Iceberg Ahead, LLC
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $685 weekly minimum (Category A)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in TITANIQUE (see breakdown).
When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning film Titanic, you get TITANIQUE, a musical celebration that turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical and joyful slay-fest. Want to find out what really happened to Jack and Rose on that fateful night? Our story begins when Céline Dion hijacks a Titanic Museum tour and enchants the audience with her totally wild take, recharting the course of Titanic’s beloved moments and characters with her iconic song catalog. Featuring powerhouse voices and show-stopping numbers (plus, contemporary pop culture and punchy odes to the 90s film), TITANIQUE is a one-of-a-kind musical voyage bursting with nostalgia and heart.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a video of a cut of a pop/rock song, or one of the songs provided at https://tinyurl.com/TitaniqueAEA .
Submit at https://tinyurl.com/SubmitForTitanique .
Deadline: Sun, Apr 10, 2022
PERSONNEL
Producer: Eva Price
General Manager: MEP
Director: Tye Blue (viewing auditions)
Written by: Marla Mindelle, Tye Blue, and Constantine Rousouli
Musical Director: Nicholas Connell
Choreographer: Ellenore Scott
Casting Director: The Telsey Office
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: May 19, 2022
1st Performance: June 2022
Open Ended
OTHER
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
SEEKING:
ICEBERG BITCH & others – Black, 20s-40s, any gender. The Iceberg Bitch is the personified Iceberg on the Titanique and the Iceberg Bitch came here to slay. Literally. A Tina Turner/Ru Paul hybrid of fierceness ready to take the ship down with vocal prowess. The Iceberg Bitch portrays multiple distinct characters in Titanique, including a Tour Guide, Irish Lady, Seaman, Violinist in a String Quartet and Peabo Bryson. Excellent comedy and improv chops. (VOCAL RANGE: Tenor who belts to a D and beyond; High strong Pop Mix).
RUTH DEWITT BUKATER - Male (cis or transgender), 30s-50s. Black, Indigenous, Latin/Hispanic, Asian, or MENASA - The cold, unflinching mother of Rose Dewitt Bukater, Ruth is hanging by a thread. On the brink of financial ruin, she is desperate to marry off her daughter to keep the family name out of the dirty, peasant mouths of those within her social circle. Ruth is a consummate pretender, desperate to stay relevant and rich on the Titanique, no matter the cost. She’ll do WHATEVER it takes to be on top, including delivering the most dramatic, Meryl Streep-esque monologues about the sacrifices of being a woman. (VOCAL RANGE: Baritone, belts to an F#).
UNDERSTUDY 1 (ONSTAGE) – Black, Female (cis or transgender), 20s-40s. Onstage background vocalist of Céline who will also understudy ICEBERG BITCH (see description above) and MOLLY BROWN (Brassy, sassy, and only sometimes classy, Molly Brown’s got a big heart and bigger personality. As the mother figure of the Titanique, she offers Rose and Jack sage wisdom to bring them together. A total know-it-all, Molly’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but she darn well spills it whenever she pleases). (VOCAL RANGE: Soprano, Belts to an F, mix/head to high A)
UNDERSTUDY 3 (ONSTAGE) – Male (cis or transgender), 20s-40s, any ethnicity. Black, Indigenous, Latin/Hispanic, Asian, or MENASA actors encouraged to submit. Onstage background vocalist of Céline who will also understudy JACK (is one of the star crossed protagonists aboard the Titanique and hell bent on living his life like it’s golden. An artistic genius with not a penny to spare, he winds up on the Titanique after winning a hand of poker and making a dorm room out of his third class bunks. He meets Rose Dewitt Bukater, and within only a few days, falls madly in love with her, paints her naked, ruins her marriage etc. Jack is effervescent, can talk to a bag of rocks and is a walking poster for living, laughing and loving. He is an old fashioned sk8er boi and Rose is a vintage Avril Lavigne); CAL (see description), and VICTOR GARBER (the polished and perfected designer of the Titanique. Handsome, refined and proud of his baby, he believes it will be no problem at all to speed the ship up and get to Fire Island a few days early. A true leader, he takes over all duties aboard the Titanique and ends up steering the ship straight into the Iceberg, where he meets… The Iceberg Bitch. A prideful man, he insists upon staying on the boat until the bitter end). (VOCAL RANGE: Tenor, belts to a Bb, head to high D)
THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE CAST:
CÉLINE DION - 30s-40s, the greatest singer in da whole world, Céline Dion is an angel descended from her own beautiful French-Canadian planet. Charming, charismatic and endlessly kooky, she approaches life with the whim of a quirky ingenue that just arrived to Earth. Convinced she was actually on the Titanic in 1912 (and not just the singer of the movie’s iconic theme song), Céline takes the audience on a journey, insisting she was there the whole time and knows the real story. A love letter to...herself, Céline uses her glorious voice and incredible catalogue of music to narrate one of greatest love stories of all time. (VOCAL RANGE: Belts to a D, Mix to an F#) ROLE IS CAST
JACK DAWSON - 20s-30s, Jack Dawson is one of the star crossed protagonists aboard the Titanique and hell bent on living his life like it’s golden. An artistic genius with not a penny to spare, he winds up on the Titanique after winning a hand of poker and making a dorm room out of his third class bunks. He meets Rose Dewitt Bukater, and within only a few days, falls madly in love with her, paints her naked, ruins her marriage etc. Jack is effervescent, can talk to a bag of rocks and is a walking poster for living, laughing and loving. He is an old fashioned sk8er boi and Rose is a vintage Avril Lavinge. (VOCAL RANGE: Baritenor, belts to a G) ROLE IS CAST
ROSE DEWITT BUKATER - 20s-30s, Rose Dewitt Bukater is the beautiful ingenue and star-crossed lover aboard the Titanique. She is gorgeous, poised, elegant - but underneath her corset bubbles a fire of rebellion. When she meets her extremely hot yet extremely poor polar opposite, Jack Dawson, she knows she must break off her engagement to her fiancé, Cal Hockley - even if it costs her her life. Nothing will stop her from loving Jack, not even the Titanique sinking, or a full blown murder attempt by Cal. Rose can be stubborn, wily, and a borderline psychopath, but everything she does is for love. (VOCAL RANGE: Belts to an E, mix to an F) ROLE IS CAST
CAL HOCKLEY - 30s, Engaged to Rose DeWitt Bukater, this aristocrat will stop at nothing to marry Rose. He can’t stand the thought of Rose falling in love with Jack Dawson, a sewer rat in the lower class bunks. The rivalry between the two continues to worsen until, eventually, Cal goes crazy with jealousy and puts a hit on Jack’s life. Cal is Jack’s nemesis and the epitome of a refined douchebag with a creepy, Count Dracula vibe. A leading man with strong pop vocals and improv chops. (VOCAL RANGE: Tenor, Belts to an Bb) ROLE IS CAST
UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN - 30s-40s. Brassy, sassy, and only sometimes classy, Molly Brown’s got a big heart and bigger personality. As the mother figure of the Titanique, she offers Rose and Jack sage wisdom to bring them together. A total know-it-all, Molly’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but she darn well spills it whenever she pleases. (VOCAL RANGE: Belts to a D, Mixes to a G) ROLE IS CAST
VICTOR GARBER - 30s-50s. Victor Garber is the polished and perfected designer of the Titanique. Handsome, refined and proud of his baby, he believes it will be no problem at all to speed the ship up and get to Fire Island a few days early. A true leader, he takes over all duties aboard the Titanique and ends up steering the ship straight into the Iceberg, where he meets...The Iceberg Bitch. A prideful man, he insists upon staying on the boat until the bitter end. Excellent comedy and improv chops. (VOCAL RANGE: Tenor, Belts to a Bb) ROLE IS CAST
UNDERSTUDY 2 (ONSTAGE) – 20s-40s. Onstage background vocalist of Céline who will also understudy CELINE DION, ROSE, and possibly other roles. (VOCAL RANGE: Soprano, Belts to an E, mix/head to a High A) ROLE IS 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 submit.
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