TUNING IN - EPA's in Akron, OH
The University of Akron | Akron, IL
Call Type
Equity Principal
Date of Audition
3/9/2013
Location
The University of Akron
157 University Avenue
Akron, OH 44325-1002
2nd Floor; Guzzetta Hall
Time(s)
Saturday, March 9th from 10a-1p
Registration begins at 9:30a There will be a 2pm Dance Call. Members will be seen first!
EPA Rules are in effect.
A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
To schedule an audition time please call 330-
972-8301 or e-mail
concerts@uakron.edu.
Contract
Other
$510/weekily minimum
Seeking
Male and Female Actors/Singers/Dancers. Please see
Breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare 16 to 32 measures from The Great
American Songbook focusing on tunes from the 1930s and
1940s. Bring music in your key; an accompianist will be provided. Bring photo and resume.
Other Dates
Rehearsals begin: July 15, 2013
Four performances: August 8th -10, 2013
Personnel
Director/choreographer George Pinney, Musical Director
Terry LaBolt will attend with casting authoiry.
Breakdown
Resident Entertainers:
Stanley Webb - conductor, house orchestra, Columbia Records, ladies' man in his day, good sense of humor. Clarice Johnson - nightclub headliner, sister of Ivory, grew up with the gospel, straight laced andserious,
tall and stately.
Ivory Johnson - nightclub headliner, grew up with gospel music, sister of Clarice, shorter than Clarice, gutsy, outgoing, outspoken.
Sue Parkhurst - Country western singer, AKA " Sunbonnet Sue," good old fun-loving Texas girl.
Ruby Waxman (MAN) - vaudevillian , loud, obnioxious, big ego, always "on," attitude gets him into trouble. Weston Dewey - former radio crooner, handsome, polished, polite, romantic, long time bachelor.
Jimmy Wentworth - Tin Pan Alley tunesmith, happy-go-lucky, small in stature, never without his little piano on wheels.
Ethel Ethridge - former Ziegfeld Girl, a worrier, turns to tarot cards for answers, married and divorced several times.
Dooley Smithers - stage doorman, Imperial Theatre. tough old Broadway character, loves crossword puzzles, gossipy.
Millicent Monahan - dancer, Broadway chorus girl, still has shape and legs, likes a party and a good time. Vicky Richards - ex-torch singer, glamorous, seductive, great figure, hated show business,even thoughshe was a star.
Radio Station Management:
Dave Martin - station engineer, mid to late twenties, problems dealing with elderly, but a nice guy under it all.
Annie Abelein - Alan's secretary, owns her own fight gym for underpriveliged kids, tough on the outside, but a heart of gold.
Alan Jablonski - station founder and manager, late forties, early fifties, neurotic, short fuse, dedicated to the
Casting Calli Job Notice
station.
Chris Coffin - CEO of Harmony Hill, late thirties, dictatorial, precise in speech, dress and manners, very GQ.
College Students:
Shannon O'Rourke - student at Otterbein College, phlegmatic, has insight, psychology major, young Ethel. Molly McGlynn: strong dancer, young Millicent.
Kevin Schultz - strong dancer, young Ruby.
Amanda Wiggins - strong dancer, young Ivory. Tony Scarfi - strong dancer, young Jimmy.
Matt LaMont - Harmony Hill van driver, strong dancer.
Nisha Parks - stong dancer and singer, street wise, young Clarice.
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