UNKNOWN SOLDIER - Submission for Washington, DC appointments
Arena Stage | Washington, DC
Notice: Submission
REVISED
Character breakdown amended to reflect roles already cast.
LORT Non-Rep
$1058 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in UNKNOWN SOLDIER (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied. Local DC actors are encouraged to submit.
Please submit your headshot and resume to the following link for consideration:
https://airtable.com/appUUmwrqlsYUYxiO/shrKpKqNqDHGmiMe1
Deadline: 10/25/2023
UNKNOWN SOLDIER
SYNOPSIS:
Joseph Pinzon, Artistic Associate – Casting Trip Cullman - Director
Daniel Goldstein - Book and Lyrics Patrick McCollum - Choreography
Susanna Wolk - Associate Director Julie McBride - Music Supervisor
Marco Paguia - Music Supervisor
First Rehearsal: 2/27/24
First Preview: 3/29/24
Opens: 4/11/24
Closes: 5/5/24
OTHER
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.
Cleaning out her grandmother’s home, Ellen Rabinowitz discovers the photograph of an anonymous soldier tucked away in a box of keepsakes. And so begins Unknown Soldier, a sweeping, elegiac musical from Daniel Goldstein and the late Michael Friedman on a woman’s journey to unearth the secrets of her family’s past and which will chart her future.
[LUCY LEMAY] – 20s: A young woman, who found love and lost it. We see her in the years immediately following World War 1. Legit Soprano to G5. CAST
[LUCY RABINOWITZ/YOUNG ELLEN] – ELLEN at 10 years old. Smart and inquisitive. LUCY is a real New York kid. 10 going on 17. Soprano A3 to C5. Local DC actors are encouraged to submit.
[ANDREW] ALREADY CAST – 40ish. A librarian, living in Ithaca. He’s a little lonely and has an active imagination. A romantic. Any ethnicity. Baritone up to an F.
[LUCY ANDERSON] – 80s - She has been living with the loss of the love of her life for more than 60 years. Also, the loss of her daughter and granddaughter. She is not a happy woman. Soprano A3 to C#5
[ELLEN RABINOWITZ] – 40ish. A sophisticated OBGYN, living on the Upper East Side. Fiercely intelligent. Soprano, belt/mix to C
[DOCTOR] – Man, any age, a vaudevillian. Any ethnicity. Baritone. CAST
[FRANCIS] – 20s - A soldier, recently returned from World War 1. An amnesiac. Tenor up to high A. CAST
[ENSEMBLE]:
CHORUS WOMAN A: 20s female. Any type any ethnicity. Alto. A strong mover/dancer CHORUS MAN T: 20s male. Any type any ethnicity. Tenor. A strong mover/ dancer CHORUS WOMAN S: 20s female. Any type any ethnicity. Soprano. A strong mover/ dancer CHORUS MAN BB: 20s male. Any type any ethnicity. Baritone/bass. A strong mover/dancer [SWINGS] – TBD
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