Hello Dolly!
AUG. 5-10
Youth Wanted
Auditions to be held May 28 at Village Hall
The Annisquam Village Players, one of the country’s oldest community theatres, will hold auditions at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 28 for its production of the Broadway classic Hello Dolly! that will be performed Aug. 5-10 at the historic Annisquam Village Hall. Auditions for ages 6-12 will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Local youth ages 6 years and older and teens who are interested in musical theatre are encouraged to participate as there are many roles and ensemble opportunities.
Auditionees will be asked to sing a portion of a musical selection from the show and read a few lines of dialogue. Copies of the musical selections, character sides, and full details can be found on the AVP website, www.annisquamvillageplayers.org.
See the complete list of available roles below.
The show is a 1964 musical that follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker, as she travels to Yonkers, NY, to find a match for the miserly “well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder.
The lyrics and music were written by Jerry Herman and the book by Michael Stewart. It is based on Thornton Wilder’s 1938 farce, The Merchant of Yonkers.
Hello, Dolly! debuted at the Fisher Theater in Detroit on November 18, 1963. It starred stage performer Carol Channing as Dolly Gallagher Levi, a role theatrical audiences of the world would forever associate with her. The show moved to Broadway in 1964, winning 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actress in a Musical for Channing.
Since then, the show has become one of the most enduring musical theater hits, with four Broadway revivals and international success. It was also made into the 1969 film Hello Dolly! by 20th Century Fox, which won three Academy Awards, including Best Score of a Musical Picture and was nominated in four other categories, including Best Picture at the 42nd Academy Awards.
Available Hello Dolly! Roles
Chorus Ensemble: Interchanging parts to include Townspeople, Coachman, Horse, Policemen, Court Clerk, Paperhanger, Polka Contest Dancers, Parade Watchers, Restaurant Diners, Store Customers
Dolly Gallagher Levi: A widow in her middle years who has decided to begin her life again. She is a matchmaker, meddler, opportunist, and a life-loving woman of strikingly dramatic appearance.
Horace Vandergelder: The proprietor of a Hay & Feed store and a client of Dolly Levi. A well-known half-a-millionaire, he is a widower, gruff, authoritative, and set in his ways.
Cornelius Hackl: Vandergelder’s chief clerk who yearns for one exciting day in NYC. Energetic, enthusiastic, and adventurous young man who has a sweet innocence about him.
Barnaby Tucker: An assistant to Cornelius at Vandergelder’s Hay & Feed store. He is sweet, naïve, energetic, and a follower.
Irene Malloy: A widow and a beautiful, smart, fun-loving milliner with a hat shop in New York. Dolly has introduced her to Horace Vandergelder but she yearns for romance.
Minnie Fay: A young girl who works in Irene’s hat shop. Irene’s assistant, she is a naïve, straitlaced, fresh, and a follower.
Ambrose Kemper: A young and explosive struggling artist seeking to marry Ermengarde.
Ermengarde: The young niece of Horace Vandergelder. She cries often and wants her independence and wants to marry Ambrose.
Ernistina Money: An eccentric-looking girl in need of Dolly’s matchmaker services.
Risenweiber: Maître d’ of the Harmonia Gardens restaurant who speaks in a German accent.
Mrs. Rose: A friend of Dolly’s from years before and a street vendor who sells vegetables.
Stanley: A young waiter at Harmonia Gardens restaurant.
First Cook: Harmonia Gardens employee who speaks in a German accent.
Second Cook: Harmonia Gardens employee.
Judge: A white-whiskered night court judge. Easily moved to tears by romance.
For more details about Hello Dolly!, the AVP, or the upcoming auditions, please visit www.annisquamvillageplayers.org.
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