I think someone already had this started, but I need help advising which part to go for.
I am 16, but I will be 17 by the time of auditions for The Secret Garden. I don't know if I should go for Lily or Martha.
My range is quite wide: I can sing about an F below middle C and up to at least a high D flat. I've been trained classically for about four years now. Because of my training, I can do operatic styles, but I also belt pretty well, like in Godspell where I sang "O Bless the Lord".
The problem is, I'm competing against adults. I won the part of Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler against adults, but I don't know if I will do that again at this community theater. I can pass for an adult though, especially since I'm 5'9.5". I normally get cast as older parts and I'm told my voice is mature for my age. I also thought Lily couldn't have been that old when she died since she died in childbirth and they married younger back then.
I also can learn accents pretty quickly, and I have a brother from Manchester, which might help me somewhat with a Yorkshire accent.
Also, which song should I sing?
If I go for Martha I was thinking possibly "It's an Art" from Working, because it's about a waitress who is cheerful and happy with what she is, but it might sound a bit different from The Secret Garden music.
If I go for Lily I was thinking of "He Plays the Violin" from 1776, but yet again I'm not sure.
Thanks so much!!!
