SWEENEY TODD Equity Principal Auditions - San Jose Stage Company Auditions

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SWEENEY TODD - San Jose Stage Company

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San Jose Stage Company


AUDITION DATE

Sat, Aug 19, 2017

12:00 pm - 6:00 pm (PDT)

APPOINTMENTS

To make an audition appointment, please email the casting director Allison Rich at allisonfrich@live.com and include your headshot and resume.

CONTRACT

Bay Area Theatre Minimum - $484/wk

SEEKING

Actors for San Jose Stage Company's production of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET.

PREPARATION

Please prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre piece in the style of the show.

LOCATION

San Jose Stage Company

490 South 1st St

San Jose, CA 95113-2815

PERSONNEL

Director: Ken Kelleher
Artistic Director: Randall King
Casting Director: Allison Rich

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal: January 9th, 2018
First preview: February 7th, 2018
Opening: February 10th, 2018
Closing: March 11th, 2018

OTHER

www.thestage.org

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

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

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

Book by Hugh Wheeler

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!

Sweeney Todd - A wrongfully imprisoned barber seeking to right the wrongs committed against him. He is Johanna's father, singularly focused on taking bloody revenge. Our story's tormented protagonist.

Gender: male

Age: 40 to 55

Vocal range top: Gb4

Vocal range bottom: F2

Anthony - A naive and youthful sailor returning to London. He helps Todd return to London and unexpectedly falls in love with Johanna.

Gender: male

Age: 20 to 30

Vocal range top: F4

Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Johanna - A spritely girl, full of innocence, constantly yearning for freedom. Todd's long-lost daughter and Turpin's ward.

Gender: female

Age: 18 to 21

Vocal range top: A5

Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Tobias - A poor youngster apprenticed to Pirelli. He finds a surrogate family in Todd and Lovett.

Gender: male

Vocal range top: Ab4

Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Judge Turpin - A lecherous public official who portrays himself as a sanctimonious authoritarian. He takes advantage of his position in the city and is responsible for imprisoning Todd.

Gender: male

Age: 50 to 65

Vocal range top: Gb4

Vocal range bottom: E2

The Beadle - A pompous public official. He is deeply loyal to the corrupt Turpin.

Gender: male

Age: 40 to 55

Vocal range top: D5

Vocal range bottom: D3

Beggar Woman - A deranged and schizophrenic woman who harbors a dark, surprising secret.

Gender: female

Age: 35 to 50

Vocal range top: F5

Vocal range bottom: Ab3

Adolfo Pirelli

A flamboyant Italian rival barber; a charlatan with a secret past.

Gender: male

Age: 30 to 45

Vocal range top: C5

Vocal range bottom: B2

Jonas Fogg - The owner of Fogg's Asylum. He sells the hair of madmen to wigmakers.

Gender: male

Age: 35 to 60

*The role of Mrs. Lovett has already been cast.


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 audition.

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