SOUTH PACIFIC
2013-2014 BEMS School Musical Audition
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Attention all BEMS
students! You are invited to come audition for your school musical. We have chosen SOUTH PACIFIC as our show this year. This is
a classic, famous musical with beautiful music, lots of fun, and a powerful
message about prejudice. SOUTH PACIFIC has multiple male and female leads, and
a huge cast of military personnel and nurses.
We are providing this information packet for you so that you can give
the best possible audition. Please read through the information carefully, mark
your calendars, and find someone who can play piano to help you prepare! WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. So
put your best foot forward and start getting ready now!
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION:
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Audition dates are Monday, Dec. 9 and
Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Callbacks will be as needed Dec. 11 and Dec. 12. Cast list will be posted at
the BEMS office on Friday, Dec. 13.
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MANDATORY PARENT'S MEETING for all cast
members on Monday, Dec. 16, from 6-7 p.m. If you want to be in the show, you need an adult
representative there for you that night. If an adult cannot represent you at
the meeting, you must tell Mrs. Crane or Mr. Forsgren BEFORE Dec. 16. Parent
support is critical for a successful musical!
·
Consider your schedule carefully! If you are auditioning for a lead
role, SOUTH PACIFIC must be your top
priority for the months of January, February and March 2014. If you are cast in
ANY role for the show, you must make attending rehearsal a top priority. Roll
will be taken and any cast member with 3
unexcused absences from rehearsal will be dropped.
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Show Performance Dates are: March 20,21, 22, and 24.
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SHOW BLOG: go
to bems.besd.net and click on the "School Musical" link to find all
important information regarding our show including audition info, rehearsal
schedules and other updates as needed.
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Do you
have a friend that would like to be involved but doesn't want to be on stage?
We will need organized, happy individuals to be backstage directors, stage crew
and assistants of all kinds. Spread the word.
Step 1.
Decide for which role you would like to audition.
LEADS:
·
Emile de
Becque (Wealthy, French island
plantation owner. In love with Nellie. Middle-aged, serious nature.)
·
Lt.
Joseph Cable (Young officer, handsome,
confident, wealthy, prejudiced, falls in love with Liat.)
·
Luther
Billis (Navy Seabee with multiple financial
schemes. Trying to make the most of being stuck on
an island. Great comedic
timing. Admires the nurses, especially Nellie.)
Non-singing LEADS:
·
Stewpot (Friend
to Luther Billis)
·
Capt. George Brackett, United States Navy (Assistant to the Commander)
·
Cmdr. William Harbison, United States Navy
(Head of Island Operations)
CHORUS:
·
Marines,
Sailors and Seabees (various military
personnel on an island in the South Pacific
"waiting for the action" of World War II.)
Step 2:
Review the
requirements for your desired part. Memorize the speaking parts and get help with the music! We will have a piano player at the auditions,
but you need to know how to sing
with someone playing. Practice! Mrs.
Crane will be holding auditions helps on
Thursday and Friday during Flex Time to assist anyone that needs it. Practice your audition in front of your family or others that can give you
honest advice.
Step 3: Sign up for an audition time. Signup sheets will be posted outside of Room
1.
Step 4: Show up ON TIME for your audition with a smile
on your face and lots of confidence.
Step 5: Be proud of yourself for doing your
best and having a great audition!
EMILE DE BECQUE:
1. Please memorize the following lines:
The others saw him standing behind me. I turned, and he said to me, "I am going to kill you now." We fought. I was never so strong. I knocked him to the ground. And when he fell, his head struck a stone and...(He turns away and lets NELLIE imagine the rest.) I ran to the waterfront and joined a cargo boat. I didn't even know where it was going. I stepped off the boat into another world-- (He looks around him, loving all he sees.)--where I am now...and where I want to stay.
2. Please come prepared to sing this portion of "Some Enchanted Evening":
LUTHER BILLIS:
1. Please memorize the following lines:
Here you are, Sweaty Pie! Put them down, Professor. These beautiful skirts were made by myself, the Professor here, and three other Seabees in half the time it takes your native workers to make `em. (He picks up a skirt and demonstrates.) See? No stretch!(Throwing the skirt back on the ground.) Look `em over, Sweaty Pie, and give me your price! (Taking bracelet and showing G.I.'s who have huddled around him.) You know what that is? A bracelet made of a single boar's tooth. They cut the tooth from the boar's mouth in a big ceremonial over there on Bali Ha'i. There ain't a souvenir you can pick up in the South Pacific as valuable as this... (to Bloody Mary) what do you want for it, Mary?
2. Please come prepared to sing this portion of "Nothin' Like a Dame:"
LT. JOSEPH CABLE:
1. Please memorize the following lines:
***You will play Lt. Cable, someone will read the other lines for you.
CABLE: (with decisive authority) Come on, everybody. Take all this stuff and throw it over that fence.
BILLIS: All right--take it way down there. Off Navy property!
CABLE: (strides over to BLOODY MARY and points off) You go too.
BLOODY MARY: Alright, Lootellan. Thank you.
BRACKETT: Lieutenant, who are you, anyway?
CABLE: I'm Lieutenant Joseph Cable, sir. I just flew in on that PBY.
BRACKETT: A joy ride?
CABLE: No, sir. Orders.
2. Please come prepared to sing this portion of Carefully Taught
NON-SINGING MALE LEADS:
1. Please memorize the following lines:
ADAMS: (He accompanies the following speech with descriptive gestures.) Well, sir, we'd been out there about an hour--it was still dark, I know. Well, we were flying across Marie Louisa. The Jap anti-aircraft spotted us and made that hit. That's when Luther...er...this fellow here--that's when he...left the ship. I just circled once-- time enough to drop him a rubber boat. Some New Zealanders in P-40's spotted him though and kept circling around him while I flew across the island and landed alongside the sub, let Joe and the Frenchman off. By the time I got back to the other side of the island, our Navy planes were flying around in the air above this guy like a thick swarm of bees.
CHORUS (Navy, Marines, Seabees):
1. You will be taught a short song and dance to perform at the audition in groups of 5. You will sing with your group (not alone) while dancing.
2. Please memorize the following song lyrics before coming to the audition:
"A hundred and one pounds of fun. That's my little Honey Bun! Get a load of Honey Bun tonight! I'm speaking of my sweetie pie. Only sixty inches high--Every inch is packed with dynamite!"
