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Book by: Michele L. Vacca

Performed by special permission from: Classics on Stage

Directed by: Jim Carroll

for Players Club of Swarthmore’s
Children’s Theater Series

Production dates:
All Performance’s on PCS 2nd Stage

Ticket Prices: Adults are $10.00 each and Children under 12 are $8.00, Cash and Check only. All Children 2 and Under are Free. Anyone 3 or older needs to pay the general admission price. There are no pre-sale tickets. All Tickets are sold at the door, the day of the performance.

Group Rate: We do offer group rates for groups of 15 or more. The group rate is $9.00 for Adults (13 and older) and $7.00 for Children (3-12 years old). If you know of a group coming to one of your performances please contact childrenstheater@pcstheater.org.

Birthday Parties: We offer birthday packages for parents to bring their child’s birthday party to the show. We offer cupcakes and a special meet and greet with the characters. Email us at childrenstheater@pcstheater.org for more details!

Our annual Summer Work Day is scheduled this year for Saturday June 8^th beginning at 8:00 am. This is our big day to get the theater back in order following another whirlwind season before we move into the next! Its a big day for cleaning and organization (two of my favorite words!) and I hope that you will be willing to lend a hand, a sponge or some muscles to make it a productive day. Your dedication to our theater is what makes it thrive. Please join us for one last push this season! Any time you can give is appreciated!

This is also a wonderful chance for someone new to get involved at PCS, get the lay of the land and meet new people! Bring a friend, post it on Facebook, send an email!

This day will be organized with a To Do checklist – please don’t shy away with any misconception that you’ll show up and there will be nothing to do!

Thank you,
Mary Leigh Filippone
President, Players Club of Swarthmore

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Auditions: June 5, 2013 at 6:60 p.m.
Callbacks: June 6, 2013 at 6:60 p.m.

Director: Joe Southard

AVENUE Q Show Synopsis:
Winner of the Tony “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. AVENUE Q is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent col-lege grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their everelusive purpose in life. Although this musical is based on childhood characters, it is intended for adults and contains some very naughty and hilarious material.
Note: There will extensive use of puppets in this production. Many characters will need to put in extra hours training in puppetry.

Rehearsals begin: July 29, 2013
Show Dates: October 25 – November 9, 2013

Bring a song and sheet music. (no a capella singing) It does not need to be from the show. There will be readings from the show provided. No dance audition.
 
 
Musical numbers

Act I
• “The Avenue Q Theme” – Company
• “What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?” – Princeton
• “It Sucks to Be Me” – Brian, Kate Monster, Rod, Nicky, Christmas Eve, Gary Coleman, and Princeton
• “If You Were Gay” – Nicky with Rod
• “Purpose” – Princeton and Company (via “singing boxes”)
• “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” – Princeton, Kate, Gary, Brian, and Christmas Eve
• “The Internet Is for Porn” – Kate, Trekkie Monster, Brian, Gary Coleman, Rod, and Princeton
• “Mix Tape” – Kate and Princeton
• “I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today” – Brian
• “Special” – Lucy
• “You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You’re Makin’ Love)” – Gary, The Bad Idea Bears,
  Princeton, Kate, and Company
• “Fantasies Come True” – Rod, Kate, Nicky and Princeton
• “My Girlfriend, Who Lives in Canada” – Rod
• “There’s a Fine, Fine Line” – Kate

Act II
• “It Sucks to Be Me (Reprise)”‡ – Princeton
• “There is Life Outside Your Apartment” – Brian, Princeton, Christmas Eve, Gary, Nicky, Trekkie
  Monster, Lucy, and Company
• “The More You Ruv Someone” – Christmas Eve and Kate
• “Schadenfreude” – Gary and Nicky
• “I Wish I Could Go Back to College” – Kate, Nicky and Princeton
• “The Money Song” – Nicky, Princeton, Gary, Brian and Christmas Eve
• “School for Monsters” – Trekkie Monster and Company
• “The Money Song (Reprise)” – Nicky, Princeton, Gary, Brian and Christmas Eve
• “There’s a Fine, Fine Line (Reprise)” – Princeton and Kate
• “What Do You Do With a B.A. in English? (Reprise)” – Newcomer
• “For Now” – Company

 
 
Character Breakdown
 
BRIAN – A laid-back guy married to Christmas Eve. B2 – F#4 Baritone

CHRISTMAS EVE – An archetypal Asian immigrant who wants to be a therapist and does a killer Judy Garland impersonation. B3 – F#5

GARY COLEMAN – Yes, that Gary Coleman but now a superintendent of a building on Avenue Q. In our story, Gary is
played by a woman. D3 – Bb5 Belt voice or Alto

KATE MONSTER – A Kindergarten teaching assistant, a bit older than Princeton. F#3 – F5 Soprano

LUCY (the Slut) - A boa-wearing nightclub singer who likes to seduce young guys like Princeton. F3 – F5 Alto – Belting

MRS. T – Ancient, cranky, and thistle-like. Kate Monster works for this Kindergarten teacher.

NICKY A bit of a slacker, who lives with Rod. Think Ernie from Sesame Street. B2 – B4 Baritenor

PRINCETON - A fresh-faced kid just out of college. Bb2 – G4 Baritenor

ROD - A Republican investment banker (resembles Bert from Sesame Street) who lives with Nicky. Rod is struggling with being gay and comes out over the course of the show. Mid 20s to early 30s. A2 – G4 Baritenor

THE BAD IDEA BEARS – Two little bears who like to come out and convince good people to do bad bad things…in a snuggly way. 1 female voice (Mezzo) and 1 male voice (Baritone)

TREKKIE MONSTER - (Not to be confused with Cookie Monster, although the vocal resemblance is uncanny)- a monster
who lives in the building on Avenue Q is very obsessed with using the internet for naughty things! Bb2 – Eb4
 
 
To download and print out a copy of the audition form available on the Auditions Page
 
Players Club is a non-union, non-paying theater. All roles are unpaid.

Reading Dates: September 14, 2013 at 8:00 PM and September 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Audition Date: June 2, 2013, 7:00 p.m.

 
Although the action of Indian Summer is concerned with serious events surrounding and leading up to William’s death the tone of the play remains upbeat and its primary focus is on Zoe and William’s developing friendship. As Zoe confirms in the final line of the Indian Summer, “. . . I was one of William’s friends.”
It is October, the last weeks of Indian summer and it is Indian summer and the final weeks of William’s life.

Cuttings from the script will be provided at the audition. Download and print out a copy of the audition form available on the Auditions Page. Both roles are open. Contact the director, amaksymowych@comcast.net, for more information.
 

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