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Call Type
Equity Chorus
Time(s)
Equity Performer Auditions (principal and chorus)
Wednesday, February 25, 2014
10 AM to 6 PM
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
$753/week (for 1st 3 wks); beginning 6/30: $812/wk
Location – CORRECT ADDRESS
Berkshire Theatre Festival's Colonial Theatre
111 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01203
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Seeking
Equity actors who sing, men and women, for principal roles and ensemble.
Casting Director's Statement: Please note that we are extremely interested in multi-ethnic casting.
see breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare a brief monologue and 16 bars of a Broadway song.
Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together
Other Dates
1st rehearsal: 6/9/14. Runs: 7/5 - 7/19/14
EPA 2/24, 10 to 6, at Pearl 500 8th Ave.
ECC/Singers 2/25, 10am male singers, 2:30pm female singers, at Pearl 519 8th Ave.
Personnel
by Steven Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Casting Director: Alan Filderman
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Corey Cavenaugh at 413-448-8084 ext. 102. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
PRINCIPAL ROLES:
Frederik:
40s-50’s, baritone, a successful lawyer currently undergoing a mid-life crisis. Both emotional and intellectual. Strong libido.
Count Carl Magnus:
30s, baritone, a dashing military man. Handsome, haughty, full of himself.
Countess Charlotte:
30s, alto, dry, sarcastic. Hopelessly in love with her husband, despite his infidelity. Elegant and put together.
Anne:
Early 20s, soprano, Fredrik’s new, pretty, virgin wife. Scared of having sex but is subconsciously attracted to Henrik. Girlish and naive.
Henrik:
Early 20s, tenor, Angsty, broody and intellectual. Takes himself and his pain very seriously. Tries to suppress his roiling passion for Anne.
Madame Armfeldt:
Late 60s-early 70s, alto, imperious, wealthy, old-school and formal but also romantic and spiritual. Used to be a real looker.
Petra:
20s, alto/belt, Anne’s saucy maid. Sexy and she knows it.
The role of Desiree has been CAST. Those auditioning may also be considered for possible replacements if needed.
ENSEMBLE/CHORUS PARTS
ENSEMBLE SINGERS:
Men and women, 30 - 50. Very strong, trained singers with a good ear for harmony. Functions as a floating Greek chorus. Elegant, attractive, sexy, and full of humanity.
Special chorus parts include:
The Liebeslieder Singers
Mr. Lindquist: baritone
Mr. Erlanson: Tenor
Mrs. Anderssen: alto
Mrs. Segstrom: mezzo
Mrs. Nordstrom: soprano
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