FALSETTOS Equity Principal Auditions - Broadway Theatre TBA Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions - 3 days
Monday, March 9, 2015
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM each day. Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Contract
Production (League)
$1861/week min

Location
Ripley-Grier 520 (Everyone must show
government photo ID to enter building.)
520 8th Ave. (36th/37th)
New York, NY
17th floor

Seeking
Equity actors for various principal roles.
Seeking actors of all ethnicities and cultural backgrounds.

see breakdown.

Preparation
Please prepare a contemporary musical theatre song that shows vocal range. An accompanist will be provided.

Please bring a picture and resume, STAPLED TOGETHER.

Other Dates
Dates TBD.
Opening: Spring 2016

Personnel
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine

James Lapine, Director
Jordan Roth, Producer
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting

· EPA 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:

MARVIN:
30s – Jewish. A devoted husband and father, smart, funny and charming. Struggles to reconcile his desire for a happy traditional family with his love for WHIZZER. High baritone.

WHIZZER:
20s-30s – Extremely handsome, athletic, and confident. HIV positive. Has a tempestuous relationship with MARVIN. This character can be any ethnicity. Tenor.

TRINA:
30s – Jewish. Wife to Marvin, Mother to Jason. Charmingly neurotic in her effort to understand the conflicting feelings she has in the aftermath of her divorce. She consults Mendel, her husband’s psychiatrist and eventually marries him. Soprano/Belt.

MENDEL
30s-40s Jewish. Marvin’s psychiatrist –who marries Trina and enters into the tumultuous world of her life with her son, her ex and her ex’s lover while struggling with his own feelings. High baritone.

JASON:
10-13 to play 13 Jewish. Marvin’s and Trina’s son – bookish and awkward – Jason’s impending Bar Mitzvah, his parents’ divorce and the entrance of WHIZZER into his life leave him confused, angry and trying to sort it all out. Tenor.

CHARLOTTE:
30s - One of the ‘lesbians from next door’ – Charlotte is a dedicated doctor alarmed by the mysterious illness that is killing her gay male patients. Tough, but extremely nurturing and very much in love with her partner, Cordelia. Alto/Mezzo. This character can be any ethnicity.

CORDELIA:
30s – The other ‘lesbian from next door’ – Cordelia is Dr. Charlotte’s partner – she runs her own kosher catering business, is very keen on making a nice home– but also wants to be useful and valued for her contribution to the world. High belt voice. This character can be any ethnicity.