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Auditions for The Pajama Game

Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, March 26

7:00 PM CST

Old Armory Theatre

Lower level

Please use the downstairs entrance

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Remember, two audition dates are provided for scheduling convenience, however only one date needs to be attended.  Check out the synopsis/character list/song list below for further details or rent the classic film starring Doris Day.  The Pajama Game is a musical with solo and choral parts available.  All actors and actresses auditioning will learn and sing a portion of a song from The Pajama Game at auditions. 

Plot Summary:

The Pajama Game is set in the 1950s in the Sleep Tite pajama factory. The new manager finds himself falling for the feisty union leader.  However, the two are an unlikely match, as they are on opposite sides of a labor dispute over a 7 1/2 cent pay increase. 

Character List

Sid Sorokin:  (legit baritone) The handsome new factory superintendent who falls in love with Babe.

Catherine “Babe” Willims: (legit mezzo) The feisty leader of the Union Grievance Committee for the Sleep Tite pajama factory.  She falls in love with Sid.

Vernon Hines: (Baritone, comic role) The factory timekeeper.  He thinks Gladys flirts with lots of men, which makes him insanely jealous.

Myron “Old Man” Hasler: The strict head of the pajama factory who keeps a secret.

Gladys Hotchkiss: (Character alto) Hasler’s attractive, quick-witted secretary, who is loved by Hines and Prez.

Prez: (Character tenor) The married head of the union who chases women despite his marital status.

Mabel: (Alto) The mother hen of the factory and Sid’s secretary.

Mae: A member of the Grievance Committee who Prez is in love with.

Pop: Babe’s kind and mild mannered father.

Max: A salesman.

Charley: A worker in the factory and the handyman.

Joe: A factory worker and Prez’s right-hand man.

Brenda: A member of the Grievance Committee.

Virginia: A factory girl.

Poopsie: A factory girl.

Musical Numbers

ACT I

Racing With the Clock: Factory Workers

A New Town Is a Blue Town: Sid

I’m Not At All In Love: Babe and Factory Girls

I’ll Never Be Jealous Again: Hines and Mabel

Hey There: Sid

Racing with the Clock (Reprise): Factory Workers

Sleep Tite: Company

Her Is: Prez and Gladys

Once a Year Day: Sid, Babe, and Company

Her Is (Reprise): Prez and Mabel

Small Talk: Sid and Babe

There Once Was a Man: Sid and Babe

Hey There (Reprise): Sid

ACT II

Steam Heat: Gladys, Lewie, and Jake

The World Around Us (added to 2006 production): Sid

Hey There (Reprise): Babe

If You Win, You Lose (added to the 2006 production): Sid and Babe

Think of the Time I Save: Hines and Factory Girls

Hernando’s Hideaway: Gladys, Sid, and Company

I’ll Never Be Jealous Again Ballet: Hines, Gladys, Three Men

The Three of Us (Me, Myself and I) (added to the 2006 production): Hines and Gladys

7 ½ Cents: Babe, Prez, and Factory Workers

There Once Was a Man (Reprise): Sid and Babe

Pajama Game: Full Company