Fayette Players

and Community Theatre is getting ready to present their fourth Broadway

musical this summer. They will bring "The Music Man" to Sams

Auditorium in Fayetteville this summer and auditions for this beloved

musical will take place at Sandy Creek High School starting Monday, Apr.

14.

"The Music

Man" requires a large cast of both adults and children. There are

many townsfolk that make up the chorus and there is a need for lots of

children to be in the chorus as well as the River City Marching Band.

Adults, ages

18 and up, will audition on Monday, Apr. 14 from 6:30-10 p.m. Those who

are auditioning are asked to prepare 16 measures of any song and must

bring either the sheet music for the song or accompaniment on either CD

or tape. The auditions will also include reading from the script and performing

a number, which will be taught by the choreographer, as a group.

Children, ages

8-17, will audition on Tuesday from 4:30-7:30 p.m. and auditions will

run the same as adult auditions. Wednesday's auditions will take place

from 6:30-10 p.m. and will be used for callbacks and catch-up. Those auditioning

should also be prepared to fill out forms stating past experience (if

any) and any conflicts during the rehearsal period. The directors are

also seeking a barbershop quartet, which is an integral part of the show.

Barbershop quartets are asked to audition together.

The first read-through

will be Monday, April 21 at 7 p.m. Rehearsals will be at Sandy Creek through

May and will take place at The Studio in Fayetteville in June.

"The Music

Man" will be directed by Kathy Andersen, while the musical director

will be Millie Turek and the choreographer will be Jonsie Pollock. The

show will run at Sams Auditorium Thursdays through Sundays July 3-20.

There will be an additional show on Wednesday, July 2 and there will be

no show on Friday, July 4. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. except on

Sundays when performances will start at 2:30 p.m.

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