WaterTower Theatre
REVISED
See updated submission deadline.
CONTRACT
SPT $523 weekly minimum (SPT 6)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (see breakdown).
Local actors encouraged to submit.
WaterTower Theatre is dedicated to diversity and inclusion as a core value, and as such we strongly encourage actors of all ethnicities, abilities, genders, and ages to audition.
Must be willing to follow strict safety standards and agree to COVID testing which will be paid for by WTT. This production is approved under Actors’ Equity Fully Vaccinated Safety Standards.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Post your audition video to youtube/vimeo/dropbox. Visit the following portal to submit your information, headshot, resume & link to your audition for the Creative Team to review: https://airtable.com/shrftYfgQeMVgNYkT .
Deadline: 11/29/2021
PERSONNEL
By Steven Lutvak (composer/lyricist) & Robert L. Freedman (book/lyrics)
Viewing auditions :
Producing Artistic Director- Shane Peterman
Associate Producer- Elizabeth Kensek
Director- Penny Ayn Maas
Musica Director- Jeff Crouse
OTHER DATES
IN PERSON CALLBACKS WILL BE SCHEDULED PER EQUITY SAFETY GUIDANCE on December 4-5, 2021
Rehearsals: 6/21/2022-7/19/2022 (typically Monday is the observed Equity day off)
Shows: Wednesday-Sunday: 7/20/2022-7/31/2022
OTHER
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This production will be presented with very limited audience on The Terry Martin Main Stage.
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
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS :
Please record a video of a brief and appropriate song of your choice. You may sing from the score if desired. If you require audition accompaniment tracks and sheet music, please visit https://watertowertheatre.org/index.php?p=work-with-us/watertower-theatre-auditions-for-a-gentlemans-guide-to-love-and-murder
About the Show: Running from 2013-2016 on Broadway winning 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder centers on Monty Navarro, a penniless clerk who is informed after the death of his mother that he is ninth in line to inherit the earldom of Highhurst, controlled by the wealthy D’Ysquith banking family. After the imperious ruling Lord dismisses Monty’s claim of being a relative, the eight D’Ysquiths ahead of young Mr. Navarro begin dying in natural and unnatural ways. Meanwhile, Monty is desperately trying to woo money-minded Sibella Hallward —until he finds himself drawn to young Phoebe D’Ysquith. How will all these convoluted storylines come together?
Setting: Edwardian London in 1907. All cast members must be familiar with British accents
Available Roles:
This is a high-style, British farce & all roles require strong singers with comic skills.
We encourage performers to submit for any roles they are interested in; genders listed are those of the character, not the performer.
MONTAQUE (“MONTY”) NAVARRO: Legit baritone, any race, male identifying, 25-40; unexpected leading man & heir to the D’ysquith family fortune, clever, charismatic, endearing, Monty breaks the fourth wall with ease and serves as the audience’s guide into his story often commenting on the action with great humor.
SIBELLA HALLWARD: Legit mezzo soprano, any race, female identifying, 20 – 35; the girl that Monty loves, flirtatious, narcissistic, willful, calculating, and irresistible. A social climber with tremendous wit and style.
PHOEBE D’YSQUITH: Legit soprano (sustained C#6 w/ optional Eb6), any race, female identifying 20-35; a cousin.
THE D’YSQUITH FAMILY: Baritone, any race; One transformational comedic actor with a superb grasp on British farce, physical comedy, and incredible stamina portrays all the following D’Ysquith family members (ages 30 – 65): ASQUITH D’YSQUITH a dandy, REVEREND LORD EZEKIAL D’YSQUITH a clergyman, LORD ADALBERT D’YSQUITH Eighth Earl of Highhurst, LORD ASQUITH D’YSQUITH SR a banker, HENRY D’YSQUITH a country squire, LADY HYACINTH D’YSQUITH a benefactress, LORD BARTHOLOMEW D’YSQUITH a body builder, LADY SALOME D’YSQUITH an actress, CHAUNCEY D’YSQUITH a janitor.
ENSEMBLE: All 6 ensemble roles are multiple supporting characters.
WOMAN #1: Mezzo soprano, any race, female identifying, 30 – 60; Miss Shingle a Cockney housekeeper/governess who tells Monty that he is indeed a D’Ysquith heir. Also the tour guide, ancestral portrait, skater, wedding guest, pub owner’s wife, Mrs. Pebworth, Phoebe’s Maid, 3rd newsboy, mourner, servant.
WOMAN #2: Mezzo soprano, any race, female identifying, 30 – 60; Tourist, ancestral portrait, skater, wedding guest, Mrs. Hetherington, 4th newsboy, mourner, and Lady Eugenia an unhappily married countess with a withering gaze.
WOMAN #3: Soprano, any race, female identifying, 20 – 50; Sibella’s Maid, tourist, ancestral portrait, Miss Barley an alluring model, Wedding Guest, Hyacinth’s colleague, mourner, servant Hilda
MAN #1: Baritenor, any race, male identifying, 20 – 50; Tourist, ancestral portrait, 2nd clerk, skater, wedding guest, Copley Hyancinth’s colleague, 2nd newsboy, weightlifter, 3rd actor, mourner, ancestral bust, servant, Dr. Pettibone, guard.
MAN #2: Bass, any race, male identifying, 20 – 50; Tourist, ancestral portrait, 1st clerk, skater, wedding guest, pub owner, Mr. Cross, 1st newsboy, 1st actor, Lord Asquith’s Physician, mourner, ancestral bust, and Detective Pinkney.
MAN #3: Tenor, any race, male identifying, 20 – 50; Tourist, ancestral portrait, wedding guest, pub owner, Mr. Goodsall, 2nd actor, mourner, Mr. Gorby, Lord High Steward, The Magistrate.
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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