Worcester's Oldest Active
Theater Company
Since 1937
Merrily We Roll Along
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by George Furth
Director: Chuck Grigaitis
Music Director: Lenny McGuire
Choreography by: Denise Day
Show Dates: April 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 7:30PM; April 23 and 30 at 2PM
Alternate weekend (if needed due to COVID cancellations): May 5, 6, 7
Audition dates:
Sunday January 8, 2023, 2pm -5pm by appointment
Monday January 9, 2023, 7pm – 10pm by appointment
*Callbacks (if necessary) Friday January 13th at 7pm
Location: 21 Grandview Ave, Worcester MA, 01603
Auditions will consist of performing one of the two songs provided, and a movement audition
For vocal auditions:
Good Thing Going- prepare measures 1-27
Not A Day Goes By – measures 1-30
For copies of the sheet music: Click Here
About the Show:
Merrily We Roll Along begins in the present and moves backwards, tracing the lives of wealthy, jaded composer, Franklin Shepard, and his two estranged friends through each milestone of their personal and professional lives (good and bad). The show ends with a touch of rueful irony, as the three best friends at the start of their careers face a bright future: young, talented, and enthusiastic about the worlds waiting to be conquered.
ALL ROLES AVAILABLE
Franklin Shepard: Male, 30-40 A successful and sometimes seemingly vapid film producer, also an innocent optimist when he was younger; he's not a bad guy; talented and tormented; baritone (A2-Bb4).
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Charley Kringas: Male, 30-40 Frank’s best friend; sometimes stubborn, always intense; now a successful lyricist, also optimistic when he was younger; baritone (A#2-G#4).
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Mary Flynn: Female, 30-40 Frank and Charley's friend; very intelligent; sardonic and always witty; her optimism gets clouded over by missed opportunities; mezzo with bright belt (G3-Gb5).
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Beth Spencer: Female, 25-35 Frank’s first wife and mother of his son; a downtrodden housewife who once was a Midwestern hopeless romantic trying to make her way in NYC; soprano (A3-G5).
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Gussie Carnegie: Female, 25-35 Frank’s second wife; helplessly in love with him, she is a flamboyant and successful actress; big theater belt (G3-C5).
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Joe Josephson: Male, 40-55 Gussie’s first husband; a Broadway producer type who later falls on hard times; character baritone (A2-F#4).
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Meg Kincaid: Female, 18 to 25 Frank’s newest girlfriend- Starry-eyed aspiring young actor who is naive and ambitious. (D4 – Gb5) Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Ensemble: 5 Male, 5 Female -plays multiple roles
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Any Questions, please contact director Chuck Grigaitis at cjg071671@gmail.com
