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Call Type
Equity Principal
Date of Audition
2/17/2012
Location
Actors' Equity Building
557 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60661
Time(s)
Friday, February 17th
2-4 PM
Appointments
will be taken by the Equity office beginning Friday, February 10th at 9:30 AM. Call 312-641-0406 9:30 AM-12:30 PM and 3:00-4:30 PM only.
> EPA Rules are in effect.
> A monitor will be provided.
Personnel
Program Director Bruce Taylor will attend with casting authority. Accompanist will be Tim Lenihan.
Other Dates
Music rehearsal 2/20; time & venue tbd
Staging rehearsal 2/22; 4-8 PM Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis
Performance 2/24, 6 PM, Court Theatre
Feedback with students: 2/25, 10-12 and 1-3, University of Chicago campus
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Contract
Guest Artist
Actor min. $300/wk
Seeking
Male Actor/Singer Baritone or Bass Baritone; Female Actor/Singer Mezzo Soprano. See breakdown.
Breakdown
A breakdown has been added for this notice. See below.
Preparation
Actual sheet music for the scenes will be available at least one week in advance for reference. Please select music appropriate to that provided for your audition. Bring sheet music in your key; an accompanist will be provided. Bring headshot and resume.
Other
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
Breakdown
Please note: These are four original music-theatre scenes created by Chicago Public School high school students as part of a"Living Bookshelf" project which uses a novel as inspiration for students to reimagine the themes and characters from their own perspective in collaboration with a professional lyricist (Bruce Tayor) and composer (Mary Ann Ivan).
Ras: Mature African American Male 30-40, Baritone. Inspired by the character of"Ras the Destroyer" in Ralph Ellison's Novel"Invisible Man." Charismatic activist in Chicago during the mid-60s and in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance
Mary: Mature African-American Female, Mezzo Soprano. Inspired by the character of Mary in Ralph Ellison's Novel"Invisible Man." Neighborhood matriarch, deeply spiritual.
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