FORA, A New Musical - NYC EPA
Producing Org TBD
AUDITION DATE
Jun 05, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Staged Reading Code
Stipend TBD
SEEKING
Equity Singer/Actors for various roles in this NYMF Developmental Reading. See breakdown for info on the show and roles.
PREPARATION
Please bring picture, resume and sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. Prepare a brief musical theatre song that shows off your range and a one minute contemporary monologue.
LOCATION
CAP 21 Studios
18 W 18th St
New York, NY 10003
Studio 612
PERSONNEL
Book/Music/Lyrics: Jae Antoinette Broderick
Composer/Music Director: Matthew A.C. Cohen
OTHER DATES
Performance dates are July 18 and July 22
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
FORA is a brand new musical about love, history, family and country set on the island of Forafu, a place of vibrant people, rich ancestry, soulful music and lost magic from another time. We meet Forafu in the time of its Great Migration. The island is losing its citizens and traditions to the harsh realities of a changing world. Told through the eyes of 17-year old Gigi, the fate of a nation rests on the choice between unraveling the mysteries of the past or succumbing to the struggles of the present.
Score features soulful sounds and harmonies, Afro-Caribbean rhythms as well as standard Broadway fare
GIGI: Our heroine (this role has been cast)
SOLA:
(African-Descent, 20-30) Gigi’s love. Handsome and charming. Ambitious, idealistic seeker. His family has a questionable past.
GRANDMOTHER:
(African-Descent, 50’s and older) Gigi’s grandmother. Family matriarch. Loves her family and her God. Not always in that order.
AUNTIE:
(African-Descent, 28-38) Pretty, sweet, status conscious. In a crumbling marriage. Ex-best friend of Francine. (This character raps)
FRANCINE:
(African-Descent, 28-38) Radiant center of attention. Frequent and reliable topic of gossip. High self-confidence masks her vulnerability. Ex-best friend of Auntie. (This character raps)
GEORGE:
(African-Descent late 20’s – late 30’s) Stepbrother to Sola. Dangerously hungry for power. Engaged, but having an affair with Francine.
CLYDE:
(African-Descent; early 30’s to early 40's) A gentleman. Loves Auntie. Street smarts and book smarts.
MARLEY:
(African-Descent, 18-28) Best friend to Gigi. Firecracker, clothing designer. Bold. Full of life. Hilarious.
SISTER LILI:
(African-Descent, 40’s and older) Bespectacled, hat-wearing church lady. Confidante to Grandmother. Vain, but loyal.
MAN:
(African-Descent, early 40’s) Charming and irresponsible. Life of the party, reformed.
DJ/HOST:
(African-Descent, mid 20’s-mid-30’s) The Selector. Big presence, performing artist, party starter.
ORAC:
(African-Descent, 40’s or older) Dreadlocked oracle. Never ages. Gender irrelevant.
SYRENS:
(African-Descent, 20’s to 40’s) Washerwomen who have lost their Men to Over the Water.
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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