Actors Across the USA Come for TheatreZone Season 10 Auditions
Singing, dancing and acting roles available from age 21 through 65
Equity and non-Equity performer auditions (principal/chorus) for TheatreZone’s 10th anniversary season will be held by appointment from 10 am until 5:30 pm, Saturday, Sept. 13 and Sunday, Sept. 14 announces TheatreZone artistic director Mark Danni.
The auditions will be held at the Equity professional theatre group’s home in the G&L Theatre located on the campus of The Community School, located at 13275 Livingston Road in Naples.
According to Danni, more than 100 professional actors from across the country plan to audition in Naples, traveling as far away as New York City and Chicago and as nearby as Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, seeking one or more of 50 available roles.
And, the list of hopefuls continues to grow.
“Because Actors Equity Association (AEA) actors can only work in AEA theatres, they must travel more frequently to find work,” explains Danni. “TheatreZone provides national exposure through the acting communities’ trade magazines and papers as well as in the regional theatre trade magazines that circulate in key theatre locations such as New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and cities in Canada to attract actors to Naples,” he continues.
“TheatreZone also makes available a venue for Equity actors living in South Florida to work their craft while attracting “names” within the theatre and entertainment industries,” he adds.
Season 10 opens with Mack & Mabel, composer Jerry Herman’s favorite musical that involves the tumultuous romantic relationship between Hollywood director Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, who became on of Sennett’s biggest stars. In a series of flashbacks, Sennett relates the glory days of Keystone Studios from 1911, when he discovered Normand and cast her in dozens of his early “two-reelers.”
The first rehearsal is December 9, 2014 and the show runs January 8 -10 and 15-17 at 8 pm, January 11 and 14at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. Seven Equity actor contracts and five non-AEA contracts are available as follows:
Mack Sennett: 55 - 65. A workaholic silent film director. Baritone.
Mabel Normand: 23 - 35. A deli delivery girl who becomes a movie star.
Mezzo.
William Desmond Taylor: 30 - 50. A serious director, and rival for both Mabel's acting talents and her affections.
Frank: 35 - 45. An actor/writer, and later a director. Baritone.
Ensemble Men & Women: 25 - 55. Sing & Dance. Tap a plus.
The lead roles of Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd have been cast.Sweeney Todd is set in 19th century England and tells the story of an unjustly exiled barber (Sweeney Todd) who returns to London seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd helps her integrate an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up to eat them.
Eight Equity actor contracts and six non-AEA contracts are available.
Anthony Hope: 23 - 30. A young, naïve sailor who has rescued Todd and falls in love with Johanna Barker. Tenor.
Johanna Barker: 23 - 28. Todd's beautiful young daughter, claimed by Judge Turpin as his own ward. Soprano.
Judge Turpin: 55 - 65. A corrupt and depraved judiciary official who twists the system to serve his own ends and who has become infatuated by Johanna as she has matured. Bass-Baritone.
Tobias Ragg: 23 - 28. A simple young lad who works first for Pirelli, and then for Mrs. Lovett, but does not trust Todd. Tenor.
Beadle Bamford: 40 - 55. Turpin's right-hand man and accomplice to his dirty deeds. Tenor/Counter Tenor.
Adolfo Prelli: 40 – 55. An Irish charlatan and former employee of Benjamin Barker's who has since developed a public persona as a flashy, Italian barber; he attempts to blackmail Todd whom he ultimately recognizes from his youth. Tenor.
Beggar Woman: 40 - 50. A mad crone with a filthy tongue whose interjections go unheeded, but who is eventually revealed to be Lucy Barker, the wife of Benjamin Barker. Mezzo - Soprano
Ensemble Men & Women: 25 - 55. Must sing well.
Sweeney Todd first rehearsal is January 26, 2015. The production runs February 5 - 7 and 12 - 14 at 8 pm, February 8 and 15 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm.
Rehearsals for Brooklyn – The Musical beginFebruary 23, 2015. The show runs March 5-7 and 12-14 at8 pm; March 8 and 15 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm.
With Music, Book & Lyrics by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson. Brooklyn, is the story of a band of performers who tell a wondrous sidewalk fairy tale about a young girl searching for fame and the father she never knew. With just one clear voice to hear her, she lands in the city that bears her name, Brooklyn.
Three Equity actor contracts and two non-AEA contract are available. According to director Danni, ethnic diversity a must in this show, so he is looking for African-American and Latino American performers as follows:
Brooklyn: 20 – 28. Strong belt. Street performer who plays the girl.
Faith: 20 – 30. Strong Belt. Street performer who plays the girl’s mother.
Street Singer: 35 - 55. Rock Baritone. Street performer who acts as the narrator.
Taylor Collins: 35 - 55. Rock Tenor. Street performer who plays the girls father.
Paradice: 25 – 45. Strong belt. Street performer who plays a diva rock star.
The season finale is Neil Simon’s classic They’re Playing Our Song with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Carol Bayer Sager.
They’re Playing Our Song is based upon Hamlisch’s real-life relationship with singer-songwriter Sager, about a wisecracking composer who finds the offbeat lyricist a good match but not initially a match made in heaven. The two undergo a series of trials and overcome a number of hurdles before finding true love by the final curtain.
Rehearsals for They’re Playing Our Song begin April 20, 2015 and the show runs April 30 - May 2 and May 7–9at 8 pm, May 3 and 10 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. Five Equity contracts and three non-AEA contracts are available as follows:
Vernon Gersch: 35 - 50. Wisecracking composer, aloof but focused. Pop Baritone.
Sonia Walsk: 30 - 45. Off-beat lyricist, disorganized and distracted.
The Voices of Vernon: 25 - 40. Three men with great singing voices who move well and have good character reactions.
The Voices of Sonia: 25 - 40. Three women with great singing voices who move well and have good character reactions.
Actors are asked to prepare 32 bars of a song and a contrasting selection ready, if requested. An accompanist will be provided, but actors must bring own sheet music and be prepared to dance. Sides (copy dialogue that director Mark Danni has chosen from the script) are posted on the website at
www.theatrezone-florida.com and will be provided at the audition. A current photo and resume is also required.
To secure an appointment, email
markdanni@theatrezone-florida.com or if unable to email, call
(239) 449-2323. Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day as time permits.
About TheatreZone
In 2005, non-profit TheatreZone was born on two concepts: an affinity and nostalgia for the stage, and for the intimacy of live audiences. Co-founders artistic director Mark Danni and his wife, actress/choreographer Karen Molnar shared a vision and a passion to bring equity professional actors, and produce talented and innovative productions of classic “lost treasures of Broadway” and original, commissioned new plays and musicals with an eye towards future Broadway, Off Broadway and regional productions.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call TheaterZone at 1-888-ZONE-FLA,
1-888-966-3352 or purchase online at:
www.theatrezone-florida.com.
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