Lone Star Lyric
Opera Cabaret Broadway
Casting Call
AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Lone Star Lyric announces auditions for 2025 Summer Festival. Submit request & materials by February 3 to secure an audition time. (Submit head shot/resume in specified formats and fields provided.)
CALL TYPE / SEEKING
Principal & Featured
Singing Actors of all voice types.
All roles open.
DATES & TIME(S)
Fri March 14, 12p-2p
additional dates as needed
LOCATION
Lone Star Lyric
1201 Hyde Park Blvd (@ Yoakum)
Houston, TX 77006
PERSONNEL
Kelli Estes, Director
Rob Hunt, Music Director
Jim Elliott, Lighting Design
Alicia Chew, Costume Design
Nate Wernig, Set Design
PRODUCTION
Performances in the Sterling Theater at Stages'
The Gordy, with chamber orchestra.
FESTIVAL DATES
Rehearsals - June 9-July 8 (as called)
Mon-Fri 6:30p-10p, Sat 10a-3p, Sun 2p-8p
Performances – July 9, 10, 11 at 7:30p, 12 at 2:30p
COMPENSATION
All roles paid. (Pay includes rehearsals, performances, promotional events & parking.)
Internship positions available.
PREPARATION
(Pianist will be provided)
- 2-3 contrasting arias
- 1 in English
- Sides provided at the audition.
OTHER
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Please do not apply if you cannot be available for all festival dates. No travel or housing provided.
MISSION
Founded in 2006, Lone Star Lyric is an independent, non-profit opera and lyric theater presenting organization committed to showcasing Texas-based artists, premiering new chamber works by living American composers and exploring the untapped repertory of lyric composers of the past.
Repertoire
SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON
An opera by Stephen Schwartz
Based on the novel by Mark McShane and the screenplay by Bryan Forbes
Sung in English, Regional premiere.
SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON is a psychological thriller about a medium, Myra Foster, who convinces her weak-willed husband to kidnap the child of a wealthy couple, so she can use her abilities to locate the child and thus achieve fame. Set in the séance room in the house of Myra and Bill Foster, in a somewhat run-down suburb of San Francisco, 1962.
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Myra Foster (soprano) a medium
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Bill Foster (baritone) her husband
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Arthur Foster (12yrs) their son
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Mrs. Clayton (soprano) a wealthy wife
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Mr. Clayton (tenor) her husband, skeptical
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Adriana Clayton (12yrs) their daughter
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Inspector Watts (bass)
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Mrs. Wintry (mezzo soprano) an older woman
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Miss Rose (soprano) younger but already old maid-ish
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Mr. Bennett* (tenor) younger and somewhat effete
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Irish Tenor (tenor) recorded, *same singer
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Mr. Cole+ (tenor) an older gentleman
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Policeman (tenor or baritone) +same singer
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Reporters, (SATB octet, 4 student internship roles possible)
ORCHESTRATION
Piano 1/Music Director, Piano 2/Synthesizer, Woodwind doubler, Cello, Percussion.
(This reduced chamber orchestration is arranged by composer Stephen Schwartz and Lone Star Lyric music director Robert Hunt for the Lone Star Lyric Theater Festival production and Texas premiere in July 2025 in Houston, Texas.)
Cross Casting
Sing once and be heard by many! LSL is pleased to host a multi-company audition this year. Representatives from HOPERA and I Colori Dell'Opera will also be present at these auditions. For information about their upcoming seasons click the logo-links below.
