Auditions

10 performances will run April 6th - April 21st, 2024

Director: Gina Lupi
Stage Manager: Caroline Laberdee
Choreographer: Kathy Pearlberg
Musical Director: Robert Sammond
AYE Lead Teaching Artist: Meredith Buchholtz

ACCEPTANCE THROUGH AUDITION ONLY

Open Call:
Saturday, January 20th: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Sunday, January 21st: 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Callbacks:
Monday, January 22nd: 7:30pm - 10:00pm

LOCATION
All auditions will be at the Algonquin Arts Theatre, 60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ.

ACTORS MUST FILL OUT THIS AUDITION FORM PRIOR TO ATTENDING AN OPEN-CALL AUDITION:
Fiddler on the Roof Audition Form

Please submit the following via this form:

• Headshot
• Resume

Audition Requirements:
Please prepare 32 bars of music from a song in a similar style to the show that best shows your voice and range. Legible sheet music must be provided for the rehearsal pianist/music director. Please wear or bring appropriate clothes and shoes for the dance portion of the audition. If you are invited to call backs, music cuts and sides from the show will be provided.

Students under the age of 18 who are cast in this production will participate in the Algonquin Youth Ensemble. *** More information about AYE is at the end of this audition posting.

REHEARSAL INFO:
Rehearsals will be at Algonquin Arts Theatre or in a nearby location. Rehearsals to begin in February of 2024. Exact rehearsal schedule will be set once the availability of all actors is learned but will take place during weekday evenings and weekends (depending on role and when called).

BEFORE YOU AUDITION, be advised that all actors must be available for rehearsals that are to be scheduled according to the actor's role. It is mandatory for actors to be available for all scheduled evening tech rehearsals (March 31st - April 5th) and 10 performances (April 6th - April 21st, 2024). Conflicts will not be accepted after the cast has been announced.

Seeking:

Tevye: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 45-65, Baritone: Low A flat High F) A dairyman. Powerhouse actor with great presence. Good voice and great sense of humor.

Golde: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range 40s, Mezzo-Soprano: Low A-E flat) His wife. Though controlling and stern, a woman with a big heart and dreams for her children. Strong singer.

Yente: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range 40-60, Alto: Low F- mid E flat) A matchmaker. Talkative, opinionated, widow. Character with humor.

Lazar Wolf: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 40-60, Baritone: up to an Eb) A wealthy butcher. Strong middle aged character man with a sense of humor and possible girth.

Motel: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 20s, Baritone or Tenor: E - High F sharp) A tailor. Tzeitel's suitor, a simple man, nebbish. Comic, character.

The Rabbi: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 50-70, Baritone: G-C) Older character with great sense of humor.

Perchik: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 20s, Baritone: B - High E) A student and revolutionary. Hodel's suitor, 20s. Charismatic singer. Wants to and believes he can change the world.

Mendel: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 17-25, Baritone: B-E Flat) Rabbi's son. Narrow minded & stubborn, good singer/dancer.

The Constable: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 25-40, Non-singing) An imposing man and presence. Strong actor, mature, sympathetic.

Tevye & Golde's daughters:

Tzeitel: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range 19, Mezzo-Soprano: Low B-D sharp) Eldest daughter who takes after her mother.

Hodel: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range 17, Mezzo-Soprano: Low B-E) Rebellious and romantic. Strong, emotional singer.

Chava: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range 15, Mezzo-Soprano: Low B-C) Intelligent thinker; she is Papa's "little bird". Strong singer/dancer.

Sphrintze: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range 10-12) Lovable and adorable.

Bielke: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range 8-10) Lovable and adorable.

Fyedka: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 20-24) A Russian soldier. Chava's suitor. Spunky, smart and handsome and knows it. Strong dancer/singer.

Mordcha: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 40-50) The innkeeper. Full of life and humor. A smart businessman. Middle aged with a character look.

Avram: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 40-50) A bookseller. Knowledgeable. Middle aged with a character look and good voice.

Nachum: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 40-50) A beggar. Poor but accepts his lot with a sense of humor. Middle aged with a character look.

Grandma Tzeitel: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range, Mezzo-Soprano: C sharp - E flat) Can double in ensemble or appear as a cameo. Comic, character voice.

Shandel: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Female Identifying, Age range 40s, Character singing) Motel's protective mother. Good character singer.

The Fiddler: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 20-35, Non-singing) Elfin quality, good mover. Violin experience preferred but not mandatory.

Sasha: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male Identifying, Age range 20-40, Tenor) A Russian soldier. Tenor soloist. Needs strong and impressive tessitura for "To Life." Strong dancer.

Ensemble: (Any Race or Ethnicity, Male and Female identifying, Age range 12 years and up) Villagers who are the fabric of Anatevka and essential to Tevye's story in the shtetl. All types and sizes encouraged to audition. Strong male identifying dancers also needed for the Bottle Dance (Jews) and the soldiers in "To Life" (Russians).

2 Cheder Boys: (Any race or ethnicity, Male identifying, Approx. 8-12 years old) Yente wants to match them with Sphrintze and Bielke.

*** Please note the role of Fruma-Sarah is precast.

*** ALGONQUIN YOUTH ENSEMBLE (AYE)

Here at Algonquin Arts Theatre our produced Broadway Series productions perform in conjunction to our Education programming. Various main stage titles that require casting students under the age 18 (Example: Mary Poppins, A Christmas Story, Sound of Music, etc.). Here at Algonquin Arts Theatre we see these titles as a platform for educating and advancing emerging young artists. That in mind, we have a program called the Algonquin Youth Ensemble.

AYE is an audition-only, comprehensive instructional, full immersion theatre education program. The Algonquin Youth Ensemble is a class first. There is not a tuition fee to participate in this particular arts education program, if cast. Students will be selected based on their audition alone, cast in appropriate roles. Not all who audition will be cast/selected for the program. Transcending the typical theatre program, AYE members not only have the opportunity to study theatrical disciplines with experienced professionals, but also must apply what they've learned in a fully mounted main stage production. Any student under the age of 18 selected to be cast in the production will be considered AYE.

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