IRON CURTAIN
– Equity Chorus Calls / Dancers and Singers
Prospect Theater Company Transition $109/week minimum (based on 15-hour rehearsal week; additional rehearsals are $7.25/hour).
Music: Stephen Weiner
Lyrics: Peter Mills
Book: Susan DiLallo
Dir: Cara Reichel
Choreo: Christine O’Grady
Mus Dir: Remy Kurs
1st reh: On/about 10/10/11. Runs 11/5-11/27.
Equity Chorus Call / Dancers:
Monday, August 1, 2011 Nola Studios
9:30 AM – Equity male dancers 250 West 54th Street, 11th Floor
11 AM – Equity female dancers New York City
Please be warmed up and ready to dance when the call begins. Bring jazz and tap shoes. Some may be asked to stay and sing after all have danced. Please prepare 16 bars of a traditional musical theatre song, using a comic accent. No pop/rock, please. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Equity Chorus Call / Singers:
Monday, August 1, 2011 Nola Studios
2 PM – Equity male singers 250 West 54th Street, 11th Floor
3:30 PM – Equity female singers New York City
Please prepare 16 bars of a traditional musical theatre song, using a comic accent. No pop/rock, please. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
A New Musical Comedy. Takes place during 1954-55 in NYC, Moscow and Berlin. Two down-on-their-luck American songwriters are kidnapped by the KGB and taken to Moscow, where they are forced to work for the “Ministry of Musical Persuasion”, show-doctoring the worst Communist propaganda musical ever written. In Russia, the team achieves the fame which they were never able to find in America, as their hit musical is made into a movie in East Berlin. Meanwhile, Howard’s girlfriend Shirley journeys across continents, battling incredible obstacles to rescue her one true love. Ultimately, the writers must face the choice of returning to the freedom of American obscurity, or embracing fully their new Soviet selves. Received a developmental workshop at the O’Neill Theatre Center in 2008, and was featured in the 2009 NAMT Festival of New Musicals.
Seeking Ensemble of seven men and women who play a diverse array of characters (musical theater performers, chambermaids, KGB personnel, border guards, etc.) and will also be assigned to understudy principal roles. Seeking versatile performers who are excellent singers, strong movers (with some featured dance moments), and outstanding comic actors with affinity for accents.
Nikita Khrushchev / Cop / Others: Male, 40s-60s.
Producer / Others: Male, 40s.
Hotel Clerk (Yury) / Others: Male, 30s.
Border Guard / Others: Male, 20s.
Olga / Others: Female, 30s-50s.
Travel Agent / Others: Female, 20s-30s.
Underling / Others: Male or female, 20s-30s. Strong dance/tap ability.
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