DUCK FOR PRESIDENT AND OTHER STORIES Submission - Theatreworks/USA Auditions

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DUCK FOR PRESIDENT AND OTHER STORIES

– Photo / Resume Request

Theatreworks/USA (NYC) TYA Tier 2 Tour; $464.50/week plus $55 per diem

Artistic Director: Barbara Pasternack

Creators: Various

Director: Kevin Del Aguila

Choreographer: Connor Gallagher

Dates of Rehearsal: 1/2/12-1/15/12

Performs: 1/16/12-6/17/12

ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

NYC auditions will be held on an upcoming date TBD, by appointment only.

For consideration, email or mail picture and resume to:

Casting Department

Theatreworks/USA
151 West 26^th Street, 7^th Floor

New York, NY 10001

Attn: DUCK FOR PRESIDENT

Or submit via email to
casting@twusa.org

Subject line of email must include show and role submitting for, and actor’s height.

Accepting submissions until 10/25

This is a musical. All actors must be funny, quirky, versatile performers along the lines of Saturday Night Live or Forbidden Broadway. All actors must be strong singers with a pop sensibility. Ethnic performers encouraged to submit.

ALL ACTORS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO AUDITION, REHEARSE, AND TRAVEL FROM NYC.

ALL ACTORS ARE SIGNED ON AS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS. Actor/ASMs are required to unload/load, setup and/or strike the set. No single piece of scenery shall exceed such proportions of height or weight as to make it impossible to be carries reasonably by two members of the company.

SEEKING:

Female 1:

(Babymouse, Tina, etc.) 18 + legit musical theatre sound with big range and strong belt Plays an accident prone mouse who wants to be a star! Also plays a monster with a thousand fifty teeth, a Grandma, a cow-reporter and others.

Female 2:

(Nancy, Felicia, etc.) Legit/musical theatre soprano with good mix. Petite actress, 18+ to play a child believably. Plays a little girl obsessed with making her everyday life as fancy as possible. Also plays a mean Cat who is queen of the school, a useful baby sister, and others.

Male 1:

(Leonardo, Grandpa, etc.) 18 + baritone with a solid G. Character actor with great comic chops. Plays everything from a not-so-scary monster to a sympathetic grandpa to a pirate.

Male 2:

(Braidbeard, Sam, etc. ) Legit/musical theatre tenor with pop sensibility. Fresh-faced actor, 18+, with great comic chops. Plays everything from a swarthy pirate captain to British hedgehog to a lonely little boy.

Male 3:

(Duck, Andrew, Jeremy) High character/musical theatre tenor. 18+ actor with great charm and character ability. Plays a duck who has big dreams, a boy who used to be a pirate, and a little girl, among others.