"Man of La Mancha" - by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Lee & Joe Darlon - Calliope Productions (Boylston, MA.) - AUDITIONS
Calliope Productions
Will hold AUDITONS for the Musical
"MAN OF LA MANCHA"
Written by Dale Wasserman
Music by Mitch Lee
Lyrics by Joe Darlon
Directed by Neal Martel
Musical Director Kris Layton
Choreographer Karen White
SEEKING:
Cast 5 presenting as female (20s-60s), 6 presenting as male (20s-60s)
Featured supporting roles and ensemble
All auditionees must be at least 18 years old.
AUDITION DATES:
January 28, 2025 at 6:30pm
January 30, 2025 at 6:30pm
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
Approximately 32 bars of a song from the show.
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REHEARSALS:
All rehearsals and performances will be at Calliope Theatre, 150 Main Street, Boylston, MA.
Planned for Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 6:30pm – 9:00pm, beginning February 16, 2025.
Performances are slated for May 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, and 25: 7:30pm performances on Thu., Fri., Sat. (Thursday first weekend only) and 2:00pm matinee performances on Sundays.
"MAN OF LA MANCHA," is one of the world’s most popular musicals. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th century masterwork, Don Quixote, and set during the Spanish Inquisition, the original 1965 production won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
- Content & Intimacy Notice: This play romanticizes certain mental health conditions and uses terminology that reinforces the stigma around them. The play also contains a scene of violence of a physical and sexual nature by the muleteers (Jose, Tenorio, Paco, Juan, Anselmo, Pedro, and the Guitar Player) against Aldonza. Other intimate moments include romantic/non-violent male to female kissing, romantic/non-violent female to male physical contact, non-violent/non-romantic male to male physical contact, and violent physical male to male contact. Consent-forward intimacy agreements will be part of any staging of such scenes.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
- MIGUEL DE CERVANTES – (Presenting as a Male) Don Quixote & Alonso Quijana. Tenor/High Baritone
- SANCHO PANZA – (Presenting as a Male) Manservant. Tenor
- PADRE – (Presenting as a Male) Tenor/High Baritone
- ANSELMO – (Presenting as a Male) One of the seven muleteers. Tenor & Falsetto
- DR. SANSON CARRASCO – (Presenting as a Male) Antonia’s fiancé and Knight of the Mirrors. Baritone/Tenor
- BARBER – (Presenting as a Male) Tenor
- INNKEEPER – (Presenting a Male) Baritone
- ALDONZA – (Presenting as a Female) Dulcinea. Mezzo-Soprano
- ANTONIA – (Presenting as a Female) Alonso’s niece. Soprano
- HOUSEKEEPER – (Presenting as a Female) Employee of Alonso. Alto, but also needs high range
- Captain of the Inquisition - (Presenting as a Male) played by a prisoner
- Governor (Presenting as a Male) - played by a prisoner
- Duke (Presenting as a Male) - played by a prisoner
- Four Attendants to the Knight - (Presenting as Males or Females) played by prisoners
- Six Additional Muleteers - (Presenting as Males) Jose, Tenorio, Paco, Juan, Pedro, and a Guitar Player played by prisoners
MAKE AN AUDITION APPOINTMENT HERE
Performances:
May 15, 2025 through May 25, 2025
(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)
CALLIOPE THEATRE, 150 Main Street, in Boylston, MA.
TICKETS:
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ABOUT THE SHOW
"MAN OF LA MANCHA," based on Cervantes’ epic 17th-century novel, "Don Quixote," is a remarkable, poignant, moving musical that was one of the first shows to musicalize a piece of historical literature.
Set in the context of the Spanish Inquisition, "MAN OF LA MANCHA" is presented as a "play-within-a-play."
We encounter historical author Miguel de Cervantes in prison, awaiting trial by the Inquisition.
When his fellow prisoners try to take Cervantes’ belongings from him, including his manuscript, Cervantes proposes a trial in which he proves the merit of the manuscript through a reenactment, enlisting his fellow prisoners as characters in his play.
Together, they tell the story of the aged Alonso Quijana who believes himself to be a knight errant, names himself "Don Quixote" and pursues an obsessive quest to attain an impossible dream.
Against all odds, Quixote and his trusty squire Sancho Panza take to the road in a quest to chivalry, and seek out the good and innocent in a world filled with darkness and despair.
Through the story, all the prisoners – at least for a moment – are transformed.
The mad Don Quixote may think a windmill to be a giant and a tavern to be a castle, but along the way he also transforms a wretched woman into a beautiful lady – and proves that an old man’s belief can truly make him a knight.
"MAN OF LA MANCHA" features such stirring songs as “Dulcinea” and the now-famous standard, “Quest” – more famously known as “The Impossible Dream.” (STAGEAGENT)
ABOUT CALLIOPE PRODUCTIONS
CALLIOPE PRODUCTIONS is a year-round non-profit theatre company founded in 1982 that serves the needs and interests of audiences and performers in the Central Massachusetts region. CALLIOPE PRODUCTIONS presents six main-stage productions each year, and operates performance training workshops for students (ages 9 - 18) and adults. CALLIOPE PRODUCTIONS is a member of the American Association of Community Theatre, the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres and the Worcester Cultural Coalition.
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