Auditions for South Pacific
Announcing Auditions for:
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener
Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile’s proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he’s fallen in love out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe’s life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices.
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Auditions for CHILDREN ONLY: Sunday, May 20th – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Otey Hall, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 510 West Main Street, Downtown Franklin TN 37064
(entrance to Otey Hall is on 6th Avenue – off West Main Street)
1 Girl – 10 to 12 years old
1 Boy – 8 to 11 years old
Please prepare 15 measures or so of your favorite song and be prepared to read from the script.
Accompanist will be provided. PLEASE – NO TRACKS!
Must be able to sing and do simple choreography, and be able to learn to speak and sing in French.
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Auditions for ADULTS ONLY: Monday, May 21st and Tuesday, May 22nd – 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Otey Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 510 West Main Street, Downtown Franklin TN 37064
(entrance to Otey Hall is on 6th Avenue – off West Main Street)
Principal and ensemble roles for men and women 16 and up (see breakdown below)
Please prepare 15 measures of a Broadway show tune or similar,
and be prepared to read from the script and learn simple choreography.
Accompanist will be provided. PLEASE – NO TRACKS!
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Show dates are: August 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18
Rehearsals begin in early June.
For more information, contact Director Iain Macpherson at isjmacpherson@aol.com.
PROPOSED CAST
| Ngana (9 to 12 years old) | Girl | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Jerome (8 to 11 years old) | Boy | Boy Soprano |
| Henri/Sailor | Male | Baritone |
| Nellie Forbush | Female Lead | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Emile de Becque | Male Lead | Baritone |
| Bloody Mary | Female | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Seabee Luther Billis | Male | Baritone |
| Stewpot | Male | Baritone |
| Professor | Male | Baritone |
| Sailor | Male | Baritone |
| Sailor | Male | Baritone |
| Sailor/Radio Operator | Male | Baritone |
| Sailor/Lt. Buzz Adams | Male | Baritone |
| Nurse | Female | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Nurse | Female | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Nurse | Female | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Nurse | Female | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Nurse | Female | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Nurse | Female | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Nurse | Female | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Lieutenant Joe Cable | Male | Tenor |
| Captain Brackett | Male | Spoken |
| Commander William Harbison | Male | Spoken |
| Liat (older teenager) | Female | Spoken |
