La Cage Aux Folles
25 November @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Written By: Book by Harvey Fierstein , Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman. Based on the play by Jean Poiret
Creative Team: Directed by Ben Saunders
Musical Direction: Tammy Papps
Choreography: Jacinta Vistoli
La Cage aux Folles began life as a stage play in 1973 and was adapted into a wildly popular French film premiering in 1978 which was remade as The Birdcage, starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, in 1996. The musical opened on Broadway in 1983.
It is a wickedly funny musical farce about two gay men, Georges and Albin, who have had a relationship for over 20 years. The two men own a glamorous nightclub in St. Tropez where one is the star and the other the MC. Together they have raised Georges’ son, the product of a one-night stand years ago.
When Georges’ son, Jean Michel, brings home the daughter of a very conservative French politician and announces their impending marriage, slapstick comedy ensues as everyone tries to pretend they are someone or something they are not.
The stuffy politician, his wife, and the innocent young couple who just want to get married provide an hilarious storyline while Georges and Albin define the best of friendship and love, the kind that only gets stronger through the years.
In many ways, this is an old-fashioned musical about old-fashioned family values…..with a twist!
Information Session: 11/11/2024
7:45pm Maylands Church of Christ, Portrush Rd Maylands
Audition Information:
| Audition Information #:0 | |
| Date: | 24/11/2024 |
| Time From – Time to: | 14:30 – 22:00 |
| Audition Information #:1 | |
| Date: | 25/11/2024 |
| Time From – Time to: | 19:30 – 22:00 |
| Character Descriptions #:0 | |
| Role Name: | Georges |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | a star; the heart of the show; mature and attractive (40 to 60); good singer; energetic, loving and caring; must move well. Singing range: Baritone/tenor |
| Character Descriptions #:1 | |
| Role Name: | Albin |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | a performer of star quality who becomes the fabulous Zaza onstage at the nightclub; mature (40 to 60); great powerhouse of a Broadway voice; fine comic actor; and can move in heels! Singing range: Baritone |
| Character Descriptions #:2 | |
| Role Name: | Jean-Michel |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | must appear to be 24 years old; handsome; brunette; masculine, well-mannered, educated; desperately in love with his fiancée, Anne; must act, sing, and move well. Singing range: Tenor (top A flat) |
| Character Descriptions #:3 | |
| Role Name: | Jacob |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | Sometimes the butler, sometimes the maid! Here is a role of great comic timing, personality and zest. The wackiest role in the show. Must move well in heels. Age from 20 to 35. Singing range: Tenor (top A flat) |
| Character Descriptions #:4 | |
| Role Name: | Anne |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | Age 18 to 21; Jean-Michel’s fiancée; lovely personality; a superb dancer who acts well. Singing range: Soprano |
| Character Descriptions #:5 | |
| Role Name: | Edouard Dindon |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | Anne’s father; right-wing radical politician; pompous; quirky; must sing, move well, and be a fine comedian with excellent timing. Age from 45 to 60. Singing range: Baritone |
| Character Descriptions #:6 | |
| Role Name: | Marie Dindon |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | Anne’s mother; Age 40 to 60, Starts out shy, retiring, sexually repressed and sex-starved and softens and changes dramatically by the end of the show; great singer and actress who moves well; Age 45 to 60. Singing range: Soprano |
| Character Descriptions #:7 | |
| Role Name: | Jacqueline |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | mature (age from 40 to whatever), female friend of Georges and Albin; owns a chic restaurant; attractive, charming; VERY theatrical. Singing range: Alto |
| Character Descriptions #:8 | |
| Role Name: | Renaud |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | mature (40 to 60); male friend of Georges and Albin; owns a small seaside cafe; good mover and singer. Singing range: Baritone |
| Character Descriptions #:9 | |
| Role Name: | Madame Renaud |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | mature (40 to 60); wife of Renaud. Good mover and singer. Singing range: Mezzo |
| Character Descriptions #:10 | |
| Role Name: | Francis |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | fussy stage manager in Georges’ club; good comic timing; strong actor/dancer. Age 20 to 40. |
| Character Descriptions #:11 | |
| Role Name: | Tabarro |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | a fisherman; also plays the Waiter in “The Best of Times”. Age 25 to 50. |
| Character Descriptions #:12 | |
| Role Name: | Les Cagelles |
| Gender: | Undefined |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | These are the fabulous showgirls at La Cage aux Folles. They are the most accomplished female impersonators in France. They all have different names, a different look and all must sing and dance – IN HEELS! We will be casting men AND women as Cagelles. This adds to the “are they or aren’t they?” mystery.CHANTAL of Avignon – stunning “soprano” voice; (MUST be able to sing falsetto)! She’s a bit of a diva! HANNA from Hamburg – a leather-wearing dominatrix; brandishes a whip….and an attitude! PHAEDRA the Enigma – she’s tall, she’s gorgeous; she has a wild tongue! Not the brightest in the pack – “lights on but nobody home”. MERCEDES – she thinks SHE should be the star, and lets everyone know it; in her other life, she is a married man! DERMAH – wistful and innocent (well, as innocent as a Cagelle can be!) CLO-CLO – exotic and mysterious; a raven-haired beauty. MONIQUE – a Cagelle with a surprise twist! He is really a she….playing a he playing a she! ANGELIQUE – a Cagelle with a surprise twist! He is really a she…. playing a he playing a she! |
| Character Descriptions #:13 | |
| Role Name: | Additional Ensemble |
| Gender: | Undefined |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | townspeople, restaurant patrons etc SATB |
More Information at: https://metmusicals.com.au/auditions/
Production dates: 8th – 10th May and 13th – 17th May at 7:30pm
Matinees at 2pm on 10th and 17th.
Rehearsals: Monday and Wednesday nights and some Sundays.
Rehearsals commence 3rd Feb 2025
Contact: metmusicals
metmusicals@gmail.com
0407 457 821
