BRIGHT STAR - NYC Appointments
Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
**Revised Breakdown**
APPOINTMENTS
NYC Appointment only auditions May 8th, 2019 Callbacks: May 9th, 2019
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B ($941.00 wk min – musicals)
SEEKING
Submissions from AEA members for various roles. See breakdown.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please send photos and resumes with a cover letter stating which role you are interested in by May 6th.
Note: Actors must be available to audition in person.
NO TAPES WILL BE ACCEPTED. All roles, any ethnicity.
SUBMIT TO
Wojcik/ Seay Casting
re: BRIGHT STAR LORT AEA Submission
247 West 38th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
PERSONNEL
Artistic Producer: Rod A Lansberry
Director: Rod A. Lansberry
Choreographer: Kitty Skillman Hilsabeck
Musical Director: Eric Alsford
Casting: Wojcik/ Seay Casting
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals: August 13, 2019
Opens: September 6, 2019
Closes: September 29, 2019
OTHER
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
Now Seeking the following roles only:
Alice Murphy
Female, 38: an editor of a southern literary magazine; intelligent, attractive, professional–but with an air of melancholy. The same actress will also play Young Alice at age 16: rebellious, high-spirited, sexually forward, adventurous–looking to break out of small-town life and experience the world. Must be very strong singer and comfortable in folk and bluegrass styles. Vocal range: Very strong singer with a wide vocal range.
Billy Cane
Male, early 20s, a soldier returning home from WWII; an aspiring young writer; fresh, open, optimistic, charming, and a little naïve. Seeking strong actor who is also a strong, athletic dancer, able to partner and lead a production number. Vocal range: Bright, natural Bari-Tenor.
Jimmy Ray Dobb Male. The same actor will play Jimmy Ray in his early 20s in flashbacks: Mayor Dobbs’ son and young Alice’s beau; handsome, boyishly charming, well-built, and intelligent; from a family of wealth and power and is being groomed by his father for a similar future in the family business; an independent thinker who is not afraid to stand up to his father for what he believes in; he has a sense of personal responsibility and morality as well as a deep reserve of passion and emotion. The same actor will also play an adult Jimmy Ray at age 40. Vocal range: Very strong singer in a pop-folk style. Bari-Tenor.
Lucy Grant Female, early 20s – 30. Strong actress with great comedic timing, who is a dynamic and sexy dancer. She has to have complete ease with dancing and partnering. Leads a production number. Vocal range: Strong belt.
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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