Utah- Grand Theatre auditions
The Grand Theatre, located at 1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City, will be holding auditions for "Once on This Island" by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty on Saturday, November 16, 2013. The auditions will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will be held in the Annex, located at 1610 South 250 East, in the south east corner of the South City Campus. Andra Harbold will be directing the production and it will run March 6-22, 2014 at the Grand Theatre.
Those wishing to audition will need to call the Grand Theatre box office at (801) 957-3322 to schedule an audition time. Those auditioning can present a monologue or fable of their choice and 16 bars from either "Once on This Island" or another musical. Men and women of ethnic minority backgrounds are highly encouraged to audition.
Available Roles:
Little Girl/Little Ti
Moune
Ti Moune as a child, as known as "The Little Girl"; Ti Moune means
"little orphan"
The Storytellers
Mama Euralie
Ti Moune's
adoptive mother, a peasant
Tonton Julian
Ti Moune's
adoptive father, a peasant
Ti Moune/Peasant
Girl
dark-skinned peasant girl, a dreamer
Daniel
Beauxhomme/Beauxhomme/Daniel's Son
grand homme, light-skinned, Ti Moune's
love interest
Armand/Gatekeeper/Daniel's
Father
Armand, a Frenchman, Daniel's ancestor; also Daniel's stern
father
Andrea/Madame Armand
Andrea,
Daniel's promised wife; Madame Armand, Daniel's mother
Papa Ge
The sly Demon of
Death, trickster and antagonist
Asaka
Mother of the Earth, Ti
Moune's guide
Agwe
God of Water, mentor of
Ti Moune
Erzulie/Peasant
Girl
Beautiful Goddess of Love, who gives Ti Moune strength
The STORYTELLERS also play PEASANTS, GOSSPIPERS, and GUESTS at the Ball.