BILLY ELLIOT - Cornwall, NY EPA Theatre on Main Street, Inc. | Cornwall on Hudson, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPDA
Sunday, September 10, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Audition will take place on a first come, first served basis beginning at 9:15am on the morning of the audition. No pre-scheduled appointments.
SPT
$293 weekly minimum (SPT 1)
Equity actors for roles in BILLY ELLIOT (See breakdown).
Please be warmed up and ready to dance when the call begins. Performers will be called in groups. All performers: please bring ballet flats and tap shoes. Some performers may be asked to cold read from sides from the show after the dance audition. Also, please bring your headshot and resume.
BILLY ELLIOT
Your Dance Closet
45 Quaker Ave Suite 100
Cornwall, NY 12518
Music Director: Jared Allyn Decker
Stage Manager: Courtney Harris
Expected to attend:
Producer: Michael E. Boyle, Jr.
Director: Jessica Jaber
Assistant Stage Manager: Veronica Nogrady
Callback: September 17th: 10:00am
Rehearsals to begin early October 2023. Shows run November 10-19, 2023, in black box theatre, Cornwall, NY.
Shows held: Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 3pm
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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Mrs. Wilkinson: Female, 30+, Vocal range top: Bb5, Vocal range bottom: Gb3, Heavy dance role. The local ballet teacher who eventually becomes Billy's mentor. Hardened and mouthy, she actually has capacity for caring when she sees promise in Billy. Believes in the power of personal expression through dance.
Mr Braithwaite: Gender: Open, 20+, Vocal range top: Baritone Middle C, Vocal range bottom: G2, Jazz and Heavy tap dance role. Mr. Braithwaite is the accompanist for Mrs. Wilkinson’s ballet class.
George: Gender: Open, 20+, Vocal range top: Baritone Middle C, Vocal range bottom: G2, Jazz and some tap dance role. George is a miner in a small village in the north-east of England. He is the boxing coach for the boys in the village.
Billy Elliot: (this role has been cast), Male, 12+, Vocal range top: C5, Vocal range bottom: E3. A boy who stumbles upon a ballet class and develops a passion for dance. To him, dance is a way to feel whole and free himself from the problems of life. He finds himself stuck between appeasing family and chasing his newfound love.
Jackie Elliot: (this role has been cast), Male, 40+, Vocal range top: Eb4, Vocal range bottom: A2. Billy's stoic father. A widowed miner struggling with maintaining a household in lieu of a work strike, he is still deeply scarred by the death of his wife. Billy's dancing initially sends him into a rage, but he learns to support his son.
Grandma: (this role has been cast), Female, 50+, Vocal range top: F#4, Vocal range bottom: F#3. Billy's eccentric grandmother. She is forgetful and a little aloof. Despite her inattention, she harbors a bitter resentment towards her dead abusive husband but has found solace through dance.
Michael: (this role has been cast), Male, 12+, Vocal range top: B4, Vocal range bottom: A#3. Billy's careless and fun-loving best friend. He lives in the realm of expressing oneself, going so far as to commonly dress in women's clothing.
Debbie Wilkinson: (this role has been cast), Female, 12+, Heavy dance role. The ballet teacher's daughter. A bit stand-offish and argumentative, her childhood crush on Billy leads her to constantly discourage him.
Tony: (this role has been cast), Male, 18-35, Vocal range top: F4, Vocal range bottom: D3. Billy's brother. A lazy but passionate miner. Hotheaded and scrappy with seemingly no regard of respect for his father, although he shares his disapproval of dance.
Mum: (this role has been cast), Female, 35+, Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano. Billy’s mother who is deceased
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