MEMPHIS/PORCHLIGHT REVISITS - Chicago EPA
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Sep 25, 2017
10:30 am - 6:30 pm (CDT)
Lunch break: 2:30 - 3:30 pm
APPOINTMENTS
Equity members may schedule appointments online through the member portal beginning Monday September 18th at 12pm.
CONTRACT
CAT MEMPHIS: CAT Tier II; $298.75/week minimumPORCHLIGHT REVISITS: Staged Reading Code - Hourly Rehearsal / Per Performance Pay
SEEKING
Male and female actors for the upcoming production of MEMPHIS and Porchlight Revisits staged readings of THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG and DO RE MI
PREPARATION
32 Bars of a song in the style of the show that best shows off your voice. If auditioning specifically for Memphis, please perform a song in the style of the show. Have a second song ready in the event you are asked. An accompanist will be provided. Please have sheet music, no a capella.
LOCATION
Porchlight Music Theatre (Rehearsal Space)
4200 W Diversey Ave
Chicago, IL 60639
Free parking on street or fenced lot. #76 bus pulls up in front.
PERSONNEL
Director: Daryl Brooks (Memphis)
Director/Choreographer: Chris Carter (They're Playing Our Song)
Music Director: Jermaine Hill (Memphis)
Choreographer: Chris Carter (Memphis)
Director/Choreographer: Christopher Pazdernik (Do Re Mi)
OTHER DATES
Memphis
1st Rehearsal: March 27, 2018
1st Performance: April 19, 2018
Anticipated close: June 10, 2018
The following productions are staged readings in the Porchlight Revisits series:
They're Playing Our Song
Rehearsals begin the week of February 19, 2018
3 Performances: Mar 6-8
Do Re Mi
Rehearsals begin the week of May 7, 2018
3 Performances: May 22-24
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
MEMPHIS
Huey Calhoun – young white male radio DJ, tenor
Felicia Ferrell – young African-American female club singer, soprano
Delray Ferrell – Felicia’s protective older brother, nightclub owner, baritone
Bobby - customer at Delray’s, janitor at the radio station, baritone/tenor
Gator - bartender at Delray’s club, tenor
Gladys “Mama” Calhoun - Huey Calhoun’s mother, mezzo/alto
Mr. Simmons - radio station owner
Ensemble
THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG:
*The roles of “Vernon” and “Sonia” have been cast. We are looking to cast the characters of their inner voices.
DO RE MI:
Hubert Cram - (baritone)
John Henry Wheeler (tenor)
Tilda Mullen (soprano)
Kay Cram (alto)
various 1960's comical underworld character 'types':
etc.
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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