The Celebration Company at the Station Theatre announces that auditions for the musical CHESS will be held October 7th and 8th from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Station Theatre in Urbana.
Those wishing to audition are asked to prepare a vocal selection of 24-32 bars and to bring sheet music for the accompanist.
Please note that all dancing auditions will be held on Tuesday night.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email the director, Mikel Matthews, at mikelmatthewsjr@gmail.com.
Roles to be cast, per the Station website, are:
FLORENCE – strong belt voice (to E). Mid-thirties. Born in Hungary (so musn’t look like an “All-American Girl”); has been brought up in America since 1956. She is clever, theatrical, touching, vivacious, volatile. Frederick’s chess “second.”
FREDDIE – Rock tenor (to C). Mid-thirties. An American chess champion. A cross between Bobby Fisher and John McEnroe. Arrogant and temperamental, but a genius; his chess playing revolutionary. We need to see his artistry along with his danger and his obsessiveness.
ANATOLY – Baritone (to G sharp). Early forties. A Russian chess champion. Unexpectedly charming. He doesn’t seem a romantic hero at first, but becomes one through his personality. An intelligent, feeling, passionate man.
MOLOKOV – Bass (down to F sharp). Fifties. Not a fake, comic, stage Russian. Intellectually formidable. Seemingly a father figure to Florence. Anatoly’s chess “second.” An actor who sings well.
SVETLANA – strong belt voice. Late thirties. Anatoly’s wife. Domestic, wholesome, homey. A dramatic contrast to Florence – not a contemporary cosmopolitan woman.
WALTER – Bass-Baritone (down to G sharp). Fifties. A marketing agent. Seemingly respectable, substantial, trustworthy. An actor who sings well.
ARBITER – rock high baritone (up to A). Thirty to early forties. International businessman. Smooth, but with a quick temper.
GREGORY VASSY – Mid to late 30s
NIKOLAI – 30s/40s
JOE – 30s
HAROLD – 40s
ENSEMBLE -Various Ages/Genders