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:

Sunday Feb. 9, 4:30 to 8:30
Monday Feb. 10, 6:30 to 9:30
Wednesday Feb. 12, 6:30 to 9:30

WHERE:

Salme Harju Steinberg Fine Arts Center

NEIU (Northeastern Illinois University)

3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.

Chicago, IL 60659

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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.