January 6, 2020 - Wilton, Conn. -- The Wilton Playshop will hold auditions for Evita on Sunday, February 2ndat 3pm and Monday, February 3rd at 7pm. Callbacks will be held on Thursday, February 6th at 7pm. Karen Morello will direct and provide the musical staging for this Tony-winning show. With musical direction by Zachary Kampler and choreography by Jackie DiDonato, the musical will run April 24 – May 9,2020. Strong singers, dancers, and actors from ages 7 to 70 are encouraged to audition.
Evita charts the young and ambitious Eva Peron’s meteoric rise to sainthood. Set in Argentina between 1934-1952, the musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey from poor illegitimate child to ambitious actress to, as wife of military leader-turned-president Juan Peron, the most powerful woman in Latin America, before her death from cancer at age 33. The events in Evita’s life are presented in song and commented on by the show’s narrator, Che. Well-known numbers from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical masterpiece include “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Oh What a Circus,” “Buenos Aires” and “Another Suitcase in Another Hall.”