Crowded Kitchen Players is seeking singers and actors for a new musical comedy, THE LAST DAYS OF CLEOPATRA written and composed by Charlie Barnett.
Auditions will be held April 7 and 8 at 1680 Minesite Road, Allentown, PA beginning at 700PM.
Singers and non-singers needed. All ages 21 and older.
Lynn Flickinger is Music Director.
Ara Barlieb is Play Director.
SYNOPSIS
THE LAST DAYS OF CLEOPATRA is a wild and entertaining romp about love, betrayal, and triumph, all told in a setting of strife and mid- 20thCcentury glamour.
In 1961, after a calamitous start in London, the cast and crew of the film CLEOPATRA move to Cinecittà Studios in Rome to re-start the film. The dazzling Elizabeth Taylor has stayed on in the role of Cleopatra, but she has a new co-star: Richard Burton, a famed Shakespearean actor, who has joined the cast as Mark Antony. With the largest budget in Hollywood’s history and an acclaimed new director, Joseph Mankiewicz, the production seems to be back on track. But the reality is that this esteemed cast and crew is in the process of making one of the biggest turkeys of all time—while Taylor and Burton strike up a world-famous adulterous affair that ends Taylor’s marriage and drenches the production in scandal. As Taylor learns hard lessons, though, other troupers meet sunnier fates, finding friendship or true love on the set of this colossal disaster.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief song from either the Great American Songbook or the Golden Age. Please also bring a hardcopy headshot and resume.
An accompanist will be provided.
There will be cold readings from the script.
BREAKDOWN
- Lorraine Lincoln -dancer in her 20’s
- Elizabeth Taylor (Liz) - actress in her 20’s (mezzo-soprano)
- Eddie Fischer - singer in his 30’s, husband of Liz
- Richard Burton (Dick) actor in his 30’s (Baritone)
- Sybil Burton - actress in her 30’s, wife of Dick
- Rex Harrison - actor in his 50’s
- Joseph Mankiewicz (Mank) - Director in his 50’s
- Fred E Smith - assistant director in his 20’s
- Bianca d'Ambrosio - dancer in her 20’s
- Giuseppe - the lead paparazzo
- Lionel Kitchner - an accountant in his 40’s
- Hermes Pan - a choreographer in his 30’s
- Paolo- a key grip
- Roberto -a paparazzo
- 2 male dancers
- 2 female dancers
For additional information, please call 610-704-6974 and visit www.ckplayers.com