Riverside Theatre Inc. 2024-25 Season - NYC ECC Singers (Female Characters)
Riverside Theatre Inc. | Vero Beach, FL
Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC
Friday, August 2, 2024
2:00 PM (E)
LORT Non-Rep
$1197 weekly minimum (LORT B+)
Equity chorus singers (Female characters) for Riverside Theatre Inc.'s 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).
Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song of your choice in the style of the shows in the season. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Allen Cornell – Producing Artistic Director Jon Moses – Managing Director/COO
Expected to attend:
Kristyn Pope - Associate Choreographer Joey Cullinane - DC/Assistant
Scott Wojcik and/or Holly Buczek - Casting Directors - Wojcik Casting Team
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates. OTHER
ECC Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Riverside Theatre Inc. 2024-25 Season
BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
DJ Salisbury - Director/ Choreographer
Michael Kaish - Music Director
Rehearsal Begin March 25, 2025
Perf - April 15 - May 11, 2025
Minimum LORT B+ $1197
Private Housing, Shared local transportation
[BETTY/ENSEMBLE] Age: 18 (reads younger). Female identifying. Normally a Non-Singing Role / Alto. Carole’s childhood friend.
[NEIL SEDAKA / RIGHTEOUS BROTHER / LOU ADLER / ENSEMBLE] Age: 18 to 30. Vocal Range: Baritone / Tenor. Male identifying. Singer-Songwriter / Righteous Brother / Record Producer. Boyish charm.
[GENE VINCENT (GUY) / RIGHTEOUS BROTHER / NICK / ENSEMBLE] Age: 18 to 30. Vocal Range: Baritone / Tenor. Male identifying. Righteous Brother / A composite of Carole’s second husband Charles Larkey and James Taylor
[MARILYN WALD / ENSEMBLE] Age: 18 to 20s. Female identifying. Vocal Range: C5. A singer based on Marilyn Powell, the first girl singer to record a cover of a Beatles track when only 15.
[THE DRIFTERS] Age ranges: 16-30s. Vocal Range Bass – Tenor. A black male singing group comprising four members. The Drifters sang many of Carole’s, Gerry’s, Cynthia’s, and Barry’s early hits. Members drifted in and out and many of these formed other groups of Drifters as well. Songs: Some Kind of Wonderful, Up on the Roof, On Broadway, The Locomotion.
[LEAD DRIFTER / ENSEMBLE] Vocal Range: A4 (Belt) / Eb5 (Falsetto). Male identifying. [BACK-UP DRIFTER / ENSEMBLE] Vocal Range: Up to C5. Male identifying. [BACK-UP DRIFTER / ENSEMBLE] Vocal Range: Up to C5. Male identifying. [BACK-UP DRIFTER / ENSEMBLE] Vocal Range: Up to C5. Male identifying.
[THE SHIRELLES] Age ranges: 16 to 30s. All have belt/mix. A historical mashup of The Chiffons, The Crystals, and The Cookies. A black female singing group comprising four members. The Shirelles sang many of Carole’s and Gerry’s early hits. The Shirelles formed in Passaic, New Jersey in 1957. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens, Doris Coley, Addie “Micki” Harris, and Beverly Lee. Including:
[LUCILLE (DON KIRSCHNER’S SECRETARY) / SHIRELLE / ENSEMBLE] Age: 16 to 30s. Vocal Range: Alto.
[JANELLE WOODS / SHIRELLE / ENSEMBLE] She and Gerry begin having an affair. Janelle is based on Earl-Jean Reavis (McCrea) of The Cookies who had a child with Gerry while married to Carole. Age: 18 to 20s. Vocal Range: D5.
[LITTLE EVA / SHIRELLE / ENSEMBLE] A babysitter for Carole & Gerry performs one of Carole’s and Gerry’s hits. Age: 18 to 20s. Vocal Range: E5
[UPTOWN GIRL/ SHIRELLE / ENSEMBLE] Age: 18 to 20s. Vocal Range: D5
MALE IDENTIFYING ENSEMBLE: Except for the Principles, the Ensemble play the rest of the characters. All will be required to sing, move, and simulate playing instruments. Age: 18 to 30s. Vocal Range: SATB. Understudies will be cast from the ENSEMBLE.
FEMALE IDENTIFYING ENSEMBLE: Except for the Principles, the Ensemble play the rest of the characters. All will be required to sing, move, and simulate playing instruments. Age: 18 to 30s. Vocal Range: SATB. Understudies will be cast from the ENSEMBLE.
SINGING IN THE RAIN
Richard Stafford - Director/ Choreographer
Bruce Barnes - Music Director
Associate Choreographer – Kristyn Pope
Rehearsals Begin Friday, January 31, 2025
Perf - February 25 - March 21, 2025
Minimum LORT B+ $1197
Private Housing, Shared local transportation
PRODUCTION TENOR: (early 20s-early 30s) PRODUCTION TENOR featured out of the male ensemble in BEAUTIFUL GIRL (A flat above middle C), Must sing well. SINGER and strong DANCER (must Tap).
GIRL IN GREEN: (mid 20s-early 30s) Star Dancer. Tall, alluring, superb jazz and ballet dancer, as well as tapper. She is featured in the ballet and the tango. Originally played in the film by Cyd Charisse. DANCER
ROD/DICTION COACH: comedian.
FEMALE DANCE ENSEMBLE: (early 20s-early 30s) Major tap skills. Must be equally strong in ballet and theatre jazz with an impeccable sense of style and ease. Must sing extremely well.
MALE DANCE ENSEMBLE: (early 20s-early 30s) Major tap skills. Must be equally strong in ballet and theatre jazz with an impeccable sense of style and ease. Must sing extremely well.
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