Goodspeed Musicals - The Terris 2024 Season - NYC EPA
Goodspeed Opera House | East Haddam, CT
Thursday, February 22, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$776 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in Goodspeed Musicals - The Terris 2024 Season (See breakdown).
No roles will be understudied.
Goodspeed Musicals is committed to creating an equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace environment, and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Toward that end, Goodspeed affirms its commitment to non-discrimination and a flexible, imaginative casting policy. Goodspeed strongly encourages the casting of women, non-gender binary/trans individuals, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), and people with disabilities in roles where these are not germane to the role.
Please sing a short song in the style of the role you are auditioning for; both have contemporary musical theatre scores. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If you are an actor who cannot attend the EPA, feel free to send your headshot and resume and what show/role you are interested in plus a clip of your singing to: Goodspeedsubmissions@gmail.com.
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room - Studio 412
Donna Lynn Hilton: Artistic Director
David B. Byrd: Executive Director
Stephen Agosto: Line Producer
Adam Souza: Music Director
Paul Hardt: Casting Director
Expected to attend:
Stephen Agosto: Line Producer
Casting Director: Paul Hardt
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
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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.
Music: Jonathan Brielle
Lyrics: Jonathan Brielle, Sam Salmond
Book: Ianne Fields Stewart
Director: Jeff Calhoun
Venue: The Terris, Chester, CT
Contract: LORT D
First Rehearsal: April 16, 2024
First Performance: May 10, 2024
Closing: June 2, 2024
J: 23-36, white nonbinary femme. We follow the character of J through their life from the 1920s-1990s so must be comfortable with age work. In their 20s, J is split between a life where they work as John Kenley, a precocious producer’s assistant, and Jean, a vibrant showgirl. 40 years later, J is attempting to have it all while aging out of one life and feeling confined by the other. [TENOR, A2-B4 with falsetto]
NINA MAE: Black Trans woman in her 30s. NINA MAE dreams of living and loving in the light of day. She is confident and full of life. We follow the character of NINA MAE through her life from the 1920s-1960s so must be comfortable with age work. She is one of those women you can’t help but fall in love with. 40 years later, she is a mother. She has the grace, strength and brilliance that is unique to the majesty of Black women. [ALTO/SOARING, G#3-C#5, ad lib up to F5]
OSCAR: 30s/40s Black Cis Man. We follow the character of OSCAR through his life from the 1920s-1960s so must be comfortable with age work. OSCAR is a kind and sexy leading man who falls deeply in love with NINA MAE. He is the epitome of timeless Black swag. A protector and a charmer. [HIGH BARITONE, B2-G4]
MYRTLE: 30/60 white cis woman. We follow the character of MYRTLE through her life from the 1920s-1960s so must be comfortable with age work. MYRTLE is J’s older sister who believes in family and does her best to uphold her family’s legacy. [VOCAL TYPE: ETHEL MERMAN, F3-Bb4, with strong belt]
LEE SHUBERT: Mid 50s white cis man. New York’s show biz legend. Ruthless businessman. [HIGH BARITONE/TENOR, B3-F#4]
CARL: 20/30 white cis man. A charming Midwest country boy and J’s childhood best friend. [TENOR, A2-A4]
MUHLAYSIA: Black Trans woman in her 20s. Funny, playful, and DIAMOND’s best friend. [ALTO/BARITONE, E3-G#4]
DIAMOND: Black Trans woman in her 20s. Funny, glamorous, and MUHLAYSIA’s best friend. [ALTO/SOPRANO, A3-F#5]
Book & Lyrics: Darko Tresnjak
Music: Oran Eldor
Director: Darko Tresnjak
Venue: The Terris; Chester, CT
Contract: LORT D
First Rehearsal: June 25, 2024
First Performance: July 19, 2024
Closing: August 11, 2024
TRACK #1 (Female Presenting) Helene Huber. 60. An elegant, wealthy widow with a lethal sense of humor. Behind the immaculate facade and the withering quips hides a working-class girl who wanted to be a champion ice-skater. Experienced physical comic. [BELTER/MEZZO]
TRACK #2 (Female Presenting) Charlotte St. Clair. 35. A tall, harried private nurse with a severe case of Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Plagued by financial problems, she stifled her dream of becoming an opera singer. Far more resourceful than she lets on. [CLASSICAL OPERATIC SOPRANO]
TRACK #3 (Male Presenting) to play all of the following roles: Schroeder Studebaker: 80. A grotesque, vengeful lawyer. A light, pervy German accent. Greed and thirst for revenge keep him surprisingly wiry and agile. - Persimmon De Vol: 50. A stylist. An arbitrator. Minimalist. Swellegant. A vaguely continental and entirely made-up accent. - Misha: 40. A sweetly sentimental and soulful singer-songwriter from Carpathia. A thick Slavic accent. And a big, bipolar heart. - Grisha: 40. Misha’s satanic, identical twin. Sleazy, sweaty, and stupid - but certain that all women find him irresistible. - Helene II: A hand puppet. A baby piranha. Bears a resemblance to Helene Huber. - Miss Mitzi: 18. A hand puppet. A zaftig blonde in a dirndl. - Officer Helmut Huber: 25. A hand puppet. A Waffen-SS Officer. - Pope Pius XII: 67. A hand puppet. - Miss Mitzi: 95. A ginormous and frightening puppet, embedded in a wheelchair. Dressed in a ragged dirndl, with cankles that pool over the edges of her flat shoes. A wheezing sound, behind an oxygen mask spattered with drool. [MUSICAL THEATRE BARITONE or TENOR]
TRACK #4 (Male Presenting) body double. All ethnicities, ages and genders considered. [NON- SINGING]
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