FUN HOME - White Plains NY EPA
White Plains Performing Arts Center
AUDITION DATE
Thu, Sep 06, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch tbd
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members, For a 5-minute appointment, call 914-328-1600, (M-F, 11-5 pm) but DO NOT LEAVE A MESSAGE or email auditions@wppac.com and include the date of your audition and name in subject line. Include name, phone #, approximate time you’d like to audition and union status. Equity and non equity members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day.
CONTRACT
LOA $455/week for AEA actors (plus pension/health) ($1,000- $1,400 flat fee for non union performers (based on role) + EMC Points)
SEEKING
A multi-ethnic cast of men and women with fantastic singing voices and acting abilities to play principal and supporting roles (see breakdown) NON-TRADITIONAL CASTING is strongly encouraged. Theatre’s casting note: Because of the short, intense rehearsal schedule, we are open and interested in seeing performers who may have done the show before. But it is NOT a requirement.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief song from the show (preferred) OR Broadway song in the style of the show/composer that can be fully interpreted with strong acting choices. Make sure the song shows vocal range. Must bring sheet music in the correct key. A piano accompanist will be provided but will not transpose. Charts are NOT acceptable, NO cds and NO unaccompanied singing.
Please bring headshot & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Please bring any and all conflicts to the auditions and note that the rehearsals times may vary.
LOCATION
White Plains Performing Arts Center
11 City Pl
White Plains, NY 10601
PERSONNEL
Book/Lyrics by Lisa Kron, Music by Jeanine Tesori
Director: Amy Griffin, Music Director: Stephen Ferri
OTHER DATES
1st Reh: Sept 24th (rehearses in NYC) (ideally 10am-6pm, but nights may also be required)
Tech: 10/6-10/11 (in White Plains late afternoon through evening)
Shows: Oct 12-14, Oct 19-21, Oct 24-28 (3-4 perf/wk - 10 total)
OTHER
CALLBACKS Tuesday 9/11. Actors will be notified by email. Sides and music will be distributed before and at callbacks; please be as familiar with the show as possible if you are called back.
Video submissions only accepted if unable to attend the audition. Videos must have you singing with accompaniment from the show. Those who attend in person are given priority for roles.
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.
BREAKDOWN
SYNOPSIS
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires. Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
SEEKING
ALISON BECHDEL
(43, any ethnicity) lesbian cartoonist; wry, pragmatic, super intelligent; Alison is stuck artistically, and goes in search of the pieces of the story of her father's demise in an effort to heal herself. Range: Alto - low E to belt C#5.
BRUCE BECHDEL
(ROLE ON OFFER) (43, any ethnicity) - high-school English teacher, funeral home director, spends his spare time on the historic restoration of his home; complex man with a hot temper as a result of years of repression; can be caring and attentive to his children but is also quick to anger; must be a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; range B to G
HELEN BECHDEL
(33-44, any ethnicity) Alison’s mother. Intelligent, composed, with a quiet coiled intensity. Formerly a promising actress, now an English teacher, she is frustrated and exhausted by her tumultuous, emotionally abusive marriage.
Range: Mezzo - A flat to strong mixed E5
MEDIUM ALISON
(19, any ethnicity) Alison Bechdel as a freshman at Oberlin College, discovering her sexuality. Incredibly well-read, hyper-intelligent, socially awkward, and overjoyed by sex. Range: Alto - strong mix-belt to C and effortless mix to E5.
JOAN
(early 20s, any ethnicity) A student at Oberlin. She exudes a confident, sexual energy, with a dry sense of humor. Unlike Alison, Joan is very comfortable in her skin and openly identifies as a lesbian. Range: Alto – must handle harmonies very well but no solo singing required
ROY / PETE / MARK / BOBBY JEREMY
(20-28, any ethnicity) One actor to play multiple roles. Roy, a young man Bruce hires to do yard work; Pete, a mourner who visits the funeral home; Mark, a high school junior; Bobby Jeremy, the lead singer of a band in Alison’s imagination. Good-looking singer with a strong clean 70s pop sound.
Range: High pop tenor to a B4.
CHILDREN ROLES
Child performers MUST play an elementary school age child. Must look prepubescent, NOT a young teen or tween look.
SMALL ALISON
(to play 9-11 years old, any ethnicity) Alison Bechdel as a child. Precocious and opinionated, yet because of the era she’s growing up in, she doesn’t have the vocabulary to fully define herself.
Range: B to B
*CHRISTIAN BECHDEL
(to play 9-11 years old, any ethnicity) Alison’s brother, he tries to be the leader but is overshadowed by Alison’s strong personality. Must be able to sing harmonies and move well.
*JOHN BECHDEL
(to play 7-9 years old, any ethnicity) Alison’s younger brother. Like most boys his age, he is full of energy with a quirky imagination. Must be able to sing harmonies and move well.
**Please note the roles of Christian and John are intended to be cast as non AEA and are not paid a salary. Those cast will be given small travel stipends instead.
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 audition.
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