Theatre Raleigh 2023 Season - Equity video submissions (chorus singers)
Theatre Raleigh | Raleigh, NC
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$523 weekly minimum (Tier 6) - Travel, housing, shared car for out-of-town actors
Equity actors for chorus singer parts in Theatre Raleigh's 2023 Season (see breakdown).
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Deadline: 12/27/2022
theatreraleighecc@gmail.com
Viewing auditions:
Lauren Kennedy, Artistic Director
Joanna Li, Musical Director
See production dates in breakdown.
Full Vaccination is required.
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 submit. In your recording, slate your name, height and location.
Please prepare the provided materials at
https://wojcasting.com/theatre-raleigh-2023-season-epa-ecc information/ OR a song of your choosing in the style of the show.
Producing Artistic Director Lauren Kennedy Brady
Director: Matt Bogart
Theatre Raleigh 2023 Season - Equity video submissions (chorus singers) Page 1 of 5
Choreographer: TBD
Musical Director: TBD
Casting Director: Wojcik Casting Team
Rehearsal Period: March 13th – 29th
Technical Rehearsals Begin: March 30th
Estimated Rehearsal Times: Weekdays: 5:30 - 10:30 p.m. Saturdays and/or Sundays: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. One TBD Day off per week.
Show Run: April 5th – April 16th (Possible extension through April 23rd)
Show Schedule: Wednesdays - Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 + 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
Synopsis: With phenomenal music, memorable characters, and great storytelling, Jersey Boys follows the fascinating evolution of four blue-collar kids who became one of the greatest successes in pop-music history. Winner of Best Musical at both the Tony Awards® and Olivier Awards®, Jersey Boys takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to discover the secret of a 40-year friendship as the foursome work their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom.
Audiences will be thrilled with electrifying performances of chart-topping hits including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “Dawn,” and “My Eyes Adored You,” which brought The Four Seasons their highest honor: induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
JOE PESCI: (Male Identifying, 20-35) 5’9 or shorter; young, energetic and funny; a strong singer. Will double as various roles. May cover Frankie. Ensemble/Chorus
BARRY BELSON: (Male Identifying, 20-49) Strong singer to play various roles (friends, producers, etc.); strong tenor to high C; with a strong falsetto to G above high C; Has the ability to riff in rhythm and-blues style.
BOB CREWE: (Male Identifying, 30-40) Intelligent and flamboyant; genius music producer and lyricist; an integral part of creating the magic of The Four Seasons. Ensemble/Supporting
NORM WAXMAN: (Male Identifying, 20-35) Owns a private money lending agency; strong singer. Will double as various roles; strong tenor/bari-tenor voice. Ensemble/Supporting
GYP DECARLO:(Male Identifying, 45-55) Tough, Mafioso type; a strong character and strong singer. Ensemble/Supporting
MARY &
she’s got a killer sense of humor; doubles as a variety of other roles including member of a 60’s style girl group; strong belt useful; high straight tone soprano also useful; very good dancer. Ensemble/Chorus
LORRAINE &
FRANCINE &
Producing Artistic Director Lauren Kennedy Brady
Director: Tim Seib
Choreographer: Lisette Glodowski
Musical Director: TBD
Casting Director: Wojcik Casting Team
Rehearsal Period: July 10th – 26th
Technical Rehearsals Begin: July 27th
Estimated Rehearsal Times: Weekdays: 5:30 - 10:30 p.m. Saturdays and/or Sundays: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. One TBD Day off per week.
Show Run: August 2nd – 13th
Show Schedule: Wednesdays - Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 + 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
Synopsis: Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. When they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow, but when one student wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny.
On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is love that brings them all together.
Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical, The Prom expertly captures all the humor and heart of a classic musical comedy with a message that resonates with audiences now more than ever.
ENSEMBLE: (All Gender Identities, 18-35, All Ethnicities) Charismatic singer/dancers. A variety of roles including: Olivia Keating, Opening Night Party Attendees, Reporters, High School Students, PTA Members, Motel Clerk, Cast of the Non-Equity Tour of Godspell, Monster Truck Rally Audience, Mrs. Greene’s Friend, LGBT Students. Strong singer/dancers.
Producing Artistic Director Lauren Kennedy Brady
Director: Megan McGinnis
Choreographer: TBD
Music Director: TBD
Casting Director Wojcik Casting Team
Rehearsal Period: Nov 20th – December 6th
Technical Rehearsals Begin: December 7th
Estimated Rehearsal Times: Weekdays: 5:30 - 10:30 p.m. Saturdays and/or Sundays: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. One TBD Day off per week.
Show Run: December 13th-24th
Show Schedule: Wednesdays - Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 + 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
Synopsis: A different time is evoked in this marvelously theatrical and winning show, a live broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astor's Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of that bygone era, when the world was at war and pop music meant Strike Up the Band and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (both of which are in this show), is accurately captured as the harassed producer copes with a drunk lead singer, the delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the mike, the second banana who dreams of singing a ballad, and the trumpet-playing sound effects man who chooses a fighter plane over Glenn Miller.
LOU COHN: (Male Identifying – 40-45 – Any Ethnicity) Company stage manager and has no ambitions to be anything else, is perfectly content with a job that has plenty of authority and no responsibility, keeps four or five conversations going at once, runs the show and is the sound effects person, piano playing skills a plus. Supporting
POPS BAILEY: (Male Identifying – 60+, Any Ethnicity) Non-singing role, a crotchety, wizened stage doorkeeper who is a racing bookie on the company phone and reads hidden copies of Show Girl magazine. Supporting
CONNIE MILLER: (Female Presenting – 18-24 – Any Ethnicity) a 22-year-old bobbysoxer from Theatre Raleigh 2023 Season - Equity video submissions (chorus singers) Page 4 of 5
Ogden, Utah, she is perennially in love and runs an elevator by day, able to tap, also has a “Jitterbug” number. Baritone, A4-D5, Supporting.
GENEVA LEE BROWN: (Female Presenting – 18-35 – Black) beautiful high-class singer from Kansas City whose played everything from the Chesterfield’s Club to The Cotton Club, Ella Fitzgerald style scat and sass, piano playing skills a plus. G3-D5. Supporting
WALLY: (Male Identifying – 18-25 – Any Ethnicity) Tenor/baritone, poodle-eyed young hopeful from Altoona, Pennsylvania who came to NYC to work for his uncle at the drugstore to get his big show-biz break, in love with him as soon as you meet him, tries really hard but screws up everything he is a part of. Supporting.
BIFF BAKER: (Male Identifying – 18-35 – Any Ethnicity)- trumpet player, a young trumpet player with the Zoot Doubleman orchestra who will be leaving after the concert for Army duty. C3-D4, Supporting.
STANLEY (Male Identifying – 18-45 – Any Ethnicity) Non-singing role, lugs cable and runs around a lot, drinks coffee and eats constantly, not too bright. Supporting
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