SIGNS OF LIFE EPA's - Day 1
Signs of Life The Musical LLC | Chicago, IL
Date of Audition:
6/2/2013
Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Sunday, June 2nd from 9:30a-4:30p
Contract
CAT
Tier 4; actor minimum $521.25/wk
Location
Actors' Equity Building
557 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60661
1st Floor Member Center
Seeking
Male and Female Actors. Please see Breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare 32 bars of cut of modern musical theatre (No rock please).
Bring sheet music in your key; an accompanist will be provided. Bring THREE headshots and
resumes, repertoire book and a personal calendar.
Other Dates
Rehearsal start date: Monday August 19th
Previews start: Wednesday, September 18th
Press opening: Wednesday, September 25th
Scheduled closing: Sunday, October 27th
Other
Day 2 of EPA's: June 17, 2013
Personnel
Director Lisa Portes, Producers Virginia Criste/Joan Liman, Music Director Joel Derfner, Gen.
Manager Tony DAngelo, Casting Directors Kyle Dougan and Stacey Flaster will attend with
casting authority.
EPA Rules are in effect.
A monitor will be provided.
Appointments
will be taken by the Equity office beginning Thursday, May 23rd at 9:30 AM. Call 312-641-0406
9:30 AM-12:30 PM and 3:00-4:30 PM only.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
Breakdown
SIGNS OF LIFE
All characters are in otherworldly, desperate, heightened situations, which affect the magnitude
of their behavior. With the exception of Heindel and Rahm, all characters are Jews
Lori (Lorelei)
Soprano, late teens (17-19ish) practical, creative, beginning her sexuality, excited by life
Simon
Tenor, early twenties - passionate, poetic, innocent
Kurt
Baritone, forties - worldly, cynical, witty, self-promoting
Heindel
Tenor, twenties or thirties- Aryan, idealistic, insecure, arrogant. Thinks of himself as noble
Rahm
Baritone, forties or fifties - Aryan, centered, confident, practical
Jacob
Baritone, fifties or sixties- grandpa, wise, brave, an inspiration Sings “Mourner’s Kaddish”
Berta
Mezzo, early forties – Motherly, insecure, desperate, self -deluding
Wolfie
Kid, child actors age 9-12 - smart, sharp tongued, wheeler-dealer, sweet, funny
Red Cross Inspector and others Tenor, teens or twenties - inspector is a bureaucrat, blind to
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