THE LIGHTNING THIEF (Spring Tour) - NYC Appointments
Theatreworks USA | New York, NY
APPOINTMENTS
NYC Auditions to be held 10/19/2016, 10/20/2016 by appointment only.
CONTRACT
TYA
$458.00/week plus housing outside of New York City
SEEKING
Seeking a diverse company of actors who sing for various roles. Ethnic performers strongly encouraged to submit. All actors are signs as Actor/ASMs. Actor/ASMs. See breakdown for full details.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Email picture and resume ASAP. In subject line indicate: [role ] THE LIGHTNING THIEF IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE SUBMIT ACTOR'S ONLINE DEMO CLIPS ALONG WITH EACH ACTOR SUBMISSION
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Barbara Pasternack Director: TBA
Choreographer: TBA
Music & Lyrics By: Rob Rokicki Book By: Joe Tracz
Casting Director: Jason Blitman Casting Associate: Greg Uliasz
OTHER DATES
Callback Date(s): 10/27/2016
Rehearsal Date(s): 12/22/2016 - 01/05/2017 Opening Date(s): 1/6/2017
Closing Date(s): 6/4/2017
Location: Rehearses in NYC and tours across the country
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
ALL ACTORS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO AUDITION, REHEARSE, AND TRAVEL FROM NYC.
All actors are signs as Actor/ASMs. Actor/ASMs are required to unload/load, setup and/or strike the set. No single piece of scenery shall exceed such proportions of height or weight as to make it impossible to be carried reasonably by two members of the company. Possibility of Artist Activity on this contract.
All actors will need to sign an extraordinary risk rider if hired. Actors with stage combat experience a plus.
ALL ACTORS MUST SING. Seeking actors who are interesting, quirky, edgy, and current. This show is more American Idiot and less Junie B. Jones.
Seeking a diverse company of adult actors ages 18+ for all roles. Ethnic performers encouraged to submit.
PERCY JACKSON
Strong pop-rock tenor. Looking for an actor 18+ who can believably play teens. Percy is a 12-year-old boy who finds out he is a demi-god. He is our story’s hero and must have a strong presence, a sense of humor, and be extremely likable. Percy is impulsive and moves with his instincts and emotions rather than his head. Think Daniel Radcliff, young Johnny Galecki, or Toby Maguire. Especially interested in actors with stage combat or gymnastic experience as this role is very physical. 5’6” – 5’9”
ANNABETH
Pop-rock high belter to E. Looking for an actress 18+ who can believably play teens. Annabeth is smart and strong-willed but she is also incredibly brave and daring. One of Percy’s best friends, and eventual love interest, she joins forces with him to go on a quest to retrieve Zeus’ lightning bolt and save the world from peril. 5’2” – 5’6”
[MR. BRUNNER
30’s. Seeking a versatile character actor with a strong bari-tenor/tenor voice. Plays a variety of characters. Must have a great sense of humor and an adult presence. Think Chris Seiber, John Lithgow, or Pierce Brosnan. Please submit all ethnic and physical types. Also plays CHIRON, POSEIDON, MEDUSA, and others. All ethnicities encouraged to submit. 5’10” – 6’3”
SALLY / CLARISSE
Soprano with high belt to E. Seeking an excellent pop/rock singer/actor to play Percy’s loving mother and his tough-as-nails campmate, Clarisse. Extremely versatile actress. Also plays MRS. DODDS, a creepy substitute teacher and THE ORACLE. All ethnicities encouraged to submit. 5’4” – 5’8”
GROVER
18+ folk/pop tenor. A happy-go-lucky satyr. Think a goofy hippie kid. Percy Jackson’s best friend and protector. Seeking an actor with a great voice and strong comedic chops. All ethnicities encouraged to submit. 5’9” – 6’2”
LUKE
18+ pop/rock bari-tenor. Seeking an extremely versatile actor to play LUKE, a camp counselor, son of Hermes, and the guy you wish was yo ur big brother. Cool and charismatic. Must also play GABE UGLANIO, Percy’s disgusting stepfather, and ARES, a tough biker gang leader who is the God of War, and various other characters. All ethnicities encouraged to submit. 5’6” – 5’10”
Story line: Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that’s the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he’s angered a few of them. Zeus’s master lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy is the prime suspect.
Now Percy has ten days to find and return Zeus’s stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. Adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
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