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04/22/2007: "Theater"
At the halfway point, "Enchanted Sleeping Beauty" seems to be going rather well. Meanwhile, what's next? I missed the auditions for "1776" at PM&L last week, since there was a conflict both nights with tech week rehearsals for "Sleeping Beauty" -- you know, the rehearsals out of all rehearsals that no one can ever, ever miss. But down in Roselle, they're having auditions tonight and tomorrow. For "1776"! How about that. I'm not sure what to call the group exactly. The audition notice said Trinity Lutheran. That's a church and school. Trinity Lutheran's website refers to the Trinity Drama Group. Whatever it's called, it's clearly sponsored by this church, which is probably no different from a theater sponsored by a park district.
While word on the street is that PM&L's auditions brought in about 40 guys, at least the first night at Trinity is more like what I would have expected. I think there were 8 or 9 guys there, at least during the first hour when I was there. I don't know what the minimum number of guys for this show is, although I'm sure it's less than the 24 that PM&L is casting. Since Roselle is so far, I put down that I'd only accept one of the 3 leads (Jefferson, Adams, Franklin) or Richard Henry Lee. I'm not sure if I'm right for any of them, but if I'm going all the way to Roselle, I want something more than the least known delegate or the custodian or something. Despite my intentions, me being me, after reading and singing ("Shipoopi" -- do I never get tired of singing that at auditions?), the guys running it talked to me a little and I agreed to include Dickinson on my acceptable list. Like Lee, he's one of the supporting characters who has (essentially) his own song. Now we wait. I think I did "Shipoopi" as well as ever. But then they had me try the Richard Henry Lee song ("The Lees of Old Virginia") which I did not get to practice or learn or anything and subsequently butchered like an Easter ham. Mmm. Butchered.