Frankenstein - Los Angeles EPA
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
AUDITION DATE
Fri, May 31, 2019
10:30 am - 6:30 pm (PDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
EPA rules in effect. In-person sign-up begins at 9:30AM on 5/31/19.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep Minimum - $696 to 2/20/2020; $717 thereafter
SEEKING
See breakdown. Four Larks creates physically dynamic ensemble theatre. We are specifically looking for physical actors who are also experienced musicians (singers AND / OR instrumentalists). We will create an ensemble of actors that span racial, cultural, linguistic, and gender identities. We encourage qualified physical-actor/musicians of all types, sizes, and backgrounds to audition. We are particularly interested in performers with unique musical or physical backgrounds or methodologies. Four Larks music draws inspiration from folk, spirituals, world music, vaudeville, and pop as well as contemporary classical music (see our website: fourlarks.com for musical samples)
PREPARATION
Please share 32 bars of a song in any style of prepared music that best demonstrates your range, musicality and personal style. An accompanist will be on hand, but we invite you to accompany yourself on an instrument if applicable
Text: We would like to see you speak and move. Please incorporate movement into a brief monologue, poem or other text.
Instrumental Sample: If applicable, please demonstrate your virtuosity on your primary instrument with a brief sample.
Total audition should be no longer than 3 minutes.
LOCATION
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Parking garage or street parking. Parking not validated.
PERSONNEL
Mat McSweeney (Co-Creator)
Sebastian Peters - Lazaro (Co-Creator)
Camille Jenkins (Artistic Coordinator)
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal-January 14, 2020/Opening Night-February 14, 2020/Closing Night-March 1, 2020
OTHER
Performers unable to attend this EPA may submit headshot/resume to:
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Attn: Camille Jenkins
9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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
Frankenstein is a new dance/music theatre work from Four Larks inspired by Mary Shelley's novel and its impact on contemporary culture. Through movement, vocal textures, and a live soundscape forged from instruments and found percussion, an ensemble of singing actors trace a trail from Shelley's desolate arctic fields and secret laboratories through to the present day.
We strongly encourage actors of all backgrounds, ethnicities and gender identities to audition.
ROLE 1 - AGE 18+
mysterious / otherworldly physical actor, strange and alluring. extraordinary voice -tenor or baritone
ROLE 2 - AGE 18+
precise and commanding physical actor, excellent singer with flexible tone and exacting sense of rhythm and harmony- soprano or alto
ROLE 3 - AGE 18+
chameleonic comedic actor, with vocal and physical dexterity, captivating storyteller- bass
ROLE 4 - AGE 18+
chameleonic comedic actor, with vocal and physical dexterity, captivating storyteller- soprano or alto
ROLE 5 - AGE 18+
Extraordinary physical actor and singer of any voice type who can play a variety of percussion instruments
ROLE 6 - AGE 18+
Strong physical actor and singer of any voice type - woodwind player (especially saxophone, clarinets)
ROLE 7 - AGE 18+
Strong physical actor and singer of any voice type - brass player
ROLE 8 - AGE 18+
Strong physical actor and singer of any voice type- string player (especially cello and viola)
ROLE 9 - AGE 18+
Strong physical actor and singer of any voice type- advanced-level skill on harp, piano, guitar or other chordal instrument
ROLE 10 - AGE 18+
Strong physical actor and singer of any voice type- fluent/native-speaker in Mandarin
ROLE 11 - AGE 18+
Captivating and exacting dancer, strong harmony singer, ideally fluent in a non-English language- Alto
ROLE 12 - AGE 18+
Captivating and exacting dancer, strong harmony singer, ideally fluent in a non-English language- Soulful Baritone
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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