City Center Encores! 2024 Season Equity Ensemble Dancers (Male Characters) - New York City Center Inc. Auditions

City Center Encores! 2024 Season - NYC ECC Dancers (Male characters )
New York City Center Inc. | New York, NY

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, October 5, 2023
10:00 AM (E)

CONTRACT

Special Agreement
$2003 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity Dancers for chorus in City Center Encores! 2024 Season.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS:

ENSEMBLE: Any gender, any ethnicity, 20s — 30s. Dancers who sing to play ladies-in-waiting, knights, soldiers, servants, musicians, etc. Proficient in classic jazz, partnering, and some tap.

JELLY'S LAST JAM:

ENSEMBLE: Any gender, Black, 20s — 40s. They embody the spirit of New Orleans playing various denizens of Jelly's past. A multitude of musicians, dancers, and performers who bring the energy and vibrancy of the jazz era to life. Strong tappers, also versed in partnering, swing, musical theatre dance, and jazz. Able to sing.

MELROSE BROTHERS: Male (cis, transgender or nobinary). White, 40s. Two ruthless club owners who have scrupulously kept Jelly in his place. Dance/tap skills.

PREPARATION

Please come warmed up and prepared to dance. Please bring character heels, character flats, and sneakers. Please bring tap shoes if you have tap experience. Please bring a headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room: Studio 304. Audition room
Studio 301.

PERSONNEL

Music: Mary Rodgers
Lyrics: Marshall Barer
Book: Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer
Concert Adaptation: Amy Sherman-Palladino
Director: Lear deBessonet
Choreographer: Lorin Latarro
Music Director: Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Casting: The Telsey Office

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Choreographers: Edgar Godineaux, Lorin Latarro
Tap Choreographer: Dormeshia Sumbry- Edwards
Assistant Choreographer: Justice Moore;
Casting Directors: Destiny Lilly, Rashad Naylor, Alexis Brown, Priya Ghosh.

OTHER DATES

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS:
First Rehearsal: January 9, 2024
Performances: January 24–February 4, 2024

JELLY'S LAST JAM:
First Rehearsal: February 6, 2024
Performances: February 21–March 3, 2024

OTHER

ECC 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.