Auditions for "I Love You... You're Perfect... Now Change"

My pal Eddie Harbert sends along this note about upcoming auditions:

Auditions for I Love You... You're Perfect... Now Change will be held at ARTS (old Huntington High School) on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. in the main theatre.

Please bring a song to perform during your audition. Keyboardist Mike Campbell will be there to play for your audition. The music is very upbeat and modern so keep that in mind when choosing your selection. You will also be asked to do a movement audition as well as to read.

Auditions are being done differently this time. We are only having one day of auditions, and we would like everyone to be there at the same time so that we can see everyone together. Rapport among the cast is a very important aspect of this show so that is why we need to see everyone together. If you cannot come to auditions on that day, please feel free to email me or call me, 304-412-8738, to schedule a private audition. It is to your advantage though to be at the open auditions so we can pair you with other people.

The show will be presented in a dinner theatre format on Jan. 29-31 and Feb. 5-7, 2010. I will be serving as director, Mike Campbell will be music director and Coni Anthony will be choreographer.

The show is being sponsored by ARTS. The read-through for the show is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 13. Due to the short rehearsal schedule, we will also be required to have rehearsals on the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.

To get an idea of the show and to see some scenes of it from other productions, log on to youtube and type in 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" in the search engine. You can see most of the musical selections from the show as done by other theatre companies.

The show originally was cast with only four people. Coni and I have added more people to the cast. We will be casting four men and four women. We are looking for one couple in their 20s, one couple in their 30s, and two mature couples.

I hope to see all of you at auditions. I'm sure that the show will be another great experience! If you are not interested in this show, auditions for Camelot will be coming up on Feb. 21, 2010. I will send out more information about that show as we get closer to auditions. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email or call.