DREAM A LITTLE DREAM Equity Principal Auditions - Actor's Theatre of Charlotte Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Saturday, May 3, 2014
9:00 am-5:00 pm
(lunch break 1:00-2:00 pm)

Contract
SPT
$282 weekly minimum salary

Location
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte
650 East Stonewall Street
Charlotte, NC 28202-2608
Free parking available. Enter Lobby.

Seeking
Equity actors (5 male, 3 female) for DREAM A LITTLE DREAM.

Preparation
Prepare a short musical selection of a classic number from the Mamas and Papas, or something else from that style and generation of folk rock. Piano accompanist provided.

Other Dates
First Rehearsal: June 23, 2014
Run Dates: July 17- August 9, 2014

Other
No housing available.

Video submissions accepted, please contact for details.

Personnel
Playwright- Denny Doherty and Paul Ledoux
Director- Chip Decker
Musical Director- Mike Wilkins

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
Contact prod. manager Carrie Cranford at carrie_cranford@actorstheatrecharlotte.org or leave contact information via voicemail at 704-342-2251 ext.71.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Denny: Male, 20s-30s. Handsome Nova Scotian singer with an off-kilter sense of humor and the spirit of an Irish rogue. A great tenor vocalist.

Cass: Female, 20s-30s. The ultimate hippie earth mother. A big woman with a big voice. Intelligent, bombastic, funny, insecure and lovesick.

John: Male, 20s-30s. Tall, hyper-intelligent songwriter and group leader. Funny, pompous, cerebral. A born salesman. Must play 12-string guitar.

Michelle: Female, 20s-30s. The ultimate California girl. John’s wife. A sexy blonde gamine. Highly romantic but tough when she needs to be. Insecure as a singer.

Zal Yanovsky: Male, 20s-30s. Iconoclastic musician and eccentric comic. Very Jewish. Hair long before hair was long. Mel Brooks meets Lenny Bruce. Must play electric lead guitar. Plays with the band when not in a scene. Doubles various other characters.

Scott McKenzie: Male, 20s-30s. Handsome lead singer with a sweet, but despondent nature. Must play acoustic rhythm guitar. Plays with the band when not in a scene. Doubles various other characters.

Lou Adler: Male, 30s. A brilliant, very hip Jewish record producer. Doubles various other characters.

Jill: Female, 20s. Lou’s girlfriend. A beautiful singer and photographer. Doubles various other characters.