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RIVERSIDE THEATRE 2010-11 Season Equity Principal Audition - Riverside Theatre Auditions

Posted September 16, 2010
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RIVERSIDE THEATRE 2010-11 Season - Riverside Theatre

Riverside Theatre 2010-11 – Equity Principal Auditions

Vero Beach, FL LORT C (currently $696/week minimum) and D (currently $555/wk. min.)

Artistic Dir: Allen Cornell

Casting: Wojcik | Seay casting

Equity Principal Auditions:

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - No accompanist Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - Accompanist provided 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM both days. New York City

Lunch from 1 - 2.

September 29: No accompanist/NON-musical auditions only. Please prepare a brief, contemporary monologue appropriate to the role/ show you are auditioning for.

October 5: Accompanist provided/musical auditions only. Please prepare a song appropriate for the show/ shows you are interested in. Bring book of music in case you are asked to sing another selection and a photo and resume. All ethnicities encouraged to attend.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.

All roles are available unless otherwise specified. Equity Chorus Calls for the chorus musicals will be announced at a later date.

Cagney Score: Robert Creighton & Christopher McGovern. Book: Peter Colley. Dir: Bill Castellino. Mus Dir: Christopher McGovern. Choreo: Josh Bergasse. 1st reh: 10/11/10. Runs 10/28-11/14.

Show is cast from previous productions.

Guys and Dolls Score: Frank Loesser. Book: Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling. Dir: Stephen Bourneuf. Choreo: Vince Pesce. Mus Dir: Ken Clifton. NYC rehearsals: 12/16-12/23/10. Travel to FL 12/26. Runs 1/13/11 – 2/6/11. LORT C.

Nathan Detroit:

Mid 30s-40s. Gambler who’s always one step behind a winning hand. Feckless. Energetic and full of charm. Role for a charismatic, comic character actor. Baritone.

Sky Masterson:

Man, mid 30s. Dangerously handsome gambler. Smooth, sexy and always in command. A man’s man who is perpetual catnip for the ladies. Baritone who moves well.

Nicely-Nicely Johnson:

Man, mid 30s. Adorable. Large personality with a permanently sunny disposition. Comic tenor

Big Jule:

Man of indeterminate age. Imposing and dangerous gambler from Chicago’s South Side. Could be a very large, tall man … or a tiny one. Essentially a non-musical role.

Benny Southstreet:

Late 30s-50s. Gangster. Role for a character man. Strong baritone/tenor preferred.

Arvide Abernathy:

Man, mid 50s-60s. Salvation Army worker. Strong but gentle; thinks before he speaks. Character role. Baritone/tenor.

Lt. Brannigan:

Man, late 30s-50s. Commanding. Character role.

General Cartwright:

Woman, mid 40s-50s. Character role. Strong soprano preferred.

Sarah Brown:

Late 20s, early 30s. Prim and attractive Salvation Army officer. Strong and forthright. Soprano.

Miss Adelaide:

Showgirl of indeterminate age. Cursed with a perpetual head cold. Wears her heart on her sleeve. Strong comic skills a must. Mezzo who moves well.

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Score: Jacques Brel. 1st reh: 1/10/11. Runs 1/27-2/6. Dir/Choreo: DJ Salisbury. Mus Dir: Scott Woolley. LORT D.

Four actors celebrate the musical poetry of Belgian composer Jacques Brel, including a diverse blend of ballads, tangos, boleros, rock and classics. Each song tells a story, examining themes of love, war, adventure, broken dreams, being young, growing old and death … but never forgetting that life, with all its tragedies and complexities, shows us much humor.

2 Male Singer/Actors and 2 Female Singer/Actors with the ability to perform various styles of music.

The Producers Score: Mel Brooks. Book: Brooks and Thomas Meehan. Dir: Allen Cornell. Mus Dir: Ken Clifton. Choreo TBA. 1st reh: 1/27/11. Runs 2/24-3/20. LORT C.

Max Bialystock:

Jewish, 40s-50s. Formerly successful Broadway producer who now fleeces wealthy elderly women to support his failing business. Loud, pushy, fast-talking and always one step ahead of getting caught “in the act”. New York-born and -bred. Shrewd, intelligent and a dirty old man. Performer must be able to sing well (baritone/tenor up to G) and must be a world-class comic actor.

Leo Bloom:

Late 20s–40s. Timid, by-the-book accountant turned Broadway producer. Lived a monotonous and uneventful life until his “business venture” with Max. New York-born and -bred. Extremely likable loser who eventually comes into his own, and gets the girl. Must sing reasonably well (baritone/tenor, up to G) and must dance or at least move very well.

