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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (3 days)
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM each day. Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
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Contract
Other
Developmental Lab Agmt; $1000/week
Location
Chelsea Studios
151 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
6th floor
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Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various roles.
see breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare a brief contemporary song of your own, ideally in the style of Indian pop or classical. No a cappella please, and you MUST bring sheet music in the correct key for the accompanist.
Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Other Dates
Lab Dates: 1/25/16-2/25/16
EPAs: 11/17, 11/19, 11/20, 10am to 6pm each day at Chelsea Studios
ECC/Singers: 11/16 at Chelsea Studios, 10am men, 2pm women
ECC/Dancers: 11/18 at Chelsea Studios, 10am men, 2pm women
Other
General Manager: Jumpstart Entertainment
Casting Directors: Cindy Tolan / Adam Caldwell
Personnel
Director: Mira Nair
Assoc. Director: Sarna Lapine
Book by: Sabrina Dhawan
Music by: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyrics by: Susan Birkenhead
Choreographer: Bill T. Jones
Music Director: Andy Einhorn
· 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
Seeking:
ALICE:
Female, to play mid 20s. SOUTH ASIAN. Alice is a beautiful domestic worker/servant/house keeper in the Verma household from the state of Bihar. A convert to Christianity, Alice is soft spoken but has a sharp tongue. She is a dew drop, delicate but strong. A part of the family but not quite, she is self-aware and assertive, and will not be taken for granted by anyone.
Vocal description: Mezzo soprano with high chest (up to D) Primarily solo material. Needs to have good sense of improvisational Indian scales and ornamentation.
LALIT VERMA:
Male, to play mid 40s/50s. SOUTH ASIAN. Father of the bride, and the glue that holds his large extended family together. An extroverted, large-hearted, doting father, he is stressed with planning and paying for the best wedding in town, and all that it entails. He believes in tradition, and upholds the honor of his family above all else. He is happily married to Pimmi. They have 2 children, Aditi the bride, and their 16-year old Varun. They have raised his niece, 30-year-old Ria, his late brother's daughter, as their own. Though Lalit is strong, he depends heavily on Pimmi to take care of him and control his emotional side. Think Tevye from Fiddler on The Roof.
Vocal description: booming baritone with higher notes (up to G) Needs to have commanding voice with richness and ability to sing improvisational Indian scales. Solo material and some ensemble.
PIMMI VERMA:
Female, to play 40s. SOUTH ASIAN. Still sexy in her 40s, she is much more than just Lalit’s loving wife - she is his rock. She relishes in taking care of her children, especially her son Varun whom she dotes on and spoils. Exceedingly cheerful when not equally frazzled, she is constantly buzzing with energy. She is the kind of person who smokes in a toilet to hide her habit, even though everyone knows she does it.
Vocal description: Strong mezzo with rich chest sound (up to E on staff) Mostly featured ensemble singing with a few solos.
ADITI VERMA:
Female, to play mid 20’s. SOUTH ASIAN. Beautiful, fashionable Aditi is about to have an arranged marriage with a nice young man from New Jersey, after placing an advertisement in a matrimonial column in India. This is in rebound of a thankless affair she has been having with her boss Vikram, a married man and TV talk show host. She is ditsy but brave in her way, and longing escape to the anonymity of America, away from relatives and ex-boyfriends.
Vocal description: Soprano but with very strong chest register (needs clear soprano up to Ab) Solo/duet and ensemble singing. An ingénue sound with rich timbre.
RIA VERMA:
Female, to play 30. SOUTH ASIAN. A driven, independent, vibrant feminist, she is a social worker who wants to be a writer and has no interest in getting married and settling down. Full of beans and mischief, her quick wit is often jokingly directed at members of her family. Because she is 30 and unwed, she must suffer frequent comments from her aunties related to her "spinsterhood". Underneath her cheerful and happy go lucky persona, she hides a wound from her past. After her father passed, she was adored and nurtured by Lalit and his family who regard her as a daughter.
Vocal description: Mezzo soprano with strong chest voice – low is very important here (up to D though)- most forceful and guttural female singer in the show.
PK DUBEY:
Male, to play mid 30s. SOUTH ASIAN. Eccentric, genial, coarse and a lover of every type of electronic gadget, he is a symbol of upwardly mobile India. He is a wedding planner and event manager extraordinaire. In his mid 30s, and living at home with his elderly mother, he is infatuated with Alice, the Verma’s domestic worker, and has sworn that the next wedding he plans will be his own. His awkward and endearing sensibility can only be described by his own mantra “exactly and approximately”.
Vocal description: Tenor – character singer, but must have legit sound (up to high A) Should also have strong sense of Indian improvisation and style.
HEMANT RAI:
Male, late 20s/early 30s. SOUTH ASIAN. Sincere, polite, and endearing, Hemant – the groom - comes across as the ideal Indian bachelor with his job in America. A bit of a mama’s boy, for years he has been indoctrinated into believing that there exists an idealized perfect Indian girl that he should marry. Tired of online dates with skinny Americans, he is convinced that Aditi is the right girl to bring India home to him.
Vocal description: Tenor – leading man – needs contemporary sound with classical fundamentals (up to A) Solo material as well as some ensemble.
VARUN VERMA:
Male, to play 14-16. SOUTH ASIAN. A mama’s boy in the throes of adolescence and teenage angst. Mildly effeminate, and uninterested in sports, he prefers to spend his time singing, dancing, or watching Top Chef. Sensitive yet strong, he comes out of the closet to his family and faces a mixed reaction. Though he does not enjoy his father being tough on him, or constantly asking him to run errands, he does love him and his family a great deal.
Vocal description: Tenor – childlike sound (up to high A) Mostly featured ensemble singing with some solo material
TEJ:
Male, mid/late 50s. SOUTH ASIAN. He is the wealthy patriarch of the family, oozes elegance and sophistication, lives in America, appears dignified but is later exposed as someone with a history of abusing younger members of the family.
Vocal description: Baritones and tenors needed. Strong ability to sing harmony as well as knowledge of Indian folk music and should be adept in improvisational Indian styles.
CL CHAWLA:
Male, mid/late 50s. SOUTH ASIAN. Large, loud and loveable, he is the uncle that every family has who revels in dirty jokes and truly knows how to have a good time. He is the bride’s uncle.
Vocal description: Baritones and tenors needed. Strong ability to sing harmony as well as knowledge of Indian folk music and should be adept in improvisational Indian styles.
SHASHI CHAWLA:
Female, Mid/late 40s. SOUTH ASIAN. Shashi is married to CL, and is a larger than life, buxom “aunty” devoted to bling and gossip. She knows how to enjoy every moment of life, has impeccable comic timing, and is full of excitement. She is the bride’s aunt.
Vocal description: Mezzos and sopranos needed. Strong ability to sing harmony as well as knowledge of Indian folk music and should be adept in improvisational Indian styles.
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