SWEENEY TODD - San Jose EPA
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.
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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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