Auditions for HMS Pinafore
September 23 and 25, 7-10 pm
Possible callbacks: Thursday Sept 26, 7-9 pm
Union Memorial Church
59 Church St, Stamford, CT
Stage director: DeMone Seraphim
Music Director: Nicholas Sienkiewicz
Gilbert’s drawings from his Bab Ballads that match Pinafore characters.
Troupers Light Opera is pleased to announce auditions for its March, 2025 production of HMS Pinafore.
- All parts are open.
- If you are auditioning for a role, please prepare two songs in English in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan.
- It is fine to sing numbers from the show.
- Bring your own sheet music. An accompanist will be provided.
- If you are auditioning for the Chorus, prepare one song in English.
- Performance dates are March 8 and 15, with 2 perfomances each Saturday.
- Rehearsals are Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-10 and Saturdays from 10-1 at Union Memorial. They will begin January 4th, with possible chorus rehearsals before that.
Cast of characters
- Sir Joseph Porter — comic baritone —First Lord of the Admiralty
- Captain Corcoran — baritone — Commands the HMS Pinafore
- Ralph Rackstraw — tenor — Able Seaman
- Dick Deadeye — bass — Able Seaman
- Bill Bobstay — baritone — Boatswain’s mate
- Bob Becket — bass — Carpenter’s mate
- Josephine — soprano — the Captain’s daughter
- Buttercup — mezzo — a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
- Cousin Hebe — mezzo — Sir Joseph’s First Cousin
Chorus of sailors and sisters, cousins and aunts.
