SEUSSICAL Submission - TheatreWorksUSA Auditions
TheatreWorksUSA
SEUSSICAL – Photo / Resume Request
TheatreworksUSA – NYC Equity TYA Tier 2 Tour; $460/week plus $53 per diem
Artistic Director: Barbara Pasternack
Associate Artistic Director: Molly K. Meador
Director/ Choreographer: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Composer: Stephen Flaherty
Lyricist: Lynn Ahrens
Rehearses: 12/23/10-1/9/11. Performs: 1/10/11-6/12/11
All actors must be available to audition, rehearse, and travel from NYC.
NYC auditions will be held on an upcoming date TBD.
For consideration, email picture and resume to:
casting@twusa.org
Or mail to:
Casting, TheatreworksUSA
151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Please indicate in the subject line of your email or on the outside of the envelope:
“Attn: SEUSSICAL casting”
Deadline for submissions: October 1.
All dates subject to change. ALL ACTORS WILL BE SIGNED ON AS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS and will be required, as such, to lift scenery, costumes and sound equipment during daily load-in and load outs (up to 60 lbs). Ethnic Actors encouraged to submit.
NOTE: ALL CHARACTERS MUST SING & DANCE. This is a shortened TYA version of the Broadway musical SEUSSICAL. All MUST be versatile singer/actor/dancers with comedic flair. Also must be able to carry tight harmonies.
All characters begin as Schoolyard Kids. They are archetypical middle-schoolers. They become animals through imagination rather than prosthetics. Seeking:
Cat in the Hat:
Male or Female, 20s-30s. Extremely hip. impish, mischievous, a tongue-in-cheek quality, a sense of irony and mockery and anarchy, but also the capacity for warmth and compassion. The Cat is a force of good, of humor, of wit, adventure and magic. Must be great with creating a variety of characters and accents. Extremely good physical comic and dancer.
Horton The Elephant:
18+ Stocky Boyish Male. Bari-tenor. Simple, sincere, somewhat out of place in a hip, cynical world. He's sincere, earnest and true to himself. Ethnic Actors encouraged to submit
Gertrude:
18+ Soprano with a mix-belt. She is insecure, shy and a little bit awkward. She feels she isn't good enough, pretty enough, talented enough. She’s in love with Horton. Requires great physical-comic skills.
Mayzie:
18+ female with strong Mix/belt. A Teen-Pop Princess Mayzie is selfish and self-centered, and charming.. Bosses the Bird Girls around. Knows how to use her femininity to get what she wants.
Sour Kangaroo:
18+ African-American. A tween know-it-all with a heart of gold buried somewhere deep beneath layers of sarcasm and teasing.
Wickerham Brothers:
18+ tenors/ Bari-tenors. Asian, Latino, African-American, Caucasian, etc. They are high school bullies who get pleasure out of teasing and tricks, but who would never do anything truly bad. They are gleefully mischievous. One of the brothers will also play Mr. Mayor. Ethnic Actors encouraged to submit
Bad Girls:
18+ Asian, Latino, African-American, Caucasian, Sopranos with a mix/belt) Gal pals who love looking pretty, strutting your stuff, hanging out with that cool Mayzie. One of the girls will also play Mrs. Mayor. Ethnic Actors encouraged to submit
JoJo:
18+ male to play a boy. Tenor. A boy with an unbridled imagination that enables him to solve problems, find his way, and ultimately save the world. Honest. A little bit mischievous. A dreamer.
