SISTAS: The Musical – Equity Principal Auditions
Dr. Dorothy Productions Off-Broadway (Periodic Performance Agreement; $15/hour for rehearsals, $74/performance)
Author: Dorothy Marcic
Dir: Kenneth Ferrone
Musical Arrangements: Germono Toussaint
1st reh: 9/19/11. Opens 9/30. Performs three times/week: Th @ 8, Sa @ 5, Su @ 4:30. Open-ended.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City
Please prepare a brief song (jazz, Motown or hip-hop). Some may be asked for a second song; please have a song in one of the other two styles ready as well. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
The story of African American women told through popular music, from “God Bless’ the Child” to Destiny's Child. After a matriarch’s death, the women in the family clean Grandma’s attic and find love and old memories packed away, and in the process sing hit tunes that trace the history of black women, from the trials of the 1930s through the girl groups of the 60s to the empowerment of the 90s. This soulful and laugh-out-loud show goes from pain to pride to power, from “Oh, Happy Day” to “Mama Said”, from “I Will Survive” to “Tyrone” from “I am Not My Hair” to “A Woman’s Worth.” From Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday to Beyoncé, and from Ma Rainey to Mary J. Blige.
Seeking (roles are available unless otherwise specified; understudy positions may also be available):
Gloria:
African American, 30s. Mezzo soprano.
Dr. Simone:
African American woman, late 30s or early 40s. Mezzo soprano.
Tamika:
African American woman. She looks 18. Daughter of Simone. Soprano.
Heather:
Caucasian woman. Simone’s sister-in-law.
Roberta:
CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary. African American woman, late 30s-40s. Alto.
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