| SRO Presents AUDITIONS for SILENCE! The Musical |
Subject: SRO Presents AUDITIONS for SILENCE! The Musical by rlandon on 2015/12/29 11:53:58 Standing Room Only will be hosting auditions for SILENCE! THE MUSICAL, the hilarious sendup of Silence of The Lambs, on January 16 from 10am to 4pm at Obsidian Theater. The show runs June 9-26 at Obsidian Theater. To reserve your audition slot, please email rachellandon@sro-productions.com with a requested time, your full name and your phone number. Each auditioner will have two minutes to present a comedic monologue and a song that shows character and range. Be prepared to sing a cappella. Please no recorded backing tracks, but you may choose to accompany yourself if you play an instrument. Callbacks will be held on January 19 at 7:00pm at Obsidian Theatre. Callbacks will consist of sides and song cuts from the show. A pianist will be provided. Obsidian Theater is located at 3522 White Oak Dr. In The Heights. There is free parking on either side of the building and on the street but please be aware of parking restrictions and home driveways. The soundtrack for SILENCE! Can be streamed on YouTube, Rdio, Pandora and various other streaming sites. The character descriptions are listed below. If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Landon at rachellandon@sro-productions.com or call 713-300-2358 ext. 2 We look forward to seeing your talent! Clarice Starling (alto) – A student at the FBI Academy. She hopes to work at the Behavioral Science Unit, tracking down serial killers and ultimately apprehending them. Her mentor, Jack Crawford, sends her to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The character is commonly portrayed as having a lisp. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (tenor) – A brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer who helps Clarice out in her investigation and eventually escapes prison in a bloody massacre. Jame Gumb/Buffalo Bill (baritone) – Serial killer and main antagonist of the plot. He murders overweight women so he can remove their skin and fashion a "woman suit" for himself; he falsely believes himself to be transsexual but is too disturbed to qualify for sex reassignment surgery. Catherine Baker Martin (soprano) – Daughter of Senator Ruth Martin, kidnapped and imprisoned by "Buffalo Bill". Jack Crawford (bass-baritone) – The Agent-in-Charge of the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. Ardelia Mapp (mezzo-soprano) – Roommate of Clarice Starling and also a student at the FBI Academy who helps her out in the investigation. Dr. Frederick Chilton (high baritone) – The pompous, incompetent director of the Chesapeake State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and later Baltimore Hospital for the Criminally Insane. There, he is the jailer of Hannibal Lecter. Papa Starling (baritone) – Clarice's deceased father who appears to her in visions to encourage her in carrying out the investigation. A Virginia Sheriff who was killed during a robbery. Senator Ruth Martin (soprano) – National Senator and mother of Catherine, who pleads for Buffalo Bill to release her daughter on national television and arranges for Lecter to be transferred to a lighter security prison in Baltimore in exchange for information on the killer. |
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