FANNY: A FANTASY IN G Equity Principal Actors - Off-Brand Opera Auditions

FANNY: A FANTASY IN G - NYC EPA

Off-Brand Opera | New York, NY

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 — Actors' Equity New York Audition Center

165 W 46th St, 16th Fl, New York, NY 10036

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

PERSONNEL

CONTRACT

Artistic Director: Veronica Shea

LOA-NYC Director: George Abud

$600 weekly minimum

Associate Director: Kellie M. Beck

Playwright: Tim McGillicuddy

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in FANNY: A FANTASY IN G (see breakdown). Expected to attend: Director George Abud.

There are no Equity stage managerial positions available for this production.

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: March 3, 2026

First Performance: March 26, 2026

PREPARATION

Please prepare the sides for the role you are interested in. Sides will be provided on the day of the audition at the audition site. For the roles of Fanny or Felix, if you play the piano, you may offer a short selection in the room.

Performances for FANNY will take place at the Gural Theatre at ART/NY (502 W 53rd St.). There will be a final performance week at the Liederkranz Club (6 E 87th St.).

Company website:
offbrandopera.org

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

SYNOPSIS

The play takes place between 1828–1847 in Berlin, with a single interlude set in Rome. The players are historical characters. Most characters will double with some smaller roles. Musical abilities with piano and singing a plus.

SEEKING

FANNY MENDELSSOHN

Female, 20s–40s. White, Arab, Persian, or Latine. A brilliant musician and deeply reflective. She is a hummingbird, with wide emotional swings from elated and flying to dark and brooding. Her parents are pushing her towards the conventional role of a housewife and she resists. Piano ability a plus but not required.

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Male, 20s–30s. White, Arab, Persian, or Latine. A brilliant musician and mercurial jokester. He overflows with talent and charm, but has a harder time with quiet, intimate settings. He is confident, cocky even, and absorbed above all with his art. Piano ability a plus, but not required.

ABRAHAM MENDELSSOHN (CAST)

Male, 50s–70s. White, Arab, Persian, or Latine. A banker and practical man. Fanny’s father. He is trying to protect his family from the dangers and prejudice of the world. He can be thoughtful and philosophical when confronted with big questions.

LEA MENDELSSOHN (CAST)

Female, 50s–70s. White, Arab, Persian, or Latine. Runs a high-functioning, fruitful household. Fanny’s mother, a former pianist herself, whose motto is, “if you’ve been given much, you owe much,” which she embodies and imparts to her children. She is tough, but completely fair.

BECKA MENDELSSOHN

Female, 20s–30s. White, Arab, Persian, or Latine. Spunky and full of fight. She adores her older sister Fanny and tries always to help and serve her as she sees best. There is little space between her impulses and actions. She has a fire that is her charm but also gets her in trouble. Ability to sing a plus but not required.

WILHELM HENSEL

Male, 20s–40s. Any ethnicity. Becomes Fanny’s husband during the story. He loves Fanny and is the calm to her storm. He is a painter and fine artist and completely supports her in her work. He is dependable, thoughtful, considerate and warm.

HEINRICH HEINE

Male, 30s–50s. Any ethnicity. A frequent guest in the Mendelssohn household. A brilliant poet, and a wise observer of mankind. He loves the Mendelssohn family and wishes to protect them from attacks by the outside world.

LAMOND

Male, 30s–50s. White, Arab, Persian, or Latine. The bad guy. He is passionate, animated and always right. He burns for the greatness of the German Homeland and feels that to correct a polluted society is the highest calling for a man.

LANDSTREIKER / GOUNOD

Male, 20s–40s. White, Arab, Persian, or Latine. Landstreiker — Saturnine. He is disciplined and principled, but lacks discrimination. He is led around by the nose by Lamond, and duped. He too longs for the greatness of the Homeland. Gounod — Fine musician, with a youthful spring in his step and enthusiasm for all Beauty. He admires and adores Fanny. He refuses to let her get down on herself when he is around.

ENSEMBLE WOMAN

Female, 20s–40s. Any ethnicity. Various female characters.