Hello, Dolly! Information Night
May 13 – 7:30 p.m. @ Christ Church (1700 Mazo Crescent)
Clarkson Music Theatre celebrates
its 70th Anniversary year with the great classical musical comedy: Hello, Dolly! Join us for this special production, filled with
timeless songs, grand sets, fabulous costumes, and spectacle galore!
Director / Choreographer Michael MacLennan
Music Director Jenny
Peace
Producers Rita
Ferguson, Christine McMahon, Susan Wray, Donnie Morris (associate)
Stage Manager Glenn
Pringle
Synopsis
of Hello, Dolly!!
HELLO, DOLLY! is the story of Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi’s
efforts to marry Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, and to
send his money circulating among the people like rainwater (the way her late husband,
Ephraim Levi, taught her). Along the way she also succeeds in matching up the
young and beautiful Widow Molloy with Vandergelder’s head clerk, Cornelius
Hackl; Cornelius’ assistant, Barnaby Tucker, with Mrs. Molloy’s assistant,
Minnie Fay; and the struggling artist, Ambrose Kemper, with Mr. Vandergelder’s
weeping niece, Ermengarde. Her whirlwind journey takes her from 1898 Yonkers to
New York; from Feed Store to Hat Emporium; from the 14th Street
Parade to the exclusive Harmonia Gardens; from Jail back to where we began in
Yonkers. Dolly’s pure energy and joie de vivre are embraced by all who meet her
– town folk, waiters, judges, clients – as she does what she does best –
Meddle!
Rehearsal Details and Other Dates:
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Rehearsal Venue: Christ Church, 1700 Mazo Crescent (Clarkson Road and Truscott,
Mississauga)
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Rehearsals: Monday and Wednesday evenings 7:30 – 10:30 / Saturday afternoons
10 am – 4:00 p.m. Rehearsals begin August 24, 2015 and run as scheduled till we
open (no rehearsal Labour Day [Sept.7] or Thanksgiving Day [October 12])
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Attendance policy – Strictly enforced. Conflicts must be declared at time of
Audition.
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Additional dates: Costume Parade - Tuesday Nov.3 / Cast and Orchestra rehearsals –
Sunday Nov.8 / Dark Week Nov.15 – 19 (6 p.m. to 11 p.m.)
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Presented At Meadowvale Theatre: Nov.20, 21, 26, 27, 28 @ 8 p.m. /Nov.22, 28, 29 @ 2 p.m.
Auditions are by appointment May 25 and 26 – booked
from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Successful candidates will be notified Wednesday May 27
by email for the Call Back on May 28 @ Christ Church. Finalists will sing an
appropriate selection from Hello, Dolly!!
(titles are listed below) and perform cold readings with various partners.
Audition Requirements: Candidates should prepare one verse and one chorus of a classic
Broadway show. Bring accompanist’s music suitably bound in a binder. Some candidates
may be asked to do a cold reading. Auditions are in five minute time slots.
Candidates will be required to participate in a 20 minute movement workshop.
Auditions booked between 7 p.m. to 7:40 and 8 to 8:40 will dance 7:40 to 8 p.m.
Auditions booked between 8:40 and 10:30 will dance 9:40 to 10 p.m.
The Ensemble - Clarkson members in good standing must
contact Rita Ferguson (
ritaferguson20@gmail.com ) or Christine McMahon (
christinemcm@gmail.com ) by May 10
th in order to hold
their place in the ensemble. Non
Clarkson members must audition for a place in the ensemble.
Please note:
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All cast members must be able to move well.
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Attendance at rehearsals is imperative. You will be required to
declare your conflicts for the rehearsal schedule at the time of audition. You
may miss no more than three rehearsals.
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Auditioners will be given first consideration for roles cast from the
chorus.
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Cast members are required to volunteer ten hours toward the
production (e.g.: set construction and painting, fund-raising, other).
- Clarkson Performing Membership Fees $30
Single Membership / $40 Family Membership
Cast of Hello, Dolly!!
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Mrs.
Dolly Gallagher Levi — An
indefatigable meddling matchmaker; a widow in her middle years, life-loving,
commanding, with a strong stage presence/ Stage age: 35 – 50 stage/ Vocal range
: alto - soprano/ Dance ability: some
·
Mrs.
