PORTHOUSE THEATRE 2015 SUMMER SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - Porthouse Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Monday, March 23, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2

Contract
URTA
Tier 2; $593/week

Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Studio B

Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various roles in the 2015 Summer Season.

see breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare a brief song in the style of the season’s shows. Please have a contrasting song selection ready, if asked. Auditioning performers may sing from the shows. Please bring sheet music in your key. An accompanist will be provided.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates
see breakdown for show dates.

Other
visit www.porthousetheatre.com.

Personnel
Rebecca Balogh Gates, Managing Director

· 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.

Breakdown

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Preview: 6/11
Runs 6/12-6/27
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
book by Hugh Wheeler

Explores the romantic web that entangles actress Desiree Armfeldt and captures the elegance and complications of 1900 Swedish society.

All roles available except Desiree Armfeldt

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VIOLET
Preview: 7/9
Runs: 7/10-7/25
Music by Jeanine Tesori
lyrics and book by Brian Crawley

A musical of transformation, chronicling a young disfigured woman’s journey of self-discovery as she seeks the healing touch of an evangelical preacher in the 1960s Deep South.

All roles available



HAIRSPRAY
Preview 7/30
Runs: 7/31-8/16
Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
music by Marc Shaiman
lyrics by Scott Wittman

This family-friendly musical will have audiences dancing in their seats. “Hairspray” follows plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad as she fights for her dream to dance on the Corny Collins Show and ends up revolutionizing 1960s Baltimore.

All roles available except Edna

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Porthouse Theatre was founded in 1971 and is the premier summer theater in the area. Set on the beautiful grounds of the Blossom Music Center, Porthouse offers audiences the finest in professional summer theater. The comfortable 500-seat, outdoor, covered pavilion theater is located next to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Cuyahoga Falls. Porthouse Theatre is a cultural service of Kent State University. Porthouse Theatre is a member of the Akron Area Arts Alliance. Porthouse Theatre's programs and activities are made possible in part by funding from the Ohio Arts Council.