THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL - Los Angeles ECC Male Dancers
Old Globe
AUDITION DATE
Fri, Mar 02, 2018
10:00 am (PST)
APPOINTMENTS
ECC rules in effect. In person sign-up begins at 9:30AM on 3/2/18.AEA members may sign-up online beginning at 9:30AM on 2/23/18.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep Minimum - $993/wk
SEEKING
Equity Male Dancers
PREPARATION
Bring jazz shoes or sneakers. Please bring your headshot stapled or glued together.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity Association LA Audition Center
5636 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
PERSONNEL
Old Globe Associate Artistic Director, Eric Keen-Louie and Old Globe Choreographer James Vasquez will be present at auditions.
OTHER DATES
Ist Reh: July 31, 2018, 1st Prev.: September 6th, 2018, Closes: October 21, 2018 (Opening Night: September 14)
OTHER
No stage management positions are available. SMs may submit resume to:
Leila Knox 1363 Old Globe Way San Diego, CA 92101.
Dancers unable to attend this call may submit h/r to casting@theoldglobe.org
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
HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL
Book: Jonathan Abrams
Story by: Tyler Mitchell and Jonathan Abrams
Director: Gordon Greenberg
Choreographer: Lorin Latarro
Musical Supervisor and Arranger: Brian Usifer
With chart-topping songs such as “Hip to Be Square,” “Do You Believe in Love,” “Workin’ for a Livin’,” and the Academy Award-nominated “The Power of Love,” Huey Lewis is one of the most beloved musicians of his generation. Now his high-energy hits will keep your heart still beatin’ at this irrepressible world premiere musical. Bobby is a former rock singer who has traded in his guitar for a stable job in corporate America. He’s on the verge of closing the ultimate business deal and winning the girl of his dreams (who’s also the CEO’s daughter)—that is, if he doesn’t jeopardize everything by reuniting with his band for another shot at rock-and-roll glory. Rediscover Huey Lewis and the News’s heart-pumping classics in this hilarious and electrifying new musical about holding onto your dreams and never losing the thrill of the “heart of rock and roll.”
Roles will be understudied. Seeking all ethnicities.
BOBBY - 30, male lead. Former lead singer of THE LOOP -- a one-time rockin' band on Chicago's music scene -- turned company man. Passionate, reckless and impulsive. With his tattooed arms covered by his business suits, he's a blue- collar, city guy striving to be blue-blooded in the 'burbs of Milwaukee.
CASSANDRA - 30, female lead. Smart, disciplined, rational and her Father's loyal lieutenant in their family box making business. Still reeling from her break-up with long-term boyfriend, Tucker, she's taken her angst and put it fully into her work.
ROZ: 40's, Southern-tough, no-nonsense, seen it all. She's the kind of truth-telling, impervious-to-BS woman who could only work in Human Resources.
ELI - 30, the thoughtful, eternally optimistic, de-facto leader of the band and its drummer/keyboards/sax player. He keeps the other guys in line, and puts out their many (literal) fires to keep them on the road to a record deal.
GLENN - 30, sarcastic, pessimist, full of piss and vinegar who plays - what else - bass for The Loop. He's never forgiven Bobby for leaving the band two years ago... and can't comprehend how he's turned in his rock n' roll bona fides for a business suit.
JJ - 30, laid-back, good-time, go with the flow lead guitarist for The Loop. He just wants things to be cool and is nostalgic for the days when The Loop were just four kids
from the neighborhood playing music and having fun.
STONE - 50's, is Cassandra's Father and Bobby's boss. He's an upper-middle class suburban success who loves his work and embraces his quirk. His enthusiasm for selling cardboard boxes would make Ron Popeil blush. The only thing he cares about more than his company is his daughter. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED
PAIGE - 30, is Cassandra's outspoken, fiery, down-for-whatever best friend since grade school and Stone Inc.'s publicist. She yearns for a more exciting life than the one she has in Milwaukee and is determined to use her and Cassandra's weekend in Chicago (for the Great Lakes Shipping Convention) as a means to get one.
FJORD - 40's, is a mad genius, armchair psychologist, with an accent you just can't place. Came to America to find a better life and found it as the CEO of a mid-sized online retailer (with a great need for cardboard boxes.) A consummate businessman, he'll go to any length to ensure the most favorable deals for his company. ROLE IS CAST.
TUCKER: 30s, All-American alpha with a good portfolio, great hair and the ego that comes with. Dated Cassandra through grad school, moved to Chicago with her afterwards, broke her heart to find himself. Now, two years later, he HAS found himself -- and he realizes breaking up with her is the biggest mistake of his life (besides going long on Groupon).
NANCY NAZOFF: 50s, a no frills, tough love A&R rep and music biz legend who can make or break a band on a whim. She's given her life to rock n' roll, and inspires awe and fear in musicians everywhere. But if she thinks you've got it -- and honey, she'll sure as shit tell you if she doesn't -- then your dreams really can come true. ROLE IS CAST.
MALE ENSEMBLE: 20’-50’s. Singer/actors with great rock voices. Must be able to dance or move well. May play small featured roles and understudy the principal parts.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE: 20’-50’s. Singer/actors with great rock voices. Must be able to dance or move well. May play small featured roles and understudy the principal parts.
We strongly encourage actors of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds to attend
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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