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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
COST
Tier 1; $651.00 Mainstage / $521.00 Lab & Root
Location
NOLA Rehearsal Studios
250 W 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
5th floor, Studio 7 for audition and Studio 4 for holding
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Seeking
Equity actors/singers for various roles in the upcoming season Musicals.
see breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare Two contrasting song cuts (16 bars each) OR
16 bars of a song and a one minute monologue
Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume
Other Dates
Dates of all calls:
Tue, 4/28 Dramatic EPA at Pearl Studios 500, 10-6
Tue, 4/28 Musical EPA at Ripley-Grier 520, 10-6
Wed, 4/29 Musical EPA at Nola, 10-6
Wed, 4/29 ECC at Dancesport Studios, 10FD, 12MD, 3FS, 5MS
Personnel
Artistic Director- Jason Loewith
Associate Artistic Directors- Christopher Youstra, Jason King Jones
Casting Associate- Clare Shaffer
· 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
BAKERSFIELD MIST
WRITTEN BY: Stephen Sachs
DIRECTOR: John Vreeke
PERFORMANCE SPACE: Lab
FIRST REHEARSAL: Apr 12
PERFORMANCE DATES: May 6 – Jun 5
SYNOPSIS:
One of Maude's recent thrift store purchases, bought because she disliked it intensely and wanted to give it to a friend as a joke, is a large Abstract Expressionist painting that she is convinced is by Jackson Pollock. She has invited a snobbish connoisseur from New York in the hope that he will authenticate it and make her rich beyond her wildest dreams.
Seeking:
Maude Gutman
50s. a blowsy, hard-drinking, chain-smoking barmaid who has recently been fired from her job. Crude and funny, with an underlying vulnerability.
Lionel Percy
60s. a preening, self-important art connoisseur from NY
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MARJORIE PRIME
WRITTEN BY: Jordan Harrison
DIRECTOR: Jason Loewith
PERFORMANCE SPACE: Lab
FIRST REHEARSAL: Feb 2
PERFORMANCE DATES: Feb 26 – Mar 27
SYNOPSIS:
In a futuristic society, a family interacts with holographic clones of their departed loved ones as a form of prescribed therapy. A probing exploration of memory and remembering.
Seeking:
Marjorie
85. Elderly woman with severe memory problems whiling away her day in a leather recliner opposite a holographic double of her late husband.
Walter
early 30s. A computer-programmed, pixel-generated companion brought in to keep Marjorie's mind from atrophying further.
Tess
55. Marjorie's quarrelsome, depressive daughter.
Jon
55. Marjorie's enthusiastic son-in-law.
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CARMEN
WRITTEN BY: Moises Kaufman & TBA collaborator
MUSIC BY: Arturo O'Farrill after Bizet
DIRECTOR: Moises Kaufman
PERFORMANCE SPACE: Mainstage
FIRST REHEARSAL: Jan 5
PERFORMANCE DATES: Feb 3 - 28
SYNOPSIS:
A new afro-cuban musical in development. Adapted from the Original Bizet opera, this Afro Cuban Carmen sets the action in Cuba, in 1958, right before the revolution where the cigar maker Carmen falls in love with Batista’s officer José.
Seeking:
Carmen
works in a cigar factory and smuggles guns to the rebels in the mountains
Don Jose
Carmen's troubled lover; a soldier in Fulgencio Batista's army
Micaela
Don Jose's fiance; innocant young girl from Havana
Camillo
boxer returning to Havana to reclaim title
Zuniga
pompous officer in Batista's army
Mercedes
peasant woman
Ensemble
approximately 9 African American or Latino actors; Havana townspeople & soldiers
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DIAL “M” FOR MURDER
WRITTEN BY: Agatha Christie
DIRECTOR: TBA
PERFORMANCE SPACE: Mainstage
FIRST REHEARSAL: Mar 8
PERFORMANCE DATES: Apr 6 – May 1
SYNOPSIS:
Tony Wendice has married his wife, Margot, for her money and now plans to murder her for the same reason. He arranges the perfect murder. He blackmails a scoundrel he used to know into strangling her for a fee of one thousand pounds, and arranges a brilliant alibi for himself. Unfortunately…the murderer gets murdered and the victim survives.
Seeking:
Margot Wendice
The charming, naïve, and wealthy wife of Tony, Margot has no idea that Tony knows of her past affair with Max, nor does she suspect that Tony is planning to murder her.
Max Halliday
An American murder mystery writer, Tony had an affair with Margot during the time Tony was playing professional tennis tournaments in America. He is still in love with Margot and comes to visit the couple in London.
Tony Wendice
Margot’s husband, Tony is a former professional tennis player who married Margot for her money. He is selfish and arrogant and has an elaborate scheme to murder Margot because of jealousy over a past affair between Margot and Max.
Captain Lesgate
An old schoolmate of Tony’s and a convicted criminal, Lesgate is now being blackmailed by Tony into murdering Margot. He seems willing to do anything for money.
Inspector Hubbard
A British Inspector of Police, Hubbard is a bit eccentric, but thoughtful and thorough.
Thompson
A police officer.
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EVITA
WRITTEN BY / MUSIC BY: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
DIRECTOR: TBA
PERFORMANCE SPACE: Mainstage
FIRST REHEARSAL: May 24
PERFORMANCE DATES: Jun 22 – Jul 17
SYNOPSIS:
This musical concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. The story follows Evita's early life, rise to power, charity work, and eventual death.
Seeking:
Eva
legit mezzo. Lead. Age 20-33. A beautiful, ambitious and power-seeking woman who rises to become the spiritual leader of Argentina by age twenty-six.
Che
tenor. Lead. Age 21-35. A political activist and the narrator of the show. A radical who isn’t reluctant to ask tough questions and demand answers
Juan
baritone. Lead. Age 32-55. An officer in the Argentina army who rises to become the Argentine President. An opportunist.
Agustin
tenor. Supporting. Age 23-35. A tango singer and former lover of Eva
Mistress
mezzo. Supporting. 14-18. Juan Peron’s teenaged lover/Mezzo
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