Casting Teen Performers for "Hadestown Teen Edition"
Seeking performers ages 12-18 years old for "Hadestown Teen Edition". Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Additional info: Please prepare 32 bars or 1min of a song that best suits your voice and be prepared to learn a dance, you may also be asked to read from the script. Rehearsals begin Tuesday May 20th Tuesdays/Thursdays 6:30p - 8:30p -Sundays 1:00p - 4:00p Tech Week begins July 27th Performs August 1st - 3rd Note that the fee will be applied. If interested, please apply.
10 roles
Lyre-playing poet, gifted and naïve (Tenor with strong falsetto, range: D3-C5 (opt. Eb5))
A runaway, tough and vulnerable (Mezzo-Soprano, range: F#3-D5)
Compulsive industrialist, boss-king of Hadestown (Bass, range: F2-C#4)
Queen of nature and the seasons, a lush (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, range: F3-C5)
Charismatic guide and storyteller, mentor to Orpheus (Tenor/Bass, range: C3-B4) Flexible casting
Three sisters, vicious and delicious, voices in the head (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, range E3-D5 (Fate 1 up to Eb5))
Spirits of labor and community, a physical and choral presence (SATB)
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