Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS
– Equity Principal Auditions
Gateway Playhouse Bellport NY LOA $464/week minimum.
Score: Irving Berlin
Dir TBA
Choreo: Mary Giattino, re-creating Randy Skinner’s Original Broadway Choreography under his advisement.
1st reh: 11/28/12. Runs 12/14-30.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Chelsea Studios
10 AM - 6 PM 151 West 26th Street, 6th Floor
Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City
Please prepare a brief song in the style of the show. Bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided, but may not transpose. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking (all roles are available; the following will be considered for Equity contracts):
Bob Wallace:
30s-40s. Guiding force behind the song-and-dance team of Wallace and Davis. Very good singer, with a crooning style. Moves well. Baritone. Lead.
Phil Davis:
20s-30s. The fun-loving, go-getting song-and-dance partner of the team Wallace and Davis. Boyish charm and sex appeal. Strong jazz and tap-dancing needed; baritone-tenor Lead.
Betty Haynes:
30s. The sensible, responsible half of the upcoming song-and-dance team the Haynes Sisters. A singer of quiet beauty and charm, with a rich chest mix sound and a soprano extension. Must move well. Lead.
Judy Haynes:
20s-30s. The younger, more ambitious, slightly scheming Haynes sister. Strong jazz and tap dancing needed; chest mix. Lead.
General Henry Waverly:
40s. Retired U. S. Army general, adjusting to returning to civilian life in post-World War II America. Once a powerful leader, he now struggles to run a struggling inn in Vermont. Heremains a man of great principle and dignity. Beneath his curmudgeonly military exterior lies a warm, compassionate man in need of family and love. Supporting.
Martha Watson:
40s-50s. Once a Broadway star, now the General’s housekeeper and receptionist at the inn. Martha has a very dry, wry, wisecracking sense of humor. Big-hearted but rather unsentimental, she runs the General’s life in spite of his protestations. She is an irrepressible meddler, but always for what she believes to be the other guy’s best interests. A winning, appealing character-comedienne with a clarion belt voice. Supporting.
Ralph Sheldrake:
30s-40s. Army buddy of Bob and Phil’s, now a major television executive with “The Ed Sullivan Show”. Fast-talking New York professional. Baritone (he will be singing and possibly dancing in some of the production numbers).
Snoring Man/Ezekiel Foster:
Multi-character track (males, 30s-40s) for one character actor. Plays multiple roles throughout the show, including a comical Snoring Man on the train and Ezekiel Foster, the slow-moving stage hand. Must have great comic timing. Baritone.
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