St. Catherine’s Players announces audition calls for its 2014 production of BARNUM!

"Barnum's
the name. P.T. Barnum. And I want to tell you that tonight you are going to
see-bar none-every sight, wonder and miracle that name stands for!" Here
is the show that traces the career of America's greatest showman from 1835 to
the year he joined James A. Bailey to form The Greatest Show on Earth. Let us
begin, as BARNUM does...“

Auditions
will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday December 2, 3 and 4, 2013 at 7:30
p.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church in the Lucey Parish Hall, 4 Riverside
Avenue at the corner of Route 1, Riverside, CT. Auditions are open for children
in third grade and at least eight years old and adults of all ages. Come with a
prepared song and sheet music for the accompanist. In addition, please bring a list
of your rehearsal and production date conflicts (January through March) to
write on your audition sheet for the director. 

Rehearsals
begin on Monday, January 6, 2014 and are held Monday through Thursday evenings.
Production dates are February 28, March 1, March 2, March 7, March 8, and March
9, 2014 with curtain times of Fridays at 8, Saturdays at 7:30 & Sundays at
2.

Stuart
Adelberg, director, has led St. Catherine’s Players for more than twenty years,
and Rita Lapcevic, musical director, has been with the Players for more than
ten years.

BARNUM
with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart and book by Mark Bramble,
won Tony Awards for Best Actor, Scenic Designer and

Costume Design, the Drama Desk Award for Best Actor, and the Outer Critics

Circle Award for Broadway Musical. BARNUM played for 854
performances on Broadway at the St. James Theatre and starred Jim Dale and
Glenn Close.

Roles available are:·         

Phineas Taylor Barnum
– The Prince of Humbug – male –
baritone·         

Chairy Barnum – His
wife – female – mezzo·         

Joice Heth – Oldest
woman alive – female – alto·         

Tom Thumb – Smallest
man in the world – male – tenor·         

Julius Goldschmidt – Jenny
Lind's manager – male – spoken·         

Jenny Lind – Swedish
soprano – female – soprano·         

Blues Singer – female – alto·         

James A Bailey – Small
circus owner – male – baritone·         

Chester Lyman – Joice
Heth's manager – male – spoken·         

Amos Scudder – Owner
of the American Museum – male –
spoken·         

Plus a host of extras
(adults, teenagers and children over eight years old/third grade) in a huge
selection of speaking and non-speaking parts including tumblers, jugglers,
clowns, aerialists, acrobats, gymnasts, bricklayers, museum patrons, strongmen,
beefeaters, the Bridgeport Pageant Choir and bands of every size, shape and
description. 

Volunteers are also need for tech crew,
set painting/decoration and costumes. Please email stcatherinesplayers@gmail.com with your interest and expertise. For further
information, please visit: www.stcatherinesplayers.com or email stcatherinesplayers@gmail.com.