|
Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Monday, May 20, 2012
Adult Principals and Ensemble: 2:30 pm-9:30pm
Sign-ups begin at 2:15pm and end at 9pm
Callbacks on 5/21 as needed.
|
Contract
NEAT
$533/week
Location
Robinson Theatre
at Waltham High School
617 Lexington Street
Waltham, MA 02452
|
|
Seeking
Strong singers & actors for principal roles and singing ensembles. This is an Adult Equity Performer Audition for High School age and above. Children's roles will be cast at another time.
see breakdown.
Preparation
Be prepared to sing no more than 16 bars of a song in the style of the show, showcasing your vocal and acting ability. Please prepare for the role(s) in which you are interested. Please bring 2 resume/headshots and be prepared to be possibly moved by the choreographer.
Other
Waltham High School is still in session & school buses will be around theater entrance until 2:10pm. No one will be allowed into the building until the buses have cleared
Personnel
Director: David Hugo
Music Director: Dan Rodriguez.
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
No appointments necessary. No Phone Calls Please. There will be a sign up sheet for auditions upon arrival.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
|
|
Breakdown
Jean Valjean: 35-40s. Sings to B (high lyric baritone or tenor with strong low notes). A poor peasant who rises to affluence, he has great natural nobility and dignity. A powerful figure, ideally a large man with a character of operatic size and passion. The voice needs to have a pop/rock sound or a classical sound of extraordinary textual clarity.
Javert: Baritone, sings to G. Policeman who relentlessly hunts Valjean. Ideally a large man. The ultimate “law and order” figure. Obsessed, to the point of irrationality, with a rigid and merciless moral code. He too is a character of operatic size and passion. Both belt voice and classical can suit this role but must have a darker quality than Jean Valjean.
Thenardier: Late 30s-40s. Strong comic character role. A crooked innkeeper, later a petty, amoral thief. Greedy, irreverent, selfish, boorish, vulgar. Baritone, sings to F sharp.
Marius: 20s. High baritone (sings to A) with a strong bottom (to A). A member of the revolutionary student movement. Attractive and romantic but in a sensitive, 19th century “byronic” way.
Enjolras: 20s-early 30s. High baritone (to G sharp/A) very strong singer. Charismatic political figure. Leader of the revolutionary movement.
Fantine: Late 20s, early 30s. Belt up to C, sings to E flat. Poor factory girl, struggling to support her fatherless daughter. Later is a pauper, a prostitute, a consumptive and a ghost. Earthy and poignant. Although is finally defeated by circumstances she should appear to be strong and a survivor. She puts up a valiant fight against the horrors of her life.
Cosette: 18-25. Fantine’s daughter . Delicate, elegant, vulnerable and beautiful. Falls in love with and later marries Marius. Soprano (to high C) but a light, young “floating” sound.
Eponine: 18-25. An enormous and beautiful belt voice, to C in belt (sings to E flat). Daughter of the Thenardiers but in no way behaves like them. Fired by an unrequited love for Marius. Small, gamine, waif-like. Hasn’t learned to disguise her emotions; wears her heart on her sleeve.
Madame Thenardier: 30s-early 40s. Tough, sharp, coarse, boorish, vulgar. Strong character comedienne role. Belter.
Bit parts will be chosen from among the Ensemble.
|
