Congratulations on being called back for ANNIE. This document includes all the materials needed for your callback. Please print out the entire document (or at the very least the parts you are called back for). If you don’t have access to a printer we will have copies at the callbacks. This document is broken into 3 parts: • Character Descriptions • Callback Sides to Read • Callback Music to Sing Look carefully for all the material, for all the parts you have been called back for (you may have been called back for multiple parts so it is really important you look carefully). If you have any general questions about the callback process, the callback sides you’re reading, the rehearsal schedule, the show, etc. please contact Come to the auditions ready to dance, wear comfortable clothes, be prepared and have energy. We will do everything possible to allow you to show us why you should be cast; the rest is up to you. The callback location: The callback date & time: Oct 1 st 2011 your call times are posted on the website, please double Please be on time and be prepared to stay till 3pm (at the latest). [email protected]Callback Sides - ANNIE index#1 Dance Studio and Chorus Room December 5 from 3-5 and December 6 from 4:45-9
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Congratulations on being called back for ANNIE. This document includes all the materials needed for your callback. Please print out the entire document (or at the very least the parts you are called back for). If you don’t have access to a printer we will have copies at the callbacks. This document is broken into 3 parts:
• Character Descriptions • Callback Sides to Read • Callback Music to Sing
Look carefully for all the material, for all the parts you have been called back for (you may have been called back for multiple parts so it is really important you look carefully). If you have any general questions about the callback process, the callback sides you’re reading, the rehearsal schedule, the show, etc. please contact [email protected] If you have any questions about the Callback Music, please contact [email protected]
Bring your calendar, it is mandatory you provide us ANY and ALL conflicts from Nov 7th thru Feb 5th. Your conflicts will be a very big determining factor on being cast.
Come to the auditions ready to dance, wear comfortable clothes, be prepared and have energy. We will do everything possible to allow you to show us why you should be cast; the rest is up to you. The callback location: Rehearsal Studio, Suite 303, 1048 Serpentine Lane Pleasanton, CA 94566 (same place you initially auditioned) The callback date & time: Oct 1st 2011 your call times are posted on the website, please double check and ask if you need to. Please be on time and be prepared to stay till 3pm (at the latest). John Maio 510 755 1421 [email protected]
Character G Age Character Type Vocal Range Character DescriptionAnnie F 10-14 Lead - orphan legit mezzo big-voiced, spunky, street-wise orphanMiss Hannigan F 30 - 60 Lead specialty/comedic gravelly mezzo unhappy, mean-tempered spinsterOliver Warbucks M 30 - 60 Lead strong baritone lonely, gruff but warm-hearted billionaire industrialist, must be bald for performancesLily St. Regis F 18 - 50 Supporting comedic/dancer squeaky soprano Rooster's airhead girlfriend, in it for the $, dancerRooster M 18 - 50 Supporting comedic/dancer rough baritone flashy, criminal brother of Miss H, dancerGrace Farrell F 25 - 55 Supporting lyric soprano classy, mature personal assistant to Mr. WFranklin D Roosevelt M 40 - 65 Supporting baritone Depression-era President of the USADuffy F 10-14 Supporting - Orphan mezzo tough yet warm, older & taller orphanJuly F 12-14 Supporting - Orphan mezzo older, quiet, mother to other orphansKate F 6-8 Supporting - Orphan mezzo lovable orphan who stomps on Miss H's footMolly F 6-8 Supporting - Orphan mezzo youngest & littlest, neglected and vulnerable, tap dance a plusPepper F 12-15 Supporting - Orphan mezzo oldest orphan, a gritty girl with hard edgesTessie F 9-11 Supporting - Orphan mezzo honest, crybaby orphan with big dreamsSandy D N/A Dog N/A DogAnnette F 18 - 55 supporting varied Mr. Warbucks' French