The MUNY 2024 Season Equity Ensemble Singers - Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis Auditions

The MUNY 2024 Season - St. Louis, MO ECC Singers (Morning -All genders)

Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis | St. Louis, MO

Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC

AUDITION DATE

Friday, February 2, 2024

9:00 AM (C)

BREAK: 12:00PM - 1:30PM

APPOINTMENTS

See breakdown for appointment instructions.

CONTRACT

MSUA

$1262 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity chorus singers for the MUNY's 2024 season (see breakdown).

Equity actors of all ethnicities, backgrounds, gender identities, body types, and abilities are encouraged to audition for all available roles. The Muny serves a diverse, nationwide audience and strives to hire performers that reflect the diversity of our audience. This theatre exists as a safe and creative place whose mission is to enrich lives by producing exceptional musicals that are accessible to all. The Muny is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal employment opportunity workplace.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a 32-bar (or less than a minute) selection of a musical theatre song in a style appropriate to the season’s shows. Be prepared to sing an additional contrasting selection if requested. Bring sheet music and your repertoire book; an accompanist will be provided. Singers may be asked to dance. Please plan to have a change of clothes in which to move in and dance shoes ready. A combination will be taught.

LOCATION

The Muny

1 Theatre Drive

Saint Louis, MO 63112-1098

Free parking available on Pagoda Circle in front of the main box office. Follow the signs to Orthwein Hall through the east backstage gate.

PERSONNEL

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Muny Personnel:

Artistic Director/Executive Producer: Mike Isaacson

Associate Artistic Director: Michael Baxter

Creative Team Members:

Rachel Hoffman, CSA, The Telsey Office Rashad Naylor, The Telsey Office

Jim Moore, Music Director – Les Misérables Annbritt duChateau, Music Director – Disney's The Little Mermaid

Patti Wilcox, Choreographer – Waitress

OTHER DATES

Callbacks will be on Saturday, February 3 or Sunday, February 4

See breakdown for production-specific dates. OTHER

The season rehearses and performs outdoors in St. Louis, MO.

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

SEEKING

LES MISÉRABLES

A musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg 

Based on the novel by Victor Hugo

Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg 

Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer  

Original French Text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel

Additional material by James Fenton

Director: Seth Sklar-Heyn

Choreographer: Jesse Robb

Music Director: James Moore

Associate Music Director: Michael Horsley

Casting: The Telsey Office | Lindsay Levine, Charlie Hano & Alex Cortinas Rehearsal: June 6 – June 16

Performances: June 17 – June 23 (7 Performances)

[ENSEMBLE] Singers of all genders, ethnicities, abilities and types, to portray various roles throughout the show, ages late teens to early 40s. The show is entirely sung thru and everyone in it must be a strong singer with a wide range. Primarily rangy high baritones, or tenors with strong low ranges who sing to G2. Also seeking strong belters up to D5.

DREAMGIRLS

Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen

Music by Henry Krieger

Director: Robert Clater

Choreographer: Lesia Kaye Clater

Music Director: Anne Shuttlesworth

For our production, we are adapting the original Broadway choreography and staging by Michael Bennett

Casting: The Telsey Office | Rashad Naylor & Destiny Lilly

Rehearsal: June 16 – June 26

Performances: June 27 – July 3 (7 Performances)

[ENSEMBLE] Singer/dancers to play a wide variety of characters including Tiny Joe Dixon, Dave & the Sweethearts, The Stepp Sisters, The Tuxedos, Charlene, Joann, M.C., Stage Manager, Little Albert, Mr. Morgan, The Tru-Tones, Dwight, fans, reporters, stagehands, party guests, photographers, film executives, etc.

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID

Book by Douglas Wright 

Music by Alan Menken 

Lyrics by Howard Ashman 

Director: John Tartaglia

Choreographer: Patrick O’Neill

Music Director: Annbritt duChateau

Casting: The Telsey Office | Lindsay Levine & Jimmy Larkin

Rehearsal: June 27 – July 7

Performances: July 8 – July 16 (9 Performances)

[ENSEMBLE] Singers and dancers of all genders, ethnicities, abilities and types, to portray various roles throughout the show. Crew Members (Pilot, Sailors); Sea Creatures; Mersisters (Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Atina, Adella, Allana); Gulls; Maids; Chefs; Animals; Princesses. Puppetry skills are a plus.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

Book by Joseph Stein

Music by Jerry Bock

Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Director: Rob Ruggerio

Choreographer: Parker Esse

Music Director: Darryl Archibald

Casting: The Telsey Office | Rachel Hoffman & Charlie Hano

Rehearsal: July 8 – July 18

Performances: July 19 – July 25 (7 performances)

[ENSEMBLE] Singers and excellent movers of all genders, ethnicities, abilities and types, to portray various roles throughout the show, ages 20s to 60s.

WAITRESS

Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles

Book by Jessie Nelson

Director: Lili-Anne Brown

Choreographer: Patti Wilcox

Music Director: Andra Velis Simon

Casting: The Telsey Office | Priya Ghosh & Pat Goodwin

Rehearsal: July 19 – July 29

Performances: July 30 – August 5 (7 Performances)

[ENSEMBLE] Singers who move well, any ethnicity, ranging from Mid-Late 20s to late 40s. Must have excellent pop/rock voices in the style of Sara Bareilles. Must have excellent comedic timing and be able to play a range of characters comprising the community in which the story takes place.

IN THE HEIGHTS

Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes 

Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Director/Choreographer: William Carlos Angulo

Music Director: TBD

Associate Choreographer: Shani Talmor

Casting: The Telsey Office | Alexis Brown, Priya Ghosh & Bethany Knox

Rehearsal: July 29 – August 8

Performances: August 9 – August 15 (7 Performances)

[ENSEMBLE] Latine, Black, and AAPI singers and dancers of all ages and types with great pop voices who are proficient with breakdancing, commercial-style hip hop, contemporary, and salsa on2.

ANYTHING GOES

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

Original Book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse New Book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman

Director: Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Choreographer: Jared Grimes

Music Director: Ben Whiteley

Casting: The Telsey Office | Jimmy Larkin & Alex Cortinas

Rehearsal: August 8 – August 18

Performances: August 19 – August 25 (7 Performances)

[ENSEMBLE] Singers/dancers of all genders, ages, ethnicities, abilities and types, to portray various roles throughout the show, including passengers, photographers, bartenders, FBI agents, and other fun featured characters. Great comic timing and excellent tappers!

[THE ANGELS: PURITY, CHASTITY, CHARITY, VIRTUE/ENSEMBLE] Characters are female (cis, trans or non-binary), any ethnicity, age 20-40. Reno’s traveling back-up singers, dancers and showgirls with great comic timing. Strong voices, great personalities and be excellent tappers!

[THE SAILOR QUARTET/ENSEMBLE] Characters are male (cis, trans or non-binary), any ethnicity, age 20-40. A strong singing quartet (1st tenor, tenor, baritone, real bass) featured vocally throughout the show. Four strong voices that sound great together, and they are excellent tappers!

[BISHOP HENRY T. DOBSON/ENSEMBLE] Character is male (cis, trans or non-binary), any ethnicity, age 40-60. A well-respected missionary; certain, stoic, benevolent. Very full of himself. Great vaudeville timing. And taps!