SOUTH PACIFIC Equity Ensemble Dancers - Female Characters - Goodspeed Opera House Auditions

SOUTH PACIFIC - NYC ECC Dancers (Female Characters) Goodspeed Opera House | East Haddam, CT

Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC

AUDITION DATE

Monday, December 18, 2023

2:30 PM (E)

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity chorus dancers (Female characters) for SOUTH PACIFIC (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please arrive warmed up and ready to dance. Please wear form-fitting clothing you can move in. Female-presenting dancers should please bring flat dance shoes and heels. PLEASE DO NOT WEAR BLACK-SOLED SHOES per the audition location. Please bring a stapled hardcopy headshot and resume.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)

500 8th Ave

New York, NY 10018-6504

Studio 312 (Holding Room) Studio 309 (Audition Room)

PERSONNEL

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Parker Esse (Choreographer)

Tara Rubin, CSA (Casting Director) Peter Van Dam, CSA (Casting Director) Frankie Ramirez (Casting Associate)

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: May 13th

First Performance: June 14, 2024

Final Performance: August 11, 2024 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.

BREAKDOWN

SOUTH PACIFIC

PERSONNEL:

Producer: Goodspeed Musicals

Artistic Director: Donna Lynn Hilton

Managing Director: David Byrd

Line Producer: Stephen Agosto

Director: Chay Yew

Choreographer: Parker Esse

Music Director: Adam Souza

Music: Richard Rodgers

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II

Book: Josh Logan, Oscar Hammerstein II

Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener Casting Director: Tara Rubin Casting / Tara Rubin, CSA; Peter Van Dam, CSA

Casting Associate/Assistant: Frankie Ramirez

SYNOPSIS:

On a lush tropical island during World War II, battles of the heart are center stage in the Goodspeed premiere of the soaring Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. A lovestruck nurse and a young lieutenant are pulled into the tide of separate romances in an exotic world of risk and passion. But prejudice clouds their potential paradise.

SEEKING:

Goodspeed Musicals is committed to creating an equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace environment, and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Toward that end, Goodspeed affirms its commitment to non-discrimination and a flexible, imaginative casting policy. Goodspeed strongly encourages the casting of women, non-gender binary/trans individuals, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), and people with disabilities in roles where these are not germane to the role.

[FEMALE-PRESENTING ENSEMBLE] Female-presenting, 20s-40s. These characters can be Black, Latine, MENASA, API, Indigenous, Mixed, or White. Seeking excellent, versatile singers and dancers. To play Islanders, Nurses, Nuns, and more. May cover principals including: NELLIE FORBUSH, BLOODY MARY, etc. Sopranos (Range: Middle C to G above C5); Altos (Middle C to D5).