Theater Ensemble Arts Performance Auditions

No experience necessary. Auditions will take place at 818 W. Arrington during the following times: 

• Sunday, December 7th from 4 - 6pm
• Monday, December 8th from 6 - 8pm

Auditions will be cold readings from the script and are open to all. Performance Dates: February 13, 14, 20, 21, & 22 2026

CHARACTERS

• Saunders, a middle-aged authoritarian manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera
• Max, a company gofer and assistant to Saunders
• Maggie, the pretty and quirky girlfriend of Max and daughter of Saunders
• Tito Merelli, a world-famous Italian tenor
• Maria, his lively Italian wife
• Bellhop, an aspiring singer
• Diana, a sexy soprano in her mid-thirties
• Julia, a chair of the Opera Guild

THE STORY: Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world-famous singer Tito Merelli, known as Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as the star of the opera. Tito arrives late, and through a hilarious series of mishaps, he is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he’s dead - and in a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into Merelli's costume and fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo.

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