MaidBundles McCloskey M 30 - 60 supporting varied Laundryman at OrphanageCecille F 18 - 55 supporting varied Mr. Warbucks' Cheif MaidChauffeur M 18 - 55 supporting varied Mr. Warbucks' Personal DriverDrake M 40 - 70 supporting baritone Warbucks' English ButlerMrs. Greer F 18 - 55 supporting varied Mr. Warbucks' HousekeeperMs. Pugh F 18 - 55 supporting varied Mr. Warbucks' CookEddie M 20 - 55 ensemble baritone (one line in hooverville) & ensembleFred McCracken/Wacky M 20 - 55 ensemble baritone (Ventriloquist) & ensembleJello Singer 1 F 18 - 55 cameo soprano (Sings Jello Jingle) & ensembleJello Singer 2 F 18 - 55 cameo soprano (Sings Jello Jingle) & ensembleJello Singer 3 F 18 - 55 cameo soprano (Sings Jello Jingle) & ensembleSophie F 20 - 55 ensemble mezzo (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleSanta M 20 - 55 cameo varied featured in 'N.Y.C' & ensembleStar To Be F 20 - 55 cameo mezzo featured in 'N.Y.C' & ensembleWoman 1 F 20 - 55 cameo varied (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleWoman 2 F 20 - 55 cameo varied (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleWoman 3 F 20 - 55 cameo varied (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleWoman 4 F 20 - 55 cameo varied (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleMan 1 M 20 - 55 cameo varied (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleMan 2 M 20 - 55 cameo varied (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleMan 3 M 20 - 55 cameo varied (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleMan 4 M 20 - 55 cameo varied (Hoovervillitte) & ensembleApple Seller M/F 18 - 55 ensemble varied Street Peddler & ensembleAssistant Dog Catcher M 18 - 55 ensemble varied Asst Dog Catcher & ensembleBert Healy M 18 - 55 cameo tenor Radio Personality & ensembleBonnie Boylan F 20 - 55 cameo mezzo singing sister on Oxydent's Radio Program & ensembleConnie Boylan F 20 - 55 cameo mezzo singing sister on Oxydent's Radio Program & ensembleCordell Hull M 20 - 55 cameo baritone FDR Cabinet Member & ensembleDog Catcher M 18 - 55 ensemble varied Dog Cather & ensembleFrances Perkins F 20 - 55 cameo soprano FDR Cabinet Member & ensembleHans Morgenthau M 20 - 55 cameo varied FDR Cabinet Member & ensembleHoward Ickes M 20 - 55 cameo varied FDR Cabinet Member & ensembleJim Johnson M 20 - 55 cameo varied Radio Program Emcee (on stage) & ensembleJustice Brandeis M 40 - 75 cameo varied FDR's Cabinet's Presiding Judge & ensembleLouis Howe M 20 - 55 cameo varied FDR's Personal Assistant & ensembleLt. Ward M 25 - 60 ensemble spoken Cop always on lookout & ensembleMarine Guard M 18 - 25 cameo baritone on Presidential Duty & ensembleRadio Announcer M/F 20 - 55 cameo baritone Radio Show Host (voice over)Ronnie Boylan F 20 - 55 cameo mezzo singing sister on Oxydent's Radio Program & ensembleCop M 18 - 55 ensemble baritone Lt. Wards assistant & ensembleSound Effects Person M/F 20 - 55 cameo varied Radio Station Employee (funny bit in station) & ensembleCop 2 M 18 - 55 ensemble baritone Lt. Wards assistant & ensembleUsherette F 16 - 55 cameo varied Movie Theatre Usher (a one-liner) & ensembleWacky M/F 20 - 55 cameo N/A The Ventriliquists DummyKaltenborn M 25 - 55 Voice over spoken Radio Personality (voice over)KID M/F 6-12 cameo mezza young kid on street (one liner)Adult Ensemble M/F 18 - 55 ensemble varied adult musical & dance (double as others)Add. Orphan Ensemble F 6-14 ensemble mezzo additional orphan ensemble (understudy others)
Side 1 Characters: Molly, Pepper, Duffy, July, Tessie, Annie
Side 1 Scene Description:
The girls are in their beds at the orphanage. It is nighttime, the loneliest time of the day. Every night when the lights go out and they are left to think about having no mother or father.
What the director wants to see for
Side 1:
I want to see sad and lonely girls who don't understand what is really happening to them. Molly is the most scared and needs to be crying. Pepper is the most angry, she needs to be loud, tough and bossy. Duffy and July are annoyed that Pepper is always complaining and need to argue with Pepper. Annie is the one who takes care of poor little Molly and needs to be the most caring and kind.
