A CHRISTMAS STORY - LA ECC/Singers (Male Characters)
Center Theatre Group | Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
12:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$1769 weekly minimum (LORT A)
Equity chorus singers (male characters) for A CHRISTMAS STORY (See breakdown).
Please prepare a short traditional musical theatre song. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Center Theatre Group's The Music Center Annex
601 W Temple St
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2621
Parking available at the Music Center Garage for $10 for anyone auditioning.
Book by Joseph Robinette
Music and Lyrics by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul
Director: Matt Lenz
Choregraphed by Warren Carlyle
Expected to attend:
Musical Director: Andrew Smithson
Casting Director: Alison Franck
1st Rehearsal: November 7, 2023
Tech: November 29, 2023 (on or about)
1st Preview: December 5, 2023
Open: December 8, 2023
Close: December 31, 2023
OTHER
https://www.centertheatregroup.org/
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
ECC 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.
A Christmas Story, The Musical is set in Indiana in November and December, 1940. The Depression is just ending, and Christmas is approaching! Ralphie, our 9 year old hero, dreams of getting an air rifle for Christmas-- and not just any air rifle, but the Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun!
NOTE: The children carry a HUGE part of a HUGE production. Seeking boys and girls with natural star quality. BOYS MUST HAVE UNCHANGED voices.
ADULT ENSEMBLE:
[MALE SINGER/DANCER] ASIAN. 30s-40s or 20s to play older. WAITER in a Chinese Restaurant. Vocal range, high baritone or tenor. Funny comic actor.
[MALE SINGER/DANCER] 30s-50s. Covers THE OLD MAN.
[SCUT FARKUS] Over 18. Must be 5’6” or shorter to play young teens. The bully. Tap dancing a plus.
[GROVER DILL] Over 18. Must be 5’6” or shorter to play young teens. Farkus’s sidekick. Tap dancing by a plus.
[MALE ADULT ENSEMBLE] Seeking all ethnicities, interesting off-beat, singer/dancer/actors with bright contemporary voices to play a multitude of roles and some to play featured roles and some to cover the principals. Roles in ensemble: Santa, fathers, neighbors, delivery people and elves etc.
Seeking warm and interesting types. Vocal ranges include tenors to high A. High Baritones to F#.
CHILDREN'S ENSEMBLE:
[FLICK] 10 to 13, he will sing a song with his tongue “stuck” to a flag pole. Must be funny and natural. Strong singer. VOICE: Belter (unchanged voice) low B to high C#. Must be able to tap. Must be 4’11” or shorter.
[SCHWARTZ] 10 to 13. VOICE: Belter (unchanged voice) low B to high C#. Must be able to tap. Must be 4’11” or shorter.
[TAP DANCE SPECIALTY[/ENSEMBLE] 9-12. Should be 4'9 or shorter (would love very small) EXCELLENT TAP DANCER. Singing a plus. (will be cast in one of the listed roles)
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