TREASURE ISLAND - NYC ECC / Male Singers
Fulton Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Mar 20, 2018
10:00 am (EST)
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B; $914/week
SEEKING
Seeking very strong male actor/legit singers.
There are no women in this production.
There is no dancing in this production.
A full breakdown is attached. Seeking for ensemble, with most of the ensemble parts listed in the breakdown. And most men cast will understudy the principal roles listed in the breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please bring a picture and resume. Please bring a vocal selection that veers toward masculine and legit/operatic that shows off your range
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Executive Artistic Producer: Marc Robin
Music by Marc Robin
Book & Lyrics by Marc Robin & Curt Dale Clark
Based on Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Directed by Marc Robin
Casting by Bob Cline
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: 8/23/18
First Preview: 9/16/18
Opening: 9/21/18
Closes: 10/14/18
OTHER
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
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.
Long John Silver (Baritone) - The villain of the story. Ships cook. Mid 40's- The leader of the pirates. A dynamic character who is challenged by having only one leg. Throughout the story he possesses the capability of extreme kindness, humor and nurturing as well as brutality and cruelness. Thick Cockney Dialect
Dr. David Livesey (High Baritone) Ships 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 John Trelawney (Baritone) -A lovable, befuddled, nervous, older gentleman whose heart is always in the right place even if his faculties are otherwise. He loves good food and fine clothing. Late 50's. He acts as the comic thread throughout the play. British Dialect
Captain Alexander Smollett (Bass/ Baritone) -The commander of the Hispanolia- 50's. Strong, assertive and unflinching. Calm in the face of danger, very well educated. Man, of highstandards. British Dialect.
Ben Gunn - (High Baritone) -A crazy man ...marooned on the island for 7 years. Jittery, nervous, sprightly, contagious with energy. Speaks very quickly. Makes odd noises for no reason. Perhaps because he's only had himself to talk to for all those years. Crazy talk.
Thomas Redruth (High Baritone) -The Squire's servant. Mid 30's - Likable and jovial. A Cut up. High energy and eager to please. Strong Cockney dialect.
Billy Bones (Bass/ Baritone) -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.
Blind Pew (Baritone) - evil, ancient looking old man doubled over using a walking stick. Blind in sight only, HE wears a gauze rag over his dead eyes. Frail, small and old in stature, he is uncommonly strong. All other senses heightened. He is mean and takes pleasure in it. A frightening presence in the play. Cockney dialect.
Mr. William Arrow (Bass/Baritone)- The !81 Mate on the Hispanolia. Early 40's Official, strong. Without humor. Stoic. Quintessential English Naval Officer. Proper British Dialect.
Abraham Gray (Tenor) -A Good hearted lad. Nai've. A boy of 20 or so. Fresh and very eager. High moral fiber. Proper British Dialect. Sailor
Tom Morgan (Bass) - A Very Bad Man Late 30's -The largest, roughest and toughest of all the pirates. By far the meanest. Specializes in crushing things with his hands. Would killhis own mother for a profit. Cockney dialect.
Israel Hands (Baritone)-A very creepy, sexy, evil, pirate. Late 20's. Specializes in cutting things. Not afraid of anything. Creepy dialect.
Job Anderson - (High Baritone) -Suave and cool. Early 30's. Pirate.
George Merry - (Tenor) -A funny, character type, pirate. Late 30's. He is gullible, affable and not completely with it all the time. A bit of a mama's boy. The comic relief amongst the Pirates. A gravedigger ... Cockney dialect.
Richard Joyce- (Tenor)-An Irishman thru and thru.... early 30's... A Sailor. One of the good guys. Fun spirited with a sense of humor. Best swordsman of the good guys. Thick Irish Dialect.
Frederick O'Brien - (High Baritone)-Thirty's - Another Irishman. Friend to Joyce. Mid 30's. A good sailor and a hard worker. Thick Irish Dialect
Mr. Alan Bonet' - (Baritone) -A Frenchman. He is a good guy and a romantic. Mid 30's. French dialect. Sailor
Mr. John Hunter- (Bass/ Baritone)- German. Sweet and lovable. Good sailor with bad hygiene. He never waivers. Light German dialect. Early 40's
Mr. Ingraham - (Bari/Tenor) -funny and endearing. mid 20' -sailor
Mr. Davis - (Tenor) - Gruff and cocky Pirate. Wishes he were higher in the pirate ranks.
Akir - (Baritone) An international pirate. English Accent.
Meade Slyker - (High baritone) - misfit pirate - wiry and thin - Cockney Dialect-Pirate
Linus Riddle - (High Baritone) -Aggressive and head strong pirate. Trigger happy. Cockney Dialect
Tobias Bridge - (Tenor) Tall, popular Pirate. Well liked and respected by his peers. British Dialect.
Burdette Wyeth - (Bass /Baritone) Gruff pirate who likes his ale. Victor Wolff - (Tenor) A happy Pirate who never takes anything serious.
Anthony Brieux -(Tenor) - Feisty and compact-fighting pirate
Gordon Tusley - (tenor) - Lithe and cunning pirate
Sly Dog Gribble -(baritone) - tattooed, mean and clever pirate
Mr. Mitchell - (Tenor) Athletic and spritely sailor.
Mr. Johnson - (Tenor) - Smart, hard working sailor
Priest - (Tenor) kindly gentleman who presides over the funeral of Jim's father.
Widow Hawkins -(non-singing) Jim's mother. (played by man with veil to conceal face
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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