BLUES IN THE NIGHT - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
North Coast Repertory Theatre
CONTRACT
SPT
$523 weekly minimum (SPT 6) + pension & health - Rehearsals $657 weekly minimum (SPT 8) + pension & health - Performances
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in BLUES IN THE NIGHT (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Email your headshot/resume (two separate files) and video submission. Please submit one (1) video file containing your song submitted as either a direct YouTube or Vimeo link, or method *not* requiring the video to be downloaded for viewing. In email subject line type: “Blues Audition” plus your name.
Deadline: Mon, Aug 22, 2022
SUBMIT TO
casting@northcoastrep.org
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Brian Mackey, Casting Director
David Ellenstein, Artistic Director
Yvette Hartley, Director
Lanny Hartley, Music Director
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please prepare a brief cut, 1920s-1950s Blues and/or Jazz music only. No musical theatre. You may use songs of your own or use the accompaniment provided at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nOv_XCM7F3Fmu0nXvVYovC2nrKwiJqyX?usp=sharing. We are interested to see how you can tell a story through song. The score contains music from Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Alberta Hunter, Jimmy Cox, Ida Cox and more.
Seeking:
The Lady From the Road – female, 50-60, Alto; A warm and beautiful Black Woman. She not only sings the Blues but she also is the Blues, in all of its variety. She has a rich, wonderful voice and we can tell that there is a reason that she was once on top.
The Girl With A Date – female, 25-25, Soprano; An energetic and enthusiastic young Black woman looking to make a start in the big city. When things go wrong with her, she shows a range of emotions that reveals a bitterness that one would not suspect in a girl who views the world with such bright eyes.
The Man in the Saloon - CAST. male, 30-40, Vocal range Ab4 - Ab2; A simultaneously very charming and slightly dangerous guy. Exudes confidence and control in his sly remarks to the women, but is secretly frustrated and lonely.
The Woman of the World - CAST. female, 50-60, Vocal range A5 - F3; A beautiful and stylish woman who came from a grandiose and rich lifestyle. She deludes herself into believing she is still living the high life and spends each evening preparing for the next gentleman caller. Hides behind a sophisticated veneer but is capable of great humor, sensuality, and emotion.
OTHER DATES
Callbacks will be by appointment only.
First Rehearsal: December 13, 2022
First Performance: January 11, 2022
Closing: February 5, 2023
Possible Extension through February 12, 2003 (must be available)
OTHER
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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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