MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Equity Performer Auditions - Rubicon Theatre Company Auditions

Merrily We Roll Along - Los Angeles EPA/ECC Singers

Rubicon Theatre Company

AUDITION DATE

Aug 12, 2016

10:00 am - 6:00 pm (PDT)

Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

APPOINTMENTS

EPA rules in effect. Sign-up begins at 10:00AM

CONTRACT

SPT

SPT 8 Minimum - $550/wk

SEEKING

Rubicon Theatre Company is casting for a concert reading of Merrily We Roll Along (1994 version). Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by George Furth.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a song in the style of show. Songs from the show welcomed and encouraged. Bring sheet music in correct key.

LOCATION

Actors Equity Association LA Audition Center

5636 Tujunga Ave

North Hollywood, CA 91601

PERSONNEL

Bonnie Hellman-Brown - Director, Karyl Lynn Burns - Producing Artistic Director, Stephanie Coltrin - Casting Director

OTHER

An Equity monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions

BREAKDOWN

REHEARSALS:

Tuesday 9/27-Thursday 9/29 Rehearsals in L.A.

Friday 9/30 Rehearsal in Ventura

PERFORMANCES:

Saturday 10/1 2:00 p.m. Performance

Saturday 10/1 8:00 p.m. Performance

Sunday 10/2 2:00 p.m. Performance

Franklin Shepard: Male, 30-40. A successful and film producer, also an innocent optimist when he was younger; talented and tormented; baritone

Charley Kringas: Male, 30-40. Frank's best friend; sometimes stubborn, always intense; now a successful lyricist, also optimistic when he was younger; baritenor

Mary Flynn: Female, 30-40. Frank and Charley's friend; very intelligent; sardonic and always witty; her optimism gets clouded over by missed opportunities; mezzo with bright belt

Beth Spencer: Female, 25-35. Frank’s first wife and mother of his son; she once was a Midwestern hopeless romantic trying to make her way in NYC; soprano

Gussie Carnegie: Female, 35-45. Frank's second wife; helplessly in love with him, she is a flamboyant and successful actress; big theater belt

Joe Josephson: Male, 40-55. Gussie's first husband; a Broadway producer type who later falls on hard times; character baritone

Franklin Shepard Jr.: Male, 8-12. Son of Beth and Frank; energetic and eager to please; should sing well.

Jerome (also Ensemble): Male, 35-45. Frank's lawyer.

MALE AND FEMALE ENSEMBLE (20’s to 50’s)

To play roles such as Scotty, Tyler, Terry, Bunker, Spencer, KT, Meg, Dory, Mrs. Spencer