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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Thursday April 30, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
LOA
ref. to COST; $491/week
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actors and actor/singers for the 2nd Half of the Season Shows:
BILLY ELLIOT
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Holiday Show TBA
see breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare a brief song or selection in the style of or from one of the productions from our season that best shows range, persosnality, and skill.
Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume.
Other Dates
EPA: 4/30, 9:30 to 5:30 at AEA.
ECC: 5/1 at AEA, 9:30am male singers; 11am female singers; 1:30pm female dancers; 3:30pm male dancers. (casting director anticipates a lunch break 12:30-1:30)
Other
www.gatewayplayhouse.com
Personnel
Producer: Paul Allan
Casting Director: Michael Baker
Casting Assistant: Rachel Colson
· 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
BILLY ELLIOT
Director- Steve Minning
Choreographer- Allison Levenberg
Musical Director- TBD
Rehearsal: July 7-22, Performances: July 22-August 8
seeking:
MRS. WILKINSON:
Female, 30-40s. Billy's dancing teacher. Excellent singing voice. Great energy, drive, determination, warmth & compassion. Doesn't suffer fools gladly. Good comedic skills. Must be able to tap & be a strong mover/dancer.
DAD:
Male, 40s. Billy’s dad. Leading actor. 40s. Must sing. Geordie miner. Working class. Single parent. Narrow-minded. Tries to do the best for his family. At end of his tether. Feels sorry for himself.
GRANDMA:
Female, 60-70s. Must sing. Good dance or movement skills. Tap if possible. Good comedy skills required. Character actress
TONY:
Male, 20s. Billy’s brother. Geordie miner. Excellent singing voice. Outspoken. Loud, macho, up for a fight.
GEORGE:
Male, Late 30-50s. Billy’s Boxing teacher. Geordie miner. Excellent comedy skills. Friend of Dad’s. Spokesman of the miners. Community spirited. Working class. Singing not essential. No tap required.
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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Director- Ketih Andrews
Choreographer- Richard Hinds
Musical Director-TBD
(Co- Production with Ogunquit Playhouse)
Gateway Rehearsal: August 11-26, Runs: August 26- September 12
Ogunquit Performances: September 23rd- October 25th
seeking:
TONY MANERO
Plays 19, extremely handsome Brooklyn Italian. King of his circle. Projects machismo with a vulnerability beneath. Extremely charismatic. Believable Brooklyn accent, strong dancer with a killer pop/rock voice. TENOR
STEPHANIE MANGANO
Plays 20, extremely beautiful Brooklyn Italian. Projects overconfidence and pretension but is really a simple girl trying to be more than what she came from. Must be genuinely likable. Believable Brooklyn accent. Killer voice and very strong dancer. MEZZO with belt to D
FRANK JR.
Plays 25 – 30. Tony’s brother. Brooklyn Itialian, genuine, paternal, spiritual energy. Believable Brooklyn accent, strong mover with a strong pop/rock voice. TENOR
BOBBY C
Plays 18 – 20, awkward Brooklyn Italian. One of “the Faces” (Tony’s gang). Insecure and needy. A troubled soul who tries too hard. Believable Brooklyn accent, strong mover with a show-stopping pop voice. TENOR
ANNETTE
Plays 18 – 20, attractive Brooklyn, Innocent, insecure, needy. She tries to mask her vulnerability with toughness. Believable Brooklyn accent. Strong dancer with show-stopping voice. MEZZO with belt to Eb
GUS
Plays 18 – 25. Cute Brooklyn Italian. One of “the Faces” (Tony’s gang). Bumbling klutz, a little befuddled. A follower. Believable Brooklyn accent. Strong dancer with good pop voice. BARI-TENOR
DOUBLE J
Plays 18 – 25. (Tony cover) handsome Brooklyn Italian lady’s man. One of “the Facres” (Tony’s gang). Genuinely tough guy, cocky, a criminal in the making. Believable Brooklyn accent. Strong dancer with a good pop voice. BARI-TENOR
FLO MANERO
Plays 40 – 60. Tony’s Brooklyn Italian mother. Opinionated, devout Catholic. Movement a plus. MEZZO
FRANK MANERO SR./ MONTY
Plays 40 – 60, versatile actor/singer/dancer to play two roles. Monty – handsome womanizing, high-energy, DJ with a genuinely likable nod to 60’s free-spirited sexuality. Frank Sr. – Tony’s Brooklyn Italian, iron-fisted father who leads with bloated pride in the face of unemployment. BARI-TENOR WITH STRONG FALSETTO
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Holiday Show TBD
Director, Musical Directror, Choreographer- ALL TBD
rehearses and performs December 1st- December 30, 2015
seeking all roles
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