Village Theatre
CONTRACT
Special Agreement $807 weekly minimum $900 weekly minimum (Donna) Shared housing, shared rental car, and round trip travel accommodations are provided.
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in MAMMA MIA (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Submit at: https://airtable.com/shrFBtXUSsxNyWm6L . All submissions are due by Monday, April 1st at 5pm PDT.
Deadline: Fri, Apr 1, 2022
PERSONNEL
Director: Faith Bennett Russell
Casting Director: Jes Spencer (viewing auditions)
Music Director: Aaron M. Davis Norman
Music Director: Andrew Pang
Choreographer: Katy Tabb
OTHER DATES
First Day of Rehearsal: May 10th, 2022
First Preview: June 8th, 2022
Issaquah Opening: June 10th, 2022
Issaquah Closing: July 10th, 2022
Everett Tech: July 14th, 2022
Everett Opening: July 15th, 2022
Everett Closing: August 7th, 2022
OTHER
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COVID REQUIREMENTS: Everyone working on this show, and at Village Theatre, is required to be vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination upon hiring. Village Theatre is also requiring proof of vaccination for audience members as well as masking. Please contact the theatre if you have any questions regarding their COVID policies and procedures.
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 NSTRUCTIONS:
Please start your tape with a slate of your name and what role you are auditioning for. Don’t be afraid to share your personality with us!
DONNA:
Song: Please prepare anything from your book that you feel demonstrates your musical sensibility and sense of style. Show us what YOU do and don’t worry about showing us what you expect from the traditional version of this show. Have fun! You may also use the accompaniment for Winner Takes It All at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/loxukg6dsha36kt/AADhEFGsmcPRoCLRU4WM_ibNa?dl=0
Sides: Please prepare one of the sides found at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/loxukg6dsha36kt/AADhEFGsmcPRoCLRU4WM_ibNa?dl=0 . If a reader is not accessible to you, you may perform a monologue in the style of the show.
SAM:
Song: Please prepare anything from your book that you feel demonstrates your musical sensibility and sense of style. Show us what YOU do and don’t worry about showing us what you expect from the traditional version of this show. Have fun! You may also use the accompaniment for Knowing Me, Knowing You at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/engn20o499m47jb/AAALaP-7OhiSyfSY_83ZXbNza?dl=0
Sides: Please prepare one of the sides found at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/engn20o499m47jb/AAALaP-7OhiSyfSY_83ZXbNza?dl=0 . If a reader is not accessible to you, you may perform a monologue in the style of the show.
Things to keep in mind:
1. Be sure to do a sound check prior to recording to make sure you’ve achieved a good balance.â¯
2. To the best of your ability and circumstance, please try to allow yourself “playing space” to embody the character.
3. Please record from waist or chest up for the scenes and musical sides. Note: if you need to record in a vertical orientation to accomplish this, that is OK!
NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR:
Welcome to a new day.
It’s not going to be business as usual folks- in the Best. Possible. Way.
We're going to breathe new life into this production of Mamma Mia by reimagining what it could and should look like today. Part of that is having a beautifully diverse cast of storytellers, where we can ground and root the themes of our show in a very real way. No stereotypes of what's always been done. We’re going to pursue real flushed out, multidimensional characters who are on a true journey. All the fun and great songs that we love, anchored in something real, intentional, tangible, and inspiring. For ourselves and our audiences.
I am rooting one of our themes, in the West African word, ‘Sankofa’. A simple translation means to “retrieve” or “go get it”. A more in-depth translation says: “...it is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.” In our show, Donna is on her own personal Sankofa, as well as Sophie. Sometimes, you must go back, before you can successfully move forward.
Where, in your life, do you feel you need to go back and retrieve what’s been lost or forgotten? Who are your “ride or die” people that help you and challenge you to be your most authentic self?
We're also going to redefine what it means to come together as theater artists in the rehearsal process. It’s important to me as we create art together that it is in an atmosphere of mutual respect, safety, and open communication. I want to know what an actor needs to feel safe in the room and what they need to want to stay in the room. My intention is that artists feel protected and supported. I believe that is the most successful way to create the absolute best production that we all can be proud of. Putting the people in the process, first. And most of all, real talk, it’s going to be absolute, FUN! Fun is the most important ingredient. It’s Mamma Mia after all.
- Faith Bennett Russell
SEEKING:
Donna Sheridan – early-mid 40’s, black, mezzo – The owner of the Taverna on the Greek island of Kalokairi; Sophie’s mother. She is the former lead singer of “Donna and the Dynamos”. Honest, straight and hard-working, she is the most grounded and vulnerable of the characters. Provides some of the deepest emotional points in the story, on a personal journey of Sankofa* - a journey “to go back for that which you have forgotten.”
Sam Carmichael – early-mid 40’s, BIPOC, bari-tenor – One of Sophie’s Potential fathers and a wealthy architect (American, Donna’s contemporary). Sam has regretted leaving Donna all his life, and now finds himself divorced, and back in her presence. He is straight-laced, confident and composed. At times he is perhaps a little over-bearing, but he is determined not to mess up the second chance he has been given... a very true and honest character within the chaos. He is on a personal journey of Sankofa* - a journey “to go back for that which you have forgotten.”
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.
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