CURTAINS and FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM Equity Principal Audition - Paper Mill Playhouse and TUTS Auditions
Paper Mill Playhouse and TUTS
CURTAINS and
FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON
THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Equity Principal Auditions
Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, NJ) COST; WCLO * see contract/salary info under each show
Producing Artistic Director: Mark S. Hoebee
Associate Artistic Director: Patrick Parker
Co-producer for FORUM: Theatre Under The Stars (Houston, TX)
President & CEO TUTS: John C. Breckinridge
Producing Artistic Director TUTS: Frank M. Young
Casting: Telsey + Company
Equity Principal Auditions:
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at Telsey + Company
And 315 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor
Friday, November 19, 2020 New York, NY
10 AM – 6 PM each day
Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30.
Please prepare a traditional musical theatre song. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
CURTAINS
Coproduction with Theater Under The Stars (Houston, TX)
Contract/Salary info: COST (Tier 4) at Paper Mill Playhouse: $777/week minimum and WCLO at Theatre Under The Stars: $965/week minimum
Book: Rupert Holmes. Music: John Kander. Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Director: Mark S. Hoebee. Choreographer: Denis Jones. Music Director: Tom Helm
1st rehearsal in NYC: 3/4/11. 1st rehearsal in Houston: 3/24/11. Runs in Houston: 3/30 4/10/11.
1st rehearsal in Millburn: 4/21/11. Runs in Millburn:4/27 – 5/22/11.
Seeking:
Lieutenant Frank Cioffi:
Male, 40s, baritone. Local Boston detective who is also a musical theatre aficionado and community theatre ham. Aside from being exceptionally good at his job, he has also aspired to be a musical theatre performer his entire life.
Carmen Bernstein:
Female, mid-40s – mid 60s, Alto/Belt. Brassy Broadway producer. She is aggressive and determined. Terrific comedic actress who sings well.
Niki Harris:
Female, late 20s – 30s, Soprano. Pretty, sweet, too-good-to-be-true ingénue. Niki is a chorus girl/understudy in the show-within-a-show during its Boston tryout, but aspires to one day make it on Broadway. She meets and falls in love with Lt. Frank Cioffi, who is investigating a murder at the theatre. Must have a legit soprano voice, good comic timing, and be a very good dancer.
Georgia Hendricks:
Female, 30s – early 40s, Alto/Mezzo. The female half of our songwriting team. She is the lyricist for the show-within-a-show and her writing partner, Aaron Fox, is also her husband, from whom she is separated. Takes on the role of leading lady when the star is murdered. Must sing well and be able to dance.
Aaron Fox:
Male, 40s, Baritenor. The male half of our song writing team, he is the composer, separated from his writing partner and wife, Georgia. He’s a sexy and charming ladies man.
Christopher Belling:
Male, 40s – 60s, Baritone. The egomaniacal and temperamental English director. Must have sharp and witty comic timing.
Daryl Grady:
Male, 30s. He is the theatre critic for the local Boston newspaper, and he enjoys using the power he has to make or break shows during their out-of-town tryouts.
Johnny Harmon:
Male, 40s – 50s. He is the stage manager of the show-within-a-show. A gruff, but loveable character man who keeps the company in line and on their toes throughout the rehearsal process.
Oscar Shapiro:
Male, mid-40s – mid 60s, Baritone. He is the general manager. An agreeable if slightly gruff man, he is always looking for any angle to find money. Requires a good comic actor who sings.
Bobby Pepper:
Male, 20s – 30s, Baritone. He is the choreographer and charming lead dancer. Strong singer who dances well.
Bambi Bernstein:
Female, 20s – 30s, Alto/Belter. Performer in the chorus and daughter of Carmen. She is hungry to work her way up to leading performer. Many think she was only hired because of her mother. Excellent dancer and comedienne who sings well.
Sidney Bernstein:
Male, 50s – 60s. The producer of an out-of-town flop. Sidney is tough and self-serving. Married to Carmen. Character actor with comic timing.
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Producer: Paper Mill Playhouse. COST Tier 4; $777/week minimum
Producing Artistic Director: Mark S. Hoebee
Associate Artistic Director: Patrick Parker
Book: Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Director: Mark Waldrop. Choreographer: Vince Pesce. Musical Supervisor: Tom Helm
1st rehearsal: 2/21/11. Runs: 3/16 – 4/10/11
Note: All actors should be contemporary vaudevillians, accomplished in song & dance and broad physical comedy -- as well as actors who can convey their characters' emotional cores in the context of a heightened comic world. Seeking:
Pseudelous:
30-55. (No particular size or shape requirements.) A low comedian with star power. A cunning and resourceful slave who will do anything to obtain his freedom.
Hero:
Son of Senex. Owner of Pseudelous. A handsome youth of 20 or so. An innocent.
Philia:
A courtesan-in-training of 20 or so. Very beautiful and very dumb. Also an innocent.
Senex:
A Roman citizen. At, or just past, middle age. He still has a roving eye and lust in his heart -- if perhaps not the ability to follow through on his urges.
Marcus Lycus:
A Roman citizen. A middle-aged man of business -- the business, in this case, being a house of ill repute.
Domina:
Wife of Senex. An imposing middle-aged woman. A low comedienne who can play high status.
Erronious:
A Roman citizen. An old, old man -- recently returned from years of fruitless searching for his two children, who were stolen by pirates.
Hysterium:
30-55. Head slave in Senex's household. His high-strung nature contrasts with Pseudelous' earthiness.
Miles Gloriosus:
A Roman war hero. 30 or so. Magnificent, muscular, and bigger than life -- with an ego to match. Very strong singer.
The Proteans:
Three versatile comic actors who play who play Roman citizens, slaves, Roman soldiers, eunuchs, and anything else required. Strong physical comedy a plus.
