Florida Studio Theatre | Sarasota, FL
REVISED
Additional salary language added.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D). Salary may be higher, depending on size of role and experience.
Equity actors for roles in Florida Studio Theatre's Winter season (see breakdown). All roles will be understudied. All Stage Managerial positions are currently filled.
For actors auditioning for THE HEART SELLERS and THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN: Please prepare a 1-minute contemporary monologue. For actors auditioning for JERSEY BOYS: Please prepare two contrasting 32-bar cuts in the style of the show. An accompanist will be provided.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Producing Artistic Director: Richard Hopkins
Managing Director: Rebecca Hopkins
General Manager: Jill Zakrzewski
Casting & Hiring Coordinator: Hershey Vazquez Millner
Artistic Fellow: Jakob Harding
Casting & Hiring Intern: Mattie E. Hinckley
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Casting Associate: Gil Brady
Accompanist: Madelyn Rubinstein
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
Florida Studio Theatre
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Written by Lloyd Suh
Directed by Kate Alexander
Rehearsals begin – November 19, 2024
Previews – December 11-12, 2024
Show opens – December 13, 2024
Show closes – February 16, 2025
Possible extension(s) through – March 2, 2025
SYNOPSIS: Jane and Luna run into each other in the grocery store on Thanksgiving in 1973 and discover they have much in common: they’re both 23, recent Asian immigrants, homesick and lonely with hardworking absentee husbands, and adjusting to a new country surprisingly filled with as much political uncertainty as the places they’ve left. Over a bottle of wine (or two) and a questionable frozen turkey, they dream of Disneyland, learning to drive, and an unknowable future as they share their hopes and fears in making a new home in a new reality.
LUNA – 20s-30s, Filipina, female-presenting. Luningning Ignacia Mangahas de la Rosario Bustos. She is amiable and extroverted. Speaks with a Philippine accent.
JANE – 20s-30s, Korean, female-presenting. Hong Jae Ha (홍재하). She is reserved but intelligent and wise. Jane is an artist with dreams of becoming a famous painter. Speaks with a Korean accent.
Written by Christopher Demos-Brown
Directed by TBD
Rehearsals begin – December 31, 2024
Previews – January 22-23, 2025
Show opens – January 24, 2025
Show closes – March 9, 2025
Possible extension(s) through – March 16, 2025
SYNOPSIS: Lauren Fein is at the top of her game. Happily married with a foster son, she is a world-renowned scientist and tenured professor at an elite university. She is on the verge of a breakthrough in her life’s work when she runs afoul of the university’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies. Suddenly, her groundbreaking research, her tenure, and even her family are all put in danger.
PLEASE NOTE – This play is still in development. As a result, this character breakdown is subject to change.
Lauren Fein - Late 40s to 60, White, female-presenting, lesbian. A biology professor specializing in the research of human genetic blood disorders. She is on the verge of finding a cure for sickle-cell anemia. Lauren has been the smartest person in almost every room she's ever walked into. She is deeply passionate about her work. While she is warm and loving, she can be awkward in large social situations due to her bluntness and minimal tolerance for bullshit. She is deeply principled and lives by her code with little compromise. However, she is a high-functioning alcoholic, a fact that is a source of deep shame and a matter she keeps secret from everyone but her wife, Paola. NOTE: This role involves staged intimacy including close proximity and kissing. No nudity.
Paola Moreno - Late 30s to late 40s, Latina, female-presenting, lesbian. Paola is a professor of Theatre and Film Studies at the same university as Lauren. She is of Puerto Rican descent and is a native Spanish speaker. She has a slight accent and occasionally peppers her speech with Spanish. Paola is fiercely loyal to Lauren and often tries to compensate for Lauren's social faux pas. What Lauren lacks in social savvy, Paola more than makes up for.
Dylan Fein-Moreno - 18+ to play 14 years old, African American, male-presenting. Lauren's and Paola's foster son who has lived with them since he was a toddler. He is smart, empathetic, and likeable but bears deep hurt from having suffered brutal neglect as a child at the hands of his biological mother. This hurt can manifest itself in unexpected bursts of irrationality and cruelty.
Chikezie Chi Nweze - Late 30s to 50s, Nigerian, male-presenting. A visiting biologist who is collaborating with Lauren on sickle-cell research. Funny and voluble, Chi is often befuddled by American social mores. His traditional, conservative Christian, Igbo background often puts him at odds with those in American academia on social issues. Chi is in awe of Lauren and, because of her dedication to curing sickle-cell disease, he would take a bullet for her.
