My Fair Lady
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Fredrick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Play and Gabriel Pascal’s Motion Picture Pygmalion
Original Production Directed by Moss Hart
Directed by Emily Ferrin
Assistant Direction by Ruth Mandsager
Music Direction by Jim Martinez
Vocal Direction by Alison Hay
Open Auditions: January 20, 21 @ 6:30 PM
Call backs (by invitation only): January 22 @ 6:30 PM
Rehearsal Timeframe: Example: January-May
Evening Performances (7:30pm): May 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16,17
Matinee Performances (2:30pm): May 4, 11, 18
Content Label: PG
The Majestic Theatre (a division of the City of Corvallis Parks and Recreation department) is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and to creating a safe place for actors of all backgrounds to explore their craft. We are particularly eager to work with artists of color and other artists from marginalized communities. All auditions are free and open to the public. This audition is for an amateur, volunteer production. The Majestic Theatre staff and volunteers do not discriminate on the basis of age, national origin, race, gender, ethnic background, ability, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or any protected class.
Auditions will be held in person at the Majestic Theatre.
Vocal and dance auditions will take place Monday and Tuesday. Please sign up for a 30 minute dance audition slot as well as a 10-minute vocal audition slot.
Note: ONLY SIGN UP FOR ONE SLOT ON EITHER MONDAY OR TUESDAY (PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND BOTH DAYS OF VOCAL AND DANCE AUDITIONS). If all slots are filled, we will accept walk-ins on Monday and Tuesday.
There are also several non-singing roles. To be considered for these, please submit an audition form as well as a video of yourself performing one or all of the phrases in the accent requested. We are listening for the accents and these phrases are not gender specific at this time. We will be using the Acting with an Accent series by David Allen Stern as a guide for actual rehearsals.
If you would like to be considered for both singing and non-singing roles, please sign up for a slot and submit an accent audition using the provided instructions.
SHOW SYNOPSIS
In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that he accepts a wager to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject is the lovely Eliza Doolittle, who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Despite his cynical nature and difficulty understanding women, Higgins grows attached to her.
FROM THE DIRECTOR [Emily Ferrin]
Join us for this classic tale full of sweeping melodies, timeless tunes, and gorgeous costumes.
PREPARATION NOTES
Please prepare 16-20 bars of a song (approx. a minute of music). Please bring sheet music, an accompanist will be provided. Because of the importance of dialects in this show, those auditioning for any speaking role will be asked to use a Cockney and a proper English accent during callbacks. Dance auditions will take place Monday and Tuesday. Please sign up for a 30 minute dance audition slot as well as a 10 min vocal audition slot.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
General Note: All characters do not have a specific race or ethnic background; we're excited to see a diverse pool of actors audition for all roles. Ages listed are the approximate ages of the characters themselves. We invite actors of any age to audition for any role.
Eliza Doolittle
A flower girl who works outside Covent Garden. Strong willed and Cockney.
Age: Appears 20 to 35
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Female-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Onstage for much of the show. Standing, sitting, dancing. Possible intimacy includes being in a traditional dance hold with a partner, and possible hand holding and gentle face touching.
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Accent: Cockney and Proper British
Henry Higgins
A world renowned phoneticist of the upper class British society
Age: Appears 30 to 60
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Male-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Onstage for much of the show. Standing, sitting, waltzing. Possible intimacy includes being in a traditional dance hold with a partner, and possible hand holding and gentle face touching.
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Accent: Proper British
Colonel Pickering
A former British officer and author. Friends with Henry Higgins and a fellow phonetics enthusiast
Age: Appears 40 to 70
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Male-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Choreographed movement. Could be performed by someone using a mobility device. Dancing would be nice, but not necessary. No anticipated intimacy.
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Accent: Proper British
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
A young, upper class British man who falls in love with Eliza
Age: Appears 20 to 35
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Male-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Choreographed movement. Could be performed by someone using a mobility device. Dancing would be nice, but not necessary. Possible intimacy includes being in a traditional dance hold with a partner, and possible hand holding and gentle face touching.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Accent: Proper British
Alfred P. Doolittle
Eliza’s boisterous and charismatic father
Age: Appears 50 to 70
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Male-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Exuberant dancing. Could possibly be performed by someone using a mobility device. No anticipated intimacy.
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: G3
Accent: Cockney
Harry
A friend of Alfred P. Doolittle’s.
Age: Appears 30 to 70
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Any
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Exuberant dancing. No anticipated intimacy.
Though no range is given, this is a singing role
Accent: Cockney
Jamie
A friend of Alfred P. Doolittle
Age: Appears 30 to 70
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Any
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Exuberant dancing. No anticipated intimacy.
Though no range is given, this is a singing role.
Accent: Cockney
Mrs. Pearce
Higgin’s housekeeper
Age: Suggested 40 to 60, but flexible.
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Female-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Standing, cleaning, choreographed movement, dancing. Possible intimacy includes being in a traditional dance hold with a partner.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: E4
Accent: Irish or Scottish or Lower class British
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Freddy’s mother and a friend of Mrs. Higgins
Age: Appears 40 to 70
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Female-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Choreographed movement. Could be performed by someone using a mobility device. No anticipated intimacy
Accent: Proper British
Mrs. Higgins
Henry’s mother
Age: Appears 60 to 80
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Female-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Choreographed movement. Could be performed by someone using a mobility device. No anticipated intimacy
Accent: Proper British
Professor Zoltan Karpathy
A Hungarian phoneticist and former student of Henry Higgins.
Age: Appears 20 to 40
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Male-presenting
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Standing, choreographed movement, dancing. Possible intimacy includes being in a traditional dance hold with a partner.
Accent: Hungarian
Ensemble
Cockney men and women, townspeople, servants, stewards, lords, ladies
Age: Any
Character Race: Any
Character Ethnicity: Any
Desired Actor Gender: Any
Ability/Movement/Intimacy: Exuberant dancing. Possible intimacy includes being in a traditional dance hold with a partner.
There are several other highlighted characters as part of the ensemble.
(George- the barkeeper; Mrs. Hopkins, a Cockney woman; Street barbershop quartet; etc.)
Accent: Cockney, Proper British