FOOTLOOSE - Fireside Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Date of Audition
11/12/2012

Location
AEA Chicago
557 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60661
1st Floor, AEA Member Center

Time(s)
Monday, November 12th from 10am - 5:30pm

EPA Rules are in effect.
A monitor will be provided.

Appointments
will be taken by the Equity office beginning
Monday, October 29th, 2012 at 9:30 AM. Call
312-641-0406 9:30 AM-12:30 PM and 3:00-
4:30 PM.

Contract
Dinner Theatre
actor minimum $568/wk

Seeking
Male and female singing actors. See Breakdown
for details.

Preparation
Please prepare a short song in the style of the show.
You may sing from the show. Bring headshot and
resume.

Other Dates
FOOTLOOSE Rehearsals begin in Wisconsin, February 11,
2013; Runs February 28 through April 14, 2013.

Other
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Personnel
Director Ed Flesch, Musical Director Mary Ehlinger,
and Choreographer Kate Swan will attend with
casting aurthority.

REN McCORMACK - excellent singer and dancer who can play high school age. Good-looking, smart, likable, charismatic, who has a cockiness which masks the hurt he feels from hisfather deserting him.

ARIEL MOORE – excellent singer and dancer who can play high school age. Lovely, smart. She has a soft and sensitive side that is masked by her rebelliousness. Is drawn to Renbecause she is dealing with her own sense of loss.

REVEREND MOORE – 30’s/40’s. Good singer/actor. A good, decent, loving man who is in pain over the loss of his son and the estrangement of his daughter, Ariel. A serious man whofeels the weight of responsibility for the moral life of his congregation

VI MOORE – 30’s/40’s. Good singer/actress. Warm, loving, devoted to her husband and daughter. Tends to be deferential toward her husband but can stand up to him when thesituation calls for it.

ETHEL McCORMACK – Ren’s mother .30’s/40’s. Good singer/actress. Obviously the source of Ren’s strength and determination. Fiercely supportive of her son.

RUSTY – Ariel’s best friend. Excellent singer/dancer with comic ability who can play high school age. Fun loving, adventurous, energetic.

WILLARD - Ren’s best friend. Good singer/dancer with comic ability who can play high school age. A loyal, small town guy who is a perfect foil for Ren

LULU WARNICKER; WES WARNICKER; CHUCK CRANSTON – 30’s/40’s. Good singer/actors. Townspeople who are good and decent at heart but are small-minded and provincial andafraid of change.