YEAST NATION Submission - Showcase Auditions

YEAST NATION - Photo/Resume Request

Prods: John Pinckard, Ryan Bogner Showcase (approval pending) $350 project stipend.

Music/Lyrics: Mark Hollmann

Book/Lyrics/Dir: Greg Kotis

Mus Dir: William Wade

Choreo: Wendy Seyb

CD: Laura Stanczyk

Strong possibility of working around existing NYC show schedules. 1st reh: 7/11/11. Runs 8/12-8/28 as part of the NY Internat’l Fringe Festival. Performance schedule TBD. May extend for 4-10 more perfs, after a one to two-week hiatus.

NYC appointment auditions will be held from May 19 – 24, 2011.

To be considered, send photo/resume by May 18th to

yeastnationcasting@gmail.com

or

Attn: MERYL

LAURA STANCZYK CASTING

1674 BROADWAY SUITE 703

NEW YORK NY 10019

Seeking:

Note: By the authors of URINETOWN. Classical and musical theatre training, plus an innate sense of anarchy are crucial for any actor working in their world.

Jan-The-Unnamed:

Female. Age unspecified, but old enough to possess a certain whacked-out wisdom and serious comedic chops. Unnamed is our guide to the world of the Yeasts, and is sometimes one of them. Like the blind prophetess from Greek mythology, and strangely prescient. Her comic skills must not prevent her embracing the style of world and the truth of its truths with commitment and conviction. She may evolve, but never winks. Alto.

Jan-The-Elder:

Male, 70s. Role may be played by any actor who can play this age believably, memorize quickly and be capable of handling any movement demands. The first creature to swim the seas, King of the Yeasts, Elder is authority. He is regal and unapproachable, but beginning to succumb to age and madness. Does not necessarily have to be very tall, as his physical stature can be enhanced. He should have a natural charisma and a sense of true power. Baritone.

Jan-The-Sweet:

Female, early 20s. Lowborn but proud, fierce and noble. She appears to be the ingénue. The other Yeasts yearn for her and are moved by her sweetness, but she possesses her father's wisdom and something sterner and surprising of her own. She has will and strength, and will never knuckle down. She has real beauty, but it isn't necessarily the kind you find on the cover of “Vogue”. Pop soprano with rock chops.

Jan-The-Second-Oldest:

Male, 20s - early 30s. Elder's son, and first in line for the throne. An idealist, a dreamer. Handsome and charismatic – could look like a young rock star or a gorgeous, sweet boy – above all, must possess a vulnerability as well as the bearing of someone who could be King of All Yeasts. Must have timing and an earnestness, which never cloys. Great pop rock tenor.

Jan-The-Wise:

Male, late 30s - early 50s. Wise is Elder’s senior counselor and advisor. He schemes and plots to hold and gain power, he believes he is smarter than the other Yeasts but he is certainly not as smart as Sly. He has no direct claim on the throne. He has a surprising vulnerability to the charms of Sweet, and a formal, courtly nature. Tries hard to be Dick Cheney, but can only truly aspire to Rumsfeld. Should be physically eccentric, and is not a natural leading man. Pop rock baritone.

Jan-The-Wretched:

Male, 40s-50s. Wretched, desperate. A vagabond. He actually is smarter than all the other Yeasts, and understands the way they live is unsustainable. Sweet's father. Baritenor.

Jan-The-Famished:

Female, 30s-40s. Desperate, bumbling single mother-to-be. She is perpetually hungry and constantly terrified. The actress playing this role should be very, very thin, as she gives birth during the course of the play. Mezzo soprano.

Jan-The-Sly:

Female, 20s. The smartest, the cleverest, the most ambitious and slyest of all the yeasts, Sly is a schemer and a plotter. She is patricidal, fratricidal, would be matricidal if she had a mother, and is very appealing. She is Jan-The-Second-Oldest’s younger sister, and second in line for the throne.

Pop/rock alto.

The New One:

Female, late teens - early 20s. Something new. Someone shiny. Lithe, sexual and exotic. She is alien to the yeasts, though is born of them. She seems innocent and childlike, but grows merciless and savage as her hunger increases. Must move extremely well. Dancer or gymnast preferred. Alto/mezzo soprano.

Chorus 2:

Male, ten years old to early teens. Guileless, trusting, but precocious and concerned with precision. Points out inaccuracies and ambiguities in the conceit of the play only the way a child could. Directly, simply and without mercy. Not a show kid. Unchanged voice.

Chorus:

Three men, three women. All ages and types. Unique, eccentric, talented and tireless.