Play auditions begin today
Parts are available for four women and four men. Participants should bring a wallet-size photo, with readings provided by the director. Men auditioning for the parts of “Tito,” “Max” and The Bellhop” will also be required to sing although a prepared musical number is optional.
A sensation on Broadway and in London’s West End, “Lend Me A Tenor” has won numerous awards including two Tony awards and three Outer Critics Circle Awards. It has been performed in eight languages throughout the world. The Play was also a hit in Tullahoma with the cast receiving standing ovations when the Community Playhouse first presented the play in September 1992.
The story takes place in a first class hotel in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934. The Cleveland Grand Opera Company is presenting “Otello” as their gala season opener, and the world famous “Tito Morelli” has agreed to perform the title role. However, through a series of hilarious mishaps, “Tito” passes out and is unable to perform. What can the desperate theatre manager do but “borrow” a tenor!
The manager persuades his assistant to don “Tito’s costume, wig and makeup and perform in the show. All seems well until “Tito” wakes up and races to the opera house in his spare costume. Now there are two “Otellos!”
With a set containing six doors opened and closed by a stream of delightfully funny characters and two rooms viewed simultaneously, the non-stop action will keep the audience teary-eyed with laughter. Of course, the challenge for the cast is to be able to perform the show without laughing themselves.
Production dates are slated Oct. 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11. For more information, call 961-454-0020 or check out the playhouse web site at www.communityplayhouse.org.