FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Equity Ensemble Singers - Female Characters - Paper Mill Playhouse Auditions

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - NYC ECC Singers (Female characters)
Paper Mill Playhouse | Millburn, NJ

AUDITION DATE

Friday, September 8, 2023
10:00 AM (E)
BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

CONTRACT

COST
$1038.00 weekly minimum (Tier 4)

SEEKING

Equity Chorus singers (female characters) in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

[FEMALE ENSEMBLE] Females, 20s-50s.

Singers and dancers to play a variety of roles, including:

SHANDEL Motel’s protective mother

FRUMA-SARAH A ghostly depiction of the late wife of Lazar Wolf as depicted in Tevye’s dream. High belt/mix

GRANDMA TZEITEL, Ghost of Golde’s grandmother who appears to Tevye in a dream

DAUGHTERS and MAMAS of the Shtetl

May also understudy principal roles.

Jewish actors are encouraged to attend.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short, classic musical theatre song of your own choosing. Please bring sheet music in the appropriate key and your picture and resume, stapled together.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504

PERSONNEL

Producing Artistic Director: Mark S. Hoebee
Associate Artistic Director: Jen Bender
Associate Producer: Christopher Slavik
Director: Mark S. Hoebee
Music Director: Jillian Zack
Book: Joseph Stein
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Music: Jerry Bock
Casting Director: JZ Casting

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Mark Hoebee (Paper Mill Playhouse Artistic Director / Fiddler Director),
Jillian Zack (Music Director)
Geoff Josselson or Katja Zarolinski from JZ Casting.

OTHER DATES

Audition: September 6, 2023
Rehearsal: November 13, 2023
Preview: December 6, 2023
Closing: January 7, 2024

OTHER

ECC 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

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

SEEKING:

[TEVYE] Male, mid 40s-50s. A poor Jewish dairyman. Earthy, warm, funny and hardworking. A man of the ‘old world’, he has a strong sense of tradition and morality and struggles with the ever-changing world around him. Charismatic and well liked, his real zest for life is matched by his love for his family and community. He is set in his ways, but deeply vulnerable. Strong character singing voice.

[GOLDE] Female, mid 40s-50s. Jewish. Tevye’s domineering wife. Strong, loving and protective of her family and way of life. Mezzo.

[YENTE] Female, 50s-60s. Jewish. The matchmaker. Gossipy and meddling, she knows everyone’s business. Comedic. Alto.

[LAZAR WOLF] Male, 40s-50s. A Jewish butcher. A big physical presence. He is a wealthy widower who is interested in marrying Tzeitel, despite their age differences. Baritone.

[TZEITEL] Female, 20s. Jewish. Tevye’s oldest daughter. Responsible and dutiful. In love with Motel, the tailor. Mezzo/Soprano.

[HODEL] Female, 20s. Jewish. Tevye’s second daughter. A romantic, she is in love with Perchik. Beautiful, legit soprano.

[CHAVA] Female, 20s. Jewish. Tevye’s third daughter; his baby bird. Has a great thirst for knowledge and wants to open her father’s eyes. Mezzo/Soprano.

[MOTEL] Male, 20s-30s, Male, Jewish. A nebbishy tailor. In love with Tzeitel. Initially nervous and excitable, he matures and becomes a man. Good sense of comedy. Character bari-tenor.

[PERCHIK] Male, 20s-30s. Jewish. A student. Passionate, driven and intellectual, with radical ideas. In love with Hodel. Bari-tenor.

[FYEDKA] Male, 20s-30s. Russian. A young Russian, tall, blonde and handsome, he is a stark contrast to the Jewish residents of the village. Tenor.