Musical Theatre West
**CANCELLED**
AUDITION DATE
Sat, Apr 18, 2020
10:00 am (PST)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
Please email mtwauditions@musical.org to schedule an audition appointment.
CONTRACT
COST Minimum - $806/wk
SEEKING
Seeking powerful singer/actors for Musical Theatre West's final production of the 19-20 season. We are very interested in seeing people of color for all Principal & Chorus roles.
PREPARATION
Please bring a headshot/resume, and prepare 32 bars of a legit contemporary selection showing power, range, and acting ability. Please take a look at the callback material for the character you are auditioning for in its entirety. Callback material will be available on the MTW auditions website at www.musical.org/auditions a least one month prior to audition date. Please bring additional material, as the creative team may wish to hear a different selection from your own book.
LOCATION
Musical Theatre West Rehearsal Hall
4350 East 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90804
PERSONNEL
Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Book & Lyrics by Marc Robin & Curt Dale Clark
Music by Marc Robin
Music Direction by Ryan O’Connell
Directed/Choreographed by Marc Robin
OTHER DATES
First AEA rehearsal: Thursday, June 25th, 2020
Preview: July 10th, 2020
Opening: July 11th, 2020
Closing: July 26th, 2020
OTHER
Invited callbacks will take place on Monday, April 20 between 11:00AM - 7:00PM
www.musical.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
THE ROLE OF LONG JOHN SILVER HAS BEEN CAST
Jim Hawkins (tenor) The hero of the story. Boundless energy. A boy of 15. Small and full spirited. Eager and waiting for adventure. Comes of age throughout the play. Light English dialect.
Dr. David Livesay (baritone) Ship’s doctor. An arbitrator who is fair, intelligent and well-organized. Early 40’s. Well-educated and acts as guardian for Jim Hawkins. A foil to the Squire. British dialect.
Squire Trelawney (baritone) A lovable, befuddled, nervous, older gentlemen whose heart is always in the right place even if his faculties are otherwise. Late 50’s. Proper British dialect.
Blind Pew / Israel Hands / Ben Gunn (baritone) To play Pew - evil, ancient looking man doubled over using a walking stick, blind in sight only. Light Cockney dialect. Hands - A creepy, sexy, evil pirate. Late 20’s. Gunn - A crazy man, marooned on the island for seven years. Speaks very quickly, makes odd noises.
Billy Bones / Job Anderson (bass, African-American, late 30’s) Ragged scarred; gruff, pompous; loud. A shell of the man he used to be , thanks to a life of drinking. Thick Cockney dialect.
Abraham Gray (tenor, 20’s) A good-hearted lad. Naive. Fresh and very eager. High moral fiber. Proper British dialect.
George Merry (tenor) A funny, character type, pirate. Late 30s. Gullible, affable and not completely with it all the time. A bit of a mama’s boy. the comic relief amongst pirates. A gravedigger. Cockney dialect.
Tom Morgan (baritone, late 30s) A very bad man. Largest, roughest and toughest of the pirates. By far the meanest. Specializes in crushing things with his hands. Would kill his own mother for a profit.
Captain Smollett (bass/baritone) The commander of the Hispaniola. 50s. Strong, assertive and unflinching. Calm in the face of danger, very well educated. Man of high standards. British dialect.
Thomas Redruth (Tenor) The Squire’s servant. Late 30’s - Likeable and jovial. A cut up. High energy and eager to please. Strong Cockney dialect.
Ensemble - Male. All shapes and sizes, but specifically seeking big and tall, 20s-50s) To play… Priest; Redruth; Mr. Joyce; Mr. O’Brien; Mr. Alan’ Bonet’; Mr. Ingrahm; Mr. Hunter; Mr. Arrow; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Mitchell; Akir; Mr. Davis
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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