MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG OPEN - Astoria Performing Arts Center Auditions

Call Type
Non-Required Principal

Time(s)
N Auditions (AEA/Non-AEA) BY APPOINTMENT
Saturday, March 7, 2015
10 AM to 5 PM

Contract
Showcase-NY
$300 total project stipend

Location
Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
30-44 Crescent Street
Astoria (Queens), NY 11102
visit http://www.apacny.org/apac-about/contact-us/ for directions to bldg

Seeking
Equity and non-Equity actors. All roles available.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Please prepare a brief cut (16 bars or 30-45 seconds) in the style of the show. Bring sheet music, accompanist provided. Actors are welcome to sing from the score.

Bring picture and resume

Other Dates
Rehearses: 3/26 – 4/29 (weekday eves, Sat days, Sun late afternoon/eve)
Performs: 4/30 – 5/23 (Thu-Sat @ 8p, Sat @ 2p)

Other
Dev Bondarin, Artistic Director
Heather Shields, Interim Executive Director

Personnel
Book: George Furth
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Dir: Dev Bondarin
Musical Dir: Ming Aldrich-Gan
Choreographer: Misha Shields
Casting: Michael Cassara Casting (Michael Cassara & Jamie Anderson)

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
For appt., visit http://michaelcassara.net/casting/merrily
and sign-up (beginning 3/4 at 1 PM) Those without appts seen as time permits that day.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Seeking all roles:

FRANKLIN SHEPARD
Male, 30-40 yrs old. A successful and sometimes seemingly vapid film producer, also an innocent optimist when he was younger. He’s not a bad guy; talented and tormented. Baritone (A2 to Bb4)

CHARLEY KRINGAS
Male, 30-40 yrs old. Frank’s best friend. Sometimes stubborn, always intense. Now a successful lyricist, also optimistic when he was younger. Baritenor (A#2 - G#4)

MARY FLYNN
Female, 30-40 yrs old. Frank and Charlie’s friend. Very intelligent. Sardonic and always witty. Her optimism gets clouded over by missed opportunities. Mezzo with bright belt (G3 - Gb5)

BETH SPENCER
Female, 25-35 yrs old. Frank’s first wife and mother of his son. A downtrodden housewife who once was a Midwestern hopeless romantic trying to make her way in NYC. Soprano (A3 - G5)

GUSSIE CARNEGIE
Female, 25-35 yrs old. Frank’s second wife. Helplessly in love with him, she is a flamboyant and successful actress. Big theatre belt (G3 - C5)

JOE JOSEPHSON
Male, 40-55 yrs old. Gussie’s first husband. A Broadway producer type who later falls on hard times. Character baritone (A2 - F#4)

FRANKLIN SHEPARD
JR. Male, 8-12 yrs old. Son of Beth and Frank. Energetic and eager to please. Should sing well.

Ensemble tracks

Men

Jerome (also Ensemble) Frank’s lawyer. 35-45 yrs old.

Scotty (also Ensemble) Frank’s agent. 25-35 yrs old.

Tyler (also plays character of Stage Manager, Ensemble) Frank’s friend and the inventor of the answering machine. 25-35 yrs old.

Terry (also plays Photographer, Ensemble) Friend of Frank’s. 25-40 yrs old.

Bunker (also plays Minister, Ensemble) Frank’s friend. 30-45 yrs old

Mr. Spencer (also plays RU, Ensemble) Beth’s father. Midwestern and conservative. 35-50 yrs old.


Women

KT (also Ensemble) A successful TV personality who worked her way up. 25-35 yrs old.

Meg (also Girl at Audition, Ensemble) A fling of Frank’s. Young starlet looking for success in LA. 20-30 yrs old.

Dory (also Mary’s Roommate, Ensemble) Friend of Frank’s. 25-35 yrs old.

Mrs. Spencer (also TV makeup artist, Ensemble) Beth’s mother. Set in her ways, but supportive. 35-50 yrs old.