END OF THE RAINBOW Equity Principal Auditions - Broadway Theatre TBA Auditions
Broadway Theatre TBA
END OF THE RAINBOW – Equity Principal Auditions
Broadway / Production Contract Currently $1,653/week minimum.
Producers: The Guthrie Theater, Lee Dean, Laurence Myers & Joey Parnes
Guthrie Artistic Director: Joe Dowling
GM: Joey Parnes
Dir: Terry Johnson
Playwright: Peter Quilter
Casting Dir: Pat McCorkle
Casting Assocs: Joe Lopick, Carter Niles
Same cast will be used for a pre-Broadway production at The Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis MN, LORT, $765/week minimum) and for Broadway (Production Contract).
1st reh (MN): 12/27/11. Runs in MN 2/3 – 3/11/12. 1st Broadway preview: On/about 3/18/12. Broadway opening: End of March / early April, 2012.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
Thursday, August 25, 2011 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Friday, August 26, 2011 New York City
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM all three days.
Lunch from 1 - 2.
Sides will be provided at the audition. In addition to reading from sides, women auditioning for Judy Garland Understudy (and they only) should prepare a brief song in the style of Judy Garland. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
END OF THE RAINBOW is a play with music.
Seeking (all roles are available unless otherwise specified):
Mickey Deans:
American, late 20s, early 30s. Tall, physically imposing. Self-made club manager with a dark edge, now Garland’s self-proclaimed manager. His aspirant nature locked on to the idea of a Garland revival; he’s an exploiter. Fairly handsome, but over-dominant and often abrasive. Physical, sexual man who can be blunt and argumentative. In business and the bedroom he’s ready to give as good as he gets. Has charm enough to woo a legend, but remains manipulative and ruthless at the core.
Anthony:
40–50, English or Scottish. Gay. Soft-spoken, but with a sardonic edge. Not overtly camp, but maybe a little fey. Caring and tender; tempers his gentleness with an alert wit and an inner strength. Has a firm sense of right and wrong, and is capable of intense devotion. Also a very skilled pianist.
The part requires moderate piano skills, at least sufficient to represent playing. Ideally, good enough to accompany Judy for short passages.
BBC Man / Hotel Porter / ASM:
One actor plays all three. BBC Man: English, late 30s. Middle class. Benign, fruity-voiced radio professional. Hotel Porter: Resentful old retainer. ASM: Slightly camp, slightly corpulent, slightly irritable.
Judy Garland Understudy:
Judy is in her late 40s, but is thin and looks older. Larger-than-life personality. On a downward spiral. Onstage role is cast (Tracie Bennett); seeking Understudy only.
