BUDDY’S TAVERN Equity Principal Audition - Staged Reading Auditions

BUDDY’S TAVERN – Equity Principal Auditions

Premieres, Inc. NYC Richard Rodgers Agreement (week one: $300 stipend; thereafter: $478/week min. + pension/health).

Artistic Dir: Paulette Haupt

Authors: Raymond DeFelitta, Kim Oler and Alison Hubbard

Dir: Warren Carlyle

Mus Dir: Ray Fellman

CD: Alan Filderman Casting

Rehearsals/staged readings: 1/3/11 – 1/22/11. Readings at the Hudson Guild Theatre.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, November 15, 2010 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City

Please prepare a brief, standard Broadway song. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Seeking (all roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted) unless otherwise specified):

Buddy Visalo:

Italian American, mid 30s. Factory worker in 1950s Staten Island. Decent, hard-working guy with big dreams and a bigger heart. More of a character than a typical leading man. High baritone/tenor.

Estelle Visalo:

Italian American, early-mid 30s. Housewife. Strong, forceful personality. Loves her husband, but finds herself disappointed by life. Mezzo/belt.

Mary O’Neary:

Irish, 20s. Pretty. Working-class. Sweet, open-hearted young woman, forced to struggle through very tough times; a survivor.

Laura Di Palma:

Italian American, 30s. Housewife. A good soul; tries hard to always say the right thing. Mezzo-belt.

Brancaccio / Jim O’Neary / Mr. Diminjuk:

50s-60s. Track for a character actor; should look completely different from the actor Mark Lotito (see photo at
http://ow.ly/32H8z ). Baritone/bass.

The following four roles are cast (i.e. offer accepted). Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.

The Barkeep:

CAST. African American man, 40s-50s. Our narrator. Strong, warm presence. Baritone.

Chip Di Palma / Salesclerk 2:

CAST. Italian American, 30s-40s. Working-class. Character tenor.

Angelo / Salesclerk 1:

CAST. Italian, 40s. Working-class. Character baritone.

Gloria:

CAST. Italian, 40s. Working-class. Character alto.