Stage Director / Libretto: Selena Molina
Music Director: Helene Furlong
November 2025
at the Arden Gild Hall
Role | Gender / Age / Voice Part / Misc. |
Antea | Female, 18 – 25, mezzo-soprano Musical Nos. 2, 4, 10, 13, 14 & 20 |
Young Antea | Female, 5 – 12, soprano Musical Nos. 13 & 20 |
Mother | Female, 25 – 40, soprano, German accent Musical Nos. 4, 10 & 14 |
Father | Male, 25 – 40, bass, German accent Musical Nos. 5, 6 & 10 |
Old Antea | Female, 50 – 70, alto Musical Nos. 5, 10, 16 & 20 |
Grandson | Male, 5 – 12, any voice part |
Daughter in Law | Female, 25 – 40, mezzo-soprano, British accent Musical No. 7 |
Son | Male, 25 – 40, tenor, British accent Musical Nos. 6 & 7 |
The Painter | Male, 20 – 35, tenor, Italian accent Musical Nos. 8 & 10 |
All Cast Musical Numbers: 1, 17 & 21
Madrigal Singers (Chorus) Musical Numbers: 3, 9, 12, 13, 15 & 18
Portrait of a Young Woman Libretto (Includes links to YouTube videos of the musical selections)
Audition Selections:
- Listing of Audition Selections & Audition Dialog Selections
- A Father’s Burden (Father/Son) – Sheet Music / MP3
- A Mother’s Note (Mother) – Sheet Music / MP3
- I am Antea (Antea) – Sheet Music / MP3
- I am Antea Reprise (Antea, Young Antea, Old Antea) – Sheet Music / MP3
- My Painter (Old Antea) – Sheet Music / MP3
- Raising our Son (Daughter-in-Law, Son) – Sheet Music / MP3
- Silent & Still (Painter) – Sheet Music / MP3
Cox and Box
Stage/Music Director: Sean O’Donnell
Role | Description, Voice Part |
John James Cox | A Journeyman Hatter, Baritone |
John James Box | A Journeyman Printer, Tenor |
Sergeant Bouncer | A Lodging House Keeper (Late of Dampshire Yeomanry) Baritone |
Boosey & Co’s Savoy Edition script will be used for the show: Cox & Box Part 1 / Cox & Box Part 2.
Audition Selections:
James John Cox – A Journeyman Hatter, Baritone
Dialogue: page vii starting at “Ingenious creature!”
Music: No. 9 My hand upon it, pages 54-56
John James Box – A Journeyman Printer, Tenor
Dialogue: page vii starting at “Exactly”
Music: No. 6 Who are you, Sir?, pages 33-37
Sergeant Bouncer – House Keeper, Baritone
Dialogue: page iv, starting at “He’s gone at last!”
Music: No. 2 Rataplan, pages 6-9