Windsor Light Music Theatre
For Immediate Release: May 1, 2007
Audition Announcement for Windsor Light Music Theatre’s
Fall 2007 Production
A Christmas Carol the Musical.
Windsor Light Music Theatre is looking for people
aged 8-80
for it’s upcoming production of
A Christmas Carol the Musical.
If you or anyone you know is interested
Come out and audition!
Audition Dates and Times:
Saturday, May 12th @ 2pm - Child/Youth Auditions (8-14yrs)
Monday, May 14th @ 7:30pm - Adult Chorus Auditions & Dance Auditions.
Please come dressed properly for movement.
Thursday, May 17th @ 7:30pm - Lead/Supporting Auditions
Wednesday, May 23rd @ 7:30pm – Chorus, Dance Call-Backs
Thursday, May 24th @ 7:30pm - Lead/Supporting Call-Back
All auditions will be conducted in a group format. Chorus Music will be taught on the evening of the audition.
Cast requirements for this production are a perfect fit for new Windsor Light members and those who are returning. A cast of approximately 60 actors will bring this tale to life. All ages are needed. Whether you are eight, or eighty!
Please Note: Due to the calendar position of Victoria Day, and the later closing of our Spring show Miss Saigon, audition dates for A Christmas Carol will differ slightly from our usual Monday, Thursday format. Please pay close attention the audition dates listed.
Auditions held at Windsor Light Music Theatre 2491 Jos. St. Louis 519-974-6593 www.windsorlight.com
A Christmas Carol The Musical Backgrounder
There are many adaptations of A Christmas Carol out there, but only one Broadway version! This exciting rendition of this classic tale will delight the entire family. This dynamic production will hit the Stage on November 9th 2007. The Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment in Alan Menken's-Lynn Ahrens'-Mike Okrent's adaptation of A Christmas Carol. This is the version that left New Yorkers and tourists alike gasping in wonder and merriment every year, for ten years, on the stage at Madison Square Garden.
In 2004, this version became the basis of a NBC television spectacular featuring Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge, surrounded by an array of stars including Jason Alexander, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Geraldine Chaplin, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ruthie Henshall. Alan Menken (Little Shop Of Horrors) and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime The Musical, Once On This Island) have collaborated on a score that is filled with beautiful melodies and emotional lyrics. Their song "A Place Called Home" has become a holiday standard.
While at the Madison Square Garden staging contains spectacular special effects and scenic elements, A Christmas Carol can be equally effective on a more intimate scale.
The book by Mike Okrent and Lynn Ahrens is character-driven, and all of the featured roles are developed to give performers many chances to shine. Of course, at the center of the piece is Ebenezer Scrooge himself, taken right from the pages of Dickens' immortal tale.
Audition Dates:
Saturday, May 12th @ 2pm - Child/Youth Auditions (8-14yrs)
Monday, May 14th @ 7:30pm - Adult Chorus Auditions & Dance Auditions. Please come dressed properly for movement.
Thursday, May 17th @ 7:30pm - Lead/Supporting Auditions
Wednesday, May 23rd @ 7:30pm – Chorus, Dance Call-Backs
Thursday, May 24th @ 7:30pm - Lead/Supporting Call-Back
Chorus Music will be taught on the evening of the audition.
Performance Dates: Nov. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 2007 at Chrysler Theatre St. Clair Centre for the Arts.
