Always….Patsy Cline
Location: Baltimore, MD
Type: Theater
AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT ALL ROLES OPEN.
ALWAYS PATSY CLINE is based on a true story about Cline’s friendship with a devoted fan from Houston named Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk bar in l961, and continued a correspondence with Cline until her death. The show combines humor, sadness and reality. It offers fans who remember Cline while she was alive a chance to look back, while giving new fans an idea of what seeing her was like and what she meant to her original fans. The play focuses on the fateful evening at Houston’s Esquire Ballroom when Seger hears of Cline’s death in a plane crash. Seger supplies a narrative while Cline floats in and out of the sets singing tunes that made her famous.
Character Descriptions:
Louise Seger: (narrator/storyteller) devoted fan of Patsy Cline who establishes a friendship with her through letter correspondence and finally meets her; a typical strong-willed, funny Texan woman; she has a great deal of interaction with the audience as she relates the relationship she develops with Patsy; strong comedic sense needed for this role. She is the primary acting/narrator of this comedic/dramatic tribute. She does sing in the show at specific points with audience participation.
Patsy Cline: (primary vocalist/actor) was an American country music singer. Part of the early 1960s Nashville sound. Cline successfully “crossed over” to pop music and was one of the most influential, successful and acclaimed vocalists of the 20th century. She died at the age of 30 in a plane crash. Cline was best known for her rich tone, emotionally expressive and bold contralto voice and her role as a country music industry pioneer. She helped pave the way for women as headline performers in the country western genre. Millions of her records have sold since her death. Ten years after her death, in 1973, she became the first female solo artist inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2002, country music artists and industry members voted her Number One on CMT’s The 40 Greatest Women of Country Music and ranked 46th in the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
Baltimore Auditions:
JULY 16 – 12:00 – 3:00 pm and JULY 18 – 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Possible callback date: Wednesday, July 19 7:00pm
Call the DCT Box office for audition appointments: 443-840-2787
Please prepare an upbeat song or ballad in the style of Patsy Cline. Readings from the script will be provided in the lobby before auditions.
PERFORMANCE DATES: OCT. 28, 29, 30 NOV. 4, 5, 6, 2016
The John E. Ravekes Theatre
CCBC Dundalk Campus
7200 Sollers Point Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21222
Payment: Non Paid
City or Location of call: Baltimore, MD
This casting notice was posted by: Dundalk Community Theatre