Fireside Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Jan 08, 2020
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Dinner Theatre $699/week minimum.
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers. Actively seeking the role of MRS. GILMER GILMERSON (MAVIS). All other roles have been pre-CAST and will be seeking understudies and possible replacements for all roles. See breakdown.
All stage management positions have been filled.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short song in a classic Broadway style
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Open Jar Studios
1601 Broadway 11th Fl
New York, NY 10019
Enter on 48th St.
PERSONNEL
Music and Lyrics: Drew Jansen
Book: Greta Grosch
Director: Curt Wollan
Musical Director: Mary Ehlinger
Expected in attendance: Artistic Director Ed Flesch; Mary Ehlinger
OTHER DATES
1st rehearsal: March 30, 2020 in Wisconsin. Runs April 16, 2020 – May 31, 2020
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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
Seeking:
WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING PEOPLE FOR THE ROLE OF MAVIS.
THE OTHER ROLES IN THE SHOW HAVE BEEN PRE-CAST. WE WILL BE SEEKING UNDERSTUDIES AND POSSIBLE REPLACEMENTS FOR ALL ROLES.
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.
MRS SNUSTAD (VIVIAN)
role CAST. 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)
role CAST. 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.
SIGNE (Beverly) ENGELSON
role CAST. 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
role CAST. 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.
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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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