Mercury Theater presents DISNEY'S MARY POPPINS - Chicago EPA
Southport Theater LLC
AUDITION DATE
Feb 02, 2017
9:00 am - 4:00 pm (CST)
Lunch from 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Feb 03, 2017
10:00 am - 5:00 pm (CST)
Lunch from 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
APPOINTMENTS
Equity members may schedule an appointment through the Member Portal beginning Thursday, January 26.
CONTRACT
CAT
CAT Tier 5; $717.75/wk minimum
SEEKING
Male and female musical theater performers for the upcoming production of DISNEY'S MARY POPPINS. Please see breakdown for more information.
PREPARATION
Prepare to sing two 32-bar cuttings of traditional musical theater and bring sheet music in the proper key. We will only listen to one piece, but we like to have two from which to choose. Bring headshot and resume.
LOCATION
Mercury Theater Chicago
3745 N Southport Ave
Chicago, IL 60613-3718
Entrance under marquee.
PERSONNEL
Director - Walter Stearns, Musical Director - Eugene Dizon, Choreographer - Brenda Didier
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal - February 27, 2017 - First Performance March 24, 2017 - Anticipated Closing May 28, 2017
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
Bert
The narrator of the story, is a good friend to Mary Poppins. An everyman, Bert has many occupations, including hurdy-gurdy player, sidewalk artist and chimney sweep. Bert watches over the children as well as the goings on in Cherry Tree Lane. He has charm, speaks with a Cockney accent and is a song-and-dance man.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 30
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: B2
George Banks
The father to Jane and Michael Banks, is a banker to the very fiber of his being. Demanding precision and order in his household, he is a pipe-and-slippers man who doesn't have much to do with his children and believes that he had the perfect upbringing by his nanny, the cruel Miss Andrew. His emotional armor, however, conceals a sensitive soul. A baritone, George may speak-sing as necessary.
Gender: Male
Age: 40 to 40
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Winifred Banks
George's wife and Jane and Michael's mother. A former actress, she is loving and distracted homemaker who is busy trying to live up to her husband's desire to only associate with the best people as well as be the model wife and mother. She suffers from the conflicting feelings that she's not up to the job of being Mrs. Banks, yet, she is, and more. She has great warmth and simplicity to her tone.
Gender: Female
Age: 30 to 30
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Mrs. Brill
The housekeeper and cook for the Banks family. Overworked and harassed, she's always complaining that the house is understaffed. Her intimidating exterior is a cover for the warmth underneath. Mrs. Brill doesn't have a high opinion of nannies in general and Mary Poppins in particular.
Gender: Female
Age: 50 to 50
Vocal range top: D#5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
Robertson Ay
The houseboy to the Banks family. Lazy, sleepy and grumbling, he never gets things right and believes himself to be useless.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 20
Vocal range top: G#4
Vocal range bottom: F3
Mary Poppins
Jane and Michael Banks's new nanny. She is extraordinary and strange, neat and tidy, delightfully vain yet particular, and sometimes a little frightening but always exciting. She is practically perfect in every way and always means what she says. A mezzo soprano with strong top notes, she should be able to move well. She can have a more traditional soprano sound, but precision and diction is the key.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 20
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: Gb3
Bird Woman
Covered in a patchwork of old shawls, and her pockets are stuffed with bags of crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs to passersby, who ignore her as if she doesn't exist. Sings Feed the Birds. There can be a gruff, folksy quality to her voice that reflects the hardness of her life.
Gender: Female
Age: 50 to 50
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: Gb3
Mrs. Corry
Owns a magical gingerbread shop. She is a mysterious woman of great age who speaks with a Caribbean accent (or any accent that would make her seem exotic).
Gender: Female
Age: 40 to 40
Miss Andrew
George's overbearing and scary nanny. With her bottle of nasty-tasting brimstone and treacle to keep naughty children in line, she is a bully who only knows one way of doing things - her way. A soprano with an alto belt, there can be some heaviness to her voice along with range.
Gender: Female
Age: 40 to 40
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Gb3
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 audition.
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