The Pirates of Penzance
July 20 - August 4, 2007
The Pirates of Penzance
by Gilbert and Sullivan
July 20 - August 4, 2007
Directed by Dave Schmidt
Musical Director - Pamela Holcomb-McLain
Choreographer - Nancy Roberts
Dupree Theater
Irving Arts Center
3333 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, TX 75062
Fridays & Saturdays, July 20, 21, 27, 28, Aug. 3 & 4, 2007 at 8pm.
Thursdays, July 26 & Aug. 2, 2007 at 8pm. (Additional Thursday!)
Sundays, July 22 & 29, 2007 at 2:30pm.
Soft-hearted pirates. Bungling policemen. Husband-hungry sisters. A pompous Major-General and a hopelessly duty-bound hero. Set them adrift on the high seas and you’ve got one of the most enchanting and best-loved English operettas of all time.
Includes I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General, Poor Wandering One, Oh Better Far To Live And Die (The Pirate King Song), When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment.
Rating: G
Auditions
Directed by Dave Schmidt
Musical Director - Pamela Holcomb-McLain
Choreographer - Nancy Roberts
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Performances: July 20 - August 4, 2007
The Director would prefer to hear a Gilbert & Sullivan piece if you are auditioning for a major role. All roles require strong musical comedy voices. All roles, including chorus roles, provide ample stage time.
Call 972-594-6104 to schedule an appointment.
There will be no rehearsals over the holidays. Dates will be finalized with cast conflicts.
Roles: 5 Male Principals, 5 Female Principals + Chorus
Male characters
- Major-General Stanley: (comic baritone) Father to a group of young women who are Wards in Chancery. He’s extremely lovable. Must be able to handle the classic G&S patter song “I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General”.
- The Pirate King: (baritone) Leader of the band of pirates. This role is open to a variety of interpretations ranging from the traditional fatherly pirate captain to the contemporary swashbuckling pirate captain.
- Frederic: (tenor) A slave to duty. Once apprenticed to the band of pirates, but now free of his indentures having reached his twenty-first birthday. In love with Mabel.
- Samuel: (baritone) Lieutenant to the Pirate King.
- Sergeant of Police: (baritone to bass) Leader of the troop of policemen
- Men’s chorus of Pirates and Policemen
Female characters
- Ruth: (contralto) The nursery maid who apprenticed Frederic to the band of pirates due to being hard of hearing. Romantically scorned by Frederic because of her 47 years, she has now become a “Piratical maid of all work”.
- Major-General Staley’s daughters
- Mable:(soprano) In love with Frederic. Must be able to handle the song “Poor Wandering One” with its coloratura trills and cadenzas.
- Edith:(mezzo-soprano) Solo and speaking role.
- Kate: (mezzo-soprano) Solo and speaking role
- Isabel : Speaking, but non solo singing role.
- Chorus of Daughters to Major-General Stanley
All roles require strong musical comedy voices. All roles, including chorus roles, provide ample stage time.
