Hank Williams: Lost Highway
by S.T.A.G.E. Bulverde
May. 19 (2019)
A spectacular musical biography of the legendary singer-songwriter. The play follows his rise from his beginnings on the Louisiana Hayride, to his triumphs on the Grand Ole Opry, to his eventual self-destruction at age 29.
Director: Lou Garza
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Director Lou Garza will hold open auditions for the S.T.A.G.E., Inc. 2018-2019 season production HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY the Music and Legend of Hank Williams, by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik. Auditions will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Krause House Theatre, 1300 Bulverde Road in Bulverde. Bring a prepared song with CD, cassette, or sheet music. |
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Scheduled show dates are July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28.
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Performers are needed for the following roles:
CHARACTERS
HANK WILLIAMS - A south Alabama hillbilly singer, thin.. (This part has been cast)
TEE-TOT - A black south Alabama street singer of indeterminate age.
THE WAITRESS - The keeper of an all-night diner somewhere in the south. A cheerful, lonely person.
MAMA LILLY - Hank's mother. A "Marjorie Main" - strong and somewhat overbearing.
HOSS - A member of Hank's band, The Drifting Cowboys. Plays upright ("doghouse") bass.
JMMY (BURRHEAD) - A member of Hank's band, plays lead electric guitar. From Oklahoma, especially so in his speech.
LEON (LOUDMOUTH) - Band member and a skillful on many instruments, featured on the fiddle. Pleasant and taciturn.
FRED ROSE (PAP) - A founder and executive of Nashville music publishing company. A Midwesterner from Chicago.
AUDREY WILLIAMS - Hank's first wife, later his professional widow. A blond Alabama beauty, sweet, exuberant and sure.
SHAG - The pedal steel guitarist
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| Location: 1300 Bulverde Road , Bulverde, Texas, 78163-0575 |
| Our Website: www.stagebulverde.org |
| Contact/More Information: Lou Garza/Charlotte Miniard (830) 438-2339 |
