MOORESTOWN ARTS ADVOCACY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES 2007 AUDITIONS FOR ‘THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLE’

(Moorestown, NJ) The Moorestown Arts Advocacy Council (MAAC) will be holding auditions May 21 and 22 at 7PM for the summer musical production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. All auditions will take place in the Moorestown High School auditorium, and call backs will be at 7pm on May 24. Interested actors/dancers should be at least 15, with a mature and positive attitude. All levels of experience are encouraged to audition. Singing and dance will be required. Thoroughly Modern Mille will run July 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, and 28. For more information, please contact MAAC at (856) 642-0356 or online at MAACARTS.org.

Thoroughly Modern Mille Characters:

Dorothy Smith — A charming, ditzy, out-of-touch rich girl 21 – 30 Soprano
Jimmy Smith — Millie's macho and charming love interest. 21 – 35 Tenor
Millie Dillmount — A girl from Kansas who has just moved to New York to start a new life and marry a rich husband. 18 – 30 Mezzo Dancing: Intense - tap
Bun Foo — Assistant to Mrs. Meers. Asian and speaks Chinese throughout most of the show. (phonetically) 20 – 40 Sex: M
Ching Ho — Assistant to Mrs. Meers. Asian and speaks Chinese throughout most of the show. 15 – 40 Sex: M
Mrs. Flannery — The bossy and uptight Office Manager any age, dancer
Mrs. Meers — A former actress who runs a cheap hotel for struggling actresses. She dresses as if Chinese and speaks with a phony Asian accent 32 – 55 Belt voice
Muzzy Van Hossmere — A wealthy and well-traveled nightclub singer. 35 – 55 Alto
Trevor Graydon — Milie’s handsome and wealthy boss 25 – 50 Baritone
Alice, Lucille, Mathilde, Rita, Ruth, Cora, Daphne, Ethel Peas Live in the same hotel as Millie. *Must tap
Kenneth Dexter, Rodney , Muzzy's Boys,Office Staff

Synopsis:
Set in New York City in 1922, ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ concerns a young girl from Kansas who comes to New York in search of a new life for herself. Her grand plan is to find a job as a secretary for a wealthy man and then marry him. However, her plan goes completely awry. The owner of her dingy hotel kidnaps young girls to sell to the Far East; her wealthy boss is slow in proposing marriage; and the man she actually falls in love with doesn’t have a dime to his name – or so he tells her.