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.
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