow's Housekeeper. Gender: female Age: 45 to 60 Vocal range top: B4 Vocal range bottom: C4
Old Sally: A Pauper. Gender: female Age: 50 to 70
Charley Bates: A boy in Fagin's establishment. Gender: male Age: 10 to 18
Ensemble: Workhouse boys, workhouse assistants, bow street runners, street vendors and crowd, etc. Gender: any
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