FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - NYC EPA
Madding Crowd Musical, LLC
AUDITION DATE
Sep 07, 2016
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Staged Reading Contract
Staged Reading Contract; $500/week + health & pension
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers. PLEASE NOTE: All must be extremely strong actors and singers. The style of music is legit Broadway, leaning towards classical (think Leonard Bernstein). Because the show is set in rural England we are looking for interesting actors of all types who have the acting ability to inhabit that time and place. Dialects may be used but not necessary for the audition. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Prepare a brief legit Broadway song (i.e. Leonard Bernstein or Harvey Schmidt). Bring sheet music; accompanist provided. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Hunter Foster - Director; Paul Masse - Musical Director; In the room for EPA: Robin Carus - Casting Director; Jayne Ackley Lynch - Producer; David John Madore - Accompanist/Associate Musical Director
OTHER
Rehearsal Dates: 11/7/16-11/16/16 in NYC; Performance Dates: 11/17 & 11/18 in NYC
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Far From The Madding Crowd is a musical adapted from the Thomas Hardy novel. Set in 1870 rural England (Dorset area), it charts the journey of Bathsheba Everdene, a young woman of 20, struggling to make her own way in a world that dictates women’s roles and behaviors.
Seeking:
BATHSHEBA EVERDENE
Female (20), Soprano. Any ethnicity. Actress must be convincing as a 20 year old in looks and essence. Exceptionally beautiful and provocative without knowing it, she is determined to run the farm bequeathed to her by an uncle on her own. She works hard to be seen as the competent, self-confident mistress of Weatherbury Farm. However her youth and stubborn nature cause unforeseen challenges
GABRIEL OAK
Male. (Late 20s-early 30s), Bari-tenor. Any ethnicity. The shepherd whose marriage proposal Bathsheba turns down and who is reduced to working for her after he loses his farm. He is strong-willed and proud, and has a quiet strength that should not be mistaken for shyness or weakness. He's named Oak for a reason. He sees Bathsheba’s faults, yet still loves and admires her.
FRANK TROY
Male (mid-late 20s), Tenor. Any ethnicity. A Sergeant in the Dragoons. He loves Fanny as much as he can love any woman. He is extremely good looking and has an enticing sensuality which he uses to his advantage. The bastard son of a gentleman, he yearns for the ease of a gentleman’s life but not its responsibilities. He's impulsive and doesn’t consider the consequences of his actions, bringing tragedy to himself and others.
WILLIAM BOLDWOOD
Male (40s). Bass-Baritone. Any ethnicity. The wealthy owner of the neighboring farm. His reserve masks an awkwardness with women. An honorable man who is destroyed by his obsessive love for Bathsheba.
FANNY ROBIN
Female (18). High exquisite soprano. She fair and blond. Troy’s fiancee. An uncomplicated farm girl who has lived at Weatherbury all her life. She adores Troy, faults and all, and is sure that, in the end, he will marry her and make their liaison respectable. Sadly her life ends in tragedy.
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