MASTER CLASS – Equity Principal Auditions
Manhattan Theatre Club LORT $1,231/week minimum.
Author: Terrence McNally
Dir: Stephen Wadsworth
Casting: Nancy Piccione
1st reh: 4/18/11. 1st perf: 5/24. Runs for 13 weeks at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Monday, February 7, 2010 at the Actors' Equity Audition Center
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY (Studio B)
Actors auditioning for MANNY the accompanist should prepare a one-minute classical piano piece, and a one-minute contemporary monologue. (The pieces he plays in the show are “Recondita armonia” from TOSCA and “Vieni t’affretta” from Verdi’s MACBETH. We encourage those auditioning to play one of those, if possible
Actors auditioning for MARIA CALLAS and the STAGE HAND should prepare a short contemporary monologue
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking:
Maria Callas Understudy:
(Role being played by TYNE DALY.) Grand, dramatic, imperious, hugely charismatic. A force of nature. Her best days are behind her, and she clings to the past. But even diminished, she is larger than life. A survivor.
Manny:
30s-50s. The onstage accompanist in Callas’ master class. Must be an excellent pianist and experienced accompanist within the classical and operatic repertoire. He admires Callas a great deal and does his best not to be unnerved by her. MANNY has a few lines throughout the play, but this performer’s main duty in the play is to accompany the singers.
Stage Hand:
30s-50s. Prototypical carpenter/electrician guy. Jeans and t-shirt type who does not engage in the dramatics of the performers around him. A backstage lifer.
Notes: The role of Maria Callas is cast (Tyne Daly).
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