Coachella Valley Repertory 2024-25 Season - LA EPA Coachella Valley Repertory | Cathedral City, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SPT
$725 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
Equity actors for roles in Coachella Valley Repertory's 2024-25 Season (See
breakdown).
For Plays: Prepare two monologues, no more than two minutes total. For Musicals: Prepare either two contrasting 16-32 bar cuts, or 16 bars of a song and a one-minute contemporary monologue. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring a hard copy of your headshot and résumé stapled together.
Screenland Studios
10501 Burbank Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Executive Artistic Director: Adam Karsten Managing Director: Jeniffer Hankinson Music Director: Stephen Hulsey (Next To Normal)
Music Director: David Andrew Rogers (The Light In The Piazza)
Music Director: BA Huffman (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Expected to attend:
Executive Artistic Director: Adam Karsten Managing Director: Jeniffer Hankinson Music Director: Stephen Hulsey (Next To Normal)
Choreographer (The Light in the Piazza & Jesus Christ Superstar): Karen Sieber
See breakdown for production specific dates.
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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.
Coachella Valley Repertory 2024-25 Season
A note about casting:
Many of the roles may be listed with he/him or she/her pronouns or gender identifying notes. We do not want to limit our casting as such and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to audition for the roles they most identify with.
CVRep encourages individuals of all races, ethnicities, national origins, gender expressions, body types, and abilities to audition. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.
Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Music by Tom Kitt
First Rehearsal: Oct 22nd, 2024
Opening: Nov 7th, 2024
Closing: Nov 17th, 2024
DIANA: 40s-50s Suburban wife and mother. She has bipolar disorder which interferes with her ability to to function and care for herself. This complicates her relationships with her husband, daughter, son, and most paramount, herself. She is deep in grief, caught in the turbulence of treatments and side effects, all the while desperate to feel like herself again. Must find the complexity, nuance, and power through ultimate humanity. Vocal range top: F#5 Vocal range bottom: G3
DAN: 40s – 50s Father to Gabe and Natalie, Diana’s husband. Though a constant in Diana’s tumultuous life, he has grown tired and weary of her antics and often feels caught. Vocal range: high baritone
GABE: 18 -20s Diana & Dan's son. He is everything a mother could imagine. Has a presence that is persistent, powerful, and tender at times. One moment is demanding to be seen and heard while the next he is gently asking for attention. Vocal range top: C5 Vocal range bottom: B2
NATALIE: 16-20s Natalie is Diana and Dan’s daughter, and Gabe’s sister. Bright, talented pianist, with a side of angsty teen that is often pushed aside in order for the family to care for her mother. Music is her escape from the instability at home. G5 Vocal range bottom: G3
HENRY: 18-20s Natalie's classmate. The all-around musician, philosopher, and slacker. Henry sees Natalie and plays an important role in her ability to express any feeling about her family. B4 Vocal range bottom: G#2
DR. MADDEN: 30s–40s Diana's psychiatrist. Quite assured in their practice and considered somewhat of a rock star. Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: A2
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
From the novel by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock
Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited
And an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
First Rehearsal: Nov 26th, 2024
Opening: Dec 11th, 2024
Closing: Dec 22nd, 2024
Richard Hannay: 1930’s Leading Man. Suave, dashing and debonair. He is witty, intelligent and resourceful. Has a British accent and is adept at physical comedy. Possesses stamina enough to perform on stage for the entirety of the show. Male identifying character; Age Range: late 20s - early 50s.
Annabella/Pamela/Margaret: Primarily the 1930’s ingenue but also doubles as a Russian spy and a Scottish farmer’s wife. Comfortable with physical comedy and confident with applicable accents. Female identifying character; Age Range: late 20s - early 50s.
Clown #1 and Clown #2: The two clowns portray over 150 roles over the course of the play and are essentially EVERYONE that the two leads are not. Physically agile and have the endurance to be present on stage for the majority of the show and change quickly between characters. Should be able to create and perform distinct characterizations through use of accents and vocals. Comedic timing is ESSENTIAL! All gender identifying characters; Age Range: late 20s - early 50s.
