Jennie T. Anderson Theatre
CONTRACT
Guest Artist $473 weekly minimum (Guest Artist Agreement- Tier II - CONTRACT PENDING)
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the concert staging of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. (See breakdown.) Local actors encouraged to submit.
In 2021, the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre's musicals-in-concert series returned to the stage. This series included a five-show line-up; each one night only concert versions of shows that has provided a new way for patrons to experience live (or streaming) theatre. The Overture 2021 season has consisted of Nine, Once on This Island, Chess, Sunday in the Park with George, and White Christmas. Actors and musicians will be given the material weeks in advance, but there will only be six scheduled rehearsals prior to the one-night-only concerts.
The Jennie T. Anderson is committed to non-traditional casting and values diversity in all of its forms. We greatly encourage actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, as well as performers with disabilities to audition.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit 32-bars of a song in the style of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Must provide own instrumental track. Reels and previously recorded videos will be accepted. Video submissions can be provided through any video format (YouTube, GoogleDrive, WeTransfer, Dropbox, etc.). Please include headshot and resume. All auditions must be submitted using our online Airtable form at https://airtable.com/shr89ckpKUGgC0VC3.
Deadline: Wed, Aug 4, 2021
PERSONNEL
Jono Davis (Artistic & Managing Director)
Maxim Gukhman (Casting Director)
Heidi Cline McKerley (Director)
S. Renee Clark (Music Director)
OTHER DATES
In-person callbacks will be held in early August.
First rehearsal: Saturday, October 2 (just Ensemble); Sunday, October 3 (Full Company).
Performance: Saturday, October 9, 2021. This is week-long production process for Equity performers; 5 days of rehearsals, 1 day of filming.
OTHER
Must provide own transportation and housing.
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
GEORGE SEURAT: 25-40. Act 1: An artist obsessed with his work at the cost of his personal life. Act 2: Seurat’s burnt-out descendant and inventor-sculpture searching for his purpose. Vocal range: Ab4 – G#2. Tenor.
DOT / MARIE: 20-40. [DOT] - George’s headstrong, discontent mistress and occasional model. [MARIE] - George’s elderly wheelchair-bound grandmother. Vocal range: D5 – E3. Mezzo-Soprano.
OLD LADY / BLAIR DANIELS: 60-80. [OLD LADY] - George’s mother. A cranky and rather demanding fixture in the park. Finds solace in nostalgia. [BLAIR DANIELS] - an art critic. Vocal range: Eb5 – F#3. Mezzo-Soprano.
NURSE / MRS./ HARRIET PAWLING: 40-60. [NURSE] - The Old Lady’s attendant. Calming and assertive. [MRS.] - part of an American couple, married to Mr. [HARRIET PAWLING] - a patron of the arts. Vocal range: F4 – G3. Mezzo-Soprano.
JULES / BOB GREENBERG: 25-45. [JULES] - a rival artist. Callous, critical, shallow. Pursues his cook Frieda. [BOB GREENBERG] - a museum director. Vocal
YVONNE / NAOMI EISEN: 25-35. [YVONNE] - Jules’ pampered wife. Snippy and snooty. [NAOMI EISEN] - a composer. Vocal range: Eb5 – E3. Mezzo-Soprano.
BOATMAN / DENNIS: 35-60. [BOATMAN] - A surly blue-collared laborer. Simple-minded and slovenly. [DENNIS] - a technician. Vocal range: Eb4 – Eb2. Baritone.
FRANZ / LEE RANDOLPH: 30-50. [FRANZ] - Jules’ disgruntled coachman and Frieda’s husband. Yearns for the Nurse. [LEE RANDOLPH] - the museum’s publicist. Vocal range: G4 – B2. Baritone.
FRIEDA / YOUNG MAN/ BETTY: 35-55. [FRIEDA] - Jules and Yvonne’s cook and Franz’s wife. Caring, positive surrogate nanny to Louise. Pursued by Jules. [YOUNG MAN] and [BETTY] - an artist. Vocal range: F5 – G3. Soprano.
SOLDIER / ALEX: 20-35. [SOLDIER] - A French military man. Polite and a gentleman. [ALEX] - an artist. Vocal range: F4 – A2. Baritone.
MR. / CHARLES REDMOND: [MR] - Part of an American couple, married to Mrs. [CHARLES REDMOND] - a visiting curator. Vocal range: D#4 – Eb2. Baritone.
LOUIS / MAN/ BILLY WEBSTER: 35-55. [LOUIS] - A baker. Kind, friendly, and very popular, but a bit dull. [MAN] and [BILLY WEBSTER] - Harriet’s friend. Vocal range: A4 – B2. Baritone.
CELESTE #1 / ELAINE: 18-30. [CELESTE #1] - A young, gossipy, flirtatious shopgirl. [ELAINE] - George’s former wife. Vocal range: G5 – A3. Soprano.
CELESTE #2 / A PHOTOGRAPHER: 18-30. [CELESTE #2] - Another young, gossipy, flirtatious shopgirl. And [A PHOTOGRAPHER]. Vocal range: Eb5 – G3. Soprano.
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 submit.
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