SOME PEOPLE HEAR THUNDER - NYC Appointments
Smokin' Productions
APPOINTMENTS
NYC Auditions: March 1st and March 2nd , 2017 by appointment only.
CONTRACT
LOA $684/week AEA (min with possible negotiation)
SEEKING
Seeking to comprise an ethnically diverse cast for this new musical – The Venue at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, New York (NOT a Capital Repertory Theatre production)
INSTRUCTIONS
Email or mail picture and resume ASAP for consideration. Mark submissions: SOME PEOPLE HEAR THUNDER [Role___] / NYC Appointment submission
SUBMIT TO
Stephanie Klapper Casting
39 West 19th Street
12th Floor
New York, NY 10011
PERSONNEL
Director: Kevin McGuire
Book and Lyrics: Gerson Smoger
Music: Jeffery Sorkin
Music Director: Josh Smith
Choreographer: Freddie Ramirez
Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: March 28th, 2017
1st Preview: April 28th, 2017
Opening: May 5th, 2017
Closing: May 21st, 2017 with possible extension to May 28th, 2017
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
The musical is set in New York and Southern Turkey from 1913 to 1915. A New York newspaper reporter finds himself in an Armenian village at the time of the Turkish genocide of the Armenian people. Varying from joyousness to tragedy, the story is told through the letters he writes to his American girlfriend. In these, he sets forth the inspiring but tragic and true tale of the Armenians living in the shadow of Musa Ler (Moses' Mountain)
We are seeking to comprise an ethnically diverse cast. Actors of all ethnicities encouraged to submit
SEEKING:
JASON KARRAS
(Male, mid 20’s to early 30’s, any ethnicity) Born in Buffalo. He moved to New York City where he has become a rising journalist and is sent to be a foreign correspondent, traveling through newsworthy areas in advance of and during the beginning of World War I. He is aloof but observant and enthusiastic about his career. Tenor.
CAROLE
(Female, early to mid 20’s, any ethnicity) She lives in New York City and is in love with Jason. She does not want Jason to leave New York to travel all the way across the ocean immediately before World War I. She serves as the narrator of this piece and jumps back and forth in time. As a woman in her 20’s, she is young, beautiful, and naïve. When telling the story in the present, 1948, after WW2, she is a mature woman in her 50’s. Actress for this role should be versatile, and a good singer who can also dance. Alto / Low Soprano.
ANGELIQUE der KALOUSTIAN
(Female, late 20’s- early 40’s any ethnicity) She and her husband have returned to his ancestral home in Anatolia after his father passed away. She is Parisian and makes clear her desire to return to France as soon as possible. Everything about her is French and she feels above the local population. In the second act she changes to become much more sympathetic as she begins to personally feel all that is going on around her. Must be an exceptional singer and actor who is able to do a strong French accent. Alto / Low Soprano.
1 FEMALE ENSEMBLE MEMBER
(Female, mid 30’s any ethnicity) A dancer who is a strong singer and can sing close harmonies.
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 submit.
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