ENCORES! 2017 SEASON Equity Chorus Call Dancers - New York City Center Auditions

Call Type
Equity Chorus

Time(s)
Equity Chorus Call / Dancers
Monday, August 1, 2016
10 AM – Equity Male Dancers

2 PM - Equity Female Dancers

Contract
Other
Encores Agrmt; $1455/week

Location
Chelsea Studios
151 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
6th floor

Seeking
Equity dancers for the ensemble in the upcoming 2017 New York City Center Encores! Season.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Men: Bring character shoes, tap shoes and jazz shoes/ sneakers.

Women: Bring jazz shoes, tap shoes, Ballet shoes, and character shoes with a heel.

Also prepare a traditional musical theatre, standard, or Bluegrass, Country/Western music song in case asked to sing. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.

Bring picture and resume.

Other Dates
EPAs: 7/28, 7/29, 9:30am to 5:30 pm at AEA
ECC/Singers: 8/2, 9:30am men, 2pm women, at AEA
ECC/Dancers: 8/1, 10am men, 2pm women, at Chelsea Studios

Other
The Encores Series presents fully staged concert versions of rarely produced American musicals. All performances will be at City Center and include a full orchestra & chorus.

Personnel
Artistic Dir: Jack Viertel
Encores! Musical Dir: Rob Berman
Casting: Binder Casting / Jay Binder (in attendance at the ECC)
Choreographer (Big River): Josh Rhodes (in attendance at the ECC)

· Chorus rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Seeking:

MALE ENSEMBLE
Early 20s to 30s. All men must have strong ballet, jazz technique and must tap. Must sing well.

FEMALE ENSEMBLE
Early 20s to 30s. All women must have strong ballet, jazz technique and must tap. Must sing well.


2016-17 SEASON

Show #1
BIG RIVER The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Music/Lyrics: Roger Miller
Book: William Hauptman
Adapted from novel by Mark Twain
Dir: Lear Debessonet
Choreo: Josh Rhodes
Mus.Dir.: Rob Berman

1st reh: 1/24/17. Open: 2/8. Close: 2/12

NOTE: The Original Broadway production of Big River opened at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on April 25, 1985. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical in the 1985 season.
BIG RIVER is the musical version of Mark Twain’s timeless, colorful, witty, classic “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Set in a Southern antebellum society along the Mississippi River it is an often-scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.

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Show #2
Show 2: THE NEW YORKERS
Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book: Herbert Fields
Based on story by E. Ray Goetz and Peter Arno
Concert Adaptation: Jack Viertel
Dir: John Rando
Choreo: TBA
Musical Dir: Rob Berman
1st reh: 3/7/17. Open: 3/22. Close: 3/26

NOTE: The musical premiered on Broadway in 1930. The musical satirizes New York types, from high society matrons to con men, bootleggers, thieves and prostitutes during Prohibition. The score includes such Porter standards such as “You Do Something to Me,” “Love for Sale,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Take Me Back to Manhattan,” and “I Happen to Like New York.”
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Show 3
THE GOLDEN APPLE
Music: Jerome Moross
Lyrics: John Latouche
Dir: TBA
Musical Dir: Rob Berman
Choreo: TBA
1st reh: 4/25/17. Open: 5/10. Close: 5/14

Theatre, where it opened on March 11, 1954.[1] The musical transferred to Broadway on April 20, 1954, at the Alvin Theater where it played for only 125 performances despite rave reviews.
Homer's mythical tale of Penelope and Ulysses is relocated to the small town of Angel's Roost in Washington State between 1900 and 1910, during the years of the Spanish-American War. The show satirizes cultural attitudes and icons of the time and place, and is entirely sung and danced through.

THE GOLDEN APPLE IS ENTIRELY SUNG THROUGH, THERE IS NO DIALOGUE.
THE STYLE OF SINGING FOR ALL CHARACTERS IS VERY LEGIT UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.