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ANNOUNCING AUDITIONS for WORKSHOPS of NIGHTCAPS A new musical drama by
Brooke Vandervelde and Richard Rose presented by Amherst Glebe Arts Response |
Nightcaps is set at a small historically White college in the upper South; the action moves between 2018, 1910, and 1940. We are looking for classically trained student vocalist with some experience in opera who can devote one or more Saturdays in 2022-2023 to workshopping a scene. Workshops will be held 9 am-5 pm at Second Stage | Amherst (194 2nd Street, Amherst VA) on the following Saturdays:
- November 12
- January 14
- February 18
- April 1
Auditions will be held for the following parts:
To schedule an audition time, contact Brooke at 804-922-2446 or rivula@gmail.com.
- Patrice: Black tenor; college student
- Coale: White baritone; college student
- June: Black soprano; recent college graduate
- Arthur: Black bass or baritone; recent college graduate
- Adam: White baritone; college student, football player
- Terence: White tenor; college student
- Tom: White baritone; college student
- Judah: Black alto or mezzo; college student
- Sasha: White soprano; college student
- Pete: White baritone; college student; international student
To schedule an audition time, contact Brooke at 804-922-2446 or rivula@gmail.com.
Workshop performers will be paid and will receive travel reimbursement and lunch. We will develop just one scene at each workshop. Advance preparation for the workshops is not expected: come ready to work hard and enjoy the experience of developing a promising new work with friends and colleagues.
Listen to the score at tinyurl.com/nightcapsscore and check out the script at tinyurl.com/nightcapsscript.
Listen to the score at tinyurl.com/nightcapsscore and check out the script at tinyurl.com/nightcapsscript.
Richard Rose’s recent opera Monte and Pinky was performed by
Capitol Opera Richmond at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. Brooke Vandervelde has retired from a career teaching classics and is now music director at Ascension Episcopal Church, Amherst, where she also
leads a bi-weekly Gospel Jam.
AGAR is a 501(c)3 corporation dedicated to promoting the arts
primarily in Amherst and Greater Lynchburg.
