FANCY WAS MY NAME - NYC EPA
Producing Org TBD
AUDITION DATE
Jan 20, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Jan 23, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Developmental Lab
$1000/week
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers for various roles. THE ENTIRE COMPANY MUST BE EXCELLENT COUNTRY SINGERS!!!
See breakdown
PREPARATION
Country music that shows voice and range. Bring audition book. If interested in the role of FANCY, please bring a guitar as well. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (519)
519 8th Ave
12th Fl
New York, NY 10018
Holding Room: Studio C, Audition Room: D
PERSONNEL
Producers: Margot Astrachan, Kevin Kennedy
General Managers: Frankel Green Theatrical Management/ Joe Watson
Book: Dan Wackerman, Susan DiLallo
Music: Various composers & lyricists of existing Country songs
Director/Choreographer: Denis Jones
Musical Director: Brad Simmons
Casting: Binder Casting/Jay Binder
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: February 20, 2017
Presentations: March 16 & 17
OTHER
EPA 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.
BREAKDOWN
NOTE: FANCY WAS MY NAME IS A NEW MUSCIAL CHRONICLING THE RISE OF A BACKWOODS SOUTHERN GIRL INTO A MAJOR COUNTRY STAR. THE PLAY TAKES PLACE IN BOGOSLUSA, LOUISIANA AND IN NASHVILLE. THE ACTION TAKES PLACE FROM 1960 THROUGH 1976.
THE SCORE INCLUDES FAMOUS COUNTRY SONGS SUCH AS “REDNECK WOMEN,” “FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES,” “BEFORE HE CHEATS,” AND “HIT THE ROAD, JACK.”
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SEEKING THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPAL ROLES:
THE ENTIRE COMPANY MUST BE EXCELLENT COUNTRY SINGERS!!!
FEMALE PRINCIPLES:
FANCY:
Character ages from 18 – 35. She is appealing, attractive and sexual in a nonaggressive way. She is a backwoods Louisiana country girl forced to leave home by her mother. As she makes her way in the world she is both innocent and vulnerable but quickly learns that she must be independent and strong enough not be used and abused by men in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a world famous country star. She abandons her husband and child for her career but eventually realizes that she can have both a family and fame. SHE MUST PLAY THE GUITAR WELL.
SALLY JOHNSON: CAST
MALE PRINCIPLES:
NED CONROY:
(mid 30’s) A southern man. He is handsome, sexy, arrogant, controlling and volatile but has a tender side to him as well. He is the foreman of the glass factory, where he meets Fancy on her first day. He is immediately attracted to her, breaks down her defenses with his charm, and they marry. In his typical alpha male way he makes her into a house wife but he eventually realizes her great talent.
CHARLEY MAKUM:
(mid 40’s) A promoter who discovers and manages Fancy’s career. He is sexually appealing, slick and a bit sleazy, very self-possessed. He takes over her life both professionally and romantically. While he’s responsible for creating her star image, he is ultimately untrustworthy and cheats on Fancy repeatedly during their relationship.
TRAVIS:
(14 years old) Fancy and Ned’s son. He is a troubled arrogant teenager and bitter that his mother has abandoned him for her career. He eventually goes to prison for car theft but he is pardoned and reunited with his mother after his father’s death. He and Fancy reconcile and he supports her stardom.
LITTLE TRAVIS:
(7 years old) This is a non-speaking role that appears in a montage of the beginning of Fancy and Ned’s marriage and family life
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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