Auditions for First Coast Opera's Three Penny Opera, Monday, October 5th, 2009

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Auditions for First Coast Opera's production of

The Threepenny Opera

are 7PM Monday October 5th at the Ponte Vedra High School Auditorium (460 Davis Park Rd.)

Most supporting roles are paid positions.

Men Needed (still need ladies too!)

http://www-pvhs.stjohns.k12.fl.us/Directions
Auditions for First Coast Opera's production of The Threepenny Opera will be held Monday, October 5th, 2009 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, at the Ponte Vedra High School Auditorium at 460 Davis Park Road, Ponte Vedra, FL.

Please bring headshot and resume. Singers bring one song, preferably by Kurt Weill or a similar style, to audition that would demonstrate similar abilities to those required of the desired role in the show. An accompanist will be provided. There will be cold readings from the script for those roles with dialogue.

The Threepenny Opera, by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, is still considered cutting-edge musical theater even though it was written in the 1920s. Despite its name, it is not an opera. Threepenny is the precursor to modern musical theater (or Broadway) and is an obvious inspiration for such popular shows as Sweeney Todd. It is full of German jazz influences from the period and is famous for the song “The Ballad Of Mack The Knife.” The Threepenny Opera is a darker, challenging piece of theater that will bring something new and fresh to the area’s stages. It is a show most people have heard of but few have actually seen. Threepenny tells the story of anti-hero Macheath, his marriage to Polly Peachum, his arrests, betrayals, prison escapes, blackmails and further run-ins with the law.

Principal Roles:

Macheath (Mack the Knife), male, baritone, 30 â€" 40, lead

Polly Peachum, female, soprano, 17 â€" 27, lead

J. J. Peachum, male, bass-baritone, 40 â€" 60, supporting

Mrs. Peachum, female, alto, 40 â€" 60, supporting

Jenny Diver, female, mezzo, 25 â€" 35, supporting

Tiger Brown, male, baritone, 40 â€" 55, supporting

Lucy Brown, female, mezzo, 20 â€" 30, supporting

Street Singer, male, tenor, supporting

There will be compensation plus possible gas money for principals performers.

There are a number of smaller roles, along with need for additional company members (gang members, beggars, prostitutes, police…)

The Threepenny Opera is under the stage direction of Randall Delone Adkison and will play January 22, 23,29, 30 and 31, 2010 at the Ponte Vedra High School Auditorium in Ponte Vedra, FL.

For more information on auditions check the First Coast Opera website at www.firstcoastopera.com , email fcopera@gmail.com , or leave a message at the FCO ticket line, 904-417-5555.

[Ocklawaha]

okay so since i cant remember my login and password im talking on my dads name again, this is ocks daughter!!!! and i have a question, id love to go audition for the heck of it, but i dont have any headshots...i mean, i have some crappy "professional" pictures. but no headshots..what do i do?