PARADE (Tour) - NYC ECC/singers (all genders - morning) Leo and Lucille Tour LLC | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC
Friday, May 10, 2024
10:00 AM (E)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm
Touring Agreement
$1,036/week + Media Fee (Level 5)
Equity singers for chorus in touring production of PARADE (see breakdown).
Please prepare 16 bars of a musical theatre song in the style of Jason Robert Brown, showing range. Please bring sheet music for the piano accompanist provided. Please bring a headshot and resume stapled together.
Pearl Studios (519)
519 8th Ave
12th Fl
New York, NY 10018
Holding room - Studio B
Producers: Seaview, Ambassador Theatre Group Productions
Music and Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Alfred Uhry
Co-Conceiver: Harold Prince
Director: Michael Arden
Co-Choreographers: Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant
Music Director: Tom Murray (expected to attend)
General Manager: ShowTown
Theatricals/Samuel Dallas
Casting: The Telsey Office/Craig Burns; Alex Cortinas
Rehearsals: o/a December 14, 2024
First Performance: January 11, 2024
Final Performance: September 7, 2025
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ECC Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE AVAILABLE:
[YOUNG SOLDIER & OTHERS] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 18—early 20s, Caucasian. Confederate soldier. Opens the musical with “The Old Red Hills of Home.” Tenor, Low D—High F/High A in falsetto. Possible understudy for principal role of FRANKIE EPPS (Mary Phagan’s devoted teenage friend. Charming, simple, playful, and flirtatious. Tenor, Low Bb—High Ab). ENSEMBLE
[NEWT LEE] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 30s–40s, Black. Night watchman at the National Pencil Factory who finds Mary Phagan’s body. Bass, Low Bb—C. Possible understudy for ensemble role of RILEY (Governor Slaton’s chauffeur. Tenor or Baritone). ENSEMBLE
[RILEY] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 30s–40s, Black. Governor Slaton’s chauffeur. Tenor or Baritone. Possible understudy for principal role of JIM CONLEY (Janitor who works for Leo Frank at the National Pencil Factory. Secretly, he is a convict on the run. Pompous showman with a strong build. Tenor, Low D—High Bb) and ensemble role of NEWT LEE (Night watchman at the National Pencil Factory who finds Mary Phagan’s body. Bass, Low Bb—C). ENSEMBLE
[ANGELA] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 20s–40s, Black. A staff member of Governor Slaton. Mezzo. Possible understudy for principal role of MINNIE MCKNIGHT (Leo and Lucille Frank’s maid. Mezzo). ENSEMBLE
[LUTHER ROSSER/MR. PEAVY] Characters are male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 50s–60s, Caucasian. LUTHER ROTHER is Leo Frank’s lawyer. MR. PEAVY guards Leo Frank’s cell in Milledgeville. Possible understudy for principal roles of OLD SOLDIER/JUDGE ROAN (OLD SOLDIER: The old man who was formerly the young confederate soldier. JUDGE ROAN: Serves as the Judge in the Leo Frank case. Motivated by bigotry and racism, he is dangerously committed to the ideals of the Confederacy. Bari-Tenor, Low C—High G). ENSEMBLE
[MR. TURNER & OTHERS] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 30s, Caucasian. Guard of Leo Frank’s cell in Fulton. Possible understudy for principal role of LEO FRANK (Northern Jewish man who runs the National Pencil Factory and is falsely accused of the rape and murder of Mary Phagan. He is neurotic and a serial pessimist. Though married to Lucille, he is physically and emotionally displaced. Bari-Tenor, Low G—High G) and HUGH DORSEY (Atlanta’s District Attorney. He is a devout Christian, who is brute and manipulative at times. Hungry for political success and recognition. Baritone/Bass). ENSEMBLE
[DETECTIVE STARNES & OTHERS] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 40s–50s, Caucasian. A police officer assigned to the Leo Frank case. Possible understudy for principal roles of GOVERNOR SLATON (As the Governor of Georgia, he is highly concerned with public perception. Flirtatious and fun at times. Strives to maintain his values. Bari-Tenor, Low C—High G) and OLD SOLDIER/JUDGE ROAN (OLD SOLDIER: The old man who was formerly the young confederate soldier. JUDGE ROAN: Serves as the Judge in the Leo Frank case. Motivated by bigotry and racism, he is dangerously committed to the ideals of the Confederacy. Bari-Tenor, Low C—High G). ENSEMBLE
[OFFICER IVEY & OTHERS] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 20s—30s, Caucasian. A police officer assigned to the Leo Frank case. Possible understudy for principal roles of BRITT CRAIG (Down-on-his-luck newspaperman whose career is revived by the Leo Frank trial. Tenor, Low D—High A) and TOM WATSON (Conservative politician and publisher who helps to spur on the witch-hunt for Leo Frank. Baritone/Bass), and ensemble role of YOUNG SOLDIER & OTHERS (Confederate soldier. Opens the musical with “The Old Red Hills of Home.” Tenor, Low D—High F/High A in falsetto). ENSEMBLE
[NURSE & OTHERS] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 20s–30s, Caucasian. Possible understudy for principal role of LUCILLE FRANK (Jewish woman from Georgia who is married to Leo Frank. Gentle and mousy, but resourceful and resilient. Despite her husband’s feelings, she is a true Southerner through and through but can see through the deception. Mezzo, Low A—D). ENSEMBLE
THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE CAST:
[IOLA STOVER] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 18+, Caucasian. Teenager friend of Mary Phagan and Frankie Epps who testifies against Leo Frank. Soprano, D—F. ENSEMBLE
[MONTEEN & OTHERS] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 18+, Caucasian. Teenager friend of Mary Phagan and Frankie Epps who testifies against Leo Frank. Mezzo, Eb—Eb. ENSEMBLE
[ESSIE & OTHERS] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 18+, Caucasian. Teenager friend of Mary Phagan and Frankie Epps who testifies against Leo Frank. Mezzo, Eb—Eb. ENSEMBLE
[NINA FORMBY & OTHERS] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), 30s–40s, Caucasian. A madam who owns a rooming house. Soprano. ENSEMBLE
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