Audition Details

ShowThe Yeomen of the Guard
CompanyThe Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island
NotesSend headshot, resume, and video submissions to Gayden Wren at gaydenwren@gmail.com Please contact asap as rehearsals are already in progress. All understudies will perform their roles for at least one performance. Shows in June will feature a 23 piece orchestra.
InstructionsPrepare one verse and refrain of a song in English in the style of the show. Please contact director Gayden Wren to schedule an audition time gaydenwren@gmail.com
Rehearsal DatesTuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30-10:00pm in Merrick and East Meadow.
Performance DatesSome Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from April through June
QuestionsSend Mail
Show InfoSet at the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII, Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Yeomen of the Guard" is a light opera requiring performers equally comfortable with music, dialogue and acting, and with both comedy and drama.


Roles

RoleM/FAgeDescription
Colonel FairfaxMcharismatic soldier/20-30s male/extensive dialogue
tenor
Leonard MeryllMcharismatic war hero/20s-30s male
high baritone
Wilfred ShadboltMjailer, torturer/20s-40s male/dances
bass-baritone
Second YeomanMsoldier/30s-60s male
baritone/solo, some dialogue and chorus singing
Male and female ensemble membersM/F0+needed to portray villagers and a variety of small speaking roles.