SOUVENIR: A FANTASIA ON THE LIFE OF FLORENCE FOSTER
JENKINS - Asheville NC EPA
North Carolina Stage Company | Asheville, NC
AUDITION DATE
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lunch 1 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
For appointments email
casting@ncstage.org or call 828-239-0263 between noon and 5pm Monday through Friday (email preferred). AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT
SPT Category 4 ; $352/week
SEEKING
Equity actor for the role of FLORENCE and Equity actor/singer/pianist for the role of COSME. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors will be given sides from the show to prepare for auditions upon confirmation of appointment. Those auditioning for Jenkins must prepare a song to sing from classical repertoire. Those auditioning for Cosme must prepare a classical piano piece. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
North Carolina Stage Company 15 Stage Lane
Asheville, NC 28801
PERSONNEL
Charlie Flynn-McIver, Artistic Director Angie Flynn-McIver, Producing Director
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal 2/21/17. Previews 3/15/17, opens 3/18/17, closes 4/2/17.
OTHER
Video submissions accepted only if unable to attend the EPA.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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
Florence Foster Jenkins
40s-60s. Must sing. A wealthy society woman in 1930s-40s Manhattan. She believes herself to be a great soprano, though has no voice and is incapable of singing two notes in tune. Her belief in her talent and her dedication to music and the art of singing is absolute. Behaves at all times as if she is a major vocal artist.
Cosme McMoon
40s-60s. Accompanist to Florence Foster Jenkins. At the time of the play he is a dapper resident pianist at an elegant Greenwich Village supper club. Must play piano proficiently and be exceptional at reading music.
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