Rodgers and Hammerstein s The King and I is opening at Emmett Hook Center this summer. First, the local theater will hold auditions to cast the actors for the Tony Award-winning musical.
The casting directors are striving for a diverse cast, and encouraging members of the Asian community to try out. The King and I is based on the novel Anna and the King Siam by Margaret Landon. In the early 1860s, Anna, a British schoolteacher, is hired to tutor King Siam s children. The governess becomes instrumental in the plan to modernize his country as she aids the headstrong king in reaching social understanding and cultural acceptance and openness.