Casting descriptions below are based on "can look to play," not necessarily actual ages.  In addition to roles detailed below, an ensemble of character actors, singers and dancers (both men and women) is required for feature roles throughout the show.  Some performers with additional skills (play instruments, tumbling ability, etc) and two dogs are to be cast.  Specifically a small dog (like a chihuahua) and a large dog (like a bull dog).  Dogs should be able to bark, sit and come on command.  Send photos and details via email to the casey@theatrecr.org for consideration of your pet.  Please note, no pets at the scheduled auditions.

At this time, no preparation is required for auditions other than familiarity with the show.  Auditioners should be prepared to dance, sing and read from the show unless they are confident they will only accept roles that do not require all three.

Roles available:

Principal Roles

• Elle Woods - Soprano Belt - Gb2 - G5
  • Female, 20's. Excellent actor / singer / dancer. The quintessential Valley Girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and realizes that she has more to offer than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality
• Margot / Serena / Pilar - Soprano Belt - G#3 - F5
  • 3 Females, Late Teens - 20's. Excellent actors / singers / dancers. California Sorority girls who act as Elle's Greek Chorus.  Margot is ditzy, Pilar is sassy, Serena is Starbucks and Spray Tan obsessed.
• Paulette Buonofuonte - Soprano Belt - A3 - A5
  • Female, 20's - 40's. Excellent actor / singer.  A brash and funny hair stylist who is friends with Elle and longs to ?nd a man for herself
• Vivienne Kensington  - Soprano Belt - A3 - F5
  • Female,  - 20's. Excellent actor / singer. A smart and savvy law student who initially dismisses Elle, but grows to be her friend
• Brooke Wyndham  - Mezzo-Soprano - A3 - G5
  • Female, 20's - 30's. Excellent actor / singer / dancer. An exercise video star who is also a former sorority girl. Must be good at jumping rope.
• Enid Hoops -  Soprano Belt - G3 - G5
  • Female, Late Teens - 20's. Excellent actor / singer. A mousy, intellectual law student
• Emmett Forrest  - Tenor - B2 - A4
  • Male, 20's - 30's. Excellent actor / singer. A smart and sensitive law student who takes Elle under his wing
• Professor Callahan - Baritone  - A2 - F#4
  • Male, Late 30's - 50's. Excellent actor / singer. A pompous and manipulative law professor at Harvard
• Warner Hunter III  - Tenor - Eb3 - Ab4
  • Male, Late Teens - Early 30's. Excellent actor / singer. A good-looking, but pompous guy who breaks Elle's heart
• Kyle Brendan O'Boyle: the UPS Guy - Dancer
  • Male, 20's - 40's. Good dancer. A great-looking, in-shape employee of the United Postal Services.

Supporting Roles

• Elle's Mom - Alto - C4-E5
  • Female, 30's - 50's. Good mover / singer / actor. Elle's socialite, country-clubing mother
• LeiLani and Kate  - Alto - Bb3 - Eb5
  • Female, Late Teens - 20's. Excellent singer / dancer. Elle's other  sorority sisters
• Aaron Schultz -  2nd Tenor
  • Male, Late Teens - 20's. Excellent singer. Harvard Student.
• Sundeep Padamadan  - Baritone / Tenor
  • Male, Late Teens - 20's. Excellent singer. Foreign Harvard Student
• Grandmaster Chad  - High Baritone
  • Male, Late Teens - 20's. Excellent Character Actor / Hip Hop Singer / Hip Hop Dancer.
• Elle's Dad - Baritone  - D3 - E#4
  • Male, 30's - 50's. Good mover / singer / actor. Elle's rich, golfer father
• Dewey - Actor
  • Male, 20's - 40's. Character actor. Paulette's trailer- trash ex-boyfriend.
• Nikos Argitakos - Actor
  • Male, Late Teens - 30's. Character actor. Brooke's pool boy. Witness against Brooke. Gay AND European
• Carlos - Tenor
  • Male, Late Teens - 30's. Character actor / singer. Boyfriend of Carlos.  Big money note at the end of "There!, Right! There!"
• Winthrop, Lowell, Pforzheimer
  • 3 Males, Late 20's - 50's. Good actors / singers. Harvard admissions board. Three different, quirky and funny  characters.
• Chutney Wyndham - Actor
  • Brooke Wyndam's step daughter, affected by her "station" and marginally psychotic
• Other Roles
  • Judge, Reporter, Whitney, Shop Owner, Courtney, Harvard Students, Delta Nu Sisters, Nail Customers, etc, could be played by the characters listed above in named roles.

Unfortunate News: Due to unforeseen shipping problems, we are unable to hold our sausage sampling tomorrow, Saturday, December 8th from 10-2. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

The good news is that we will still be hosting the Bier Stube and Haun Meat Co on Saturday, December 15th from 10-2!!! Be sure to join us!

For info please call 563-322-8844

No stranger to Brucemore and the local arts scene, Jim Kern will provide comically nostalgic insight into A Modern Salon with this year's theme, "tradition."  As former Assistant Director and Executive Director at Brucemore, Jim was instrumental in expanding the educational programs, tour menu, building and landscape preservation activities, and arts and culture events offered on the estate.  Now that he is officially retired, his biography is a list of former exploits and careers: teacher, stage director, actor, restaurateur, historic site director, development director, caterer, and Oprah panelist.  In short, he could never quite figure out what he wanted to be when and if he grew up.  He currently serves as Chair of the Cedar Rapids Visual Arts Commission, on the boards of the Cedar Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and Theatre Cedar Rapids, and as travel group host for Destinations Unlimited.  In July, he will return to the Classics at Brucemore, which he co-founded in 1996, as the Artistic Director for Cyrano de Bergerac.

SPT Theatre was founded by Doug Elliott, Gerard Estella, Janelle Lauer, and Jane Pini, four local performing artists looking to support, provide for, and expand the artistic opportunities available to performers and arts patrons in the Cultural Corridor. For further information about SPT Theatre, call (319) 361-5297 or visit www.spttheatre.org.

Experience Brucemore, an unparalleled blend of tradition and culture, located at 2160 Linden Drive SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At the heart of the historic 26-acre estate stands a nineteenth-century mansion filled with the stories of three Cedar Rapids families.  Concerts, theater, programs, and tours enliven the site and celebrate the heritage of a community.  For more information, call (319) 362-7375 or visit www.brucemore.org.

Students Staged the Musical "Into the Woods"

SEWARD, NE (11/20/2012)(readMedia)-- Naomi Iltis of Le Claire, Iowa, took part in staging the theatre department at Concordia University, Nebraska's presention "Into the Woods," a musical production depicting troubled fairy tale creatures, based on the works of the Brothers Grimm. The musical was performed Nov. 2-3 and Nov. 9-11 in the Weller Hall Auditorium. Iltis served on the Production Crew.

"Into the Woods," written by James Lapine, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, follows the stories of several fairy tale creatures including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack from "Jack and the Beanstock" and Rapunzel. The stories weave with the tale of a baker and his wife on their quest to start a family as they discover they've been cursed by an evil witch.