Marriott Theatre
CONTRACT
Dinner Theatre $862 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for chorus parts in BIG FISH (see breakdown)
COVID Policy: All cast members must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to appear at an in-person callback and be cast in the show. “Fully vaccinated,” as defined by the CDC, is more than 14 calendar days following receipt of a final dose of an FDA or World Health Organization authorized or approved vaccine.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Submit at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuCuLnMhxY7jBKrBAdmsp83X3fhdhuUyuDx2hIYK595flJ7A/viewform .
Deadline: Fri, Jul 1, 2022
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Director: Henry Godinez
Choreographer: Tommy Rapley
Musical Director: Ryan T. Nelson
Artistic Director: Peter Marston Sullivan
Executive Producer: Peter Blair
Artistic Assistant: Sana Selemon
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: January 5th, 2023
Previews: January 25th - January 31st, 2023
Opening: Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Closing: March 19th, 2023
Rehearsals are typically Mondays-Saturdays, 10am to 6pm, six days a week.
Show schedule: Wednesday-Sunday with two shows on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.
OTHER
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We also welcome performers with disabilities to submit. Please reach out to Sana Selemon at Sana.Selemon@MarriottTheatre.com or 847-465-1326 ex. 1 if you have any questions or access needs.
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:
If you are using an iPhone to video record, please be sure to film horizontally and in a well-lit space (not backlit). At the top of the video, please slate your name and height.
DANCERS: Please view and learn the dance combination at https://www.marriotttheatre.com/audition/bigfish . There is one video that includes Tommy demoing the combo with and without music, teaching it, and a video to give more information about style. In the folder, you will also see the audio track to record to. If you wish to provide footage of you singing a song of your choosing or singing one of the singers' tracks at https://www.marriotttheatre.com/audition/bigfish you are welcome to do so.
SINGERS: Please prepare the cut of “Be the Hero” at https://www.marriotttheatre.com/audition/bigfish . We have an accompaniment recording and a rehearsal recording that plays the vocal part for each song. If you wish to provide footage of you dancing or performing the dance call at https://www.marriotttheatre.com/audition/bigfish you are welcome to do so.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE: Big Fish is at once a rollicking downhome technicolor tall tale brought to life, and an intimate heartbreaking realistic story about a father and son. It navigates the tricky space that a father and son occupy through the course of a lifetime’s attempt at forging a meaningful relationship; past, present, and future. Edward Bloom’s fantastical, wonderous embellishment of his life’s story is at heart an attempt to connect with his son Will in a much more magical and profound way than the reality of his world will actually permit, or his own humanity comfortably allows. It is about a father genuinely wanting to share the wondrous possibilities of a life with his son in order to be the hero he thinks his son wants him to be.
A note about casting: (adopted from language with consent originally created by Kevin Kantor and Emily Trarquin of Actors Theatre of Louisville): Most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following character descriptions. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.
Seeking:
ENSEMBLE: Strong singers/dancers that can hold harmonies with strong movement skills. Towns folk, circus performers, wedding guests, and tall tale creatures that Edward invents.
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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