LORT
Eugene O'Neill 2011 National Music Theater Conference
– Equity Principal Auditions
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (Waterford, CT)LORT; $444/week
National Music Theater Conference Artistic Director: Paulette Haupt
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Executive Director: Preston Whiteway
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center General Manager: Jill A. Anderson
Equity Principal Auditions:
Friday, May 13, 2011at the Actors' Equity Audition Center
9:30 AM — 5:30 PM165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Lunch from 1 - 2.New York, NY.Studio D
Please prepare a brief traditional musical theatre song and/or a pop/rock song. Bring sheet music in correct key; accompanist provided but may not transpose.
Please bring TWO (2) copies of your picture/resume, each stapled together.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center presents staged readings of four new musicals during the National Music Theater Conference. Each musical is in residence for two weeks between June 21, 2011, and July 15, 2011.
Equity Female and Male Performers of all races and ethnicities for the 2011 summer conference.
UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Book: Daniel Goldstein. Lyrics: Michael Friedman and Daniel Goldstein. Music: Michael Friedman
(3M/3W)
Lucy Lemay:20s, lovely and innocent, feisty and tenacious
Albert Mercer:20s, everyman, warm and lost and hopeful
Lucy Rabinowitz:30s, a New Yorker, very smart and very funny and very sad
Andrew Hoffman:30s, nebbishy, intelligent and charming and dreamy
Nurse/Doctor:40s, both chameleons who play everyone else –very funny
SON OF A GUN
Book: Chris Cragin and Don Chaffer. Lyrics/ Music: Don Chaffer
(5M/2W)
Note on musical accompaniment: All cast members are part of the “pit band” that will actually be set on stage. Everyone will live in their place in the band when they aren’t in a scene.
Danderhauler:Oldest and most discontented of the three sons; plays piano or guitar, or both.
Winston:Danderhauler’s father. An eccentric, charismatic wise ass that is somehow also completely irresistible. Plays fiddle.
Elmadora/Angel:Danderhauler’s mother. A kind soul who loves her wild man. Plays electric bass.
Bud/Angel:The middle brother, though he functions more like the oldest. Excellent drummer.
Khorky/Angel:Danderhauler’s youngest brother. A kind soul, like his mother, who will become a kind husband and father. Plays mandolin, banjo, and acoustic and electric guitar.
Lucy/Angel:Early 20s to early 30s, simple or exotic beauty. Witty and/or awkward at times. Plays guitar or piano.
Cowboy Jesus:He is who he is. Plays piano, drums, and bagpipe.
SUPREMA
Book/Lyrics: Jordan Harrison. Lyrics/Music: Daniel Zaitchik
(4M/4W)
William Moulton Marston:Early/late 40s
Elizabeth Marston:Early/late 40s; also plays
Upperclass Woman 1
Olive Byrne:Mid-/early 40s; also plays
Supremaand her alter ego,
Diana Ryan
M.C. Gaines:President of All American Comics; forever 50; also plays
Jack Packard/Old Man/Air Raid Warden
Dorothy:Gaines’s new secretary; 20s; also plays
Mrs. Kliegel/Susan/Amazon/Doc Toxic/Neighbor Lady
Captain Lance Trainor:A handsome pilot in his 20s; also plays
Mr. Kliegel/American G.I./Milkman/Journalist
Pete Marston:William and Olive’s son; 7-10
Olive Ann Marston:William and Elizabeth’s daughter; 7-10
THE SHADOW SPARROW
Book: Anton Dudley. Lyrics: Charlie Sohne. Music: Keith Gordon
(1M/1W)
Michel:Male, American, around 30