Judge Deron Howard - A no-nonsense judge. Doubled by the actor playing Chi or Evan.
Dean Marilyn Whitney - 40s to 50s, African American, female-presenting. Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Brilliant and politically astute.
Melanie Jones - 30s to 40s, Black, female-presenting. A professor of Law and Gender Studies. The prosecutor of Lauren's faculty senate hearing, Melanie is to the University's DEI policies what Robespierre was to the enlightenment principles of The French Revolution.
Evan Reynolds - 40s to early 50s, male-presenting, gay. Snarky, smart, hilarious, and a bit past his prime. Always reading the lay of the land.
Buddy McGovern - Late 60s to 70s, White, male-presenting. A voluble Southern gentleman.
Judge Lorraine Miller - Late 40s to 60s, Any race, female-presenting.
Zoe - Mid 20s, female-presenting. Beautiful. NOTE: This role involves staged intimacy including close proximity and kissing. No nudity.
NOTE: In Act I, the actors playing Dylan, Chi, Melanie, Evan, Zoe and Judge Miller double as various secondary characters (texters, students, etc.) who appear in passing. Please make sure it's clear to the audience that these secondary characters are not the main characters being played by these actors.
Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
Music by Bob Gaudio
Lyrics by Bob Crewe
Directed by Ben Liebert
Rehearsals begin – March 4, 2025
Previews – March 26-27, 2025
Show opens – March 28, 2025
Show closes – May 11, 2025
Possible extension(s) through – June 1, 2025
SYNOPSIS: With phenomenal music, memorable characters, and great storytelling, Jersey Boys follows the fascinating evolution of four blue-collar kids who became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. Jersey Boys takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to discover the secret of a 40-year friendship as the foursome work their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom.
TOMMY DEVITO - 30s to 40s, male-presenting. Strong tenor/baritone voice, comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; able to play guitar; funny; a wise-guy; a natural-born leader with appealing bad-boy quality.
FRANKIE VALLI – 20s to mid-30s, male-presenting. 5’9 or shorter; has a strong tenor with sweet and strong falsetto and be able to sing in the style of Frankie Valli; strong tenor to high A or Bb plus strong falsetto up to treble G; charismatic and charming; has a gritty side as well as a polished veneer; very comfortable with four-part harmonies.
NICK MASSI - 30s to 40s, male-presenting. Strong bass/baritone voice, very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; a quiet dreamer who longs for life after The Four Seasons; understated with a dead-pan quality.
BOB GAUDIO - 20s to mid-30s, male-presenting. Strong tenor/baritone voice; must be very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; an intelligent, sensitive, and introspective musical prodigy.
JOE PESCI - 20s to mid-30s, male-presenting. Must be 5’9 or shorter; young, energetic and funny; a strong singer. Will double various roles.
BARRY BELSON - 20s to late-40s, male-presenting. Strong singer. Doubles various roles (friends, producers, etc.); strong tenor to high C; with a strong falsetto to G above high C; has the ability to riff in rhythm-and-blues style.
BOB CREWE - 30s to 40s, male-presenting. Intelligent and flamboyant; genius music producer and lyricist; an integral part of creating the magic of The Four Seasons.
NORM WAXMAN - 20s to mid-30s, male-presenting. Owns a private money lending agency; strong singer. Doubles various roles; strong tenor/bari-tenor voice.
GYP DECARLO - mid-40s to mid-50s, male-presenting. Tough, Mafioso type; a strong singer.
MARY & OTHERS - 20s to late-30s, female-presenting. Frankie’s wife; tough, “Seen it all,” Italian, Jersey girl; she’s got a killer sense of humor; doubles a variety of other roles including member of a 60’s style girl group; strong belt; high straight tone soprano; very good dancer.
LORRAINE & OTHERS - 20s to mid-30s, female-presenting. Frankie’s girlfriend; educated; not from Jersey; a reach career girl; young Diane Sawyer; doubles a variety of other roles, including member of a 60’s style girl group and tough-as-nails Jersey girl; strong high belt, belt to high F; high, straight tone soprano also useful; very good dancer.
FRANCINE & OTHERS - 20s to mid-30s, female-presenting. Frankie’s daughter; named for, doted on and deeply loved by Frankie. She’s a Jersey girl — vulnerable, lost and acts out to make up for lack of attention from her dad. Doubles a variety of other roles including member of a 60’s style girl group and a tough-as-nails Jersey girl. Strong, high belt useful. Belt to high F, high straight tone soprano; very good dancer.
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