BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL Equity Principal Actors - Producing Org TBD Auditions

BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL - Equity video submissions
Producing Org TBD

AUDITION DATE

Friday, March 17, 2023
5:50 PM - 6:00 PM (E)

Submissions will be accepted until 6:00 PM ET on March 17th. Any videos submitted after the deadline will NOT be viewed.

CONTRACT

Production (League)
$2439 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL (See breakdown).

Performed in Chicago, IL at CIBC Theatre

PREPARATION

Please prepare a video performing a pop/contemporary theater song OR the song Always with the provided sheet music and accompaniment track:

https://tinyurl.com/BETTY-BOOP-SONG-AUD-MATERIAL . Please slate with your name and height.

LOCATION

Via Submission
NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Based on the characters that populate Max Fleischer’s cartoons
Book by Bob Martin
Music by David Foster
Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
Directed and Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell
Music Director: Daryl Waters
Producer: Ostar Productions
General Manager: Foresight Theatrical
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting
Viewing submissions:
Casting Directors: Tara Rubin, Felicia Rudolph, and/or Kevin Metzger-Timson

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal in NYC: September 25, 2023
1st Performance: November 19, 2023
Closing: December 31, 2023

OTHER

As part of a pilot program created in the new agreement for Production: Broadway and Sit-Downs, the employer will accept 126 video submissions from Equity members. Members will sign up online for one of the 126 slots. Only members who get one of the 126 slots will receive a confirmation e-mail with the preparation and submission information. After members' submissions have been viewed, the employer will notify each member who viewed
their audition.

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.

BREAKDOWN

SEEKING:

BETTY BOOP - Early 20s, Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed, or White, female-
presenting. Confident, curious, whip-smart, open-hearted, and bold. Searching for what’s “real” and

what’s right. A very talented comic and jazz singer with immeasurable star quality, and a very good
dancer. Big belt. G2 (G below middle C) to Eb4.

GRAMPY - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 60+ years old, Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed, or
White, male-presenting. A clever, brilliant, quirky inventor, but not scatterbrained. Protective of his
granddaughter Betty. In love with Valentina. D2 (D below middle C) to Ab3.

TRISHA - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 18+ to play 16-17, Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed,
or White, female-presenting. A talented visual artist and cosplayer with an open mind and a
determination to help her family. A little shy, but empowered by Betty. Betty’s instant friend and Carol’s
daughter. A2 (A below middle C) to D4.

DWAYNE - Early 20s, Latine, male-presenting. Handsome, respectful, jazz musician/college student
renting a room in Carol's brownstone. He is also Raymond’s speech writer. Betty’s love interest. D2 (D
below middle C) to G#3.

CAROL - 40-50 years old, Black, female-presenting. The welcoming, generous owner of the Harlem
brownstone where she lives with her daughter Trisha and her tenant Dwayne. She is Raymond’s
campaign manager. Civic minded. Maternal presence. Big belt. G2 (G below middle C) to Eb4.

VALENTINA - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 60+ years old, Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed,

or White, female-presenting. Astrophysicist, practical in every way and Grampy’s equal in hyper-
intelligence. In love with Grampy. A2 (A below middle C) to Eb4.

RAYMOND - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 40+ years old, White, male-presenting. Slick mayoral candidate.
Slight air of corruption about him. C2 (C below middle C) to G#3.