The Lakeway Players are holding auditions for a musical extravaganza, Red, Hot and Cole, over then next few weeks at specific times and dates at the Lakeway Activity Center.
The show features the life and works of the acclaimed songwriter, Cole Porter, whose hits include such perennial favorites as Night and Day, I Love Paris, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, and Don’t Fence Me In. The two-act revue traces Porter’s career from Indiana to the world stages of New York, London, Parish and Venice. Production dates are Oct. 29, 30 and 31.
Barbara Calderaro will direct the show conducting auditions in Room B of the activity center: Saturday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m.; Monday, Aug 3 at 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m., and Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 7 p.m.
The cast calls for seven men and six women, ages 18-70, and all roles are singing roles.
Auditions are open to everyone; however, those who want to audition should contact barbcal@austin.rr.com, or call her at 261-3671, to set up an audition time. Those who audition to have a 16-bar song prepared to sing, either with tracks or a capella, and that preferably it be a Cole Porter song. For more information about theLakeway Players, visit www.lakewayplayers.com.