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Call Type
Equity Chorus
Time(s)
Equity Chorus Call / Singers
Thursday, October 30, 2014
9:30 AM - Equity Female Singers
2 PM - Equity Male Singers
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
B; $812/week minimum
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Studio A
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Seeking
Equity singers for the ensemble and special chorus parts.
See breakdown for info.
Preparation
Prepare 32 bars of Bob Marley or classic reggae.
Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Other Dates
Rehearsals:March 24, 2015
Opening:May 13, 2015
Close: June 14, 2015
Other
EPA on 10/31, 9:30 to 5:30 at AEA
Personnel
Artistic Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Book: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Music: Bob Marley
Music Director: Kenny J. Seymour
Casting Director: McCorkle Casting, Ltd.
· Chorus 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
CINDY BREAKESPEARE/AS CAST
20’s 30’s Fair skinned Jamaican. Reigning Miss World, a beacon of European Beauty in a Jamaican woman, intelligent, sexy. She knows that her beauty is a currency, but just underneath is a dynamic, warm, intellect that makes her irresistible. She understands and matches the passion, dreams, and goals of Bob’s Heart.
DIANE/AS CAST
30’s. Jamaican/ Rasta. Bob’s Lawyer. Brilliant, funny, loyal. She has Bob’s best interest at heart, a woman with a backbone successful in a man’s world.
CHRIS BLACKWELL/AS CAST
40’s. White Jamaican Born / British Record Executive. He is understands instinctively what and who Bob can be in the music industry and gently pushes him towards open markets. He is clever, passionate
FAMILY MAN/AS CAST
30’s / 40’s. Jamaican / Rasta. A band member. Stays with Bob through the exile.
SKILL COLE/AS CAST
30’s / 40’s. Jamaican / Rasta. Professional footballer. Bob’s best friend and another iconic Jamaican figure. Deeply spiritual, he immigrates to Ethiopia to be closer to the motherland. He is Bob’s confidant in his most vulnerable moments.
CLAUDI/AS CAST
30’s – 50’s. Jamaican. Charming, dangerous, lead enforcer for Seaga and the JLP. He is a friend to Bob in as much as a political Don can be a friend. He cares for the music and his people to the extent that it does not cause him or his employer any inconvenience.
TEK LIFE/AS CAST
30’s – 50’s. Jamaican. The ’s muscle man, second in command in the JLP’s enforcer guard. His buttons are pushed easily, a trigger hair temper, sense of humor and is a stone cold killer.
TONY WELSH/AS CAST
30’s – 50’s. Jamaican. Rational, dangerous, intimidating, lead enforcer for Manley and the JNP.
STEVIE WONDER/AS CAST
20’s / 30’s Musical genius. Must sing, Should be able to deliver believable American, British, and Jamaican accent.
DONN LETTS/AS CAST
20’s Jamaican, loving life in the Great Britain. He is a wildly different from the other Rasta’s in his forward youthful energy and embracing of punk culture. Warm, funny, connected to the pulse of contemporary music scene.
ENSEMBLE
20’s – 40’s M/ F Jamaican / Rasta. Must be able to switch seamlessly between British & Jamaican dialects.
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