THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH Equity Principal Audition - Wheelock Family Theatre Auditions

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH

– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in Boston

Wheelock Family Theatre Boston MA LOA (approval/salary level pending; 2010-11 weekly minimum: $353).

Producer: Susan Kosoff

Author: Norton Juster

Music: Arnold Black

Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick

Dir: Jane Staab

Choreo: Laurel Conrad

1st reh: 9/27/11. Runs 10/21 – 11/20 (F (and possible Sa) @ 7:30 PM, Sa & Su @ 3; four – five weekday 10 AM perfs).

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:

Sunday, June 5, 2011

2 PM – 6 PM

Wheelock Family Theatre

and 180 The Riverway

Boston MA

Monday, June 6, 2011

6 PM – 10 PM

For an appointment, call Jane Staab at 617/879-2235. Leave message if voicemail answers:

Name, phone #, preferred audition date/time, AEA status. Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition session, as time permits.

Please prepare a 2-minute comic monologue and 32 bars of an up-tempo song. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Seeking:

Tock:

Milo’s faithful dog companion. Athletic character role.

Princess of Reason:

20s-30s. Damsel in distress.

Azaz:

Man, 30-40. Ruler of Dictionopolis. Forceful, comic character.

Mathemagician:

Man, 30-40. Azaz’s brother, ruler of Digitopolis. Forceful, comic character.

Four Advisors to Azaz:

Silly characters.

Terrible Trivium:

30-50. Fun character.

Ensemble:

Demons, Lethargarians, Miners, Citizens of Digit- and Diction-opolis.

The following roles are cast. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.

The Demon of Insincerity:

CAST. Ageless, athletic, villainous (as in Cruella DeVil).

The Senses Taker:

CAST. African American woman. Character role.

Princess of Rhyme:

CAST. African American woman, just past ingénue-age (30s).

The Whetherman:

CAST. Asian man. Ensemble role – minor character (Asian)

Theatre’s statement: “Colorful casting has been a WFT policy for 30 years.”