Ogunquit Playhouse
CONTRACT
COST $826 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for principal roles in BEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical (see breakdown).
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please include a slate at the start of your video with your name, full body zoom (head to toe), and what you're going to perform. Prepare either a cut of You've Got a Friend in one of the provided keys that best suits your voice at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rm5w1u0vupg1gg6/AABmEp3w6ztD_dD9nx5-ZUQua?dl=0 or prepare a song of your choosing that best showcases you. Submit here: https://airtable.com/shrpuhqx5QhRgyI8m
Deadline: Thu, Jul 28, 2022
PERSONNEL
Executive Artistic Director: Bradford T. Kenney
Book: Douglas McGrath
Music & Lyrics: Carole King & Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Original Direction: Marc Bruni
Direction restaged by David Ruttura
Original Choreography: Josh Prince
Choreography restaged by Joyce Chittick
Musical Director: TBD
Casting: Binder Casting
Viewing auditions:
Producing Director: Brian J. Swasey
Casting Director: Chad Eric Murnane, CSA
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal in NYC: 8/29/22
Travel to Maine: 9/10/22
First Preview: 9/15/22
Opening: 9/17/22
Closing: 9/30/22
OTHER
Rehearsals are in New York City. For actors based in New York City, travel and housing will be provided in Maine only.
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.
BREAKDOWN
All performers who can represent these real-life people as characters onstage are encouraged to submit.
SEEKING:
[CAROLE KING] Female Identifying, 18+ to play ages 16-29. An aspiring singer/songwriter with a powerful, distinctive voice. A unique, appealing, funny, and vulnerable girl from a Jewish family in Brooklyn. Talented, good natured, unassuming, and often the peace maker in difficult situations. A reluctant star with no pretense and a passion for music. Mezzo/Soprano belt. LEAD
[GERRY GOFFIN] Male Identifying, 18+ to play late teens-late 20s. Carole’s boyfriend, songwriting partner, and eventual husband. He is smoldering, dark, and handsome with a rebel vibe. Although sexy, he is innately sympathetic, wounded, and tortured. An ambitious artist always striving for more. Sings well. Baritone/tenor. PRINCIPAL
[CYNTHIA WEIL] Female Identifying, 18+ to play late teens-late 20s. A songwriter who becomes romantically involved with Barry. Carole’s best friend. She is sophisticated, smart & chic with a quick wit. Although self-confident and sarcastic, she is also extremely likeable. Has strong comedic timing. Mezzo-Soprano belt. PRINCIPAL
[BARRY MANN] Male Identifying, 18+ to play late teens-late 20s. A songwriter who becomes romantically involved with Cynthia. He is good natured, appealing, and neurotic. Ambitious, but likeable. High pop/rock tenor. PRINCIPAL
[DON KIRSCHNER] Male Identifying, 30s-40s. An influential music publisher and producer. He is a fast talking, energetic, force of nature. Powerful, direct, and sometimes intimidating, but he has a real affinity for his writers and artists. A hit maker. PRINCIPAL
[GENIE] Female Identifying, 40s-50s. Carole’s Jewish mother. Once an aspiring playwright, she has been broken down by life and her husband’s infidelity. Protective of Carole and unforgiving of her husband’s mistakes. This is a NON-SINGING ROLE. PRINCIPAL
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.
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