OTHER WORLD - NYC ECC / Female Singers **Updated**
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AUDITION DATE
Friday, October 28, 2016
10:00 AM
CONTRACT
Staged Reading Contract
There will be a 29-hour staged reading, followed by a 60-hour staged reading. Actors will receive $250 stipend for the 29-hour reading and $500 stipend for the 60-hour reading.
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers for this 60-hour staged reading. Note, there will be a 29-hour reading prior to the 60-hour reading. Actively seeking actors who can be in both the 29-hour reading and 60-hour reading. The Creative Team of OTHER WORLD is actively seeking disabled and non-disabled performers of all and no genders, all ages, all physical types, and all ethnicities.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 16-bar cut of music, in a style you feel you sing best (contemporary musical theater/pop/rock). Bring sheet music; accompanist provided. Bring picture and resume. Casting and various members of the creative team will be in attendance at this audition
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (500) 500 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10018-6504
12th floor
PERSONNEL
Directed by Gabriel Barre Choreography by Christopher Gattelli Book by Hunter Bell
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Bowen and Ann McNamee
Music Supervisor: Mary-Mitchell Campbell Art Director: Tim Hunter
Creative Development: Weta Workshop General Manager: Alchemy Production Group Casting by Telsey + Company
OTHER DATES
29-hour reading (January 2 – 6, 2017)
60-hour staged reading (February 27 – March 10, 2017)
OTHER
Actors auditioning will be considered for both ensemble roles and chorus parts at this audition. An ASL interpreter will be provided at EPA on 10/26. If you want to audition for the ensemble but need an ASL interpreter, please feel free to attend the EPA, as you will be considered for all available roles and ensemble at that call.
ECC Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Note: Both principal roles and chorus parts are listed below. Actors auditioning will be considered for both principal roles and chorus parts.
When avid online gamer Sri, and confirmed non-gamer Lorraine, are magically and unexpectedly sucked into Sri’s favorite video game, Other World, they must find a way to work with each other and, with the aid of fellow gamers and their avatars, survive the game and find a way home.
The Creative Team of OTHER WORLD is actively seeking disabled and non-disabled performers of all and no genders, all ages, all physical types, and all ethnicities.
Gender queer, Non-gender, a gender
performers will be welcome and respected
at either ECC session.
SRI NAIDU
Identifies as male, early 20’s, South Asian-American. A kind, fastidious, charming, avid gamer. Motherless at a young age, Sri struggles to connect with real people and the outside world, choosing to get lost in video games. Strong actor with great comic timing. Pop bari-tenor. PRINCIPAL
LORRAINE HOUSTON
Identifies as female, late 20’s-early 30’s, any ethnicity. Bright, no-nonsense, unfiltered, honest, talkative, kind-hearted. Not a gamer AT ALL. Strong actor with great comic timing. Seeking ALL physical types. Mezzo-soprano with belt to a D. PRINCIPAL
TEMULA
20's-40’s (in human years), any ethnicity, NPC (Non Player Character) in the video game Other World. Ethereal, fierce warrior and leader of the Forces of Light. Strong actor with powerful, contemporary mezzo-soprano range and belt to an Eb. PRINCIPAL
ANTAGON
30’s-40’s (in human years), any ethnicity, NPC (Non Player Character) in the video game Other World. A ruthless tyrant. Strong, commanding actor with a sense of gravity and authority. Bass. PRINCIPAL
JOSH
Identifies as male, early teens, any ethnicity. An incredibly opinionated, smart, energetic, avid gamer. Obsessed with comic books, cons, cos-playing, and Euro board game collecting. Having skipped two grades, Josh is smaller than many peers. Strong actor with great comic timing. Tenor. SUPPORTING
MYRA
Identifies as female, early to mid 70’s, any ethnicity. A professor emerita of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Myra is a sassy, open, free-spirited, often-stoned, avid gamer. Strong actor with great comic timing. Gutsy alto. SUPPORTING
TRIS
Identifies as genderqueer, 20's-30’s, any ethnicity. A confident, unapologetic, loyal, smart-ass, avid gamer with a heart of gold. Currently working a mind-numbing, customer-service, cubicle job. Strong actor with great comic timing. Powerful rock voice with belt to a C. SUPPORTING
SUMITA NAIDU
Identifies as female, 30's-40's, South Asian or South Asian-American. Co-creator of the video game Other World. Sri’s mom, full of unconditional love. Strong actor with a warm mezzo-soprano range. FEATURED ENSEMBLE
WILL HOUSTON
Identifies as male, 50’s, any ethnicity. Co-creator of the video game Other World. Complicated, eccentric, self-involved. Lorraine’s dad. Spent more time developing game worlds than raising a daughter. Strong actor and singer. FEATURED ENSEMBLE
DEL
Identifies as male, mid to late 20’s, any ethnicity. A charming, uncomplicated mail carrier. Strong actor and singer. FEATURED ENSEMBLE
YOUNG SRI
Identifies as male, 9 years old, South Asian-American. Soprano. FEATURED ENSEMBLE
1011
Any gender identity, any age, any ethnicity. Antagon’s wide-eyed, eager, discombobulated spy. Strong actor and singer with excellent comic timing. FEATURED ENSEMBLE
ENSEMBLE
All and no genders, all ages, and all ethnicities. Seeking disabled and non-disabled performers who are strong, dynamic singers/actors/dancers with creative, collaborative instincts. Circus, specialty skills, puppetry, gymnastics a plus. Ensemble plays various humans, virtual characters/creatures, and other featured roles.
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