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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions - Musical Audition
Tuesday March 8, 2016
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
C; $799/week AEA min
Location
Actors' Equity Association NYC Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various roles in the Season Musicals.
See breakdown for details.
Preparation
Prepare a brief song. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume
Other Dates
NYC EPA Season Plays 3/7, 9:30 to 5:30 at AEA
NYC EPA Season Musicals 3/8, 9:30 to 5:30 at AEA
Sag Harbor, NY EPA entire season 3/12, at Christ Episcopal Church
Other
Actors with local Sag Harbor NY housing strongly encouraged to attend.
Personnel
Scott Schwartz—Artistic Director (expected to attend the EPA)
Will Pomerantz--Associate Artistic Director
John Sullivan—Associate Producer (expected to attend the EPA)
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
2016 Season Musical
MY FAIR LADY
Music by Frederick Loewe
Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Michael Arden—Director
Contract Dates (LORT): July 5-August 28, 2016
Seeking:
Eliza Doolittle:
(20s-30s) A cockney flower girl from Lisson Grove, Eliza works outside Covent Garden. Her potential to become “a lady” becomes the object of a bet between Higgins and Pickering. Must have excellent dialects (RP and Cockney) and strong soprano.
Henry Higgins:
(40-50) A British, upper class professional bachelor, Higgins is a world-famous phonetics expert, teacher, and author of “Higgins’ Universal Alphabet.” Must have excellent RP dialect.
Colonel Pickering:
A retired British officer with colonial experience, Pickering is the author of “Spoken Sanskrit.” (RP dialect)
Alfred P. Doolittle/AS CAST:
50-60s. Eliza’s father, Doolittle is an elderly but vigorous dustman. (Cockney Dialect)
Freddy Eynsford-Hill/AS CAST:
20s-mid 30’s. An upper class young man, Freddy becomes completely smitten with Eliza. (RP Dialect)
For reference for the 3/7 EPA, below is a listing of the 2016 Season Plays
THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN
By Jonathan Tolins
Noah Himmelstein—Director
Contract Dates (LORT): May 9-June 19, 2016
Seeking:
Steve Powell
Male, 40, a reporter, Handsome but a little worn out
Erick Schmidt
Male, Age mid 30s, smart, a little nervous, and vulnerable
Margaret Meier
Female, Age 40, Soprano. On the verge of a huge career, with huge insecurities to match
Rudolph
Male , Age 50. Margaret’s husband, a prickly musician
Jordan
Male , Age 23. A cute bellhop
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THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
By Alfred Uhry
Will Pomerantz—Director
Contract Dates (LORT): June 6-July 24, 2016
The play takes place in Atlanta in 1939 within a German Jewish enclave.
Seeking:
Adolph Freitag
Male. Late 40’s/early 50’s. A successful businessman and nominal patriarch of the family. Easy-going, warm, avuncular, with innate kindness. Knows that life is too serious to be taken too seriously. Dotes on his niece, Sunny.
Boo Levy
Female. Early-mid 50s. Adolph’s sister, a widow and the alpha of the family, Boo has a an intensity and tendency to judge. Knows how to land a barb as only a southern woman can. Has a dreamer for a daughter and above all else, wants to see her married and secure.
Reba Freitag
Female. Late 40’s/early 50’s. Adolph’s sister-in-law. Gentle, dear, a bit ditzy, with a big heart. Somewhat amazed to have such a smart and sensible daughter.
Lala Levy
Female. Mid to late 20’s. Boo’s daughter. Has dreams of being a writer, and is a somewhat fragile romantic. Not always realistic in terms of how the world works. Loves Gone With the Wind.
Sunny Freitag
Female. In her 20’s. Reba’s daughter, she attends a prestigious college for women. Has a strong sense of self and is intelligent and decent. Has grown up in privilege but wears it well.
Joe Farkas
Male. Late 20’s/early 30’s. Adolph’s business assistant, Joe has a New York energy and charisma. He takes his Jewishness for granted and is completely unself-conscious about it. Intelligent, with a strong sense of right and wrong.
Peachy Weil
Male. Mid/late 20’s. From a distinguished, wealthy family in Lake Charles, Lousiana, Peachy is incorrigible and quick to make less than proper jokes for shock effect. Although it is hard to tell initially, his intentions regarding Lala are honorable.
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