ALICE BY HEART Equity Principal Auditions - MCC Theater Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Monday, November 2, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Contract
ANTC
$540/week

Location
Telsey + Company
311 West 43rd Street, 10th floor
New York, NY 10036

Seeking
Equity actors for various roles.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare a brief contemporary pop/rock song in the style of Duncan Sheik, showing range. Bring sheet music; a piano accompanist will be provided. Bring a photo/resume stapled together.

Other Dates
Dates: November 30 - December 18; Sunday is the day off; works around show schedules

Other
Artistic Directors: Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler; Executive Director: Blake West

Casting: Telsey + Company

Personnel
Director: Lear deBessonet
Choreographer: Chase Brock
Book: Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson
Lyrics: Steven Sater
Music: Duncan Sheik
Music Supervisor: Jason Hart
Music Director: Chris Fenwick

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

SEEKING:

ALICE
Female, to play late teens to early 20s. Full of questions and wonder. Very driven for what she wants. Very in love with ALFRED and will do anything for him. Entering a confusing time of transition in her body. Living in a distressed situation, in a tube station. Displaced from her family. Wonderful imagination that allows her to escape her present situation. Contemporary pop/rock singing voice. PRINCIPAL

WHITE RABBIT
Male, to play late teens to early 20s. Attractive. Obessive-compulsive. Manic. Running from something he doesn’t understand. Also plays ALFRED HALLAM: Alice’s ailing friend. The boy Alice loves. Had lived on the streets and contracted tuberculosis. A great contemporary pop/rock singing voice. PRINCIPAL

QUEEN OF HEARTS
Female, to play 40s. A younger Judi Dench feel. Tough. Funny. Take-charge. Dominates her husband. Gets what she wants. Also plays RED CROSS NURSE. Big singing voice. PRINCIPAL

MAD HATTER
Male, to play late teens to early 20s. Preening. Demanding. Full of riddles. Also plays HAROLD PUDDING: A soldier who has lost his wits in the war. Manic. Funny. Charming. He’s nuts. Also plays CATERPILLAR: Cool. Seducing. Sexy. Needs real comic chops. A great contemporary pop/rock singing voice. PRINCIPAL

CHESHIRE CAT
Female, to play late teens to early 20s. Smart. Streetwise. Has gravity. Also plays TABATHA. Contemporary pop/rock singing voice. PRINCIPAL

DUCHESS
Male, to play late teens to early 20s. A drag role. Very funny. Also plays DODGY. Contemporary pop/rock singing voice. PRINCIPAL

MAGPIE
Female, to play late teens to early 20s. A younger Maggie Smith feel. Also plays MAMIE VAN EISEN: Put-upon. Wealthy. Privileged. Posh. Feels too good for the people around her. Underneath, there’s pain. Needs dry wit. Contemporary pop/rock singing voice. PRINCIPAL

DORMOUSE
Male, to play late teens to early 20s. A younger Jack Benny feel. Effete. Nervous. Dry. Acerbic. Bitchy. Snobby. Non-engaged. Puts everyone in their place. Also plays NIGEL and MOUSE. Contemporary pop/rock singing voice. PRINCIPAL

KNAVE OF HEARTS/CATERPILLAR
Male, to play late teens to early 20s. Sexy. Funny. Also plays ANGUS. Great contemporary pop/rock singing voice. Strong dancer. PRINCIPAL

JABBERWOCKY
Male, to play 50s – 70s. Falling apart. Anxious to a comic extent, a la Larry David. Nervous. Threatening. Also plays DR. BUTRIDGE, KING OF HEARTS, and MOCK MOCK TURTLE. Character singing voice. PRINCIPAL