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2012
TEEN SUMMER WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
[Ages 13-18]
Sweeney
Todd School Edition
Music and Lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Eric Polani Jensen
and Frances Leah King
Music Direction by John Allman
Two Acts, Book Musical, Thru
Sung / Operetta, Rated PG
NEW
AUDITION DATE:
Saturday,
May 19, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
NEW CALLBACK DATE:
Thursday, May 24, 3:30pm - 6:30pm
Email
jenklos@gmail.com to
schedule your audition!
Audition Requirements
Please come with headshot
and resume (if you have one), one monologue (comedic or
dramatic), and sheet music for a
verse and chorus of a
contemporary musical theater
song you have prepared to
perform for us. An accompanist
will be provided. Singing a
cappella is unacceptable for
this audition.
Audition Location
Auditions
will be held at SecondStory
Repertory. You must contact
jenklos@gmail.com to schedule an audition time.
Show Synopsis
The rare instance of a musical
thriller, Stephen Sondheim and
Hugh Wheeler’s chilling,
suspenseful, heart-pounding
masterpiece of murderous
barber-ism and culinary crime
tells the infamous tale of the
unjustly exiled barber who
returns to 19th century London
seeking revenge against the
lecherous judge who framed him
and ravaged his young wife. His
thirst for blood soon expands to
include his unfortunate
customers, and the resourceful
proprietress of the pie shop
downstairs soon has the people
of London lining up in droves
with her mysterious new meat pie
recipe!
This special School Edition has
been masterfully adapted,
working directly with Mr.
Sondheim, to retain the dark wit
and grand scope of the original
work, with a few lyric and key
changes to facilitate high
school productions.
We are thrilled to have a team
of top-notch directors in
Eric Polani Jensen and
Frances Leah King, with
John Allman as Music
Director.
Sophisticated, macabre, visceral
and uncompromising,
SWEENEY TODD SCHOOL EDITION
nevertheless has a
great sense of fun, mixing
intense drama with howlingly
funny moments of dark humor:
audiences find themselves
laughing hysterically one moment
and gasping in surprise the
next.
Instructors
Eric Polani Jensen
(Director) is thrilled to be
teaching again. Eric directed
Last Exit in 2009,
Children of Eden in 2007,
and choreographed fights in
Les Misérables (School Edition)
and trust me for Village
Theatre KIDSTAGE. Onstage, he
has been seen at Village Theatre
as the Beast in Disney's
Beauty and the Beast, as
Perón in Evita, and
reprised his role as Howard in
Village Theatre's Mainstage
production of Stunt Girl.
Regional credits include: Oscar
Jaffee in On the 20th Century
with Showtunes!, Emile de
Becque in South Pacific,
the Governor in Man of La
Mancha at Village Theatre,
and Sweeney Todd at The 5th
Avenue. He has also
performed at Seattle Repertory
Theatre, SCT, ACT, and TAG.
Frances Leah King
(Director) is an Adjunct
Instructor in Musical Theater at
Cornish College of the Arts.
Frances is a working
professional actress, seasoned
vocal instructor, voice-over
talent, and a proud mom of a 5
year old daughter. She has made
the Pacific Northwest her home
for the past 20 years. Some of
Frances’ favorite roles have
been: Mistress Ford in The
Merry Wives of Windsor,
Rebecca in Rags, Leona in
Do I Hear a Waltz?, Lady
Anne in Richard III and
Fay Apple in Anyone Can
Whistle. Frances directed
A Man of No Importance at
Showtunes! in January 2009.
Frances has found teaching to be
one of the most rewarding
experiences in her life.
Assisting the next generation of
performers to find their
strength and confidence is an
honor.
John Allman (Music
Director) is thrilled to return
to SSR after serving as Music
Director for this season's TYA
production of Rumplestiltskin.
Recently he conducted Camelot
for Lyric Light Opera and played
keyboard in Hairspray at
Seattle Musical Theatre.
Favorite credits include: The
King and I and The Sound
of Music (LLO), A Man of
No Importance (Showtunes!),
The Alchemists (Village
Theatre Originals), Midsummer
Night's Dream (KIDSTAGE),
Illyria (Redwood Theater),
and his own original works
Agamemnon (La MaMa ETC, NYC)
and Mask of Alice (Museum
of Intl. Folk Art/Santa Fe
Opera).
Tuition
$450.
Tuition covers
entire program costs.
Registration and payment will be
due upon acceptance of role. No
additional fees will be charged.
Students will be responsible for
providing their own makeup as
needed. No parent volunteer
hours are required.
Scholarships
available. Please click for
application.
Rehearsals
June 11 – 29:
Monday-Thursday
5pm-9pm
and Friday 3pm-5:30pm
July 2 – 13: Monday-Friday
5pm-9pm
Actors will be called for
rehearsal as needed. No
rehearsal July 4, 2012
Tech week
July 16 – 18: Monday-Wednesday
5pm-10pm
Performances
July 19 & 20 – 7pm
July 21 – 2pm and 7pm
July 22 – 2pm
Roles
ANTHONY HOPE: A young man who
returns to London and sets his
heart on Johanna. C3 - F#4 Tenor
BEGGAR WOMAN: A deranged and
schizophrenic woman with a
secret. A3 - F#5 Alto
JOHANNA: Judge Turpin's young,
lovely ward and Todd's long-lost
daughter. C4 - Bb5 Soprano
JUDGE TURPIN: Corrupt &
lecherous official hiding in
the guise of sanctimonious
honor. B2 - F4 Baritenor
MRS. LOVETT: An entrepreneurial
shop owner with a diabolical
passion for pies... and Todd.
F#3 - E5 Alto
PIRELLI: A flamboyant Italian
with a secret past. A charlatan
and rival barber. G#2 - F#4 (A4)
Tenor
SWEENEY TODD: A talented barber
with a bloodthirsty need for
revenge. Ab2 - F4 Baritone or
Bass
THE BEADLE: A pompous public
official whose real loyalty is
only to the corrupt Turpin. Bb2
- F4 (C5) Tenor
TOBIAS: A boy apprenticed to
Pirelli, who finds a surrogate
family in Todd and Mrs. Lovett.
B2 - G4 Tenor
ENSEMBLE: Citizens of London,
masquerade guests, inmates of
Bedlam, the spirit of the city.
Ensemble members will be
assigned solos over the course
of rehearsal.
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