A funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum CANCELLED (for now!)

July, 2009

AUDITION

Perth | Musical Theatre | Singer | Suitable for general audiences

Venue:
Melville Theatre

Playwright:
See later!

Director:
Lars Jensen

Details:

MELVILLE THEATRE COMPANY -AUDITIONS

We Regret to announce that the auditions for this production have ben cancelled.

Due to certain production difficulties we have poatponed this musical until the second season of 2010.

Arrangements are currently being finalised for a substitute production to fill the October slot and will be posted as soon as they come to hand.

Our sincere apologies to all who have expressed interest in this show- keep your options open for early next year.

For their October musical.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

By Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart, Titus Maccius Plautus.

Saturday July 4th from 2 pm

"This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as timeless as comedy itself." -Vincent Canby, The New York Times
"The most urbane and literate musical comedy text ever conceived." -John Simon, New York magazine
In a desperate attempt to win his freedom, the slave, Pseudolus, attempts to help his young master, Hero, earn the love of a courtesan, Philia. Meanwhile, Pseudolus has to outsmart Hero's parents, the slave-master, Lycus, and the large man that has already paid for Philia, Miles Gloriosus. Also, an old man Erronious is desperately searching for his lost children who were kidnapped by pirates at infancy.
Characters
Senex, An old man, Baritone, Aged 40 – 75
Domina, His wife, Mezzo, Aged 40 – 60
Hero, Their son, Tenor, Aged 17 – 25
Erronius, An even older man,    Baritone, Aged 65 – 85
Lycus, A Buyer and seller of female flesh, Baritone, Aged 30 – 65
Philia, A young courtesan, Soprano, Aged 16 – 24
Pseudolus/Prologus , A slave to Hero, Baritone, aged 30 – 60
Miles Gloriosus, A roman soldier, Baritone        Aged 30 – 45
Hysterium, The house slave of Senex and Dominia, Baritone, Aged 35 – 65
Courtesans, Aged 16 – 65
Proteans, Aged 16 – 65 (3 actors playing a number of roles throughout the play)
The audition for Forum will take place at the Melville Theatre Saturday July 4^th.
Please prepare a song from a musical displaying your vocal ability. This can be either unaccompanied or you can bring a backing CD with no vocals.
The timeslots are 15 minutes but as we will also pair people up to do a bit of reading from the play please be prepared to stay for about an hour.
Please arrive 15 minutes early to fill in your personal details.
Due to the complexity of the musical we will not be able to give parts to people who are involved in other plays at the same time.
The show will run for 3 weeks from the beginning of October.
Please E-mail Lars Jensen using the heading Forum on vandlars@bigpond.net.au to book an audition timeslot or phone 9354 7651

Bookings Email Address:
vandlars@bigpond.net.au

Bookings Name:
Lars Jensen

Website:
www.meltheco.org.au

Address:
Melville Theatre, Stock Road, Palmyra (opposite Melville Rec. Centre)

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Stage ages

Author: varshar plick (not verified)
Date: 04/05/2009 - 08:41

im 14, but id like to audition for this. Are the ages provided stage ages, or can I go for it?
Thanks for your help

See that phone number and

Author: Kendra Mitchell (not verified)
Date: 04/05/2009 - 09:15

See that phone number and email address there? Just use them and you can find out the answers to your questions.

Auditions

Author: varshar plick (not verified)
Date: 04/05/2009 - 13:30

Thanks for the idea. I probably should have realised it. My bad.

Audition ages

Author: valerat goshbag (not verified)
Date: 27/05/2009 - 17:09

Hi. I tried emailing the person running the auditions, because i was wondering the same thing. What do i do now?? I also called a few times but didnt get a response. Please help me.
=)

Men

Author: Walter Men (not verified)
Date: 28/05/2009 - 16:17

7 out of the 9 main roles are men.
How are you going to cast that many men who can sing?
There are so many other musicals out there which have plenty of female roles. You'd have way more luck casting something with a female heavy cast.

I'm sure there are 7 actors

Author: jeffhansen
Date: 28/05/2009 - 21:04

I'm sure there are 7 actors who can sing in Perth. Please feel free to submit a show to direct next year when we call for submissions shortly.

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Walter Men

Author: jeffhansen
Date: 21/06/2009 - 11:29

I was dismissive of Walter Men's comment above, and it seems the chickens may have come home to roost. Response to the audition notice has been poor, and I would encourage anyone who is interested to contact Lars and book an audition time.
Come on musical men of Perth - instead of muttering into your beards about there being no good roles for the older set, get into action and call. We need you - and a few females, by the way.

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29/05/2009 - 08:28 Walter Plopperite (not verified) mee-ow!

blonde

Author: potential auditionee (not verified)
Date: 05/06/2009 - 07:33

to audition for the role of philia, do you need to be blonde?

I don't think hair colour

Author: jeffhansen
Date: 05/06/2009 - 19:16

I don't think hair colour is relevant, no.

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Thanks to those that

Author: jeffhansen
Date: 30/06/2009 - 18:32

Thanks to those that expressed their interest. Unfortunately, our quest for an MD proved fruitless (until the last minute) and last night, the Melville committee met with the director and decided that it would be best to postpone the production until 2010.
An MD has been found, but so as not to do it all in a rush, Forum has been tentatively slotted into the #2 slot for 2010, which would put it around March/April.
Dates will be firmed up when the new committee decides on the 2010 season.
By the way, we are now accepting submissions from directors for next year.

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There is no need to be so

Author: Parent (not verified)
Date: 01/07/2009 - 08:26

There is no need to be so rude and sarcastic in your responses. It is no wonder audition interest was low...people have made some enquiries (young people too) and have been fobbed off with rudeness. Hope you can sort out the attitude before 2010, otherwise you will be postponing the event again!

Why don't you as a parent

Author: Another parent (not verified)
Date: 01/07/2009 - 10:31

Why don't you as a parent teach them some initiative and get them to use contact details that are provided?

Dear Parent. I take full

Author: jeffhansen
Date: 01/07/2009 - 12:19

Dear Parent. I take full responsibility for my own comments, and will sometimes respond in the tone of a previous comment.

I have no idea who Kendra Mitchell (not verified) is.

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