BRIGHT STAR - Roanoke, VA EPA Mill Mountain Theatre | Roanoke, VA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Friday, April 7, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To sign up for an audition appointment please email : auditions@millmountain.org. Auditions will be scheduled in hour groups. Please indicate if you have any scheduling conflicts between 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm. If you are unable to attend this audition you may submit a video audition. See details at:
https://millmountain.org/auditionportal/. Deadline for Video submissions is April 7th
SPT
$608 weekly minimum (Tier 7)
Equity actors and singers for various roles in BRIGHT STAR (See breakdown).
Please prepare up to 1 minute of a song and up to 1 minute of a monologue. You may use the audition materials at:
https://millmountain.org/auditionportal/ . Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Waldron Stage
27 Church St SE
Roanoke, VA 24011
Note: Any walk-ins without an appointment should go to the MMT office at 1 Market SQ SE Roanoke VA 24011 to check in.
Director- Jim Moye
Expected to attend:
Producing Artistic Director/Choreographer Ginger Poole
Music Director- Seth Davis
Callbacks will be invited to a ZOOM room and appointments set up individually for April 12, 2023.
First Rehearsal August 18, 2023
Open September 13, 2023
Close October 1, 2023
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 75
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 150
Alice Murphy (Female presenting) Alice at age 36-37 is an editor of a southern literary magazine; intelligent, aloof, and with an air of melancholy. Alice at age 16-17 is rebellious, high-spirited, and adventurous. A very strong singer and comfortable in folk and bluegrass styles.
Jimmy Ray Dobbs (Male presenting) Jimmy Ray at age 18-20 is charming and intelligent. He comes from a family of wealth and lives under the thumb of his power-hungry father. Jimmy Ray at age 38-40 - The events of the show shape him into a man that has a sense of personal responsibility and morality as well as a deep reserve of passion and emotion.
Billy Cane (Male presenting) 18-30 A young soldier returning home from WWII; an aspiring young writer; optimistic, charming, and idealistic.
Margo Crawford (Female presenting) 18-30 Margo is Billy’s childhood friend who has grown to love him romantically. She has a keen intellect and a big heart. She owns a small-town bookstore, and edits Billy’s stories for him.
Mayor Josiah Dobbs (Male presenting) Age range: 50+ The Mayor of Zebulon; a political and financial powerbroker – distinguished, an imposing and controlling presence; has a genuine interest in protecting his son’s future and his family name, but in doing so, is ultimately pushed to a point of extreme and irrevocable cruelty. He has some depth, and isn't a mustache twirling villain.
Daryl Ames (Male presenting) 25 - 45 Daryl is an assistant at a literary magazine. He’s funny, with a dry sense of humor. He’s also insecure, and perhaps a bit socially awkward, but endearing and innately likeable. A strong dancer.
Lucy Grant (Female presenting) 20-35 Lucy is a junior editor at a literary magazine. She is an ambitious, professional young career woman with a sharp sense of humor, but not without warmth and sincerity.
Daddy Cane (Male Presenting) 50+ Daddy Cane is Billy’s father. He is a recent widower - kind hearted, and a bit lonely.
Mama Murphy (Female Presenting) 50+ Mama Murphy is Alice’s mother. She is a hardworking caretaker to her family and her rural community. A warm, loving, sensible woman.
Daddy Murphy (Male Presenting) 50+ Daddy Murphy is Alice’s father; an authoritative and a stern disciplinarian; devoutly religious, hard-working, a poor but proud farmer.
Stanford (Male or Female Presenting) 35-55 Stanford is a loyal assistant to Mayor Josiah Dobbs.
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