Well, if I didn't feel blessed enough to have the cast I had before - and I did - I feel even more so now having our final piece of the puzzle join the show. He's Benjamin Czarnota, a young member of the Baldwin-Wallace college voice faculty with an incredible baritone instrument. He's going to sound great singing this music and we're lucky to have him! Welcome to the family Benjamin!
Well, our auditions are over and I can honestly say I am thrilled at the amazing cast we have put together. 3 beautiful and wildly talented women: Maureen Clark, a recent Pennsylvania musical theatre student, Colleen Zettler, a transplanted New Yorker recently relocated back to Cleveland with opera talent and Liz Baumgartner, an amazing dancer with a beautiful soprano voice as well as a surprising belt. Add to the mix my friend and an incredible performer Bob Stoesser who will be releasing his debut solo CD in July called "A Place Called Grace" (www.bobstoesser.com). We are still looking for one more man and I have a couple good contacts on that front, but so far I'm really excited to be working with these people that I think will really be able to breathe new life into these songs and give the show a youthful energy that I'm looking for.
Auditions are a funny thing....I always have a clear vision of what I'm looking for (or at least I think I do, until someone surprises me), but I've never really been comfortable "judging" someone. Having been on the other side of the table so many times, I know the guts...
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