Silhouette Productions and The Shore Cultural Centre Auditions for "Annie Get Your Gun"

Annie Get Your Gun scored a bulls eye when it returned to Broadway in 1999, starring Bernadette Peters and sporting a revised libretto by Tony, Oscar and Emmy winner Peter Stone. As Newsday reported, Stone's revisions 'are sweetly ingenious, and the show is a dream.' Stone reshaped the 1946 book to create a Wild West show-within-a-show that frames the ageless 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better' love story of sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler. Stone has added a secondary romance between the younger sister of Frank's bothersome assistant Dolly, and a boy who is (to Dolly's horror) part Native American. 'The book has been updated in ways that pass p.c. muster,' reported Time Magazine, 'without losing all the fun.' Joined to the new book, of course, is that amazing Irving Berlin score, featuring hit after hit after hit. 'Irving Berlin's greatest achievement in the theater,' wrote the New York Post, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN 'will always be a musical for the ages, one of the Broadway theater's enduring triumphs.'

Produced by Charlotte Mirabile
Directed by Douglas F. Bailey II
Musical Direction by Elias Manos
Choreography by Jen Justice

WHEN: July 19th and 20th from 7-9:30 PM NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY

PRODUCTION DATES: October 13th- 22nd

WHERE: Shore Cultural Center Room 241

WHAT TO PREPARE: One 32 bar song in the style of Irving Berlin, and a joke or short comedic monologue. Please bring your own sheet music, an accompanist will be provided.

WHO: All roles are open. There will be no AEA contracts available for this performance

CAST OF CHARACTERS:

Annie Oakley- a sharpshooter in the Wild West show 
Vocal Range: G3-F5

Frank Butler- the Wild West show's star 
Vocal Range: A2-F4

Tommy Keeler- knife-thrower in the Wild West show; Winnie's boyfriend; part Native American.
Vocal Range: Bb2- F4

Winnie Tate- Dolly's sister; Tommy's girlfriend and his assistant in the knife-throwing act.
Vocal Range: Bb3-F5

Dolly Tate- Frank's flamboyant assistant; Winnie's sister
Vocal Range: B3-B5

Buffalo Bill Cody- owner of the Wild West show
Vocal Range: B2- F4

Annie's sisters and brother- Jessie, Nellie, and Little Jake

Chief Sitting Bull- Sioux chief and holy man; Annie's protector

Charlie Davenport- manager of the Wild West show

Pawee Bill- owner of a competing western show

Ensemble- A collection of Circus Performers and families

Questions? Email the director at douglasfbaileyii@gmail.com

Charlotte Mirabile

Artistic Director of Silhouette Production

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