Twin Cities Spring Group Audition 2024 Equity Principal Actors - Various Producers Auditions

Twin Cities Spring Group Audition 2024 - St Paul, MN EPA Various Producers | ,

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AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)

Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
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CONTRACT

SPT

See breakdown for Theatre specific salaries.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles within various Twin Cities area theatres' seasons. Actors will be auditioning for multiple theatres at these auditions.

If any Equity Theatre is participating in fulfilment of part of their Equity Audition requirements, that theatre's breakdown info will be attached to this notice.

Each theater's information may be added to/edited as we get closer to the audition. Please check back for any additions or changes.

PREPARATION

Please prepare One 2-minute contemporary monologue comic or serious. No classical monologues please. Please bring 5 copies of your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Park Square Theatre

20 W 7th Place

St. Paul, MN 55102

Andy Boss Thrust Stage - Lower Level - enter Hamm Building entrance on 7th Place.

PERSONNEL

Various Twin Cities Area Theatres will be participating in these auditions. See breakdown for those counting their participation toward their Equity audition requirements.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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

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.

Expected to attend:

Term Explanations:

Feminine Presenting - Feminine presenting typically refers to individuals who express themselves in a manner that aligns with traditional societal expectations or perceptions of femininity.

Masculine Presenting- Masculine presenting refers to individuals who express themselves in a manner that aligns with traditional societal expectations or perceptions of masculinity.

BREAKDOWN

Prime Productions 2024-25 Season

SPT 6 - $576 weekly minimum

Expected to attend:

Alison Edwards & Shelli Place (Co-Artistic Directors)

ANN by Holland Taylor

Directed by Ellen Fenster

Production dates are 9/11/24 through 9/22/24

One-person show.

Ann Richards: CAST. The late Governor of Texas

BREAKDOWN

Children's Theatre Company 2024-25 Season Special Agreement - $912.50 weekly minimum

DRAWING LESSONS, Cargill Stage

By Michi Barall

Directed by Jack Tamburri

First Rehearsal: September 3rd, 2024

First Preview: October 8th, 2024

Opening October 12th, 2024

Closing: November 24th, 2024

SYNOPSIS: Dynamic, jump-off-the-page animation shows Kate’s manhwa storyboards coming together, even as she deals with school, friends, and how her Korean heritage fits into her American lifestyle. Will her contentious friendship with Paul help or hinder her progress? Will either of them ever find their true artistic voice?

SEEKING:

THIS SHOW IS CAST.

DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!, UHG Stage

Based on the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss

Book and Lyrics by Timothy Mason

Music by Mel Marvin

Choreography by Linda Talcott Lee

Directed by Dean Holt

A Children’s Theatre Company Original Production

First Rehearsal: September 26, 2024

First Preview: November 5, 2024

Opening Performance: November 9, 2024

Closing Performance: January 5, 2025

SYNOPSIS: A miserly and miserable, ever-so-cantankerous Grinch has observed the despicable Christmas joy of the Whos with disdain, from a distance, for decades. Enough! In this CTC holiday favorite, filled with music and Seussian rhymes, he plots the greatest heist imaginable—stealing the very thing they love the most! Until, that is, the smallest of the Whos, tiny Cindy Lou, extends a hand. Through the combination of kindness and community, we witness not only a change in the course of Who-History, but the size and capacity of the old green guy’s heart.

SEEKING: (Any roles not detailed below have been cast. All roles will have an understudy.) JP Who: (30+, Masculine Presenting, BIPOC) Father of the Who family.

MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD, UHG Stage

A Children’s Theatre World Premiere Production

Book by Terry Guest

Lyrics and Music by Christian Albright and Christian Magby

Based on the book by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson

Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

Directed by Mikael Burke

A joint commission by The Rose Theater (Omaha, Nebraska), Chicago Children’s Theatre (Chicago, Illinois), and Children’s Theatre Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

First Rehearsal: December 27th, 2024

First Preview: February 4th, 2025

Opening: February 8th, 2025

Closing: March 9th, 2025

SYNOPSIS: On a crowded subway, Milo passes the time imagining the lives of the other passengers. See his illustrations brought to spirited life in this world-premiere musical, featuring dynamic new songs ranging from hip-hop and pop to country. Ride along with Milo from stop to stop as he begins to understand that first impressions aren’t always accurate, that his bossy older sister ReRe isn’t always an annoying diva, and that real life can sometimes be even more incredible than an imaginary one.

SEEKING: (Any roles not detailed below have been cast. All roles will have an understudy.)

Milo: (8 years old, Black, Boy, Ab3 - Db5) Milo is a young eight-year-old boy with a very active imagination.

CTC WILL AUDITION FOR THIS MUSICAL AT A LATER DATE!

FROZEN

Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez

Book by Jennifer Lee

Originally directed on Broadway by Michael Grandage

Based on the Disney film written by Jennifer Lee and directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee

Originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions

Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene

First Rehearsal: March 6th, 2025

First Preview April 15th, 2025

Opening: April 19th, 2025

Closing: June 15th, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Disney’s Frozen sweeps into Minnesota as Children’s Theatre Company premieres its original production of the hit Broadway musical. Sing along with Elsa, Anna, and the whole cast as they encounter magic that’s out of control, weather that’s fearsome, and Olaf, a snowman who melts your heart. Will Elsa be able to restore the balance between summer and winter? Will she and Anna ever be close again? Settle in for some hygge, a little bit of joiking, and a whole lot of letting go!

