Auditions

64 Years of Quality Community Theater

An Evening With The Taffetas and Cardigans

Written by Rick Lewis

 

Directed by Matthew Dolan

 

A back-to-back, fun 50’s & 60’s musical journey!

The show is actually a joining of two different, but similar, award winning musicals that tell the story of two 50’s era harmony groups. The Taffeta’s are four singing sisters that have reunited to reminisce about their great girl group music and careers and the Cardigans, who hail from Wooster, Ohio, have reunited with their distinctive male harmony style to join them. This is a unique opportunity as this is the first time these two popular 50’s era harmony group musicals are being offered as a single evening’s entertainment!

 

 

Auditions: November 16 & 17 @ 7 p.m. at

The Barlow Community Center

39 S. Oviatt St.

Hudson, OH 44236

 

Cast Requirements: (4 men and 4 women)

 

Vocal Auditions will require the individual to prepare one song, preferably reminiscent of the era.  An accompanist will be provided, and the individual is asked to bring sheet music in the correct key.

 

All roles are available.

Perusal Scripts are available at the Hudson Library. Please come prepared to read from the script. Auditions are at 7 p.m. at the Barlow Community Center in Hudson and are open to all.

The Taffetas tells the story of Kaye, Peggy, Cheryl and Donna, four singing sisters from Muncie, Indiana reminiscing about making their national television singing debut on "Spotlight on Music," a fictitious weekly 1950's television show on the real-life Dumont Television Network. This serves as the framework for an evening of some of the greatest girl group hits of the 1950's including the sounds of The McGuire Sisters, The Fontane Sisters and The Chordettes. Opening Off-Broadway almost two years before "Forever Plaid", The Taffetas made nostalgia what it is today!

 

The Cardigans hailed from Wooster, Ohio - the College of Wooster, to be exact! Chuck, Frankie, Johnny and Buddy reunite to reflect on their graduation when they left behind their pals at Alpha Mu Phi Pi. They reminisce about embarking on their first live personal appearance tour, their college days, their ex-girlfriends, their childhoods as sons of Protestant ministers, and their unexpected fame as singing idols. They'll sing some of the greatest hits of the 1950's - songs they recorded on their album, "Wooster in my Heart", songs such as “Beep, Beep,” “Mack the Knife,” and more.

Performances: February 6-7, 13-14, 20-22, 27-28