Book by Craig Lucas
Music and lyrics by Adam Guettel
First Rehearsal: Dec 31st, 2024
Opening: Jan 22nd, 2025
Closing: Feb 2nd, 2025
MARGARET JOHNSON (vocal range: low A to high G) – Female identified, 40s-50s. An elegant, self possessed, practical American woman. Strong and self-assured. Mature Soprano with strong middle voice.
CLARA JOHNSON (vocal range: low A to high A) – Female identified, 20s-30s. Margaret’s 26-year old daughter. Young and naïve for her age with a youthful simplicity and exuberance. Soprano with strong voice in both ends of range.
FABRIZIO NACCARELLI (vocal range: low B flat to high B) – Male identified. A 20-year-old, handsome and charming Florentine. Youthful and passionate energy. Lyrical Tenor. Speaks Italian and speaks/sings English with an Italian accent.
GIUSEPPE NACCARELLI (vocal range: B flat to F) – Male identified, 25-35. Fabrizio’s older brother. A lady’s man. Very Italian. The most physical character in the show. Speaks in Italian.
FRANCA NACCARELLI (vocal range: low B flat to high B) – Female identified, 25-35. Cynical about love and fed up with the behavior of the men in her world. She experiences her feelings in bold and is often lightning quick to act on them.
SIGNOR NACCARELLI (vocal range: low A to D) – Male identified, 40s-50s. Fabrizio’s father. Fabrizio’s father. Very charming, charismatic and insightful. Loves his family.
SIGNORA NACCARELLI (vocal range: low C sharp to high B) – Female identified, late 30s-50s. She is Fabrizio’s mother. Cunning and intelligent. The foundation of her family. She primarily speaks Italian.
ROY JOHNSON (non-singing role) – Male identified, late 40s-50s. Margaret’s husband. He is an executive with a tobacco company in Winston-Salem, NC. He comes off as brusk and emotionally unavailable. Will double by singing and performing in the ensemble if we cast a singer.
ENSEMBLE (all voice parts) – Various ages and occupations.
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
First Rehearsal: Feb 11th, 2025
Opening: March 5th, 2025
Closing: March 16th, 2025
[JESUS]: 30s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Rock Tenor.
[JUDAS]: 30s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Rock Tenor.
[MARY MAGDALENE]: 30s, female-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Belter. A female follower of Jesus. Shows grace, stability, weakness and compassion.
[PILATE]: 30s to 40s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Rock Baritone. Plays guitar a plus.
[KING HEROD]: 30s-50s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. (Male) High Baritone.
[PETER]: 30s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Tenor. One of Jesus' twelve apostles.
[SIMON]: 20s/30s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. High Baritone.
[CAIAPHAS]: Any age, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Low Bass with Rocky Top.
[ANNAS]: Any age, female-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled.
By John Robin Baitz
First Rehearsal: Apr 8th, 2025
Opening: April 23rd, 2025
Closing: May 4th, 2025
Lyman Wyeth: (Late 50s to late 60s): Kind and gentle patriarch. A Hollywood B actor with some celebrity and charm who turned that into political influence. He is conservative but with a sense of humor about himself and a deep love for his family. “He is sturdy in the way of old Californians of a particular type.”
Polly Wyeth: (Late 50s to late 60s) Lyman’s wife. Graceful and acerbic matriarch. She has been active for decades in the Republican Party. She is deeply devoted to the preservation of her social standing, her family and the health of her husband. “Elegant and forthright and whip-smart.”
Brooke Wyeth: (Mid 30s to 40s) Lyman and Polly’s adult daughter. She is a professional writer who has been living in New York after a mental breakdown. Her tortured relationship with her family has centered on her opposing Liberal political views. “An attractive and dry woman.”
Trip Wyeth: (Late 20s to mid 30s) Brooke’s brother. Witty and self-effacing. He is a TV producer for reality TV – in a family obsessed with his intellectual, older sister’s mental health. He assumes the role of second banana with grace. “A bright, funny man.”
Silda Grauman: (late 50s to early 70s) Polly’s sister. Creative, fragile, and funny. A former B movie writer, and the Bohemian, polar opposite of her sister. She is fresh out of rehab and repays the support of the conservative Wyeths by joining Brooke in some liberal needling of her parents. “A mess. No makeup, hair disheveled. She wears a muumuu and carries a pill case marked with the days of the week.”
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