BE MORE CHILL (Broadway) - NYC EPA
LDK Productions
AUDITION DATES
Tue, Oct 16, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
Wed, Oct 17, 2018**
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Thu, Oct 18, 2018**
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Production (League) $2095/week
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers for various roles/offstage covers. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief pop/rock or contemporary musical theater song. Bring sheet music, a piano accompanist will be provided. Bring a photo/resume stapled together.
LOCATIONS
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
**10/17 and 10/18 Location:
Pearl Studios NYC (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
4th floor
PERSONNEL
Producers: Jerry Goehring, Mike Mitri, Jennifer Ashley Tepper
Music and Lyrics: Joe Iconis
Book: Joe Tracz
Director: Stephen Brackett
Choreographer: Chase Brock
Music Director: Emily Marshall
General Manager: John Corker, Lisa Dozier King
Casting: Telsey + Company / Adam Caldwell, CSA & Rebecca Scholl, CSA
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: January 7, 2019
First performance: February 13, 2019
Opening: March 10, 2019
Lyceum Theatre
OTHER
In attendance: Adam Caldwell (Casting Director), Rebecca Scholl (Casting Director)
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
Be More Chill is the coolest new musical about being a loser.
What if popularity came in a pill? Would you take it, no questions asked? In Be More Chill, achieving the “perfect life” is now possible thanks to some mysterious new technology—but it comes at a cost that’s not as easy to swallow. What could possibly go wrong? Blending the contemporary with retro sci-fi, this thrillingly exciting, comically subversive, and deeply felt new musical takes on the competing voices in all of our heads. And ultimately proves, there’s never been a better time in history to be yourself—especially if you’re a loser…geek…or whatever.
It’s already “one of the most popular new musicals in America,” raves The New York Times. And The Wall Street Journal cheers, “It’s going to hit big—and deservedly so!” Now, direct from its sold-out New York premiere, Be More Chill is coming to Broadway. Discover this hilariously honest show for yourself, featuring an electric, ear-worm filled score by “one of Broadway’s next great songwriters” (Billboard).
SEEKING:
[OFFSTAGE MALE COVER] Male, 20’s – 30’s. ANY ETHNICITY. Must have great comedic timing and strong rock/pop voice. Offstage understudy for 4 roles: MICHAEL, RICH, JAKE, SQUIP. Potential dance captain.
[OFFSTAGE MALE COVER] Male, 30’s – 40’s. ANY ETHNICITY. Must have great comedic timing and strong rock/pop voice. Offstage understudy for MR. HEERE & OTHERS.
[OFFSTAGE FEMALE COVER] Female, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. Must have great comedic timing and strong rock/pop voice. Offstage understudy for 4 roles: CHRISTINE, CHLOE, BROOKE, JENNA. Potential dance captain.
All roles listed below have been offered:
[JEREMY HEERE]: Male, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. Sweet, introspective, awkward and very much uncool, he just hopes to keep his head down enough to survive high school and maybe get the girl of his dreams to notice him. When he’s given the opportunity to have a supercomputer implanted in his brain that tells him how to become popular, he has to balance following its rules with following his own heart. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[THE SQUIP]: Male, 20’s – 40’s. ANY ETHNICITY. The physical manifestation of a Japanese supercomputer which implants in Jeremy’s brain and teaches him how to be cool. The Squip appears as the coolest guy around – confident, self-assured and literally all-knowing, with a hint of Keanu Reeves (the coolest guy Jeremy can think of) and an occasional tendency to be snide. However, since he is a supercomputer with his own agenda, he occasionally reveals a more mechanical, much darker side. Must have a great rock/pop voice. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[MICHAEL MELL]: Male, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. Funny, laid-back, and very warm. Although he’s uncool too, he’s comfortable in his own skin and happy to kick back, play video games with his best (and only) friend Jeremy, listen to Bob Marley, and wait for high school to be over. Jeremy’s transformation and subsequent betrayal are devastating, and for the first time ever, the longtime outsider finds himself in a position to save the day. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[CHRISTINE]: Female, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. Sweet, sensitive, smart and a little nerdy, she’s a theater kid and cares deeply about it. The kind of girl who knows she’ll thrive in college, she doesn’t engage with the social hierarchy of high school but can’t resist being tempted when the coolest guy in school starts pursuing her. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[CHLOE]: Female, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. The most popular girl in school. Confident, crass, sexy, manipulative, and downright mean at times, she’s the undisputed queen of the social scene, and rules over her minions with unquestioned power. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[BROOKE]: Female, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. The second most popular girl in school. Sweet and a little insecure, she’s Chloe’s sidekick and always happy to defer to her, although she’s not nearly as driven or dominating. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[RICH]: Male, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. The terror of the uncool kids, and will go out of his way to make their lives difficult. Despite his meanness and almost certain criminal future, he has a secret that reveals a surprisingly sensitive side and a chance at possible redemption. Must have the ability to be truly threatening. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[JAKE DILLINGER]: Male, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. The ultimate high school cool guy. Handsome, popular, a star athlete from a rich family, he has everything going for him and he knows it. Alpha status is effortless to him and he might contain hidden depths, but it’s hard to see them when he gets whatever he wants all the time. Strong rock/pop voice. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[JENNA ROLAN]: Female, 18+ to play a teenager. ANY ETHNICITY. Clearly not one of the cool kids (although she desperately wants to be), she’s the school gossip who always has the dirt and is more than happy to tell anyone and everyone about it. Must be great with comedy. Strong voice with a pop/indie-rock sensibility. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[MR. HEERE & OTHERS]: Male, 30’s – 40’s. ANY ETHNICITY. Jeremy’s Dad. Sweet, cheerful, and a little pathetic, his wife’s departure the year before has left him in denial and struggling to cope. Terrified of everything including stepping up as a father and wearing pants, he pretends everything is just fine. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[OFFSTAGE MALE COVER] Offstage understudy for 3 roles: JEREMY, MICHAEL, RICH. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[OFFSTAGE MALE COVER] Offstage understudy for 3 roles: THE SQUIP, MR. HEERE & OTHERS, JAKE. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
[OFFSTAGE FEMALE COVER] Offstage understudy for 3 roles: CHLOE, JENNA, BROOKE. ROLE HAS BEEN OFFERED.
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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