LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
– Equity Chorus Calls Dancers
SETA (approval/salary level pending)
Producers: Sonia Friedman, David Babani for the Menier Chocolate Factory, Fran and Barry Weissler in association with Networks Presentations
Score: Jerry Herman
Book: Harvey Fierstein
Dir: Terry Johnson
Choreo: Lynne Page
Mus Sprvsr: Jason Carr
CD: Duncan Stewart, NAMCO
Casting Assoc: Benton Whitley, NAMCO
1st reh: September 2011. Tour opens October 2011.
Equity Chorus Call / Dancers:
Friday, May 13, 2011 Pearl Studios NYC
10 AM – Equity female dancers who sing 500 Eighth Avenue, 12th Floor
2 PM – Equity male dancers who sing New York City
Please be warmed up and ready to dance when the call begins. Men: Jazz/character/tap shoes. Women: Heels/flats. Some may be asked to stay and sing after all have danced. Please prepare 16 bars of a traditional musical theater song. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking:
Ensemble Dancers (M/F):
All ethnicities. Dancers with great singing voices for the ensemble and to understudy some principals.
Ensemble Singers (M/F):
All ethnicities. Great singing voices for the ensemble and to understudy some principals.
Ensemble characters include (but are not limited to):
Tabarro:
Man, late 40s – mid 50s. Old fisherman with a large build. Masculine and lower class. Actor also understudies Georges, Albin and Dindon/Renaud. Must be a strong actor and singer.
Étienne:
Man, early 20s. Young man with Jean-Michel’s qualities. Must cover. Strong actor/singer/dancer.
Colette:
Woman, early 20s. Young woman with Anne’s qualities. Must cover. Strong actor/singer/dancer.
Especially seeking “Les Cagelles”:
Six men, any ethnicity, early - late 20s. These are not your ordinary drag queens. These male/female creatures are otherworldly and birdlike. Notorious and dangerous. Masculine, athletic, flexible and muscular:
Chantal: Songbird of Avignon.
Hanna: From Hamburg. S&M diva with a whip.
Phaedra: The Enigma.
Mercedes: The Magnificent.
Angelique.
Bitelle.
EPAs: May 9, 10 and 11. See separate notice.
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