CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES - NYC EPA
Fireside Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Mar 18, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Dinner Theatre $650/week minimum.
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers for various roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short song in a classic Broadway style. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Nola Studios
250 W. 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
PERSONNEL
Music and Lyrics: Drew Jansen
Book: Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke
Director: Curt Wollan
Musical Director: Dennis Curley
OTHER DATES
1st rehearsal: July 10, 2017 in Wisconsin. Runs July 27, 2017 – September 10, 2017
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
MRS SNUSTAD (VIVIAN)
50’-60’s She is the most conservative of the ladies and the matriarch of the kitchen. Her word is not to be tested and her decisions are final. She is a mix of Shirley McClain as “Weeser”, Bea Arthur as “Maude” “Doris” in Everybody Loves Raymond and the Mom in Golden Girls. Vocally hers is the highest voice of the ladies. Low – A flat below middle C, no lower than a B flat below middle C. High - E, a major 10th above middle C.
MRS ELROY ENGELSON (KARIN)
40’s She is second in line to take over the kitchen. She is neat and tidy in appearance and quite pretty in a very conservative way, almost looking like Jackie Kennedy with everything perfectly in it’s place. The middle voice. Low – A flat below middle C, and High – D, a major 9th above middle C. Should have a comfortable belt.
MRS GILMER GILMERSON (MAVIS)
late 40’s - late 50’s and is a farmer’s wife and a grandmother. She is the most physical comedienne of the three ladies because of her “jump in and work” attitude. She appears rather disheveled even when dressed up for a wedding. She is somewhat butch, but not gay. Everyone loves her. The lowest of the voices – Low – A flat below middle C. High - D, a major 9th above middle C.
SIGNE (Beverly) ENGELSON
20’s She is the daughter of Karin, and has just started college at the University of Minnesota. She is pretty like her mother, and very sweet, but not afraid to challenge Mrs. Snustad and speak her mind in a respectful way. Low – A below middle C. High – G flat above middle C.
PASTOR E. L. GUNDERSON
40’s – 50’s The ladies all seem to have crushes on him in a respectful “pastorly” way. He is goaded by the fact that he comes from a family of Pastors, and his brother, not he, inherited his father’s church down the road. He is a bit competitive, and finds that he can truly relax when in the kitchen. He has a very friendly and intimate relationship with God, almost like “Tevye” and he knows that the church runs best when the kitchen is happy. Low – B flat, a major 9th below middle C. High – G flat above middle C
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.
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