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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Performer Auditions (principal & chorus) by APPOINTMENT
Saturday, April 12, 2014
10 AM to 6 PM (lunch 12 - 1)
Sunday, April 13, 2014
12 PM to 6 PM
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Contract
LOA
ref. to LORT; $353 minimum. 3-4 Performances/week
Location
Summer Theatre of New Canaan
70 Pine Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
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Seeking
Equity performers (principal and chorus) for various roles/parts
See breakdown.
Note: All cast members must be good singers, movers and dancers.
Preparation
Please prepare two contrasting 16-bar selections from or in the style of the shows. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided. Some may be asked to demonstrate dancing skills; be prepared to move as part of your audition.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Other Dates
1st reh: 6/3/14. Rehearses Tue-Fri 9:15-5:30PM, Sat-Sun 9:15- 2:30-PM. Runs Thu-Su 6/21-8/3
3-4 performances per week.
Other
Based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters
More info at: stonc.org
Personnel
Book: Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan,
Music: Marc Shaiman,
Lyrics: Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
Director: Allegra Libonati.
Music Director: David Hancock-Turner
Choreograher: Doug Shankman
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
4/9 UPDATE: Appointments not required for either day; AEA members who want an appointment, may request one for Sat 4/12 only. To request an appointment on Saturday: email (preferred method) casting@stonc.org or call 203-966-4634 (between 11-4).
AEA members who do not have, nor requested an appointment will be seen in the order they show up on the day of the audition.
For Sunday, all AEA members will be seen on a first come, first seen basis.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Note: All cast members must be good singers, movers and dancers.
Tracy Turnblad
A high-spirited, irrepressible, chubby teen girl; she loves to dance and is eager for her life to kick in
Edna Turnblad
Her hefty, loving, somewhat repressed mother, a laundress with deferred dreams
Wilbur Turnblad
Tracy’s father. A mischievous joke shop proprietor but always reliable dad
Penny Pingleton
Tracy’s ditzy but devoted best friend
Corny Collins
The smooth and smart adult host of Baltimore’s local TV teen dance show
Link Larkin
The show’s teen male dreamboat, ambitious but essentially good-hearted
Amber Von Tussle
The show’s resident princess, conniving and selfish, but superficially perky
Velma Von Tussle
The TV station manager; a rich, bigoted, bossy widow who’s pushing daughter Amber to the stardom she herself never had
Motormouth Maybelle
The big, brassy, all-embracing black radio DJ and once-a-month guest host on Corny’s show; she wears blonde wigs as her trademark
Seaweed J. Stubbs
Her sexy teen son, street smart but easygoing; his unique dance lessons give Tracy the edge she needs to catch Corny’s attention
Little Inez
Seaweed’s little sister, 12 She’s cute but angry, impatient for the promised land of actual civil rights
Male Authority Figure
One man plays assorted middle-aged men: a nervous businessman, a condescending high school principal, a flamboyant fashion boutique owner, a cop, and a corrupt jail guard
Female Authority Figure
One woman plays assorted middle-aged women: Prudy (Penny’s incredibly uptight and small-minded mother), a sadistic gym teacher, a cop, and a sardonic prison matron
The Dynamites
A trio of ultra-glamorous black divas who emerge from a poster to be the magical hostesses of Tracy and Edna’s whirlwind visit to the emerging Swinging Sixties
Ensemble:
The Council Members, Patterson Park High School Students, Denizens of Baltimore.
Directions from NYC, provided by the Theatre:
Train: (1 hour NYC) Metro North to Stamford CT. Change for New Canaan. Theatre studios across street from train station 1 block (opposite side of tracks). Auto: (1 hour NYC): New England Thruway (95) north to exit 15, Rt. 7 extension, take exit 3 Merritt Parkway South to exit 37. Left off exit to center of New Canaan, left on Elm St. 1 block left at light. First right turn at light. Studios toward end of block on left. Ample parking on street or in building lot. Note: Do not go to Waveny Park location.
More info on www.stonc.org
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