SEEKING: (Any roles not detailed below have been cast. All roles will have an understudy.) Anna (Young adult, feminine presenting, Any race, Soprano)

Elsa (Young adult, feminine presenting, Any race, Mezzo-Soprano)

King Agnarr/Olaf/Ensemble (40+, Man, Any race, Tenor)

Queen Iduna/Ensemble (40+, Woman, Any race, Mezzo-Soprano)

Pabbi/Ensemble (Any age, any race, masculine presenting, Baritone)

Bulda/Ensemble (Any age, any race, feminine presenting)

Bishop/Oaken/Ensemble (40+, Any race, masculine presenting, Baritone)

Prince Hans/Ensemble (Young adult, masculine presenting, any race, Tenor)

Kristoff/Ensemble (Young adult, masculine presenting, any race, Baritone)

Duke of Westleton/Ensemble (30+, Any race, masculine presenting, Baritone)

Duke's Men/Ensemble (Any age, any race, any gender)

Duke's Men/Ensemble (Any age, any race, any gender)

Ensemble (Any age, any race, any gender)

Jungle Theater 2024-25 Season

More information will be available by Friday 5/24.

SPT 8 - $725 weekly minimum

Expected to attend:

DINNER FOR ONE

THE EFFECT

FAST FORWARD MOTION

Mixed Blood 2024-25 Season

SPT 7 - $608 weekly minimum

Expected to attend:

Alejandro Tey (Associate Artistic Director)

OUR MISSION: Mixed Blood uses theater to disrupt injustice. We are a social justice organization catalyzing action and change through art. Our work is guided by deep community engagement and rooted in radical hospitality.

Equitable Dinners (authors TBD, Directors TBD, locations TBD, dates TBD)

Equitable Dinners will consist of four new plays that address local, pressing issues (affordable housing, climate resilience, mental health, and racial equity). They will be performed for small audiences in people's houses. Actors with strong facilitation skills are encouraged to audition.

FALL PLAY TBA

UPSTREAM

Written by Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, Ryan Hill, Blossom Johnson, Johanna Keller Flores Directed by Alejandro Tey

Performance Venue: One World Learning Community school in Saint Paul, MN

1st rehearsal: March 17, 2025

Opening: April 11, 2025

Closing: April 26, 2025

This play is co-created with the students of the OWL Community school and will be performed day times for school groups, with as many as 6 public performances. The rest will be school performances.

SEEKING:

TBD. We will hire four actors. The play is currently being written. No parts have been pre-cast.

THE WARROAD PROJECT (A new community-based play)

Written by: TBD

Directed by: TBD

Performance Venue: RiverPlace Arts Center, Warroad, MN

First rehearsal: July 7, 2025

Opening: Aug 1, 2025

Closing: Aug 3, 2025

This will be a community collaboration.

SEEKING:

TBD

Park Square Theatre - 2024-25 Season

parksquaretheatre.org

SPT 5 - $512 weekly minimum

Personnel:

Director of Production - Austin Stiers

Expected to attend:

Artistic Director - Stephen DiMenna

Associate Artistic Director - Ellen Fenster

Dates:

Season dates October 12, 2024 - August 31, 2025

Performance Schedule: Four evening performances per week Thursdays - Sundays plus selected student matinees

HOLMES/POIROT

by Jeff Hatcher and Steve Hendrickson

Directed by David Ira Goldstein

Rehearsals: Sept 10, 2024 - Oct 3

First day on stage: Oct 3 Spacing rehearsal

Tech: Oct 3 - 8

Previews: Oct 9, 10

Open: Oct 11

Close: Nov 3, 2024

SEEKING:

Jeanne Beroldy/Madame Daubreuil - beautiful, approachable, vulnerable. Revealed to be cold and manipulative. (30s/40s)

Fraulein Bundt/ Madame Reynauld - Bundt is German, imperious, and wily; Reynauld is good, kind, and emotional. 30s/50s

Mademoiselle Raspail/Bella - Raspail is a peculiar little French witch, the kind of woman who gets too close, stares too long and doesn’t blink; Bella is a charming, beautiful, outdoorsy Brit, good humored and fun. 20s/30s

Eloise/Marthe Daubreuil - Eloise is a French maid, quiet but passionately in love with her employer; Marthe is a lovely young woman who seems honest and forthright but isn’t. 20s/30s

Arnold Beroldy/Paul Reynauld- Arnold is a bluff and rude French wine merchant; Paul, also French, is decent and tortured by his past. 40s/50s.

Georges Conneau/Jack Reynauld - Georges is handsome, charming, but a patsy; Jack is similar but more headstrong and liable to act on impulse. Both French, 20s/30s - 30ish is better

THE GIN GAME

by DL Coburn

Directed by Faye Price

Rehearsals: Jan 6, 2025 - Jan 29

First day on stage: Jan 30 -Spacing rehearsal

Tech: Jan 30 - Feb 4

Previews: Feb 5, 6

Open: Feb 7

Close: Feb 23, 2025

SEEKING:

Fonsia - CAST. Female 70-80s

Weller - CAST. Male 70s-80s

BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY

by Stephen Adly Guirgis

Directed by Stephen DiMenna

Rehearsals: April 7, 2025 - May 8

First day on stage: May 8-Spacing rehearsal

Tech: May 8 - May 13

Previews: May 14, 15

Open: May 16

Close: June 8, 2025

SEEKING:

Walter - CAST. Male/ African American 60s-70s

Junior - CAST. Male/African American 30s

Oswaldo - CAST. Male/Latino late 20s-30s

Lulu - CAST. Female/ Latina 20s

Detective Audrey O’Connor - CAST. Female/White 40s-50s

Lieutenant Caro - Male/White 50s-60s

Church Lady - Female/ African American 40s-60s