A Tale of Two Cities is licensed from Concord Theatricals
Based on Charles Dickens' masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities is an epic musical that focuses on the love triangle between young beauty Lucie Manette, French aristocrat Charles Darnay and drunken English cynic Sydney Carton - all caught in the clutches of the bloody French Revolution.
Seeking strong singers and actors of all ages for this large cast.
All ages are welcome to audition (many featured and ensemble roles for adults, a few featured and ensemble roles for children).
Auditions will be in person
Please sign-up for an audition (January 10-25, 2025).
Rehearsal Schedule
Rehearsals will take place July 22-September 11 on Tuesdays and Thursdays (6-10pm), and Sundays (3-10pm) There are additional evening rehearsals during tech week.
Most rehearsals take place at Lancaster Alliance Church.
Performance Schedule
Performances will be Thursday-Sunday, September 12-28.
Casting
This cast features a large ensemble with many step-out roles. We may be double casting some roles and seeking strong understudies and swings to cover all roles.
SYDNEY CARTON – Drunken, careless English lawyer in love with Lucie Manette (Baritone, low G to G, 2 octaves)
CHARLES DARNAY, aka EVREMONDE – Good-hearted, upstanding young French aristocrat. Marries Lucie (Bari-tenor, sings to Ab)
LUCIE MANETTE – Manette's young daughter. Thought orphaned as a child. Loved by Darnay and Carton (Soprano, sings to Bb)
DR. ALEXANDRE MANETTE – French doctor unjustly imprisoned in the Bastille for 17 years. Father of Lucie (Bari/tenor, sings to a G)
JERRY CRUNCHER – English off-job man for Mr. Lorry. Moonlights as a graverobber (Baritone)
ERNEST DEFARGE – Manette's old servant. Wine merchant and budding revolutionary (Bari-tenor, sings to G/optional A)
MADAME THERESE DEFARGE – Patient wife of Defarge who supports his dream of revolution in France (Strong belt; must belt/mix to E)
MR. JARVIS LORRY – English banker who adopts the Manettes as a surrogate family (non-singing)
MISS PROSS – Lucie Manette's no-nonsense English nanny and friend (singing optional)
MARQUIS ST. EVREMONDE/ENSEMBLE – Predatory, immoral French aristocrat. Uncle to Darnay (Baritone, sings to F#)
SEAMSTRESS/ENSEMBLE – Timid, young woman unjustly condemned to die on the guillotine (Lyric soprano, sings to D)
JOHN BARSAD – Turncoat English con-man and spy. In the pay of the Marquis (Baritone)
JACQUES #1 AND 2/ ENSEMBLE – Two French peasants working toward revolution
GASPARD/ENSEMBLE – French peasant whose child is run down by the Marquis St. Evremonde (Baritone)
LITTLE GASPARD/ENSEMBLE – Gaspard's little boy, killed by the carriage of Marquis
LITTLE LUCIE/ENSEMBLE – Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette's little girl (solo singing)
GABELLE/ENSEMBLE – Servant to the Marquis. Friend to Darney (Baritone)
STRYVER/ENSEMBLE – Blustering senior barrister; Carton's employer (Baritone)
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ENSEMBLE – Smug showman prosecuter in cahoots with Barsad against Darnay (Bass/Baritone)
CRONIES #1 AND #2/ENSEMBLE – Jerry Cruncher's shovel-wielding fellow graverobbers (solo singing)
MRS. CRUNCHER/ENSEMBLE – Jerry's prayerful, nervous spouse
FRENCH PRESIDENT/ENSEMBLE – Presides over the Tribunal in Paris
YOUNG MAN/ENSEMBLE – Early to late teens, young peasant mortally wounded by the Marquis (Tenor, sings to A)
TURNKEY/ENSEMBLE – Guard in the Parisian prison of La Force where Darnay is kept
In addition to the featured ensemble roles above, the following smaller roles will also be cast from the Ensemble:
BAILIFF, JUDGE, SOLDIER, YOUNG WOMAN, MARQUIS' BROTHER, MARQUISE DE GARON, CHILD, NUMBER KEEPER.