SCHOOL OF ROCK Equity Chorus Call Child Dancers - Winter Garden Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Chorus

Time(s)
Equity Chorus Call for CHILDREN dancers
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
10 AM - Equity Girls
2 PM - Equity Boys

Contract
Production (League)
$1861/week minimum

Location
Pearl Studios NYC 500
500 Eighth Avenue
(35th/36th Streets)
New York, NY
4th floor

Seeking
Equity CHILD dancer/singers for 2 ensemble parts. Ensemble will also understudy principal roles.

See breakdown for details.

Preparation
Please wear clothes you can move in and bring jazz shoes/sneakers.
Please bring a picture and resume, STAPLED TOGETHER.

Other Dates
Developmental Work done in NYC in April and May 2015
Rehearsals begin in September 2015

Other
Producers: Bespoke Theatricals, The Schubert Organization, The Nederlander Organization, Warner Music Group, The Really Useful Group

General Manager: Bespoke Theatricals

Personnel
Director: Laurence Connor
Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by: Glenn Slater
Book by: Julian Fellowes
Music Director: Ethan Popp
Musical Stager: JoAnn Hunter
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting

· Chorus rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

SEEKING:

CHILDREN DANCER/SINGERS FOR ENSEMBLE: to Play ages 11-13.
For the following Chorus Parts and to understudy principals

GROUPIE 1
Student. Will understudy. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

GROUPIE 2
Student. Will understudy. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

To Understudy following principals:

TOMIKA- A wonderful singer, she is a girl who is exasperated by her two fathers’ inability to see that she needs help. They think she’s perfect. She knows she’s drowning. This character is African American. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

SUMMER- A blonde Manhattan princess. She has never had it any other way than her own, and she is confident things will continue in this vein. She gives a new sense to the word entitlement. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

KATIE- PLAYS BASS GUITAR/CELLO. She is distinguished by her talent for the ‘cello. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

MARCEY- Clever girl. Back up singer with style. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

SHONELLE- Clever girl. Back up singer with style. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.


ZACK- PLAYS GUITAR. A mixture of anger at his father’s indifference and passion for the music that is raging inside him. He knows he has more in him than he has ever been able to show. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

LAWRENCE- PLAYS PIANO. A shy, awkward boy, unconfident and gauche, but a genius on the keyboard, who needs a free spirit like Dewey to lead him out of the darkness. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

FREDDY- PLAYS DRUMS. A boy who is happy to be released. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

BILLY- A boy with a marked artistic flair, and other problems. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

FRANKIE- As eager as the others to enjoy school instead of dreading it. He is a whizz on the technical side. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

LEONARD- Student. Pop/Rock Singer who moves well.

ALL ACTORS CAN BE OF ANY ETHNICITY UNLESS SPECIFIED.