WAITRESS - LA EPA/ECC Singers Actors Theater Series, Inc. | Fullerton, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
COST
Salary pending - 2023 rates $983 weekly minimum (Tier 3)
Equity actors for roles in WAITRESS (See breakdown).
There are no available Equity stage
managerial positions.
Please prepare a song of your choice from Waitress or anything in the genre. Actors auditioning for EARL would need to come prepared with a song in the vein of Elton John or a similar contemporary singer/songwriter. Please bring sheet music/music book and a stapled headshot and resume.
La Mirada Theatre Rehearsal Space 15519 Phoebe Ave
La Mirada, CA 90638
Producers: Tom McCoy and Cathy Rigby
Producing Artistic Director: B.T. McNicholl
Director: Abbey O'Brien
Music Director: Jennifer Lin
Choreographer: Cost N' Mayor
Casting Director: Julia Flores
Expected to attend:
Music Director: Jennifer Lin
Casting Director: Julia Flores
1st Rehearsal: 9/3/24
Open: 9/20
Close: 10/13
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
WAITRESS
JENNA – Late 20s-30s. Character identifies as female. Any ethnicity. Jenna is stuck in her life as an unhappily married waitress in a small town. Finds some happiness and expression through her meticulous baking of pies and her friendships with her coworkers, Dawn and Becky. Lives her life paycheck-to-paycheck, day by day, and wants nothing more than to get away and start fresh, unbeknownst to her destructive husband, Earl. Has a fantastic pop/rock voice with great range. Mezzo-soprano F#3 - F5.
DAWN – Late 20s-early 30s. Character identifies as female. Any ethnicity. Dawn is the youngest of the waitresses and the newest to the diner. Endearing and genuine. Thick glasses, hair parted 14 centimeters to the left— eccentric is the nice way to say she’s slightly unusual, and not so slightly OCD. She sets the tables, painstakingly ensuring each salt and pepper-shaker is equidistant from the napkin holder. Has an excellent pop/rock/folk voice. Mezzo-soprano G3 - Eb5.
BECKY – 40s-early 50s. Character identifies as female. Any ethnicity. The oldest of the three waitresses. Becky has been at the diner the longest. Irreverent, irascible, been there - done that - and made it back. Becky has a wicked sense of humor with excellent comedic timing. Has a soulful pop voice with an excellent pop belt. Mezzo-soprano Eb3 - Eb5.
DR. POMATTER – 30s-early 40s. Character identifies as male. Any ethnicity. Handsome, endearing, and neurotic. Has a warm, and somewhat clumsy, manner. Jenna’s gynecologist. He has a quirky sense of humor and a big heart and, despite the fact that he’s having an affair with Jenna, he is a good person. Has impeccable comedic timing and moves well. Has a very strong pop/rock tenor that can navigate the musical style of Sara Bareilles with ease. Tenor C3 - Bb4.
CAL - 40s. Character identifies as male. Any ethnicity. A chef at the diner. A “Salt of the Earth” guy’s guy surrounded by gals. Brash, impatient, unsentimental, but somehow charming. Should have a strong pop/rock voice with great comedic chops. Has a strong contemporary baritone singing voice in the style of Sara Bareilles and has excellent comedic timing. Could possibly cover the role of Joe. B2 - G4.
OGIE - 30s, Character identifies as male. Any ethnicity. Eccentric, genuine and lovable. Absolutely smitten with Dawn (in a hilarious yet endearing way) after she goes on a 5-minute date with him. Quirky, incredibly persistent, yet always kind. Has excellent comedic timing. Has an excellent pop/rock tenor/baritenor sound. Tenor C3 - Bb4. Ogie’s solo is more “character operatic” in style than high in pitch.
EARL – 30s-early 40s. Character identifies as male. Caucasian. Jenna’s husband. Peaked in high school, handsome in a gruff way, but that face is clouded with broken dreams, drowned with cheap beer. Just enough narcissism mixed with stupidity, to be a potent Molotov cocktail that can explode into unexpected anger one second and then turn into a sobbing mess the next. Guitar playing a plus. Eb3 - G4.
JOE - 60s-early 70s. Character identifies as male. Any ethnicity. Comfortable singing. The owner of the diner where Jenna, Dawn, Becky, and Cal work. A curmudgeonly man who has a soft spot for Jenna (and her pie). Gruff exterior but a warmth and kindness within. Joe is a sarcastic and no nonsense guy with a keen ability to read people. Very funny. Baritenor B2 - G#4.
MALE IDENTIFYING ENSEMBLE - 25-late 40s. Character identifies as male. Any ethnicity. Must have excellent pop/rock voices in the style of Sara Bareilles. Strong actors to play a range of characters comprising the community in which the story takes place. Must be strong movers with excellent comedic timing. Covers for Principles.
FEMALE IDENTIFYING ENSEMBLE - 25-30s. Character identifies as female. Any ethnicity. Must have excellent pop/rock voices in the style of Sara Bareilles. Strong actors to play a range of characters comprising the community in which the story takes place. Must be strong movers with excellent comedic timing. Covers for Principles.
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