Audition Information
Audition Information for Called Up to Life.
Audition Dates: Monday, March 22 and Tuesday, March 23
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm.
Audition Location: The Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square, Gaithersburg, MD.
Bring an uptempo song or a ballad. We will also have auditionees do cold readings from the script.
Seeking men and women of all ages for the 10 roles. Actors will be playing more than one role.
Specific talents:
Baal Shem Tov - baritone/tenor range. He plays ages from young child to 60.
Feiga - ingenue, soprano
Fruma Leah - 20-30s, mezzo soprano
Rabbi's wife - character role, alto
Gershon - baritone
Simon the Wanderer - character actor
Dov Baer - juvenile, love interest to Feiga
Rabbi Feldman - older actor
Rabbi Avraham - older actor
Menachem Mendel - younger actor
Called Up to Life is an original, klezmer musical by award-winning composer Arthur Levine. It is about the charismatic rabbi, Israel Ben Eliezer who became known as the Baal Shem Tov (the Master of the Good Name). His life was the stuff of legends. The story line: in 1780, a group of the followers of the Baal Shem Tov (BESHT) meet to spend the Sabbath. They entertain each other by telling tales of the
BESHT. An elderly traveler appears who claimed to have known the BESHT. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Eventually, his memory returns and he unlocks a mystery for the Sabbath host. The musical has humor, pathos, celebration of the human spirit, and a wonderful score.
Performance dates: June 11-27, 2010, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn.
Note: We will be making a CD of the original cast recording and a DVD of the show.
For more information, contact the show's director, Stan Levin, at sdlfilms@aol.com.