Broadview Heights Spotlights

Auditions for Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music”

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Monday, December 8 from 6:30PM – 9:30PM 

Tuesday, December 9 from 6:30PM to 9:30PM

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A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film, Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart’s Serenade No. 13, K. 525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The musical includes the popular song “Send In the Clowns”, written for Glynis Johns.

Auditioners should sign up for an audition slot on Signup Genius.  Please arrive 15-minutes prior to your scheduled time to complete an audition form.

No Equity contracts are available for this show.  Callbacks, if necessary, will occur the afternoon of Saturday, December 13.  Rehearsals will begin the week of December 29.  The show runs February 20 – March 7.

The show will be directed by Tim Anderson and music directed by Ryan Bergeron.

Those auditioning should:

  • Plan to attend only one day of auditions. 
  • Be familiar with the show and its music, language, and themes.
  • Prepare two one-minute, contrasting songs (one up-tempo, one ballad) in the style of the show.  Pieces by Sondheim are encouraged but not required.  You may sing from the show. 
  • Bring sheet music in the correct keys, hole-punched in a three-ring binder.  Singers will not be permitted to sing a cappella.
  • Bring a list of conflicts between December 29 and March 7.

For a show synopsis, character breakdowns, more information, and/or to sign up for an audition slot, please visit http://broadview-heights-spotlights.org.   

Additional questions may be sent to the director at education@broadview-heights-spotlights.org.

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Synopsis

Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik’s town, the estranged lovers’ passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrick’s wife, Anne; Desirée’s current lover, the Count; and the Count’s wife, Charlotte. Both men – as well as their jealous wives – agree to join Desirée and her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée’s mother’s estate. With everyone in one place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises.


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Character List

All actors, (except for Fredricka) must be 18 years old or older.  Ages and genders provided are those of the character. Actors of all races, genders, and body types are strongly encouraged to audition.

All roles are available.  No Equity Contracts are available for this show. 

Ages and genders listed are those of the character.

Roles

  • Fredrika Armfeldt, Desiree’s witty daughter who is very self-contained and formal with the precise diction of the convent-trained.
    • Gender: female | Age: 12 to 15 /Vocal range: C4 – Eb5
  • Madame Armfeldt, Desiree’s elderly mother; brutally honest and a veteran of discreet encounters with the crowned heads of Europe.
    • Gender: female \ Age: 70 to 85 \ Vocal range: C3 – F#4
  • Henrik Egerman, Fredrick’s gloomy son. He is serious but confused, as he studies for the Lutheran priesthood.
    • Gender: male | Age: 18 to 21 | Vocal range: G3 – B4
  • Anne Egerman, Giddy and virginal; naive at times. A breathtakingly gorgeous child bride and Fredrick’s new wife.
    • Gender: female | Age: 18 to 21 | Vocal range: G#3 – Ab5
  • Fredrick Egerman, Middle-aged lawyer who is married to his second wife, Anne, and has a son, Henrik, from his first marriage.
    • Gender: male | Age: 35 to 45 | Vocal range: A2 – E4
  • Petra, Anne’s earthy maid and closest confidante. She seizes every moment to rustle in the hay.
    • Gender: female | Age: 20 to 30 | Vocal range: F#3 – F5
  • Desiree Armfeldt, A self-absorbed, once-successful actress now touring the country-side. She becomes entangled in a love triangle with the Count and Fredrick.
    • Gender: female | Age: 40 to 50 | Vocal range: F#3 – Ab5
  • Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, Vain, arrogant, and splendidly proportioned but ferociously jealous. He is Desiree’s newest lover.
    • Gender: male | Age: 30 to 45 | Vocal range top: G3  – F#4
  • Countess Charlotte Malcolm, The Count’s manic depressive, mistreated and downtrodden wife.
    • Gender: female | Age: 30 to 40 | Vocal range: G3 – F5
  • Ensemble
    • The Liebeslieder Singers, Servants, Helpers

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