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Auditions For Maestro-New SW / Sydney
- Casting ID # 1411073
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Project Type
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Live Event
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Submission Type
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Self Response
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Market
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New SW / Sydney
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Union
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Non-union
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Location
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NSW
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Release Date
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02-19-14
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Rate/Pay
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n/a
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Submission deadline
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03-21-14
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Audition Date
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n/a
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Casting Category
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Theatre - Non-Equity
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MAESTRO
BY ANNA & PETER GOLDSWORTHY
As a young boy in post-war Darwin, Paul Crabbe begins piano lessons from the enigmatic Eduard Keller, an Austrian émigré with a shadowy past and a musical pedigree traced back to Liszt and Beethoven. For Keller, escaping his ghosts in the isolation of the Top End, music has always been his way of dealing with the horrors of the world. For Paul, learning the piano starts as an inconvenience but soon becomes an obsession, his ticket out of a town full of drifters and misfits. The relationship between the ”maestro” and his pupil is an uneasy one but as Paul grows from obsessed adolescent into self-questioning man, he learns about life through music, and through Keller’s experiences and understanding of human nature.
Goldworthy’s coming-of-age novel, voted one of the Top 40 Australian books of all time.
REHEARSALS
Rehearsals will commence the second week of March 2014. A rehearsal schedule will be set once casting has been finalised, and will involve approximately 20 hours per week, evenings and weekends.
CAST
A cast of 5 men and 3 women ranging in age from late teens to late 70s. Most will be playing more than one role.
Note: Maestro is a play about the love of music so all of the roles (except for Nancy) either sing or play piano, drums or guitar. Ability ranges from fair to very good. The role descriptions below list the musical ability required. the
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