Irene Molloy —A beautiful,
smart, fun-loving widow; owns a hat shop
in New York City / Stage age: 30 – 35/ Vocal range: soprano/ Dance ability: good to
strong
·
Minnie
Fay — Irene’s
assistant; naïve, straight-laced, fresh, follower/ Stage age: 17 – 20/ Vocal
Range: Mezzo soprano/ Dance Ability:
good to strong
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Ermengarde —Horace Vandergelder’s niece; whining, high-strung,
wants to marry Ambrose/ Stage age: 17 – 20/ Any vocal range/ Dance ability: good
to strong
·
Ernestina — Accommodating, good time girl/ Stage age: 30
– 45 (cast from chorus)/ Any vocal range
/ Some dance ability
·
Mrs.
Rose: (cast from
chorus)/ Stage age: 35 – 60/ Dance
ability: some.
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Horace
Vandergelder — Well known
half-a-millionaire, widower, proprietor of a hay and feed store in Yonkers, NY
and a client of Mrs. Levi’s; gruff, set in his ways, authoritative / Stage age:
40 – 60/ Vocal Range: baritone/ Some
dance ability
·
Cornelius
Hackl —
Vandergelder’s chief clerk; energetic,
enthusiastic, adventurous/ Stage age: 30-35/ Vocal Range: baritone / Dance Ability: good
to strong dancer
·
Barnaby
Tucker — Assistant to
Cornelius at the Feed Store; naïve, energized, follower/ Stage age: 17-20/
Vocal Range: baritone/ Dance ability:
good to strong dancer
·
Ambrose
Kemper — A young
artist seeking to marry Ermengarde; Good natured, accommodating/ Stage age: 19
– 24/ Vocal Range: tenor/ Dance ability: good to strong
·
Rudy – Maître-d of the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant;
(may be cast from chorus) proper, commanding/ Stage age: 40 – 60/ Vocal range:
Bass/ Dance ability: good mover
Chorus Roles (Town Folk, Feed Store Customers, Harmonia
Garden Customers, Polka Contest Contestants, 14th Street Parade
Ensemble, Waiters and Court officials).
The Ideal Cast will be forty strong, with vocal ranges evenly
split SATB. Dance ability: good movers to strong dancers.
Featured Dancers - Strong dancers will be appropriately
featured and selected from the audition movement workshop.
Musical Numbers are listed below and the Call Back material
underlined for the BOLDED characters.
Act I
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Prologue (Hello,
Dolly!) – Orchestra
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Call On Dolly –
Ensemble
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I Put My Hand In —
Dolly
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It Takes A Woman —
Horace and the Men (call back song
for Horace)
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It Takes A Woman
(Reprise) – Horace
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Put On Your Sunday
Clothes — Cornelius, Barnaby, Dolly, Ambrose, Ermengarde, and Ensemble (call back song for Cornelius, Minnie, Ambrose, Ermengarde)
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Ribbons Down My Back —
Irene (call back song for Irene)
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Ribbons Down My Back
(Reprise) – Irene
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Motherhood March —
Dolly, Irene, Minnie, and Horace
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Dancing — Dolly,
Cornelius, Barnaby, Irene, Minnie, and Dancers
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Love, Look In My
Window – Dolly*
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Before the Parade
Passes By — Dolly and the Company
(call back song for Dolly)
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Finale Act I: Before
The Parade Passes By – Dolly
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Act II
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Entr'acte - Orchestra
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Elegance — Cornelius,
Barnaby, Irene, Minnie
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The Waiters' Gallop —
Rudolph and the Waiters
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The Waiters' Gallop
(Reprise) - Rudolph and Waiters
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The Polka Contest —
Orchestra**
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It Only Takes a Moment
— Cornelius and Irene, Prisoners and
Policeman (Call back song for Cornelius)
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So Long, Dearie —
Dolly
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Finale Act II: Hello,
Dolly! / Dancing / It Only Takes A Moment / Put On Your Sunday Clothes /
Hello, Dolly! — The Company
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Thank you for your interest in Clarkson
Music Theatre’s Hello, Dolly!!
See you at Auditions!
