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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Friday, September 19, 2014
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
Showcase-NY
$680 stipend per show
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Studio B
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Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various roles in:
CARNIVAL
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THE GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER
See breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare a brief musical theatre song. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together
Other Dates
CARNIVAL: Rehearses: October 6, 2014 – October 20, 2014. Runs: October 21, 2014 – November 2, 2014
GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER: Rehearses: October 21, 2014- November 3, 2014. Runs: November 4-16, 2014
Personnel
Producer: Mel Miller
· 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
CARNIVAL!
Music and Lyrics by by Bob Merrill.
Libretto by Michael Stewart (based on the 1953 film Lili)
Director: Thomas Sabella-Mills
Music Director: James Stenborg
Rehearses: October 6, 2014 – October 20, 2014. Runs: October 21, 2014 – November 2, 2014
Synopsis: Lili, a lonely orphan, is enchanted with a traveling carnival troupe somewhere in the south of France. She finally gets to join the troupe and ends up working with the puppet act. Meanwhile, both the puppeteer, Paul, and the magician, Marco the Magnificent, have fallen in love with Lili. The two men compete for Lili’s affections – Marco in a bold/dramatic way and Paul in a guarded/shy way. In the end, Lili chooses Paul. (Paul was once a well-known dancer, but suffered a leg injury in World War II)
Seeking:
Lili
20s; petite; ingenuous/girlish looking – soprano
Paul Berthalet
30s; built like a dancer; puppeteer skills - baritone (or baritenor)
Marco (the Magnificent)
30s-40s; swarthy good looks; slight of hand skills – baritone
(The Incomparable) Rosalie
long-suffering “girl-friend” of Marco and circus performer30s-30s-40s belter
Schliegel
40s-50s; hands-on circus owner/manager/businessman - character baritone
Jacquot
20s-40s; Paul’s assistant; preferable music skills (concertina?; mandolin?) – baritone
Grobert
older “concessionaire” probably comes from ensemble)
Ensemble (8-9)
Puppeteers (THREE); Strongman; Dog Trainer; Cyclist; Aerialist; Stilt-Walker; Juggler; Wardrobe Mistress
Gladys Zuwicki; Greta Schlegel; Princess Olga; Dr. Glass
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THE GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER
Book by Harry Kurnitz.
Music and Lyrics: Noel Coward
Director: Thomas Sabella-Mills
Music Director: David B. Bishop
Rehearses: October 21, 2014- November 3, 2014. Runs: November 4-16, 2014
Synopsis: This musical comedy is based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play The Sleeping Prince that had been staged in London with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, on Broadway with Michael Redgrave and Barbara Bel Geddes, and filmed as The Prince and the Showgirl with Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. The show tells the tale of an American chorus girl, Mary Morgan, wooed by a Balkan archduke, the Prince Regent of Carpathia, during the 1911 coronation of George V.
Seeking:
Mary Morgan
young Florence Henderson, mid-twenties, legit soprano, strong mid-range, good comedy actress- an American from Milwaukee
Charles, the Prince Regent
middle aged letch, still attractive, sturdy baritone, vaguely European (originally Jose Ferrer)
Northbrook
middle aged British diplomat assigned to baby sit the Carpathians, baritone, dry British humor
Ada
Cockney street vender and performer, of an indeterminate age, Tessie O’Shea, character voice with mezzo range
Chorus/Ensemble:
4-6 women, 6-8 men, doubling as performers in the musical The Coconut Girl, and as servants, royalty (from this ensemble – various featured bits: Jessie Maynard and Alexi, the leads in The Coconut Girl; Lady Sunningdale, the Regent's fallback sleeping companion; the Majordomo); King Nicholas – 16 year old King of Carpathia; The Queen Mother – elderly mother of the Regent (possibly could double as Ada)
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