HAIRSPRAY - St. Petersburg FL EPA
American Stage Company
AUDITION DATE
Dec 19, 2016 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12 to 1
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members: For an audition appointment please email casting@americanstage.org with photo/resume and preferred audition time. No phone calls please. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT ref. to LORT; $562/week
SEEKING
Seeking Equity actor/singers and actor/singer/dancers for various roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
32 bars in the style of the show. Singing from the show is encouraged. Sides will be provided at http://americanstage.org/auditions/.
Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
American Stage Company
163 3rd St N
St Petersburg, FL 33701
Check in on 2nd Floor Lobby
PERSONNEL
Director/Choreographer: Shain Stroff
Musical Director: Michael Raabe
Producing Artistic Director: Stephanie Gularte
OTHER DATES
Rehearses 3/28/17-4/21/17
Runs 4/19/17 - 5/14/17
Dance callbacks 6pm-9pm. Dancers can come straight to the dance callbacks.
December 20th 9am-1pm Acting Callbacks.
OTHER
Non-AEA performers may be seen as time permits when no other AEA member is waiting to be seen.
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
Tracy Turnblad:
(mezzo, belt) Outgoing, unstoppable, goodhearted with a vibrant, lovable, spirited personality. Loves to dance. A “pleasantly plump” teenager who dreams of fame and fights to racially integrate The Corny Collins Show. Girls of all shapes and sizes will be considered for this role.
Amber Von Tussle:
(female soprano) Bratty, selfish resident princess of The Corny Collins Show, despite her lack of talent. She is willing to do anything to win the Miss Teenage Hairspray pageant.
Velma Von Tussle:
(mezzo belt) A former beauty queen, Amber’s mother, and producer of the local TV teen dance show. Upscale, attractive, prejudiced snob who always wants her daughter in the spotlight. Funny, biting, manipulative.
Penny Pingleton:
(female mezzo, belt) Tracy's slightly dorky, devoted, neurotic and perky best friend.
Link Larkin:
(male second tenor/baritone) A teenage heartthrob and one of The Corny Collins Show Council Members who falls in love with Tracy.
Motormouth Maybelle:
(female alto or male counter tenor, or second tenor/baritone) The owner of a downtown record shop and a host on The Corny Collins Show; self-described as big, blonde and beautiful.” Seaweed and Little Inez’s mother. Powerful and inspiring, with an infectious, brassy personality. African American.
Seaweed J. Stubbs:
(male tenor) A hip dancer. His dance lessons help Tracy get chosen for the local TV teen dance show. Cool, attractive, street smart, good hearted. Son of Motormouth Maybelle who becomes Penny’s boyfriend. African American.
Wilbur Turnblad:
(male baritone) Tracy’s goofy father; owns the Har-De-Har Hut joke shop and is still madly in love with his wife, Edna. He encourages Tracy to follow her dreams. A working class inventor with a sweet, childlike personality. Adores his family.
Corny Collins:
(male tenor) Host of the local TV teen dance show. Handsome, charming, engaging, smooth.
Little Inez:
(high mezzo belt) Seaweed's younger sister, who tries to audition for The Corny Collins Show but is turned away because she is black. Spunky, tough, streetwise, outgoing, older than her years. African American.
Female Authority Figure:
The Matron guarding The Big Dollhouse, the Gym Teacher, and Prudy Pingleton: Penny's overprotective and often close-minded mother. May be played by one or several actresses. (Think SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.)
Male Authority Figure:
One actor plays various zany roles including a nervous businessman; a condescending high school principal; a flamboyant fashion boutique owner; a cop; and a corrupt prison guard. May be played by one or several actors. (Think SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.)
Mr. Pinky
(male baritone) Owner of Pinky’s Hefty Hideaway (dress shop).
The Dynamites:
3 sassy singer/dancers, inspired by the Supremes.
The Corny Collins Dancers:
IQ, Shelly, Brenda, Sketch, Fender, Tammy, Lou Ann, Brad
Ensemble:
to play high school students and citizens of Baltimore, all races, all types.
Edna Turnblad:
ROLE CAST. (second tenor/baritone or female contralto) Tracy's kind, plus-sized mother – typically played by a male. Edna runs a laundry business out of her home. A working class, devoted, loving housewife with dreams of her own. Sincere, not campy. ROLE IS CAST. Actors wishing to audition for this role may be considered for possible understudy or replacement.
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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