Olney Theatre Corporation
CONTRACT
COST $786 weekly minimum through 12/26/22, then $817 weekly minimum (Tier 1)
SEEKING
Equity actors for chorus singer parts in Olney Theatre Center's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a 16-bar cut of your choosing. You may also use the accompaniment at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RuOMREzrvKFk9JSvpjL7l1u3_yxuwC0g . Please email your headshot/resume and video submission.
Deadline: Fri, May 27, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Jason Loewith
Senior Associate Artistic Director: Jason King Jones
Associate Artistic Director/Director of Music Theater: Christopher Youstra
Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director: Jenna Place (viewing auditions)
Choreographer for DANCE NATION (see EPA notice): Nikki Mirza (viewing auditions)
Director of Curated Programming: Kevin McAllister
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
SEEKING:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
By: 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
Important 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
Important 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
By: Music and lyrics by Fela Kuti, Book by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis
Performance Space: Mainstage
Director: Lili-Anne Cooper
Music Director: TBD
Important 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 other 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.
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