SUPER FLY The Musical – Equity Principal Auditions
Producer: Michael David, Tommy Mottola, Jeb Brien Staged Reading Guidelines $100 stipend.
Dir/Choreo: Bill T. Jones
Music/Lyrics: Curtis Mayfield & others of the 1970s R&B/Soul/Funk/Pop Era
Book: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
Casting: Mungioli Theatricals, Inc.
Rehearsal/reading dates: 4/25/11 - 5/7/11.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Thursday, March 24, 2011 Pearl Studios
10 AM – 5:30 PM 500 Eighth Avenue, 4th Floor
Lunch from 1:30 – 2. New York City
Please prepare 32 bars of a simple, sustained legit song OR a song from the R&B/Pop/Funk/Soul Era that shows off your voice and range. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose. Some may be asked to read as well. Non-Equity performers will be seen as time permits.
Please bring a current picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking the following only at this time:
Priest (a/k/a Super Fly):
Mixed-race (African American and Caucasian) man, mid 20s - mid 30s. Described as “a drug pusher, a stick-up artist and a child of the ghetto”, he truly beats the system, outsmarting the corrupt police force so that he can break free and start a new life. Though some may find him despicable, one cannot help but be moved by the ultimate triumph of this most unlikely hero. Sexy in a way that no woman can resist, his sexual energy is smooth and powerful. He is the very personification of cool in a time period when cool is what everyone wants to be. A great physique; a great sense of style. Actor must have the stature to play this iconic wide-brimmed-hat-wearing, chinchilla-coat-styling, bad bad man who drives a state-of-the-art tricked-out ’72 Eldorado. Priest was born in Harlem of a white mother and a black father; he is at home in the Harlem streets of the 1970s, and respected by even the most prominent figures of the underground drug world. Does drugs himself, but never to excess. Having overcome being shot when he was nine years old, he is fearless. Role requires a great actor. Must sing well. MUST BE ABLE TO DANCE OR MOVE WELL. Must know or be able to learn kung fu martial arts. ACTOR MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH MUSIC OF THE PERIOD AND BE ABLE TO SING THIS MUSIC WITH GREAT PASSION AND STYLE.
Eddie:
African American man, late 20s - mid 30s. Wiry, fast-eyed. Priest’s partner in the drug trade and “main boy’” out of a family fifty strong out on the streets working for them. Lives the “Street Life’”, thieving, selling drugs, shooting craps – and he loves, as he describes it, “green money and new pussy”. Volatile and vengeful. Does not support Priest’s plan to get out – in fact, when the Mafia gets involved, he betrays Priest and sides with the Mafia against him. Takes hold of any modicum of power that comes within his grasp and uses it for personal financial gain and to murder anyone he feels has crossed him. Role requires a great actor. Must sing well, and be able to move with great style and rhythm. MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH MUSIC OF THE PERIOD AND BE ABLE TO SING THIS MUSIC WITH GREAT PASSION; MUST BE ABLE TO DANCE OR MOVE WELL.
Fat-Freddy:
African American man, 20s. Lovable idiot. An innocent, in over his head in the underground drug trade of 1970s Harlem. A cousin to Priest, he feels somewhat protected by this familial connection, though in the harsh, dark and violent world of the underground drug trade, his innocence and naïveté ultimately do him in. Ernest and child-like; very heartful and lovable. In love with a prostitute named Sugar (his “Dulcinea”, if you will), and he will not leave her when the Mafia comes after him, in spite of Priest’s urging him to get out of town and attempting to provide for his safe passage. “I been waitin’ my whole life for a woman like this”, he says. He is murdered (subject of the well-known song “Freddie’s Dead”). Must be able to move very well. ACTOR MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH MUSIC OF THE PERIOD AND BE ABLE TO SING THIS MUSIC WITH GREAT PASSION AND STYLE. MUST BE ABLE TO DANCE OR MOVE WELL.
Scatter:
African American man. Character may be played by an actor of any age, as long as he can play 60, while being remarkably fit and being able to dance well. Scatter is Priest’s mentor, who gave him entrée into the world of the Mafia. Very much like a father to Priest. Now retired from the drug trade and runs a restaurant/nightclub in Harlem. Warm and fatherly toward Priest, he is not afraid to whip a .22 from his waist and stick it in Eddie’s side for speaking to him rudely. Described as a “ruthless individual [who would] kill you for spitting, he is nothing to mess with”, but his love for Priest, whom he calls “Youngblood” is great. Scatter teaches Priest everything that makes him what he is, and when Priest asks him to re-enter the drug trade to help him in his scheme to get out, he does so knowing it might cost him his life (which it ultimately does). Actor must be able to DANCE. ACTOR MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH MUSIC OF THE PERIOD AND BE ABLE TO SING THIS MUSIC WITH GREAT PASSION; MUST BE ABLE TO DANCE OR MOVE WELL.
If unable to attend this EPA, please send picture/resume immediately to SUPER FLY, c/o Mungioli Theatricals, Inc., 151 West 26th St 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001.
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