516 S Trade St
P.O. Box 654
Tryon, North Carolina 28782
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Auditions

Announcing Auditions for

Gypsy - A Musical Fable

Directed by Laura Depta Peal   &   Musical Direction by Pam McNeil

Sunday, October 6th - 3:00pm
Monday, October 7th - 6:00pm
at Sunnydale
334 S Trade St, Tryon NC

Callbacks (if needed) will be on Thursday, October 10th at 6:00pm

Please plan to sing about 16 bars of a song (with accompaniment is preferred), and to read scenes from the script.

 

Performance Dates: Feb 28th-Mar 2 & Mar 7-9, 2025

There will be a first read-through on Saturday, October 26th - 2:00pm-5:00pm.
This is so we can all meet each other and get our scripts and music.

Rehearsals after that will begin on January 6th, 2025. We will rehearse 4-5 days a week.
 

“Gypsy” Cast Breakdown
Most of these roles will be double and triple cast.

Primary Characters
Rose – Any age - An enthusiastic, sometimes overbearing stage mother
Louise – 20s - Rose’s daughter, goes on to become Gypsy Rose Lee
June – 20s - Rose’s younger daughter, the vaudeville star
Herbie – 30s-60s - A candy salesman, becomes Rose’s manager and love interest
Tulsa – 20s-30s - One of the farm boys, has big dreams

Kids (ages 8-17)
Young June
Young Louise
Young Farm Boys (3-4 boys)
Young Auditioners (3-4 girls or boys)

The Farm Boys (young men in their 20s-30s – singers and dancers)
L.A. – young man traveling with Rose’s act
Yonkers – young man traveling with Rose’s act
Angie – young man traveling with Rose’s act

The Burlesque Dancers (any age - tough, world-wise broads)
Mazeppa
Electra
Tessie Tura

The Hollywood Blondes (20s-30s – women in Rose’s new act with Louise)
Agnes
Marjorie May
Dolores
Thelma
Gail

Supporting Characters
Pop – Rose’s father
Uncle Jocko – A cranky Vaudeville producer
Mr. Goldstone – A producer from the Orpheum Circuit
Miss Cratchitt – A snooty secretary for Mr. Grantziger’s Palace
Georgie – Jocko’s Assistant
Weber – A theater manager in Los Angeles
Kringelein – Hotel manager in Akron
Cigar – Theater manager in Wichita
Pastey – Stage manager in Wichita
Announcer – Off stage voice
Renee – Louise’s maid
Press Agent
Photographer
Vaudevillians – The chorus