GIANT Equity Chorus Call Singers - Dallas Theatre Center/The Public Theatre Auditions

GIANT – Equity Chorus Call / Singers
Dallas Theatre Center/The Public Theater LORT $710/week minimum.

Score: Michael John LaChiusa

Book: Sybille Pearson

Based on Edna Ferber’s novel.

Dir: Michael Greif

Casting: Jordan Thaler/Heidi Griffiths

1st reh (NYC): 12/1/11. 1st reh (Dallas): 1/6/12. Dallas run: 1/18 – 2/19/12.

Equity Chorus Call / Singers:

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Chelsea Studios

10 AM – Equity female singers who move well 151 West 26th Street, 5th Floor

2 PM – Equity male singers who move well New York City

Please prepare 16 bars of an American standard or contemporary musical theater song. No pop/rock/R&B. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose. No a cappella singing.

Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.

Story of Jordan “Bick” Benedict, a wealthy rancher in early 20th-Century Texas, over the span of 25 years. Bick struggles to keep his expansive ranch Reata, his family, and the purity of his legacy intact against a backdrop of racism and the ever-increasing greed of the oil industry.

Seeking Ensemble Singers (M/F): Featured characters include …

Adarene:

Late 30s - early 40s. Texas woman with great humor and great heart. On the surface, perhaps a bit bookish and shy … but only on the surface, and in comparison with her friends. Mezzo soprano.

Analita:

Latina, 20s. Daughter of one of the working families on Reata who are innermost with the Benedict family. Bright, sassy and moves well. Mezzo/belt with high mix.

Woman:

Plays characters in their 30s. Seeking beautiful actress w/comic flair & strong singing voice. Needs the ability to delineate a line of roles, w/access to a range of regional American dialects & foreign accents, etc. Characters include a Texas beauty queen and an aristocratic English woman, among others. Mezzo soprano w/mix.

Pinkie:

Man, late 30s - early 40s. Ranch-hand turned oil-baron husband. Role for a unique-looking character actor with humor and quirk who, however unlikely, in his own way, still looks like a cowboy. High tenor.

Bobby Jr / Sr:

20s. Good-natured young man with big plans for the ranch. High baritone.

Ensemble Men:

Characters are in their 30s-40s . Seeking baritones and tenors, with strong singing voices. Need the ability to delineate a line of roles, with access to a range of regional American dialects and foreign accents, etc. Play Texas ranchers, oil lobbyists, an aristocratic Englishman and others.