(The OVERTURE ends and “Maybe“ underscores the following scene.The CURTAIN rises on the New York City Municipal Orphanage —Girls’ Annex. At stage right is the front hallway and the dormitorycovers the rest of downstage. Upstage, we can see a lamplit New YorkCity street and, across the street, a row of tenements.
Shortly after three a.m. on a chilly morning in early December, 1933.
The stage is nearly dark. Asleep in the dormitory are six ORPHANS --MOLLY, the littlest, who is 6; KATE, the next-to-littlest, who is 7;TESSIE, the cry baby, who is 10; PEPPER, the toughest, who is 12;JULY, the quietest, who is 13; and DUFFY, the biggest, who is also 13)
MOLLY
(Awaking from a dream and crying out)
Mama! Mama! Mommy!
PEPPER
(Sitting up)
Shut up!
DUFFY
Can’t anybody get any sleep around here?
MOLLY
Mama. Mommy.
PEPPER
I said, shut your trap, Molly.
(PEPPER shoves MOLLY to the floor, downstage center)
JULY
Ahh, stop shovin’ the poor kid. She ain’t doin’ nuthin’ to you.
Oh my goodness, oh my goodness they’re fightin’ and I won’t get no sleep allnight. Oh, my goodness, oh my goodness.
(ANNIE, who is 11, runs in with a bucket. SHE has been up cleaning.She breaks up the fight)
ANNIE
Pipe down, all of ya. Go back to sleep.
MOLLY
(Rubbing her eyes…still half asleep)
Mama, mommy.
ANNIE
(To MOLLY)
It’s all right, Molly. Annie’s here.
MOLLY
It was my Mama, Annie. We was ridin’ on the ferry boat. And she was holdin’ meup to see all the big ships. And then she was walkin’ away, wavin’. And I couldn’tfind her no more. Any place.
Hoovervile, a shanty town where the most unfortunate people live. Annie is looking for her parents in a down trodden makeshift town under the bridge.
What the director wants to see for
Side 2:
Desperate poor people whose lives are filled with sarcasm and disillusionment. They are at the end of their rope and are very vocal about their disappointment.Annie is the only positive one in the scene and she is intent on changing everyone's mind
Grace goes to the orphanage to bring one lucky orphan to Warbucks Home for the Christmas holidays. Hannigan, at first thinks Grace is a member of the NYC Board of Orphans, or perhaps a peddler. Grace shares her real intent.
What the director wants to see for
Side 3:
The multiple "personalities" of Hannigan need to be displayed. When Hannigan thinks she is beginning monitored by the "Board of Orphans" she is defensive, evasive. When she thinks Grace is a peddler, Hannigan is dismissive and rude. When Hannigan realizes Grace is the secretary of Warbucks, "the worlds richest unmarried man", she becomes coy, charming.I want to see the extremes of each emotion and the transition between them. Hannigan is a broad character, she needs to be played very BIG.
Grace needs to be professional, efficient. She needs to be able to react to Hannigan's changing moods. But most of all Grace needs to be playful and caring towards Annie's play for attention. There needs to be an instant and obvious relationship between Annie and Grace. Annie needs to be charming and playful
I assume, Miss Hannigan, that it has something to do with all that business aboutthe laundry bag and the police. Perhaps I should call Mr. Donatelli at the Board ofOrphans and…
(MISS HANNIGAN laughs)
GRACE
(Holding out an official-looking document)
Sign it.
MISS HANNIGAN
I’ll sign it. I’m an easy gal to get along with. If it’s Annie you want, it’s Annie you get.
GRACE
(sing-songy)
It’s Annie I want.
MISS HANNIGAN
(Sing-songy as SHE signs the paper)
It’s Annie you get.
ANNIE
Oh, boy!
GRACE
So, if you’ll get her coat, I’ll take her along right now.
The first time our audience see's Rooster (Hannigan's brother) and Lily (Rooster's Girlfriend). Rooster, just out of jail comes to Hannigan looking for a hand-out.
