CABARET Equity Principal Audition - Paramount Theatre Auditions

Paramount Theatre CABARET - Chicago EPA

Aurora Civic Center Authority

AUDITION DATE

Apr 25, 2017

10:00 am - 6:00 pm (CDT)

Lunch from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

AEA Members may schedule an appointment through the Member Portal beginning April 18.

CONTRACT

LOA LOA to COST; $719/wk minimum

SEEKING

Seeking strong actors and singers of all genders, ethnicities, ages and types. Please see breakdown for more information.

PREPARATION

##Please prepare a 1-minute selection from Cabaret or in the style of the show. Bring ONE copy of your headshot/resume.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center

557 W Randolph St
1st Fl

Chicago, IL 60661

Dial 011 at front door.

PERSONNEL

Trent Stork- Casting Director / Katie Spelman- Director and Choreographer / Tom Vendafreddo- Music Director / Kaylee Oost- Company Manager

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: Monday, January 8, 2018. First Public Performance: Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Closing Performance: Sunday, March 18, 2018

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity monitor will be provided.

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

SALLY BOWLES
Female Identified, 20s-30s. Belter, A3-C5.
A singer and aspiring actress; the star and permanent fixture of an underground nightclub in Weimar Berlin. An outrageous sense of humor, an incredible drive to live her life as wildly as possible, an enigmatic and persuasive personality on stage, and an uncanny ability to make light of darkness.

CLIFFORD BRADSHAW
Male Identified, 20s-30s. Baritone, A2-E4.
An aspiring novelist with high ideals, high expectations, a fear of and a desire to know himself, and an aggressive case of writer’s block.

MAX
Male Identified, 20s-30s.
The corrupt owner of the Kit Kat Klub: an underground nightclub in an economic depression.

ERNST LUDWIG
Male Identified, 20s-30s. Vocal range flexible.
A young, earnest, friendly, and incredibly loveable German. He is sociable, generous, and an up and comer in a political party coming to power; fiercely proud of his country.

FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER
Female Identified, 40s-70s. Contralto, D3-Ab4.
A pragmatic widower; and a landlady renting out rooms. Wise, a good businesswoman, a dry sense of humor, and cautiously optimistic.

HERR SCHULTZ
Male Identified, 40s-70s. Tenor, G2-F4.
A Jewish man renting a room from Fraulein Schneider. Kind, generous, full of life, and optimistic.

EMCEE
Male Identified, 20s-30s. Tenor, C4-C#5
The host and the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub. An irreverent and captivating performer with a raunchy sense of humor. Strong singer and mover, comedic; chooses to channel his struggles with the political climate through biting parody.

FRAULEIN KOST
Female Identified, 30s-40s. Mezzo Soprano, Ab3-F5.
A woman who rents a room from Fraulein Schneider; strong, intelligent, confident, and making her way through the depression in any way she can.

THE KIT KIT GIRLS
Female Identified, 20s-40s.
The women who work in the Kit Kat Klub. Strong singer/dancers that wield their femininity and sexuality with power and aggression.

THE KIT KAT BOYS
Male Identified, 20s-40s.
The men who work in the Kit Kat Klub. Strong singer/dancers that feel comfortable living in both masculine and feminine movement.

THE ENSEMBLE
Male and Female Identified, 20s-40s. Strong singers of all vocal types.
The patrons of the Klub, sailors, shop owners, and waitresses of Berlin; people attempting to make ends meet and searching for stability in a tumultuous time.

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 audition.