You must be able to make all performances, tech week performances and most rehearsals.
Rehearsals are on Monday and Thursday evenings, an occasional Wednesday, Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Tech week rehearsals are every day starting one week prior to opening night.
Email BrewsterTheaterInfo@gmail.com for an audition slot. You will be emailed a form to fill out with conflicts and roles of interest.
PLEASE PREPARE
ALL auditioners should be prepared to sing the 1st half of STAR SPANGLED BANNER through, “At the twilight’s last gleaming”. Do not worry about the key.
Solo-singing Characters (Adams, Franklin, Lee, etc.) may also be asked to sing a few bars
from the solo songs (if any.) These need not be memorized.
Piddle, Twiddle
But, Mr. Adams
Yours, Yours, Yours
He Plays the Violin
Cool, cool considerate Men
Mama, Look Sharp
Molasses to Rum
A monologue will be sent with audition information. It must be memorized.
Character Breakdown - Female performers may be considered for male roles in some circumstances.
John Adams
Delegate from Massachusetts. John is a dutiful husband. Opinionated, passionate, and a bit boisterous. Starving for Independence from England.
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Stephen Hopkins
Delegate from Rhode Island. Hopkins' drinking has led to an appearance befitting of the 2nd oldest in the Continental Congress. He has a dirty old man playfulness about him
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Roger Sherman
Delegate from Connecticut. A coffee drinker with a penchant for hyperactivity, Sherman is a simple and balding cobbler.
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Robert Livingston
Delegate from New York. Recently a father, Livingston's disposition has become one of humility and graciousness. He has changed considerably over the years.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Benjamin Franklin
Delegate from Pennsylvania. Franklin is intelligent, well-traveled, and pleasantly cunning. A jolly and admirable fellow with whom one would desire to have a friendship
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: Ab2
John Dickinson
Delegate from Pennsylvania. A thin, hawkish gentleman. He is sharp-tongued and a touch detestable.
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Col. Thomas Mckean
Delegate from Delaware. McKean is florid and likable with a charming, yet commanding, Scottish Brogue.
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Richard Henry Lee
Delegate from Virginia, Lee is a willowy aristocrat. His flamboyancy is intoxicating and borderline infuriating.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Thomas Jefferson
Delegate from Virginia. Jefferson is mild-mannered and sweet. Along with being a well read man, he is very much in love with his wife.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Edward Rutledge
Delegate from South Carolina. Rutledge is haunting and somewhat ominous as the youngest member of the Continental Congress. There is a serpent-like quality to him.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Abigail Adams
Loving wife to John Adams. Intelligent, quick-witted, and talented with a pen, Abigail is a radiant, and every bit as bright as her husband.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Db4
Martha Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's very-much-in-love wife. Her dancing is delightful, and her humor appealing. She doesn't shy away from a good time. Joy radiates from her.
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Courier
The message runner between General Washington's army and the Continental Congress. He has witnessed the hardships of war firsthand, although his innocent disposition and appearance may imply otherwise.
Age: 15 to 20
Vocal range top: Db4
Vocal range bottom: C3
All auditions are at Drew Methodist Church, 28 Gleneida Avenue, Carmel, NY 10512
There are many ensemble parts and character parts with spoken roles
REV. JONATHAN WITHERSPOON
JOHN DICKINSON
JAMES WILSON
CAESAR RODNEY
GEORGE READ
SAMUEL CHASE
LEWIS MORRIS
JOSEPH HEWES
DR. LYMAN HALL
ANDREW MCNAIR
CHARLES THOMSON
A LEATHER APRON
A PAINTER
1776
Book by Peter Stone. Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards.
The Continental Congress is coming to Carmel, New York!
Director: Stacy Dumont
Producer: Bob Dumont
Vocal Director: Ellen Lang
Musical Director: Are you interested - email us at BrewsterTheaterInfo@gmail.com
Audition Dates:
Wed, April 9th 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sat, April 12th 9:30AM - Noon
PERFORMANCE DATES:
July 18, 19, 25, 26, 27 Aug 1, 2, 3
8 PERFORMANCES
All performances, auditions, and rehearsals take place at
The Theater at Drew United Methodist Church 28 Gleneida Ave., Carmel, NY 10512
unless otherwise noted.