Riverhead Faculty & Community Theatre – PAINT YOUR WAGON
Location: 300 Pulaski street Riverhead NY 11901
Audition / Call Type: Theater
The Riverhead Faculty and Community Theatre will hold auditions for its fall production, “Paint Your Wagon,” at Pulaski Street School Auditorium, 300 Pulaski Street in Riverhead, on May 23 and 24, from 6:30-9 PM. (enter through front doors)
The role of Ben Rumson has been cast. All other roles are available. The performance dates are November 16-19 at Riverhead High School.
Rusty Kransky will direct, with Dee Martin assisting. George Moravek is the Musical Director with Lucille Naar-Saladino as Choreographer.
Paint Your Wagon tells the story of the 1848 California Gold Rush and the many who headed west hoping to strike it rich. The Lerner and Loewe score features such classic songs as “They Call the Wind Mariah,” “I Talk to the Trees” and “Wand’rin’ Star.” The humorous show has roles for many men of all ages to play gold miners and a chorus of dance hall girls. Three women (a daughter aged 16-25, and two wives, aged 20s-40s) are also featured in the show.
Please bring music for a song from a classic Broadway musical; an accompanist will be provided. All should be prepared to learn a dance combination. There will be readings from the script.
Show dates are November 16-19, 2023.
For more information, please call Rusty Kransky at (631) 428-6018.
PAINT YOUR WAGON Character Breakdown:
Ben Rumson (Role has been Cast)
A likeable old miner and founder of the newly gold-struck town of Rumson, a place soon over populated with hopeful prospectors. He misses his departed wife, Elisa, and has an 18 year old daughter, Jennifer.
Gender: Male
Age: 45 to 65
Jennifer Rumson
Ben’s spitfire 18 year old daughter. As the only female inhabitant during the origin of Rumson, she is sent to school back east. Before leaving, she falls in love with a handsome young miner, Julio Valveras. Determined, she promises to reunite with Julio after school.
Gender: Female
Age Range: 16 to 25
Julio Valveras
A handsome, young miner of Mexican descent. Follows the gold and and falls in love with Jennifer. Gender: Male
Age: 18 to 30s
Steve Bullnack
A miner in Rumson.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 65
Jake Whippany
A (banjo-playing if possible) miner in his thirties. Runs a popular music hall in Rumson.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50s
Elizabeth Woodling
A beautiful Mormon wife of Jacob Woodling and newly arrived to Rumson.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 40s
Sarah Woodling
A second wife of Jacob Woodling, pompous and patronizing.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 40s
Jacob Woodling
A Mormon man in his thirties with two wives when he arrives to Rumson.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 40s
Cherry Jourdel
The French accented leader of Cherry and her Fandango girls. Has a mature air about her.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 50
Ensemble Men
Miners and prospectors. A wide variety of men.
Gender: Male
Ensemble Women
The eventual women that inhabit Rumson, primarily Cherry’s Fandango Girls.
Gender: Female
Payment: Non-Paid
City or Location of call: 300 Pulaski street Riverhead NY 11901
Please submit to: awesome-dresser-01@icloud.com by 04/24/2023
Please attend in person or if unable, send video of 16 bars of a song from a classic Broadway musical. This is a community theater show; no pay.
This casting notice was posted by: Riverhead Faculty & Community Theatre
