OLNEY THEATRE CENTER 2022-23 SEASON Submission (Ensemble Dancer) - Olney Theatre Center Auditions

OLNEY THEATRE CENTER 2022-23 SEASON - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS (CHORUS DANCER)

Olney Theatre Corporation

CONTRACT

COST $786 weekly minimum through 12/26/22, then $817 weekly minimum (Tier 1)

SEEKING

Equity actors for chorus dancer parts in Olney Theatre Center's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).

All stage managerial positions have been filled.

INSTRUCTIONS

SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BERAKDOWN. Please email your headshot/resume and video submission.

Deadline: Tue, Jun 14, 2022

SUBMIT TO

casting@olneytheatre.org

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Jason Loewith
Senior Associate Artistic Director: Jason King Jones
Associate Artistic Director/Director of Music Theater: Christopher Youstra
Director of Curated Programming: Kevin McAllister

Viewing auditions:
Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director: Jenna Place
Choreographer for FELA!: Breon Arzell

OTHER DATES

See production dates in breakdown.

OTHER

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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 INSTRUCTIONS:

Please prepare the dance combination at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y2PnlnzcE2QCqYFYR4zLAUDuqsG-WWB0/view?usp=sharing . The breakdown of the combination is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C7s7QZc82fceOvRn7T-xk_w4OBUCJ-Y5/view?usp=sharing .

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice & book by Linda Woolverton

Performance Space: Mainstage

Director: Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Choreographer: Josh Walden

Music Director: Walter “Bobby” McCoy

Dates:

Rehearsals Begin: 10/21/22

Previews Begin: 11/3/22

Opening: 11/12/22

Closing: 1/1/23

SYNOPSIS: Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST tells the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.

BREAKDOWN:

ENSEMBLE: Townspeople, including Aristocratic Lady, Fish Man, Egg Man, Sausage Curl Girl, Baker, Lady with Cane, Lady with Baby, Candle Man, Hat Seller, Milkmaid, Shepherd Boy, Bookseller, Silly Girls, Gaston’s Cronies, A Mother, Villager

KINKY BOOTS

By: Music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, book by Harvey Fierstein & book by Linda Woolverton

Performance Space: Mainstage

Director: Jason King Jones

Music Director: Christopher Youstra

Dates:

Rehearsals Begin: 1/10/23

Previews Begin: 2/10/23

Opening: 2/16/23

Closing: 3/19/23

Potential Extension: 3/26/23

SYNOPSIS: Based on the 2005 British film by the same name; Charlie Price inherits a shoe factory from his father and forms a partnership and a friendship with Lola, a drag queen, to produce high-heeled boots and save the shoe business.

SEEKING:

ENSEMBLE: Factory Workers, Milan Stage Manager, Pub Patrons.

THE ANGELS :These are the drag performers who populate THE BLUE ANGEL NIGHTCLUB.

FELA!

*co-production with Round House Theatre

Music and lyrics by Fela Kuti, Book by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis

Performance Space: Mainstage

Director: Lili-Anne Cooper

Music Director: TBD

Choreographer: Breon Arzell

Dates:

Rehearsals Begin: 6/6/23

Previews Begin: 7/7/23

Opening: 7/13/23

Closing: 8/13/23

Potential Extension: 8/27/23

SYNOPSIS: FELA! is the true story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, whose music ignited a generation. Inspired by his mother, a civil rights champion, he defied a corrupt and oppressive military government and devoted his life and music to the struggle for freedom and human dignity.

BREAKDOWN:

ENSEMBLE: All characters in this world including the tracks of Djembe, Mustafa, and J.K. Braimah/Tap Dancer/Egungun.

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.