What the director wants to see for
Side 5:
Just when we think there is no one lower than Hannigan we meet Rooster. He is a weasel, like all the villains in this show he is a very BIG personality. He is a stylized New York grifter who will do anything to make a buck.Lily is your stereotypical gun mall, dumb as a doorknob and unintentionally hilarious. She is a gum chewing, broad a stylized character with a thick NYC accent. She is all beauty NO brains.If you are auditioning for Rooster or Lily you have to take risks. It's a Go BIG or go home type of audition.
(MISS HANNIGAN crosses to door and out, let’s out a blood-curldlingscream. We can see HER hands scraping down the windows in door.SHE reenters the room and crosses to desk.)
You got any more wonderful news?
GRACE
I told you about the coat, didn’t I?
MISS HANNIGAN
Oh, you told me about the coat.
GRACE
Well then, good day. Miss Hannigan
MISS HANNIGAN
Yah, good day.
GRACE
(Meaning it)
And Merry Christmas.
MISS HANNIGAN
Yah, Merry Christmas.
(During final exchange, we see ROOSTER enter in stage left door. AsGRACE exits SHE bumps into ROOSTER)
ROOSTER
Oops, pardon me, blondie.
(HE makes a clucking rooster noise. GRACE hurries out, just casuallyglancing at ROOSTER’s face)
Hi ya, Sis. Long time no see.
MISS HANNIGAN
Rooster? Oh God, it never rains but it pours.
(ROOSTER crosses to HANNIGAN and kisses HER on the cheek. SHEwipes the kiss off)
Warbucks is having a "man to man" talk with Annie (a prelude to telling her he is gonna adopt her). However, when he gives Annie a locket he bought for her he unexpectedly finds out that Annie is convinced her parents are coming back for her and all she really wants in the whole world is to find them (stifling Warbucks adoption plans)
What the director wants to see for
Side 6:For the first time we really see the emotions behind both Warbucks and Annie. Warbucks must show that he is a strong man with a very big heartAnnie must reveal herself as the lonely scared little girl she really is
(Indicates that SHE should sit. SHE hops on HIS desk.)
I was born into a very poor family in what they call Hell’s Kitchen, right here inNew York. Both of my parents died before I was ten. And I made a promise tomyself — some day, one way or another, I was going to be rich. Very rich.
ANNIE
(Matter-of-factly)
That was a good idea.
WARBUCKS
By the time I was twenty-three I’d made my first million. Then, in ten years, I turned that into a hundred million.
(Nostalgically)
(WARBUCKS)
Boy, in those days that was a lot of money.
(Back to business)
Anyway, making money is all I’ve ever given a damn about. And I might as welltell you, Annie, I was ruthless to those I had to climb over to get to the top.Because I’ve always believed one thing: You don’t have to be nice to the peopleyou meet on the way up if you’re not coming back down again.
(WARBUCKS)
(Softening just a bit)
But, I’ve lately realized something. No matter how many Rembrandts orDuessenbergs you’ve got, if you have no one to share your life with, if you’realone, then you might as well be broke and back in Hell’s Kitchen. You understandwhat I’m trying to say?
Warbucks meets with President Franklin Roosevelt and his cabinet to discuss the dismal state of economic affairs in the USA
What the director wants to see for
Side 7: Annie charming the pants off FDRWarbucks in full Corporate Business modeA spot on impersonation of FDRThe cabinet members must be stiff shirt blustery politicians. Make note that the part of PERKINS is a woman.
Harold, I don’t want to hear even so much as a “gosh“ out of you.
HULL
Franklin, a child?
ROOSEVELT
Now, Oliver, since you speak for those happy few Americans who have anymoney left, I’d like to begin with your views on matters.
WARBUCKS
(Standing)
Mr. President, in the words of Calvin Coolidge,
(The CABINET has heard this one before. THEY drone the quote withHIM)
“The business of this country is business.“ Yes! And for the good of you, thecountry, Wall Street and me, we’ve got to get my factories open and the workersback to work.
PERKINS
According to my latest figures, there are now fifteen million Americans out ofwork and nearly fifty million with no visible means of support.
HULL
Mr. President, if I may say so, unemployment is not our worst problem. The dispatches from Germany are becoming more and more disturbing each day.There could be war.
ICKES
Germany, hell! People are starving in this country.
HULL
Harold I know that, but in the long run …we’re not...
ROOSEVELT
Cordell, for people who are starving there is no long run.