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AUDITIONS

 

Front Porch Theatricals is holding auditions for it's 2025 season on January 24-29, 2025 at:​

City Theater (rehearsal hall),

1313 Bingham Street,

Pittsburgh PA 15203​

 

To audition, sign up for a time-slot on Once Hub.​

 

BABY CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

Lizzie - Junior in college. Sincere, honest, optimistic.Gender: female Age: 18 to 28 Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: G3​

 

Danny - Lizzie’s boyfriend. Composer and baseball player. Junior in college.Gender: male Age: 18 to 28 Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: A2​

 

Arlene - Committed to community but struggling with the potential of an empty nest versus her relationship to being a mother and family.Gender: female Age: 38 to 48 Vocal range top: Ab5 Vocal range bottom: A3​

 

Alan - Married to Arlene. Looking for his second chance. Gender: male Age: 38 to 48 Vocal range top: F#4 Vocal range bottom: B2​

 

Nicki - Married to Pam and Danny’s baseball coach. Goofy, fun and energetic. Gender: female Age: 28 to 38 Vocal range top: F#5 Vocal range bottom: F3

 

​Pam - College basketball coach. Neurotic but driven.Gender: female Age: 28 to 38 Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: F3

 

​​SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE​

 

George - In Act 1: George Seurat, a rather cold artist obsessed with his work at the cost of his personal life. Constantly troubled and borderline obsessive. Act 2: Seurat's burnt-out descendant and inventor-sculpture searching for his purpose. In the end, he is able to use his connection to the past to find the meaning in a blank canvas .Gender: male Age: 25 to 40 Vocal range top: Ab4 Vocal range bottom: G#2​

 

Dot/MarieAs Dot - George's headstrong mistress and occasional model so discontent with their relationship that she eventually leaves him. As Marie, George's elderly wheelchair-bound grandmother who helps him connect to his artistry through her grammar book notes.Gender: femaleAge: 20 to 40Vocal range top: D5Vocal range bottom: E3

 

​Old Lady/George's mother - A cranky and rather demanding fixture in the park. She is able to find solace in nostalgia, and inspires George to find order in his art. Optional Doubling as BLAIR DANIELS. Gender: femaleAge: 60 to 80 Vocal range top: Eb5 Vocal range bottom: F#3​

 

Nurse/The Old Lady's attendant - She is calming and assertive. Optional Doublings include HARRIET PAWLING and MRS.Gender: female Age: 40 to 60Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: G3​

 

Jules - A rival artist. Callous, critical, and ultimately shallow. He forces Frieda to engage in extramarital affairs. Optional Doubling as BOB GREENBERG. Gender: maleAge: 25 to 45Vocal range top: F4Vocal range bottom: G2​

 

Yvonne - Jules' pampered wife. She is as snippy and snooty as her husband. Optional Doubling as NAOMI EISEN.Gender: femaleAge: 25 to 35Vocal range top: Eb5Vocal range bottom: E3​

 

Boatman - A surly blue-collared laborer, simple-minded and slovenly. Optional Doubling as CHARLES REDMOND.Gender: maleAge: 35 to 60Vocal range top: Eb4Vocal range bottom: Eb2​

 

Celeste #1 - A young shop girl, gossipy and flirtatious. Her friendship with the other Celeste is strained when they fight over the Soldier and his companion. Optional Doubling as A WAITRESS.Gender: femaleAge: 18 to 30Vocal range top: G5Vocal range bottom: B3​

 

Celeste #2 - Another young shop girl, gossipy and flirtatious. Her friendship with the other Celeste is strained when they fight over the Soldier and his companion. Optional Doubling as ELAINE.Gender: femaleAge: 18 to 30Vocal range top: G5Vocal range bottom: A3​

 

Louise - Jules and Yvonne's spoiled little girl. She faces neglect and abuse from her parents, despite being honest. Optional Doubling as BOY.Gender: femaleAge: 8 to 12Vocal range top: Eb5Vocal range bottom: G3​

 

Franz - Jules's German coachman and Freida's husband. Disgruntled with his job. Has a bit of a temper and secretly yearns for the Nurse. Optional Doubling as DENNIS.Gender: maleAge: 30 to 50Vocal range top: G4Vocal range bottom: B2​

 

Frieda - Jules and Yvonne's cook and Franz's wife. Caring and positive as a surrogate nanny to Louise. Forced by Jules into an affair. Optional Doublings include BETTY and YOUNG MAN.Gender: femaleAge: 35 to 55Vocal range top: F5Vocal range bottom: G3​

 

Soldier - A French military man, polite and gentlemanly. Close with his companion, though he yearns for a separation. Optional Doubling as ALEX.Gender: maleAge: 20 to 35Vocal range top: F4Vocal range bottom: A2​

 

Louis - A baker who Dot starts seeing to make George jealous. Kind, friendly, and very popular, but a bit dull. Optional Doublings include BILLY WEBSTER and MAN.Gender: maleAge: 35 to 55Vocal range top: A4Vocal range bottom: B2

AUDITIONS

"There is no place more positive and joyous than a Front Porch audition room. Thank you for all of the wonderful positivity, energy, and opportunity. And for having me dance for the first time in 8 or so years! All the best to everyone involved and can't wait to see the shows this year!"

 

Laura Karner
 

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