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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Sunday, September 28, 2014
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Contract
SPT
SPT 7 Minimum $462/wk
Location
Paul Dresher Ensemble Rehearsal Studio
2253 Poplar Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Enter at 2201 Poplar (corner of Poplar & W. Grand), door entry code 2253.
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Seeking
Actors with excellent singing skills. Please see Character Breakdowns for details. Local hire only; we are unable to provide housing and transportation.
Preparation
Please prepare one monologue (preferably comic), and one or two 32-bar excerpt(s) of any song style
that showcases the high and low notes of the character range.
Other Dates
Monday, September 29: Callbacks from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
First Rehearsal: March 17, 2015
Opening: April 16, 2015
Closing: April 26, 2015
Other
Performances will take place in San Francisco.
http://michaelrasbury.org/maxunderstood.htm
Personnel
David Schweizer (Director); Jennifer Reason (Music Director); Michael Rasbury (Composer); Nancy Carlin (Author).
- EPA Rules are in effect.
- A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Send email to
casting@harkwood.com to request an appointment time.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
World Premiere of this new musical to be performed at the Cowell Theater in Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.
Production history and information is available at
http://michaelrasbury.org/maxunderstood.htm
Max, 7 years old. Seeking actor age 8-11. Max has autism. Big eyes, angelic, uncoordinated, jumps and flaps, is an escape artist, an obsessive compulsive, extremely bright, trapped behind the wall of his disorder. Boy soprano. C4 /
D5
Mom, 30-ish. Trying not to buckle under the weight of her stresses, searching for her son, her lost self, and her offcourse marriage. Great sense of humor. Soprano. A3 / G5 (optional A5)
Dad, 30-ish. Bewildered at the life he finds himself in, trying to do right, searching for his son, his lost self, and his offcourse marriage. Great sense of humor. High baritone/tenor. A2 / G4
Homunculus “Munc” Jones, 35-50, a gardener, a philosopher, a spirit-guide. The guy with the leaf blower. Wise, gentle, practical, magical. Unusual gravitas. Baritone. B2 / F#4
Fin, a girl, a little older than Max. Seeking actor 16-28. Bossy, powerful, then sweet and lyrical. A misunderstood bully who needs a friend. Soprano. Bb3 / F#5
Albert, a boy, 12-14. Seeking actor 16-28. Book-ish, awkward, then cuts loose. Probably an Asperger’s kid. Unusually smart, happy to rattle off facts and lists. His inner hip-hop artist waiting to get out. High baritone/tenor. (Must rap!) C3 /
G4
Peg, a girl, 12-14. Seeking actor 16-28. Heavy-set, into clothes. Teased about her weight, but secretly, she can fly! Mezzo/belter. C4 / E5
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