Axelrod Performing Arts Center | Deal Park, NJ
Monday, September 16, 2024
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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$530 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT) - Pending Negotiations
Equity actors for roles in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (see breakdown).
Some roles will be understudied. Actors of Ukrainian, Russian, and Eastern European descent are encouraged to audition, as are actors local to the Asbury Park/Deal Lake, NJ area.
Please prepare a brief singing selection (about a minute long) in the style of the score. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Axelrod Performing Arts Center
100 Grant Ave
Deal Park, NJ 07723
Ample free parking is available - report to lobby, audition monitor will be set up there.
Producer: Axelrod Performing Arts Center
Book: Joseph Stein
Music: Jerry Bock
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Choreographer: Cindy Mora
Music Director: Dan Wells
Director: Daniel Kutner
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Artistic Director: Andrew DePrisco
Casting Director: Michael Cassara, CSA
First Rehearsal: 10/14
First Preview: 11/1
Opening: 11/2
Closing: 11/24
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.
[TEVYE] male, 40s-50s, Baritone to F. The likable, hard-working, pious dairyman who always tries to see the positive side of life. He is a proud patriarch and father of five daughters, closely raised according to the old scriptures.
[GOLDE] female, 40s-50s. A3 to Eb5. Tevye's strong-willed wife who wishes for her daughters to have good husbands and live easier than she and Tevye.
[TZEITEL] female, 18+ to play late teens/early 20s. B3 to D5. Tevye's eldest daughter, who is madly in love with Motel. She is loyal to her family but typically challenges the town's traditions.
[HODEL] female, 18+ to play late teens/early 20s. B3 to E5. Tevye's second eldest daughter, who becomes involved with Perchik. She eventually leaves Anatevka to join Perchik in Siberia.
[CHAVA] female, 18+ to play 15 to 20. B3 to D5. Tevye's middle daughter who loves to read. Falls in love and runs off with Fyedka, a Russian soldier.
[SHPRINTZE] female, age 9 to 13. B3 to D5. Tevye's fourth eldest daughter who takes lessons at home from Perchik.
[BIELKE] Female, 8 to 12. B3 to D5. Tevye's youngest daughter. Takes lessons at home from Perchik.
[YENTE] female, 40s+. F3 to F5. The meddling matchmaker. She is a widow and village busybody who knows all of the town gossip.
[MOTEL] male, 20s. Character baritone to F#. The poor and meek tailor who shares a deep love with Tzeitel. Sensitive and nervous, but sincere and friendly.
[PERCHIK] male, late 20s. The outspoken student and visitor to Anatevka, who constantly challenges the traditions of the town. He eventually falls in love with Hodel. Baritone.
[LAZAR WOLF] male, 40s+. The feisty, brawny butcher and the town's wealthiest citizen who wishes to marry Tzeitel. Character baritone to F#.
[MORDCHA]
[RABBI]
[MENDEL] the Rabbi’s son.
[AVRAM] male, 40s+. Runs the local bookshop and keeps the town advised of all the news in the area. Character/ensemble vocals.
[NACHUM] the beggar.
[CONSTABLE] male, 30s+. Russian military official stationed near Anatevka who knows the villagers well, however he has superficial relationships with the villagers. Ensemble singing only.
[FYEDKA] male, 20s. A strong, young Russian soldier who sees past his military obligations and falls in love with Chava. He challenges Tevye's imposed silence.
[THE FIDDLER]
[GRANDMA TZEITEL] female, appears 60s+, character singer. Golde's deceased grandmother, who endorses the marriage between Tzeitel and Motel.
[FRUMA-SARAH] female, 30s. Belter to Eb. Lazar's Wolf's deceased first wife. She becomes enraged when her husband plans to wed Tzeitel.
[ENSEMBLE ROLES] 18+, any race/ethnicity, any gender identity. Strong singer/dancer/actors for various ensemble roles - including Bottle Dance specialty, Russian dancers, villagers, and townspeople of Anatevka.
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