Franz Liebkind:

30s-40s. Author of “Springtime For Hitler”. Born and raised in Milwaukee. Of German descent. Slightly deranged; under the delusional belief that he served under Hitler as a soldier of the Third Reich. Role for a strong character/comedic actor. High baritone (up to F). Must move well.

Carmen Ghia:

Man, 20s-30s. Assistant of Roger DeBris. Excellent comedy required. High baritone/tenor (up to A-flat with strong falsetto).

Ulla:

Swedish woman. Bombshell. Assistant to Bialystock and Bloom. Sexy, voluptuous, very attractive. Minimum height 5'9”. Seeking a comedic actress who can fake a Swedish accent. Great belt voice. Strong dance ability, including tap and splits.

The role of Roger DeBris is cast.

Copenhagen by Michael Frayn. Dir: Allen Cornell. 1st reh: 2/28/11. Runs 3/17-3/27. LORT D.

Two physicists, who together had revolutionized atomic science in the 1920s, are now on opposite sides in WW2.

Werner Heisenberg:

Late 30s-early 40s. Charismatic -- a leader. People are drawn to him. A "son" to Bohr, as well as a "colleague". Brilliant, insightful, passionate. Vulnerable; struggling with a sense of guilt.

Margrethe Bohr:

59s. Wife of Niels Bohr. Benevolent, maternal, intelligent. A complement to her husband. She was closely involved in his work; he would commonly bounce ideas off of her, trying to explain them in “plain language.”

The role of Niels Bohr is cast.

Buddy Music: Buddy Holly et al. Book: Alan Janes. Dir: Russell Treyz. Choreo: DJ Salisbury. Mus Dir: Fred Willard. 1st reh: 3/14/11. Runs 4/7-5/1. LORT C.

Buddy Holly:

Under 25. Singer-songwriter and star from Lubbock, TX. Intelligent, charismatic, warm and appealing. Six feet tall or over. Starts out as a laid-back country boy and builds into a rock ‘n’ roll superstar. Actor must play guitar, sing and act, have a feel for rock ‘n’ roll, have serious star potential and a desire to live as a rock ‘n’ roll superstar every night.

Joe B. Mauldin:

Under 25. Double bass/electric bass player from Lubbock, TX. Serious, square young man with musical ability. Performer must be able to sing and act.

Jerry Allison:

Under 25. Drummer from Lubbock, TX. Good-looking, irrepressible, clever and sharp, with musical ability. Performer must be able to sing and act.

Maria Elena Holly:

Hispanic, under 25. Attractive, classy, well-educated. Performer must be able to sing, and musical ability would be an advantage.

The Big Bopper:

AKA J. P. Richardson. Former DJ. Texan with an irrepressible, larger-than-life character. Six feet tall and above. Large. Has the ability to command the stage on his own as a single performer. His key song is “Chantilly Lace”. Performer must be able to act.

Ritchie Valens:

Hispanic, under 25. Good-looking, attractive, handsome, with serious charisma. Has a dedicated eye for the ladies. Has the ability to hold the stage in his own right. His key song is “La Bamba” Performer must be able to act, and the ability to play a musical instrument is a plus.

Hipockets Duncan:

Exuberant hometown radio DJ from Lubbock, TX. Has an air of authority and a keen sense of humor. Performer must be able to sing and have the ability to play a musical instrument (saxophone).

The roles of Norman and Vi Petty are cast.

Cobb by Lee Blessing. Dir: Allen Cornell. 1st reh: 3/28/11. Runs 4/21-5/1. LORT D.

The play floats freely in time, moving back and forth among the differently-aged versions of Cobb as they contend with each other and the audience, over who Ty Cobb really was and what he represented. Invading this self-imposed "argument in limbo" is Oscar Charleston, a black player of Cobb's time who, though relegated to the Negro Leagues, was dubbed the "Black Cobb" by the white press. Ty tries to avoid Charleston just as he always avoided playing exhibition games against him or any other black players. As Cobb fights both popular opinion and himself to justify his life, Charleston provides a deeper challenge to his self-esteem. Ultimately we come to know Cobb in his full complexity – as a sports hero.

Oscar Charleston:

African American, early 30s. Powerfully built. Though relegated to the Negro Leagues, he was dubbed the "Black Cobb" by the white press.

The character of controversial baseball legend Ty Cobb is split into three differently aged versions of himself (played by three different actors):

The Peach:

Ty Cobb at about age 20. Intense, quick to anger. At the beginning of his long career with the Detroit Tigers.

Ty:

Ty Cobb at about age 40. Self-important, quick to anger. At the end of his playing days.

Mr. Cobb:

Ty Cobb, over age 70. Bitter, quick to anger. At the point of death from cancer.

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