BILLY ELLIOT The Musical Equity Chorus Call/Female Child Dancers - Broadway/National Tour Auditions

BILLY ELLIOT The Musical

• • • • • Equity Chorus Call / Female Child Dancers

Broadway and National Tour #2 Production Contract $1,653/week minimum

Producers: Universal, Working Title TV, The Old Vic Productions and Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn & Sally Greene

Exec Producers: Angela Morrison & David Furnish

Music: Elton John

Book/Lyrics: Lee Hall

Dir: Stephen Daldry

Choreo: Peter Darling

Assoc Choreo: Kate Dunn

Mus Dir: David Chase

Mus Sprvsr: Martin Koch

GM: Nina Lannan Associates

Adult Casting: Tara Rubin Casting

Children’s Casting: Nora Brennan Casting

Equity Chorus Call / Girl Dancers (Children Only):

Saturday, April 2, 2011 Pearl Studios NYC

12 PM – Equity female (child) dancers 500 Eighth Avenue, 12th Floor

Equity Monitor reads chorus list at 11:30 AM. New York City

Equity Chorus Call procedures are in effect. AEA Member sign-up list will be posted at the AEA Audition Center at 9:30 AM on March 28, 2011, and removed at 5 PM on April 1, 2011. The AEA Monitor will read out the list at 11:30 AM on audition day. Those on the list must be present with their current Equity cards when their names are called. Members who cannot sign the list must check in with the Monitor by 12 PM on audition day in order to guarantee being seen. Children who are not Members of Actors' Equity Association (AEA) are welcome to attend, and will be seen after AEA Members.

Please wear dance clothes and bring tap, jazz and ballet shoes. Please also prepare something to sing (after all have danced). Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Seeking the following positions only at this call, for possible future replacements in the currently running Broadway and National Tour #2 companies.Note: This call is for children only. Equity calls for adult roles and chorus positions are held separately by another casting office.

Ballet Girls:

Ensemble characters. Ages 8 – 12, any ethnicity. Maximum height 4’10”. Seeking dancers who sing, with strong tap and good ballet. Some girls may be required to do pointe work. Seeking a variety of sizes, shapes and types, with expressive character and lots of personality, not the traditional ballerina.

Debbie:

Principal character. Age 9 – 12, any ethnicity. Maximum height 4’10”. Daughter of Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy’s dance teacher. Outspoken, lumpy, unconsciously funny, no-nonsense, possibly a bit of a bully, surly. Takes ballet class only because her mother is the teacher. Requirements: Strong actor. Good ballet and tap.

Casting Director’s statement: “Performers of all ethnicities are encouraged to attend.”