Music by Arthur Sullivan
Book and lyrics by William S. Gilbert
directed by Yvonne A.K. Johnson
musical direction by Trudy Harris
choreographed by Troy Nickerson
auditions: Monday-Tuesday, Aug. 3-4, at 6:30 pm; callbacks Wed.
on the Civic's Main Stage
roles for 16 men and 10 women
[ photo: Linda Ronstadt as Mabel (center) and Kevin Kline as the Pirate King (right) in Joseph Papp's 1980 Central Park production ]
Perform a verse and a chorus from either a Gilbert and Sullivan piece or a classical musical; cold readings, too, and be ready to move around.
to be performed Sept. 25-Oct. 25
When Frederic reaches age 21, it marks the end of his apprenticeship to the notoriously sensitive Pirates of Penzance. Overcome by a sense of duty to the crown, he vows to destroy the pirates he has come to love as brothers. This Gilbert and Sullivan gem features such songs as "I Am a Pirate King" and "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General."
The subtitle of Pirates is "The Slave of Duty."
Premiered in New York in Dec. 1879, and in London in April 1880.
Will the Major-General be able to protect his daughters from the fearsome pirates who are not so fearsome?
Isn't this show already cast?
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