CHESS - NYC OPEN Call
Gallery Players, The
AUDITION DATES
Tue, Feb 27, 2018
7:00 pm (EST)
Wed, Feb 28, 2018
7:00 pm (EST)
CONTRACT
Showcase-NY travel stipend.
SEEKING
Equity and non Equity male and female actors who sing for various roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Prepare a 1-2 min uptempo rock or pop song of your choice. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Gallery Players Theatre
199 14th St
Brooklyn, NY 11215
2nd floor
PERSONNEL
Mark Harborth - Director
Benjamin L. Jacob - Music Director
Ryan Hendricks - Choroegrapher
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal - March 17
Opens April 21, 2018
Closes May 13, 2018
OTHER
galleryplayers.com
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
ENSEMBLE – Seeking a large ensemble to play multiple roles throughout show. The Ensemble will be quite busy and individually showcased.
FLORENCE – strong belt voice (to E). Mid-thirties. Born in Hungary (so shouldn’t look like the “All-American Girl”); has been brought up in America since 1956. She is clever, theatrical, touching, vivacious, volatile. Frederick’s chess “second.”
FREDDIE – Rock tenor (to C). Mid-thirties. An American chess champion. A cross between Bobby Fisher and John McEnroe. Arrogant and temperamental, but a genius; his chess playing revolutionary. We need to see his artistry along with his danger and his obsessiveness.
ANATOLY – Baritone (to G sharp). Early forties. A Russian chess champion. Unexpectedly charming. He doesn’t seem a romantic hero at first, but becomes one through his personality. An intelligent, feeling, passionate man.
MOLOKOV – Bass (down to F sharp). Fifties. Not a fake, comic, stage Russian. Intellectually formidable. Seemingly a father figure to Florence. Anatoly’s chess “second.” An actor who sings well.
SVETLANA – strong belt voice. Late thirties. Anatoly’s wife. Domestic, wholesome, homey. A dramatic contrast to Florence – not a contemporary cosmopolitan woman.
WALTER – Bass – Baritone (down to G sharp). Fifties. A marketing agent. Seemingly respectable, substantial, trustworthy. An actor who sings well.
ARBITER – rock high baritone (up to A). Thirty to early forties. International businessman. Smooth, but with a quick temper.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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