TUCK EVERLASTING - Colonial Theatre Auditions

– Equity Principal Auditions

Production Contract / Boston Production

Producers: Broadway Across America, Howard Kagan and Barry Brown

Score: Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen

Book: Claudia Shear

Dir/Choreo: Casey Nicholaw

Mus Dir: Rob Berman

GM: Alan Wasser Associates/ Allan Williams & Mark Shacket

Casting: Telsey + Company / Bethany Knox

1st reh: 4/8/13 (rehearses in NYC). Travel to Boston: 5/14. Boston run: 5/26-6/15, at the Colonial Theatre.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Thursday, October 4, 2012                                                                      Telsey + Company

Friday, October 5, 2012                                                                      315 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor

Tuesday, October 9, 2012                                                                      New York City

10 AM - 6 PM all three days.

Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30.

Please prepare a brief, contemporary musical theatre ballad. Bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided, but may not transpose. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.

Seeking, for the Boston production:

Note from Equity: A developmental production of this musical was produced in 2011. Several roles have been cast, and the rest have been offered (but are still available).

Winnie:

OFFER OUT; ROLE STILL AVAILABLE; CHECK NOTICE AGAIN FOR CASTING-STATUS UPDATE. Girl, any ethnicity, age 11. A little girl without cuteness – she has lost her father. She is too skeptical for her age, but with an unknown longing for romance and adventure. Performer must sing very well and be a subtle actress with the ability to hold a stage. Must have comic timing. LEAD.

Miles Tuck:

OFFER OUT; ROLE STILL AVAILABLE; CHECK NOTICE AGAIN FOR CASTING-STATUS UPDATE. Man, any ethnicity, 23. A burned and bitter man. His natural sweetness shut away. Lost his wife and child, doomed to live with regret. Baritenor. Must sing well.

Ma Tuck:

OFFER OUT; ROLE STILL AVAILABLE; CHECK NOTICE AGAIN FOR CASTING-STATUS UPDATE.

Woman, any ethnicity, 40s. Still beautiful after all these years. A matriarch, a mother, a wife. Her homespun wisdom is leavened by her humor and still-girlish delight.

Man In Yellow Suit:

OFFER OUT; ROLE STILL AVAILABLE; CHECK NOTICE AGAIN FOR CASTING-STATUS UPDATE.

Man, any ethnicity, 60s. Creepy and persuasive; a man with an obsession, a secret. Must sing.

The following roles are cast. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.

Jesse Tuck:

CAST. Male, any ethnicity, 17. Light and laughing, he is eternal youth writ large, the lightness shown all the brighter for the shadow of loneliness that he has. Pop tenor. Must sing very well.

Pa Tuck:

CAST. Man, any ethnicity, 40s. Once awakened, a vibrant, virile man. He is an indulgent father, a fond if forgetful husband, but a true soul with a deep well of love and profound understanding of the life around him.

Nana:

CAST. Woman, any ethnicity, 60. A loopy old woman, but a loving grandmother and mother. Must sing.

Hugo:

CAST. Male, any ethnicity, 17. Painfully shy, awkward and goofy, but smart and eerily observant – his father, Constable Joe, knows this. The two of them have a “routine” that fools most of the people all of the time. Must sing well.

Mother:

CAST. Woman, any ethnicity, 30s. Gentle woman, almost broken by grief and fear and loss. Adversity finds her brave and unbending.

Constable Joe:

CAST. Man, any ethnicity, 60s. Seemingly a buffoon; his simple manner belies a sharp wit and kind heart.