PORGY AND BESS OPEN - National Tour Auditions

Posted September 27, 2013
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PORGY AND BESS - National Tour

PORGY AND BESS (Tour) - OPEN Auditions
Porgy Tour LP (Jeffrey Richards and Rebecca Gold) | New York, NY

Date of Audition:
10/1/2013

Call Type
Non-Required Chorus/Principal

Time(s)
OPEN Auditions (AEA and Non-AEA)
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Sign-up begins at 10AM
Please DO NOT show up before 10AM

Contract
Short Engagement Touring Agreement
Category 1; $890/week

Location
Telsey + Company
315 West 43rd Street, 10th floor
New York, NY

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend. Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Seeking
Men and women opera singers as well as trained musical theatre singers with a traditional sound, AEA and Non-AEA, for the following:

Ensemble Male High Tenor
and
Principal role of SERENA

see breakdown for details.

FULL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

MEN
Please prepare the song It Takes a Long Pull, and bring your book with a song that shows off your high tenor.

WOMEN
Please prepare the song My Man's Gone Now and bring your book. Please bring a photo/resume stapled together. A piano accompanist will be provided.

MP3s from the New Broadway Cast Recording are available here:

www.dropbox.com/sh/jnsoyf2hr930bds/g80UVBK-BK

Other Dates
1st Rehearsal: October 14th, 2013 in NYC. 1st Performance: November 12th, 2013

Personnel
Casting: Telsey + Company / Justin Huff
Director: Diane Paulus
Choreographer: Ronald K. Brown
Music Supervisor: Constantine Kitsopoulos

By: George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
Adapted By: Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L. Murray

General Manager: Richards/Climan, Inc. / Tamar Haimes and David R. Richards

Breakdown

TENOR

Male, 20-40, African American. Must have a strong high tenor. To appear in the ensemble or to swing, and to possibly understudy the role of JAKE - A strong, salt-of-the-earth fisherman and husband to Clara. Desperate for money for his family, he is forced to take his boat out during a violent storm. Jake will be part of the ensemble. ENSEMBLE

SERENA

Female, 30s – 50s, African American. Mature wife of the gambler Robbins. She mourns his death when he is killed by Crown during a craps game. Must be an exceptionally strong, emotive singer. Soprano. PRINCIPAL


FULL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

MEN
Please prepare the song It Takes a Long Pull, and bring your book with a song that shows off your high tenor.

WOMEN
Please prepare the song My Man's Gone Now and bring your book. Please bring a photo/resume stapled together. A piano accompanist will be provided.


MP3s from the New Broadway Cast Recording are available here:

www.dropbox.com/sh/jnsoyf2hr930bds/g80UVBK-BK

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