HADESTOWN Submission (Ensemble Roles) - National Tour Auditions

HADESTOWN (SETA) - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS (CHORUS)

Producing Org TBD

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Singers: Choose a brief NON MUSICAL THEATER song (folk, rock, jazz, gospel, etc...) using your own accompaniment. You also have the option to use the provided sheet music/accompaniment at www.dropbox.com/s/l5s2kjx1t1pvvxv/WORKER%20SIDES%20PACKET%20%20APRIL%202021.pdf?dl=0 to film your audition. Please select a vocal line of your choosing and sing both cuts. Please slate before you audition, and send video in a downloadable link, such as WeTransfer, or Google Drive. Submit your headshot and resume.

Please send tapes to hadestownaudition@gmail.com.

Dancers: We are requesting dance video audition submissions from the provided choreography. Please use the below instructional movement video as accompaniment.

Chant 1: https://vimeo.com/467553353/5ec45cfcc5.

Please slate before you audition, and send video in a downloadable link, such as WeTransfer, or Google Drive.

Please also submit your headshot and resume. Please send tapes to hadestownaudition@gmail.com.

CONTRACT

Short Engagement Touring $1,073 weekly minimum (Cat 1)

SEEKING

Equity singers and dancers who sing of all gender identities for roles in HADESTOWN tour (see breakdown).

PERSONNEL

Producers: Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, Tom Kirdahy
Book, Music, Lyrics: Anais Mitchell
Director: Rachel Chavkin
Choreographer: David Neumann
Asst Chor: KatieRose McLaughlin (viewing dancer auditions)
Music Dir: Liam Robinson (viewing singer auditions)
Casting Dir: Duncan Stewart, CSA (viewing auditions) & Benton Whitley, CSA, Stewart/Whitley
Casting Coord: Luke Schaffer, Stewart/Whitley
Casting Assts: Micah Johnson-Levy, Joseph Hayes, Stewart/Whitley
General Mgr: RCI Theatricals

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: On/About 8.23.2021
First Performance: On/About 10.05.2021

OTHER

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.

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 FROM CREATIVE: We welcome performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and body types. We are seeking actors with unique, vibrant singing skills. Certain roles will also require strong instrumental abilities. Actors of diverse cultural and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply. In general, we are not looking for conventional “music-theatre style”/vibrato singers. We are seeking singers capable of pure tones and/or vibrato that feels informed by jazz/rock/gospel.

**PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO SINGER TRACKS IN HADESTOWN. ALL SINGERS MUST BE EXCELLENT DANCERS (AS THIS IS A HUGE PRIORITY). SINGERS WITH ONLY MOVEMENT ARE NOT NEEDED.**

Currently Seeking:

WORKER 1 : Soprano. (F#3 - E5). Any age, all gender identities, any ethnicity. The workers chorus populates the world above and below ground, representing the spirit of both labor and community. They should be physically strong and great dancers.

WORKER 2 : Low alto. (E3 - C#5). Any age, all gender identities, any ethnicity. The workers chorus populates the world above and below ground, representing the spirit of both labor and community. They should be physically strong and great dancers.

WORKER 3: Tenor. (B2 – B4). Any age, all gender identities, any ethnicity. The workers chorus populates the world above and below ground, representing the spirit of both labor and community. They should be physically strong and great dancers.

WORKER 4: Tenor/baritone. (G2 – G4). Any age, all gender identities, any ethnicity. The workers chorus populates the world above and below ground, representing the spirit of both labor and community. They should be physically strong and great dancers.

WORKER 5: Bass/baritone. (C2 – G4). Any age, all gender identities, any ethnicity. The workers chorus populates the world above and below ground, representing the spirit of both labor and community. They should be physically strong and great dancers.

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.