Auditions
Folks Operetta is seeking singers, actors and dancers for its upcoming production of Fairytale at the Grand Hotel (Märchen im Grand Hotel), by Paul Abraham. This will be the American Premiere. Anthony Barrese will conduct the 15-piece orchestra. The show will run from July 10 through July 19 for six performances at the Chopin Theater in Chicago.
To request an audition please send headshot and résumé to William Roberts at:
folksoperettaauditions@gmail.com
FAIRYTALE AT THE GRAND HOTEL
WHO/WHAT:
We are seeking singers of all ethnicities and genders.
DATES/TIMES:
WHERE:
Salme Harju Steinberg Fine Arts Center
NEIU (Northeastern Illinois University)
3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Chicago, IL 60659
WHAT TO PREPARE:
Please bring 2 arias or musical theater songs and a one minute memorized monologue*. One of the arias needs to be in English. We are seeking strong singers/actors and dancers.
*No exceptions
BRIEF SHOW SYNOPSIS:
Set in the Grand Hotel in Cannes, the show follows the travails of the exiled Spanish Infanta Isabella, who has taken up residency there with her retinue, including her fiancé, Prince Andreas. Sam MacIintosh, a Hollywood producer, has sent his daughter Marylou to the Côte d’Azur to seek out European nobility to put in a film, and to find some juicy subject matter. She discovers that a lovesick waiter named Albert has fallen in love with the Infanta, and his unrequited love soon becomes just the subject that Marylou is looking for. Meanwhile, the web becomes even more tangled when Marylou has an affair with the dim-witted Prince Andreas. In Fairytale at the Grand Hotel, Hollywood collides with the European aristocracy – with all the high jinx and humor that can only be found in operetta!
Character Breakdown :
Fairytale at the Grand Hotel
Infanta Isabella……………..Soprano
The exiled daughter of a Spanish monarch. She is engaged to Prince Stefan Andreas. She is very entitled and used to having things her way. Strong dancer.
Grand Duke Paul Michael………..Baritone
Older character actor. Strong actor/singer. Some dancing.
Grand Duchess Inez Ramirez………. Soprano
Character Actress. Strong singing/actress. Some dancing.
Prince Stefan Andreas………Tenor
Engaged to the Infanta. He is young, amiable aristocrat.
Baron Don Lossas………… Baritone
Private Secretary of Prince Andreas. Older, aristocratic bearing, formal.
Monsieur Chamoix………… Baritone
The owner of the Grand Hotel, Cannes, France. Middle-aged, with refined manners.
Matard…….. Tenor
The manager of the Grand Hotel in Cannes, France. Middle-aged.
Albert, waiter….. Bari-tenor.
The son of Chamoix, the hotel owner. He is working at the hotel incognito, in an effort to learn the hotel business from the bottom up. Strong actor, dancer and singer.
Sam MacIntosh, Hollywood film producer- Baritone.
The father of Mary Lou, he is a typical Hollywood producer in dire straits looking for the next big movie to produce. Strong singer/actor. Some dancing.
Mary Lou…….. Soprano
The daughter of the producer Sam MacIntosh. She is on a quest to save her father’s film studio. Strong Actress. Strong singer that can belt. Strong dancer.
Dr. Dryers…. bari/tenor
Screenwriter and dramaturge for film.
Barry………bari/tenor
Editor/Studio assistant in Hollywood. Works for Mr. MacIntosh.
Mabel, maid………. soprano/alto
Works at the Grand Hotel in Cannes.