TheaterWorksUSA 2024-25 season tours Equity Principal Actors - TheaterWorksUSA Auditions

TheaterWorksUSA 2024-25 season tours - NYC EPA TheaterWorksUSA | New York, NY

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AUDITION DATE

Thursday, April 25, 2024

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

Lunch 12:00-1:00 pm

CONTRACT

Special Agreement

$546 weekly minimum + health weeks (Actor/ASM contract)

SEEKING

TheaterWorksUSA, America’s largest theatre for young and family audiences, seeks Equity performers for the 2024-25 season tours (see breakdown).

All roles are currently available (none will be understudied). In the musicals: Most roles require singing in tight harmonies.

For more information on each show, please visit: https://twusa.org/shows-artists/on-tour-2/

PREPARATION

Prepare a short contemporary uptempo musical theatre or pop song that showcases your mix/belt vocal range. Please bring your headshot/resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St

16th Fl

New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Barbara Pasternack

Executive Director: Michael Harrington

Interim Assoc. Artistic Dir/Casting: Michael Anthony Sylvester

OTHER

Callbacks will take place in NEW YORK CITY.

COVID-19 SAFETY: ALL TWUSA COMPANY MEMBERS MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

www.twusa.org

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.

TheaterWorksUSA has led the Theater for Young and Family Audiences movement in New York City and across North America for over half a century. At TWUSA, we believe that access to art--and theater, in particular--is vital for our youth. Since 1961, the 501(c)3 not-for-profit has captured the imaginations of 100 million new and veteran theatergoers with an award-winning repertoire of over 140 original plays and musicals. Acclaimed alumni include Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Disney's Frozen), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent), Jerry Zaks (The Music Man), Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen), Miguel Cervantes (Hamilton), Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America), and Chuck Cooper (Tony award winning actor, The Life). Visit WWW.TWUSA.ORG for more information.

FOR TOURS: All actors are on ACTOR/ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER contracts. Actor/ASMs will be required, as such, to lift scenery and sound equipment during daily load-in and load outs. All actors participate in assembling and disassembling the set at each venue and school at which they perform. The company travels by car & van across the U.S. to theaters and schools each day.

ALL ACTORS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO AUDITION, REHEARSE, AND TRAVEL FROM NYC.

All roles are currently available (none will be understudied). In the musicals: Most roles require singing in tight harmonies.

For more information on each show, please visit:
https://twusa.org/shows-artists/on-tour-2/

BREAKDOWN

About TheaterWorksUSA:

DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL

by Kevin Del Aguila, Brad Alexander

Original Direction and Choreography by Jen Wineman

Based on the books by Dav Pilkey

SEEKING:

DOG MAN

PETEY

LI’L PETEY

FLIPPY

HAROLD

GEORGE

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: THE MUSICAL

Book by: Kevin Del Aguila

Lyrics and Music By: Kevin Del Aguila, Brad Alexander

Original Direction & Choreography: Marlo Hunter

Based on the books by Dav Pilkey

SEEKING:

CAT KID, MOLLY & OTHERS

NAOMI & OTHERS

POPPY, STARLA, SARAH HATOFF & OTHERS

FLIPPY & OTHERS

DENNIS, CHUBBS MCSPIDERBUTT & OTHERS

MELVIN & OTHERS

PETE THE CAT: THE MUSICAL

Book And Lyrics: Sarah Hammond

Music: Will Aronson

Original Direction & Choreography: Dan Knechtges

Based on the books by: James Dean and Kimberly Dean

SEEKING:

MOM

PETE

JIMMY

OLIVE

DAD

THE POUT-POUT FISH: THE MUSICAL

by: Matt Acheson, Fergus Walsh, Chris Anselmo, Jared Corak

Original Direction by Matt Acheson, Fergus Walsh

Additional Staging by Laura Brandel

Based on the books by: Deborah Diesen

SEEKING:

SHARK, STORYTELLER 1 & OTHERS

SHIMMERFISH, STORYTELLER 2 & OTHERS

OCTOPUS, MS. CLAM, STORYTELLER 3 & OTHERS

POUT-POUT FISH & STORYTELLER 4

MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM (MUSICAL)

by Matthew Lee Robinson and Marshall Pailet

Original Direction and Choreography by Connor Gallagher

Based on the books by: Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

SEEKING:

MS. FRIZZLE

ARNOLD

JANET

WANDA

CARLOS

RALPHIE

CHARLOTTE'S WEB (PLAY)

Adaptation by Joseph Robinette

Based on the novel by E.B. White

Design and Original Direction by Andrew Rasmussen

SEEKING:

CHARLOTTE

WILBUR

TEMPLETON

FERN

HOMER

DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! THE MUSICAL!

Book: Mo Willems, Mr. Warburton

Music: Deborah Wicks La Puma

Lyrics: Mo Willems

Original Direction and Choreography: Jen Wineman

Based on the book by: Mo Willems

TRACK 1: PIGEON

TRACK 2: THE BUS DRIVER

TRACK 3: THE BUSINESS MAN

TRACK 4: THE DUCKLING

TRACK 5: THE CITY WORKER

TRACK 6: THE LITTLE OLD LADY

ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST AND FRIENDS

Book: Lauren Gunderson

Lyrics: Kait Kerrigan

Music: Bree Lowdermilk

Based on the books by: Andrea Beaty

SEEKING:

ADA TWIST

ROSIE REVERE ENGINEER

IGGY PECK

LILA GREER

GREAT GREAT AUNT ROSE

DOT, DOT, DOT: A NEW MUSICAL

Book by: Keelay Gipson

Music/Lyrics: Sam Salmond

Original Director/Choreographer: Jesca Prudencio

Based on the Books by: Peter Reynolds

SEEKING:

VASHTI

MARISOL

TEACHER & ENSEMBLE

LEON & ENSEMBLE

WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT:

TWUSA has other projects in development based on children's literature and YA novels. Fall and Spring dates for projects in development are TBD.