Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre & Children's Theatre

CASTING NOTES

NORMA DESMOND
Female | Age: 50s - 60s | Range: Mezzo
A faded, eccentric, former silent screen star dreaming of making her triumphant return to the screen.

JOE GILLIS
Male | Age: 20s - 30s | Range: Tenor
A struggling young writer.

MAX VON MAYERLING
Male | Age: 50s - 60s | Range: Baritone
Norma's butler and first husband.

BETTY SCHAEFFER
Female | Age: 20s - 30s | Range: Soprano
An idealist secretary at the movie studio.

ARTIE GREEN
Male | Age: 30s | Range: Tenor
Joe's best friend who works at Paramount and Betty's fiancé.

ENSEMBLE
Male & Female | Age: 18+ | Range: Varies
Various characters in and around Hollywood and Paramount Studios.

AUDITIONS

SUNSET BOULEVARD
Monday, JUNE 24, 2013
Beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Way Off Broadway

Those auditioning are asked to bring a headshot and resume, as well as 16 bars of prepared music and be ready to sing and read from the script. All roles are open and non-union paying. Those auditioning should be at least 18 years old. No appointments are necessary. An accompanist will be provided.

Sunset Boulevard will run from September 6 - November 9, 2013 with performances every Friday and Saturday evening and matinees on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of each month.

Rehearsals will begin in late June or early July and are usually held 2 to 4 times a week (Sunday afternoon/evenings, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday evenings). Beginning Sunday, September 1st, rehearsals will be held every day leading up to Opening Night.

SHOW INFORMATION
Sunset Boulevard weaves a magnificent tale of faded glory and unfulfilled ambition as silent movie star Norma Desmond longs for a return to the big screen. Having been discarded by Tinsel Town with the advent of “talkies,” her glamour has faded in all but her own mind. When she meets struggling Hollywood screen-writer Joe Gillis through dramatic circumstances, their subsequent passionate and volatile relationship leads to an unforeseen and tragic conclusion.

Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Book & Lyrics by DON BLACK and CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
Based on the Billy Wilder Film
Direction & Staging by BILL KISKA
Music Direction by JORDAN B. STOCKSDALE
Licensed by R&H THEATRICALS
Produced by WAY OFF BROADWAY

If you have questions, please feel free to contact WOB's Executive Producer and the show's director, Bill Kiska, by phone at (301) 662-6600 or by E-mail at BKiska@wayoffbroadway.com.