A WONDERFUL WORLD (TOUR) - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
LOUIS ON BROADWAY, LP
SIGNUP INFO
Signups begin Apr 18, 11:45 am (EDT)
Via Submission
NY 10036
Tue, Apr 25, 2023
11:50 PM to 11:59 PM (EDT)
Submissions will be accepted until 11:59 pm ET on April 25, 2023
Production (League)
$2323 weekly minimum
Equity actors for principal roles in A WONDERFUL WORLD (see breakdown).
First Produced By: Miami New Drama (Artistic Director: Michel Hausmann; Managing Director: Nicholas Richberg)
Producers: Thomas E. Rodgers, Jr., Renee Rodgers, Andrew Delaplaine, Martian Entertainment
Conceived by: Christopher Renshaw, Andrew Delaplaine
Please prepare a brief song of your choice in the style of the show.
Director: Christopher Renshaw
Book: Aurin Squire
Choreographer: Rickey Tripp
Original Music, Music Arrangements, Orchestrations, Music Direction: Annastasia Victory & Michael O. Mitchell
General Manager: Martian Entertainment
Associate Director: Christina Sajous
Associate Choreographer: Aurelia Michael
Casting Director: Duncan Stewart, CSA of ARC
Casting Associate: Patrick Maravilla of ARC
Viewing auditions: Annastasia Victory (Music Director), Duncan Stewart (Casting Director)
Rehearsal Dates: August 21 (Principal Roles start)/August 28 (Ensemble/Chorus and Swings start) to Sunday September 17, 2023 in NYC
New Orleans Saenger Theatre Dates: September 18 – October 8, 2023
Chicago Cadillac Palace Dates: October 10 - 29, 2023
OTHER
As part of a pilot program created in the new agreement for Production: Broadway and Sit-Downs, the employer will accept 126 video submissions from Equity members. Members will sign up online for one of the 126 slots. Only members who get one of the 126 slots will receive a confirmation e-mail with the preparation and submission information. After members' submissions have been viewed, the employer will notify each member who viewed their audition.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
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.
NOTE FROM CREATIVE: We welcome performers of all gender identities, abilities/exceptionalities, and body types. Please take this into consideration when submitting clients. Actors of diverse cultural and racial backgrounds are encouraged to audition. In addition to genders listed in character breakdowns, we are actively seeking trans and non-binary performers for all roles.
[LOUIS ARMSTRONG] 30s-40s, male-identifying, black. American Icon and International Music Legend. The father of Jazz. Born in the most impoverished and violent part of New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th Century, his mother was a prostitute, and he never knew his father. He grew up hiding under the pianos in the brothels of Storyville. He had huge charisma, warmth and wit and lived only for his music and blowing his horn. His music was the child he was always longing for. ALREADY CAST
[DAISY PARKER] 20s, female-identifying, black. Louis’ first wife. A knife wielding prostitute in Storyville, New Orleans. Fierce, earthy, funny. And very sexual. On the edge. Her toughness and violence conceal her vulnerability.
[LIL HARDIN] 25-30, female-identifying, black. Louis’ second wife. College educated classical musician. Now a jazz pianist in Chicago. Way ahead of her time. Sharp, controlling, elegant. She transfers her own ambitions onto Louis, and grooms him into the icon the World became to know.
[ALPHA SMITH] 35, female-identifying, black. Louis’ third wife. A former maid who dreams of luxury, lovely things and family. Her dreams seem to be coming true when she moves with Louis to Hollywood. But when relegated by Louis to cooking and mending, the furs and jewels mean nothing, so she seeks her independence elsewhere.
[LUCILLE WILSON] 40s, female-identifying, black. Louis’ fourth wife. A former showgirl at the Cotton Club, who sees in Louis his real need for a ‘Home’ A strong, centered, and magnificent woman who finally gives Louis a loving base. She nurtures him in the way he so badly needs but has never experienced.
[‘KING’ JOE OLIVER] 20s – 30s, male-identifying, black. Legendary bandleader and trumpeter. Louis’ musical mentor and Father figure. Macho and charismatic. Trumpet playing is a plus.
[JOE GLASER] 20s – 30s, male-identifying, white. Louis’ feared and unprincipled agent. A tough, Mafia underling, who fought his way up to be the most famous Music Agent in the world. Jewish. (also MR. KARNOFFSKY, the New Orleans Junk peddler, Louis’ surrogate father, who gave him his first trumpet. And WHITE FATHER, a plantation owner. And MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICER)
[LINCOLN PERRY] 20s – 30s, male-identifying, black. Famous vaudeville performer. The first black artist to become a wealthy Movie Star. Great tapper. (also FATE MARABLE, the bandleader on the Mississippi Show Boat who taught Louis to read music. And the BLACK GANGSTER.) ALREADY CAST
[BANJO BEN] 20s-30s, male-identifying, black. Friend of Louis in the band on the showboat. Is taken away and lynched for nothing. Strong singer and dancer. Strong tap ability preferred. Featured ensemble.
[JOHHNY COLLINS] 20s-30s, male-identifying, white. Louis’ first agent. A drunken, mean Irishman. (also ASSISTANT DIRECTOR and WHITE BOYFRIEND) Strong singer and dancer. Strong tap ability preferred. Featured ensemble.
[RACHEL THE REPORTER] 20s-30s, female-identifying, white. (Also CHERRY, gangsters’ moll. WHITE GIRLFRIEND and WHITE HOUSE SECRETARY) Strong singer and dancer. Strong tap ability preferred. Featured ensemble.
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