A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK - NYC EPA
Letter Productions LLC
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Nov 29, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
Thurs, Nov 30, 2017**
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $650 weekly
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers for various roles.
PREPARATION
A brief comedic musical theatre piece OR a brief dramatic musical theatre piece. Please bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (500)
500 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10018-6504
Studio 411 (holding room: Studio 414)
**Thursday 11/30 ONLY
Pearl Studios NYC (519)
519 8th Ave
12th FlNew York, NY 10018
Studio D
PERSONNEL
Book by Jerry James, Cheryl Stern, Ellen M. Schwartz, and Laura I. Kramer
Music by Laura l. Kramer
Lyrics by Ellen M. Schwartz
Additional Lyrics by Cheryl Stern
Based on the short story “A Letter to Harvey Milk” by Lesléa Newman
Director: Evan Pappas
Associate Director: TBD
Music Director: TBD
Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting | Stephanie Klapper, Casting Director; Lacey Davies, Casting Assistant
Executive Producer: Lisa Dozier King
OTHER DATES
Venue: The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row
First rehearsal: January 16th, 2018
First performance: February 20th, 2018
Opening: March 6th, 2018
Closing: May 13, 2018
OTHER
Personnel expected to be in attendance at the EPA:
Associate Director (TBD)
Stephanie Klapper
Lacey Davies
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.
BREAKDOWN
San Francisco. 1986. What could Harry, an amiable but lonely retired kosher butcher have in common with Barbara, his young lesbian writing teacher at the senior center? Is it enough to bridge the divide? When Harry fulfills a writing assignment to compose a letter to someone from his past who’s dead, he writes not to his late wife Frannie, but to Harvey Milk, the first openly gay political leader in California. Barbara is stunned. Harry's letter evokes life-changing revelations that neither could have foreseen. This musical — with its soaring score and deeply-felt, surprisingly funny lyrics — deals with issues of friendship and loss, the grip of the past, and the hard-won acceptance set in motion by the most unexpected people.
SEEKING:
HARRY WEINBERG
(Male. 50s-60s) He is a retired kosher butcher. Kindly, mischievous, uses humor to deflect any questions that hit too close to home. He has been through a lot more than he is ready to reveal. BARITONE.
FRANNIE WEINBERG
(Female. Late 50s) She is Harry’s wife. She is opinionated, with a biting sense of humor but with hidden reserves of affection. She is fiercely loyal to her husband. MEZZO SOPRANO. This role is cast.
BARBARA KATSEF
(Female. Late 20s – Early 30s) She is a writing teacher. She has many questions about her Jewish heritage, the answers to which she will doggedly pursue. A lesbian, but this is not immediately obvious. MEZZO/SOPRANO–BELT.
HARVEY MILK/WAITER
(Male. 30s-40s) He is not yet the historical figure he will become. He is funny, didactic, and argumentative. He knows the risk he’s taking by being the first openly gay politician. The Waiter is an archetypal Jewish deli waiter with a caustic sense of humor. TENOR/BARITONE.
YUSSL/SECOND WAITER
(Male. 20-25) Yussl is a brave, sensitive and somewhat effeminate Jewish gay man in a concentration camp. The Waiter is an archetypal Jewish deli waiter with a sense of humor. BARI-TENOR.
DAN WHITE/NAZI GUARD/THIRD WAITER
(Male. Early 30s) Dan is robust, all-American and violently homophobic. Nazi Guard is like a disdainful attack dog. The Waiter is an archetypal Jewish deli waiter with a sense of humor. LOW BARITONE/BARITONE.
THE LOVER
(Female. Mid to late 20’s-early 30’s) Open ethnicity. She is a proud, confident lesbian working in a women’s bookstore. MEZZO SOPRANO/SOPRANO.
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 audition.
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