Sunday, July 24 at 7:00pm
Tuesday, July 26 at 7:00pm
AUDITIONS will be held at: Portage Yacht Club 1370 State Hwy 249, Portage, IN. Casting: 18 and over.
Please bring 16 bars to sing, and plan to read from the script. There will not be a dance audition, although some movement will be required in the show for all cast members.
Director: Craig Golbesky
Musical/Vocal Director: Doug Pishkur
Choreographer: Steven Spanopoulos
Costumer: JoBeth Cruz
Synopsis:
Based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it tells the story of a lawyer, Fredrik Egerman, who is married to a very young wife, Anne, who, despite the fact that they have been married almost a year, is still a virgin. He sees an old flame, Desiree Armfeldt, who is appearing in a popular play, and his romantic interest in her is rekindled. However, she is having an affair with a jealous, and married, military man, Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm. Complicating matters is Egerman's son, Henrik, a divinity student who is in love with his stepmother. The play culminates in a weekend at the country estate of Desiree's mother, Madame Leonora Armfeldt, who is looking after Desiree's daughter, Fredrika, while Desiree is on tour.
Most of the music in the show is written in waltz (3/4) time or multiples thereof. Occasionally in the score, Sondheim uses compound meter, a time signature like 12/8, in which there are actually four beats per measure that subdivide into three, giving the music the feeling of a waltz, though it is not a waltz in strict compositional terms. The work is often considered an operetta rather than standard musical comedy. Despite the oblique Mozart reference in the title, the elegant, harmonically-advanced music in this show pays indirect homage to the compositions of Maurice Ravel, especially his Valses nobles et sentimentales. The score contains Sondheim's best-known song, "Send in the Clowns", as well as such songs as "The Glamorous Life," "You Must Meet My Wife," "Every Day a Little Death," "Liaisons," "In Praise of Women," "A Weekend in the Country," and "The Miller's Son." The score makes heavy demands on performers, with extensive use of counterpoint and most singing parts written with an operatic range.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
- Friday October 7 - 8 pm
- Saturday October 8 - 8pm
- Sunday October 9 - 2pm
- Thursday October 13 - 8pm
- Friday October 14 - 8pm
- Saturday October 15 - 2pm & 8pm
- Sunday October 16 - 2pm
Cast:
- Fredrik Egerman-Baritone 40 – 55
- Anne Egerman-Soprano (should appear 18 on stage)
- Petra-Mezzo 18 – 38
- Countless Charlotte Malcolm-Mezzo 35–48
- Henrik Egerman-Tenor 18 – 22
- Fredrika Armfeldt -Mezzo 12 – 16
- Madame Armfeldt -Alto 55 – 85
- Desirée Armfeldt-Mezzo 38 – 50
- Count Carl Magnus-Baritone 38 – 50
Small chorus as well, both men and women, some singing roles, some only speaking roles.
PRODUCTION LOCATION: Portage Yacht Club 1370 State Hwy 249, Portage, IN
Please visit our website at portagecommunitytheatre.com