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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
10 AM to 6 PM
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
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Contract
ANTC
$598/WEEK
Location
Telsey + Company
311 West 43rd Street, 10th floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various roles.
see breakdown
Preparation
Prepare a brief contemporary pop/rock song, showing range. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
For JANE DOE, prepare a brief classical song with floaty top notes.
For THE AMAZING KARNAK (non-singing role), a side will be provided at the audition.
Bring a photo/resume stapled together.
Other Dates
Rehearsals: October 4
Previews: November 9
Opening: December 1
Closing: January 1
Personnel:
Director: Rachel Rockwell
Music/Lyrics: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Book: Jacob Richmond
Casting: Telsey + Company/Craig Burns
Artistic Directors: Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler
Executive Director: Blake West
Note: Thefollowing are expected to be in attendance at the EPA:
Craig Burns — Casting Director
Jessica Chase — MCC Theater
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
SEEKING:
THE AMAZING KARNAK
Male, 35 – 50. Non-singing role. The narrator. A mechanical fortune-telling machine. Think an ominous mechanical Santa Claus—or God—or Hal 3000. A deep, rumbling North American baritone voice, with a steady, measured, calm inflection that exudes gravitas—but never pushed to comedic extremes. There is never any archness in the voice. Must have the physical ability to be an animatronic machine. Physically average in size—not too short, tall, rotund, or skinny. There is a huge amount of memorization required for this role.
OCEAN O’CONNELL ROSENBERG
Female, 18+ to play late teens. She is a combo of Logainne Schwartz and Grubenierre from …SPELLING BEE (without the lisp and the gay dads) and Reese Witherspoon from ELECTION (only not as adorable). Alpha female. Ocean is the leader of the group, relentlessly competitive, sometimes cruel, though she sees herself as a virtuous person. High Broadway mix, with a pop quality. Big range.
MISCHA ALEXAI BACHINSKI
Male, 18+ to play late teens. Adopted from the Ukraine as a teenager. He has thick Ukrainian dialect and a lot of rage. He is obsessed by Gansgsta Rap (an enormous fan of the auto-tune phenomena). There is a hidden, soulful romantic side. Baritenor with the ability to sing lyrical Ukrainian folk music as well rap.
NOEL GRUBER
Male, 18+ to play late teens. The only gay kid in Uranium. Never had a relationship. Obsessed by French New Wave cinema, he has fantasies of dying a tragic death, like a French prostitute. Intellectual, biting wit, but he doesn’t have enough hindsight or life experience to make him a snarky bitch. Tenor, with a great falsetto. Must be able to sing in the style of a French chanteuse.
RICKY POTTS
Male, 18+ to play late teens. Begins the play wordless and on crutches. Suffers from a degenerative disease that has left him speechless and mostly immobile. He should be somewhat odd-looking and diminutive. He discovers at the beginning of the play that in this strange purgatory, he has regained all of these abilities. He reveals a secret inner life in which he is a Bowie-esque prophet from the Zolarian Starcluster, a society that evolved from cats. Baritone rock voice. Basic accordion and/or tumbling a plus.
CONSTANCE BLACKWOOD
Female, 18+ to play late teens. Overweight, and outwardly okay with it, but there is a very deep self-loathing. Will do anything for Ocean’s friendship and allows herself to be used as a doormat. Self-deprecating, lots of pain under the pleaser façade. Dubbed “the nicest girl in town,” a title she secretly despises. Very likable comic actress. Alto belt, with a rock edge.
JANE DOE
Female, 18+ to play late teens. She was decapitated in the accident and no one claimed her body. Even though she isn’t headless in the piece (but often carries around a headless doll), the trauma of the accident leaves her discombobulated and removed. She reacts in a literal way and largely without emotion, almost robot-like. The other contestants are totally freaked out by her. In the show, she wears black contacts that block out her entire eye, so you can never tell what she’s thinking, but yet you feel like you can see into her soul. Actress must be comfortable wearing large contact lens. Classically trained soprano with a flexible coloratura upper range, and some grit and meat in the lower register.
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