York Theatre Company
REVISED
See updated personnel.
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $735 weekly minimum + health/pension
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in PENELOPE (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please submit all videos through https://form.jotform.com/220098000287146 . Once you have submitted your materials, we will not follow up with you unless we need anything further. Submissions are due by 6 PM (US/Eastern) on Wednesday, January 26th, 2022.
Deadline: Wed, Jan 26, 2022
PERSONNEL
Producer: York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director / Evans
Haile, Managing Director)
Director/Choreographer: Emily Maltby
Book and Lyrics: Peter Kellogg
Music: Stephen Weiner
Music Director: David Hancock Turner (viewing auditions)
Associate Director: Joseph Hayward
Casting Director: Michael Cassara, CSA (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
Callbacks will be held (via video and/or in person) in late January, 2022.
First rehearsal: 3/1
First preview: 3/23
Opening: 4/1
Closing: 4/24
OTHER
Venue: Theater at St. Jean's – New York, NY (on Manhattan’s Upper East Side)
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 a brief story-driven or comedic singing selection in a contemporary musical theatre style, ideally about a minute long. - existing footage (reels, etc.) are fine, but we do ask for them to be as current as possible. Please don't submit anything over a year old.
Equity Required Accompaniment Tracks: In the event that a performer does not have access to audition accompaniment tracks of their own, we have provided audition accompaniment cuts of Irving Berlin's Always, now in the public domain, which you are welcome to use as a general singing audition. Per Equity rules, it has been provided in 4 separate keys (Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass) and tracks/sheet music can be obtained from: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1a4ff2936tn2wcf/AAALsljpkIdBCzETdyi6ulVna?dl=0 – please do NOT feel obligated to use these tracks, they are here solely to satisfy Equity's requirement that tracks be provided – we are most interested in hearing you perform whatever suits YOU best. You are welcome to use any material of your choosing, but we do strongly prefer that you sing with accompaniment or an accompaniment track. Additionally, feel free to submit supplementary footage (reels, dance footage, etc.) that you think may be of use.
SEEKING:
[PENELOPE] mid 30s to early 40s, any ethnicity/race, female/strong belter. Queen of Ithaca. She's been ruling Ithaca and awaiting her husband's return for 20 years. Besieged by suitors who want to marry her and take over the kingdom, Penelope starts writing letters to herself and pretends they're from Odysseus to explain his delay. Little known to her, the letters gathered together are creating the story of The Odyssey. Beautiful and regal – has great comedy chops.
[ODYSSEUS] 30s to early 40s, any ethnicity/race, male/strong baritone or baritenor. Penelope's husband. He finally shows up in the second act and we find out what he's really been up to for the last 10 years. In great physical shape – has great comedy chops.
[DAPHNE] 20s, any ethnicity/race, female/good belt and legit soprano with high notes. A swineherdess who falls in love with Telemachus. Funny and spunky.
[TELEMACHUS] early 20s, any ethnicity/race, male/tenor. The son of Odysseus and Penelope. Gets queasy at the sight of blood. Funny and awkward.
[ANTINOUS] 30s, any ethnicity/race, male/tenor or high baritone. The head suitor and the villain of the piece. Commanding voice, in great physical shape, dances well.
[EURYCLEIA] 50s+, any ethnicity/race, female/great versatile voice (legit soprano and jazzy belt). The old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus. Funny and sarcastic.
4 SUITORS: For all - 20s-30s, any ethnicity/race. All have a great sense of pitch and have strong a cappella or barbershop experience. An ancient Greek boy band (stylistically, it veers closer to traditional barbershop/musical theatre).
[HAIUS] Barbershop tenor (sings Barbershop-style head voice/falsetto up to D/Eb; (Also can sing with a tenor lead quality). The peacemaker.
[MILETER] Barbershop lead (musical theater Tenor). The nervous one.
[BARIUS] Baritone. The belligerent one. Sings internal harmony lines--must have strong pitch.
[BASSANIO] Bass. The show-off.
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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