LEMPICKA (Broadway) Equity Principal Actors - Producing Org TBD Auditions

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Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

Production (League)

$2537 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in the Broadway production of LEMPICKA (See breakdown).

We encourage performers of all genders (including non-binary performers) and races to audition. We also encourage performers with disabilities to audition. This production is less interested in strict historic realism and instead seeks emotional authenticity.

PREPARATION

Prepare a brief pop/rock song showing range. Bring sheet music. A piano accompanist will be provided. Also please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (519)

519 8th Ave

12th Fl

New York, NY 10018

Holding room - Studio C

PERSONNEL

Producers: Jenny Neiderhoffer, Seaview Director: Rachel Chavkin

Choreographer: Raja Feather Kelly Music: Matt Gould

Book & Lyrics: Carson Kreitzer

Music Supervisor: Remy Kurs

Casting: The Telsey Office/Craig Burns, CSA; Alex Cortinas, Priya Ghosh, Rashad Naylor

Expected to attend:

Music Supervisor: Remy Kurs

Casting Directors: Craig Burns, CSA; Alex Cortinas, Priya Ghosh, Kristian Charbonier, Adam Caldwell.

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: January 2024

First Performance: March 2024

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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

LEMPICKA (Broadway)

NOTE: Fleeing the Russian revolution and leaving behind a world of opulence and wealth, aristocrat Tamara de Lempicka and her beloved husband Tadeusz are forced to make a new life. In the rising tide of fascism, Tamara takes to painting to survive, and when she meets the free-spirited Rafaela, a

prostitute on the fringes of Parisian society, she’s torn between the life she cherishes with her husband and the passion, ambition, and possibility awoken in her by her new muse. Inspired by the life of the artist who transformed herself from penniless refugee to star of the art world when the world itself teetered on chaos, “LEMPICKA” looks at the beauty and danger of one painter pursuing it all.

SEEKING:

[TAMARA DE LEMPICKA] Female, any ethnicity, Character ages 19—63. A survivor. An aristocrat who, amidst the Russian Revolution, is forced to leave behind a life of decadence and move to Paris. In Paris, she rebuilds her life via her art, while also balancing two lovers and her young daughter. She is steel, grit, determination, drive, passion, and hunger. The performer cast will portray the character throughout most of her life.

[RAFAELA] Female, any ethnicity, 20s–40s. A prostitute who becomes Tamara’s muse, model, and ultimately, lover. She is a master at the art of seduction, but finds herself in new territory when her feelings for Tamara surpass the physical. Known around town, she is powerful, tough, sexy, cagey, fiercely independent, alluring, brazen, and wry. A bit of the spirit of “original punk”—think Patti Smith; not traditionally feminine, an outsider, but of extremely high natural status. A woman ahead of her time.

[TADEUSZ LEMPICKI] Male, any ethnicity, 30s—40s. A Russian aristocrat. Married to Tamara de Lempicka. Arrogant, entitled, easily charming, and also deeply damaged. In Paris, he is a banker and a shell of the man he used to be, after being thrown in jail during the Russian Revolution. Strong tenor.

[MARINETTI] Male, any ethnicity, 40s—60s. An Italian Futurist and foil to Tamara. The embodiment of the patriarchy. Masculine, determined, cunning, and wildly charismatic. Wants to do away with the old order and ride the wave of Fascism to success. Excellent tenor.

[THE BARONESS] Female, any ethnicity, 50s—70s. The Baron's wife, who is wealthy and posh, but with deep knowledge about the world, and insight into people. She is a woman of society, but her artifice breaks down towards the end of the musical when illness takes its toll.

[THE BARON] Male, any ethnicity, 50s—70s. One of Tamara de Lempicka’s first art collectors who is distinguished and kind-hearted. The Baron is high status, he knows it, and he uses that status (and his wealth) to advance the careers of artists he ‘discovers.’ Baritone/Bass.

[KIZETTE] Female, any ethnicity, 18 – early 20s (ages from 4 to 16 over the course of the play). Tamara’s daughter. Trusting, caring, sensitive. Youthful appearance. Singular and strong. Strong singer.