ONLY A KINGDOM - Equity Principal Auditions
York Theatre Company ANTC (Lab Development Series) $242/week minimum. (Theatre states that it will pay $500/week)
Book/Score: Judith Shubow Steir
Dir: David Glenn Armstrong
Mus Dir: Milton Granger
Mus Sprvsr: Peter Mansfield
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting
1st reh: 10/25/10. Runs 11/9-11/13. Book-in-hand presentations.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Pearl Studios NYC
10 AM – 5:30 PM 500 Eighth Avenue, 12th Floor
Lunch from 1:30 – 2. New York City
Please prepare a brief, traditional musical theatre song – NO ROCK AND ROLL. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.
Seeking:
Note: “High” British, Welsh and Cockney accents a huge plus for all characters.
Edward, Prince of Wales:
Late 20s-30s. Charming and handsome. Falls hard for Wallis Simpson and abdicates the throne to be with her. Passionate, stubborn, conflicted – IN LOVE. Baritenor w/dramatic & lyric color.
Wallis Simpson:
Late 20s-30s. Married American woman with whom Edward falls madly in love. Fashionable, elegant, sassy – bit of a Southern belle. Mezzo.
Elsa Maxwell:
Late 30s-50s. Famous party hostess of international acclaim – fun, confident, sometimes brash – but compassionate, too. Alto/character belt.
Lord George (Georgie) Bellimore:
Late 40s-50s. Public relations advisor to the royal family. Condescending to everyone else, and always self-important. Character baritone.
Winston Churchill / King George:
Late 40s-50s. Churchill: Parliament member. Edward’s close/sympathetic confidant. Dazzling personality, powerful presence. King George: Queen Victoria’s grandson. Stern king. Character/legit baritone.
Ernest Simpson:
Late 20s-30s. Wallis’s husband. British/American shipping tycoon. Handsome leading man-type. Watches while his wife is wooed by the future King of England. Through it all, he keeps a stiff upper lip and is always a true gentleman. Lyric baritone.
Stanley Baldwin / Walter Winchell:
Late 30s-50s. Baldwin: Prime Minister of Great Britain. Decides Edward is a liability. Winchell: Wrote a column and broadcasted a radio show with all the news of the day – this is a voiceover of one of his famous broadcasts. Legit baritone.
Queen Mary / Bessie Merryman:
40s-50s: Queen Mary: Edward’s unflinching & strict mother. Determined to preserve the monarchy, and horrified by Edward’s obsession with Wallis -- but always conducts herself with the utmost dignity. Bessie: Wallis’s deep-South Virginian aunt. Loyal & devoted to Wallis. Legit mezzo.
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