BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROL KING MUSICAL - Equity video submissions (chorus)
Marriott Theatre | Lincolnshire, IL
Dinner Theatre
$862 weekly minimum
Equity actors for chorus roles in BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROL KING MUSICAL (See breakdown).
All roles will be understudied. We also welcome performers with disabilities to submit. Please reach out to Sana Selemon at Sana.Selemon@MarriottTheatre.com or 847-465-1326 ex. 1 if you have any questions or access needs.
FOR PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS SEE
Deadline: 02/16/2023
Viewing submissions:
Director: Jessica Fisch
Choreographer: Christopher Windom
Musical Director: Ryan T. Nelson
Artistic Director: Peter Marston Sullivan
Executive Producer: Peter Blair
Associate Artistic Director: Katie Johannigman
Artistic Assistant: Sana Selemon
In-person callbacks will be in Lincolnshire, IL
March 7th and 8th, 2023.
Rehearsal: October 12th, 2023
Preview: November 1st, 2023
Opening: November 8th, 2023
Closing: on sale through December 31st,
2023, with one possible two week extension
Rehearsals are typically Mondays-Saturdays,
10am to 6pm, six days a week
Show schedule: Wednesday-Sunday with two
shows on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
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Please head to www.marriotttheatre.com/audition/beautiful for more information.
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 submit.
Singers: Please prepare the music associated with the character listed below in the dropbox folder OR
one 16 to 32 bar cut (equivalent to 1 minute) in the style of the show.
Dancers: Please submit any dance reel or dance footage in the style of the show.
Please go to www.marriotttheatre.com/audition/beautiful for specific details regarding what to prepare.
The material to prepare is located at:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6461kmdndk2bggo/AABFiXzqROWI3XjykCF7oP15a/ECC? dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1.
DIRECTOR NOTE:
From behind a grand piano on the Carnegie Hall stage, Carole straddles where she’s come from and
where she is going. Like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a
journey of remembrance and a celebration of what it takes to capture a dream. Beautiful: The Carole
King Musical falls into one of my favorite categories of theater: plays in which a character on the
precipice of a momentous life event stops and takes stock of all the people, places, and things that got
them where they are. In telling Carole’s story, I hope to honor the profound history of the songwriters
and musicians of the 1960’s and 1970’s and, above all, lift up the joy of artistic creation. I am on the
hunt for curious, thoughtful actors who love this music as much as I do and are excited to play!
A note about casting (adopted from language with consent originally created by Kevin Kantor and
Emily Trarquin of Actors Theatre of Louisville):
Most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her
pronouns and you will see that in the following character descriptions. However limiting the
descriptions are, our casting seeks to be inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming,
genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We
will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and
ethnicities. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any
accommodations we can provide.
We are currently not able to transpose audition music at the moment but are open to performers
singing the role that they’re most vocally comfortable with. If the song doesn’t showcase you at your
best, you can submit another song in the world of the show.
ENSEMBLE: A multitalented ensemble who will portray members of Carole’s inner circle as well as
famous musical groups that Carole, Gerry, Cynthia and Barry wrote for, including the following groups.
Dance skills are a plus. Including:
NEIL SEDAKA/RIGHTEOUS BROTHER/LOU ADLER- any ethnicity, male identifying, Tenor (20’s-
30’s)
NICK/RIGHTEOUS BROTHER- any ethnicity, male identifying, (20’s-30’s)
LUCILLE/SHIRELLE- Black, female identifying, (20’s)
LITTLE EVA/SHIRELLE- Black, female identifying, Mezzo-Soprano (20’s)
JANELLE WOODS/SHIRELLE- Black, female identifying, Alto
SHIRELLE/ENSEMBLE- Black, female identifying
MARILYN WALD- any ethnicity, female identifying, Alto
DRIFTER 1/ ENSEMBLE- Black, male identifying
DRIFTER 2/ ENSEMBLE- Black, male identifying
DRIFTER 3/ ENSEMBLE- Black, male identifying
DRIFTER 4/ ENSEMBLE- Black, male identifying
BETTY- any ethnicity
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