HEAD OVER HEELS Submission - Pasadena Playhouse Auditions

HEAD OVER HEELS - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Pasadena Playhouse

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep $1200 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in HEAD OVER HEELS (see breakdown).

No roles will be understudied.

INSTRUCTIONS

SEE PREPARATION IN BREAKDOWN. Please send the video, along with your photo/resume attached, in a downloadable format (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) and in one file. In the subject line, please type: [Your full name] - [The role for which you’d like to be considered]

Deadline: Thu, Aug 19, 2021

SUBMIT TO

HeadOverHeelsPasadena@gmail.com

PERSONNEL

Directors/Choreographers: Jenny Koons and Sam Pinkleton

Viewing auditions:
The Telsey Office: Ryan Tymensky, casting director and Brian Sutow, casting director

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: October 12, 2021
Tech: November 2 – November 7, 2021
First Preview: November 9, 2021
Opening: November 14, 2021
Closing: December 19, 2021

OTHER

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 submit.

BREAKDOWN

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Please sing a brief pop/rock song of your choice (no musical theatre, please). Please provide your own accompaniment. As an alternative to singing a song of choice, actors should select any section of one of the three songs for which sheet music and accompaniment is provided at https://tinyurl.com/hohpasadena and take whatever liberties you need with the tracks. What is important is that actors feel like they can be themselves and have a great time!

TAPING INSTRUCTIONS:
If you are using an iPhone to videorecord, please be sure to film horizontally and in a well-lit space (not backlit). At the top of the video, please slate your name and height.

[PAMELA] woman, any ethnicity, 18-29. The favored, older princess. Willful, self-dramatizing, obsessed with appearances--hers and others. Likes to win. She’s hilarious and she sings like a motherfucker. STRONG SINGING VOICE. SONGS INCLUDE: BEAUTIFUL.

[PHILOCLEA] woman, any ethnicity, 18-29. The younger, practical princess. Profoundly romantic. A good girl who does what's best for her family. Would prefer not to be a royal if it meant she could settle down with her shepherd, Musidorus. STRONG SINGING VOICE. SONGS INCLUDE: OUR LIPS ARE SEALED.

[MUSIDORUS] man, any ethnicity, 18-29. A guileless--and fearless--shepherd who adores Philoclea. An offbeat hero who is great with physical comedy. A hopeless romantic. STRONG SINGING VOICE. SONGS INCLUDE: MAD ABOUT YOU.

[MOPSA] woman, any ethnicity, 18-29. Handmaiden to Pamela. Warm, skeptical. Wise beyond her years about everyone and everything. She’s the one everyone wants to have a drink with. STRONG SINGING VOICE. SONGS INCLUDE: VACATION.

[GYNECIA] woman, any ethnicity, 40-65. Queen of Arcadia. Wise, intuitive. A playful spirit, frustrated by the rules and structures of the kingdom she inhabits. STRONG SINGING VOICE. SONGS INCLUDE: THIS OLD FEELING.

[BASILIUS] man, any ethnicity, 40-65. King of Arcadia. Blustery and confident but loves his family. Thinks Arcadia is doing great under his rule (it’s not). Fragile under a big cloak of swagger as his ruling style loses popularity. STRONG SINGING VOICE. SONGS INCLUDE: GET UP AND GO.

[PYTHIO] Any gender, any ethnicity, any age. Powerful. Mysterious. Liberated. A great sense of humor. Can see through everyone, they are the Oracle of Delphi, after all. STRONG SINGING VOICE. SONGS INCLUDE: HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH.

[THE 8TH PLAYER / DANCE CAPTAIN] Any gender, any ethnicity, any age. A chameleonic and nimble right hand to the Oracle. Must be a confident and idiosyncratic mover. Fun and wild. Super comfortable with audience interaction / no fourth wall. STRONG SINGING VOICE.

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 submit.