Florida Studio Theatre Summer Mainstage 2023 Season - NYC EPA
Florida Studio Theatre | Sarasota, FL
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$739 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in Florida Studio Theatre's Summer Mainstage 2023 Season (See breakdown).
All roles for all shows will be understudied.
Florida Studio Theatre is working towards becoming a more anti-racist and inclusive theatre. FST is thus committed to developing a work environment that is reflective of the diverse world that it serves. People who share this belief are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue in the style of our season. Selections from A COMEDY OF TENORS to use (if wanted) are available at:
https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/casting
Also please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. Actors who are unable to attend in person auditions are welcome to submit a video submission at:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/FloridaStudioTheatre1/fstsummer2023virtualepa .
Submissions ONLY accepted from 9am ET on Thursday, 3/30 to 6PM ET on Friday, 3/31. Anything sent outside of the range will not be viewed.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Richard Hopkins, Producing Artistic Director
Expected to attend:
Gil Brady, Casting Associate, FST
See breakdown for production dates
OTHER
https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/casting
All actors must be vaccinated for participation in this Season.
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.
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Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 80
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 52
by Paul Portner
Adapted by Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan
Directed by Bruce Jordan
Gompertz Theatre
Rehearsals begin: 5/16/23
Previews: 5/31/23 & 6/1/23
Opening: 6/2/23
Show closes: 6/18/23
Possible extension(s) through: 7/23/23
The hilarious whodunit where the audience gets to solve the crime. A mixture of improvisation and up to-the-minute spontaneous humor. The play is delightfully different every time you see it. The play is set today in a hairstyling salon in the city in which it plays. The landlady Isabel Czerny who lives above the shop is murdered, and every one of the actors has a reason to do her in. The audience gets involved in the action by questioning the actors and attempting to solve the crime.
BARBARA DEMARCO – She/her. 20s-30s. The wisecracking, gum-snapping, nail-polishing hairdresser cum manicurist. She keeps Shear Madness running by answering phones, taking appointments and restocking shelves. She's well put together, though on the cheap side. She is likable, ambitious and streetwise and can spot a bad dye job from 20 paces away.
EDDIE LAWRENCE – He/him. 30s-early 50s. A “well dressed, nice-looking confidence man” who covers a dangerous interior with a smooth, suave, and occasionally charming exterior. Though he’s the mystery man of the piece, he has a great sense of comedy.
TONY WHITCOMB – ROLE IS CAST. He/him. 20s-40s. The likable, flamboyant, irrepressible proprietor of the Shear Madness salon; fun, devilish, and interested in everything and everyone, but never jaded in any way. His shoot from the hip comedy must endear him to all. Should be good at physical comedy and love playing to an audience.
MRS. SHUBERT – ROLE IS CAST. She/her. Mid 40s-early 70s. An old-money Park Avenue socialite of impeccable breeding and manner – her maiden name is very socially prominent. She can really turn on the charm when she needs to and at her finest is a real class act. “Good looker and good mover.”
MIKEY THOMAS – ROLE IS CAST. He/him. Early 20s-mid 30s. A preppy-looking, eager-beaver younger partner to Nick. He is very helpful, but at the same time innocent, naïve, and impressionable. A believable, ambitious young cop who supplies much of the credibility to the investigation.
NICK ROSETTI* – OFFER OUT. He/him. 30s-50s. A hard-working New York gumshoe detective responsible for the investigation at Shear Madness. He is a likeable, approachable, forceful cop. A personable character who is also an excellent comic straight man. Loaded with personality with a solid voice, who can learn the dynamics that will keep the play moving forward. (*Name can change to Nick Johnson or Tom O'Brien depending on actor’s background)
By Frank Higgins
Directed by Kate Alexander
Keating Theatre
Rehearsals begin: 6/6/23
Previews: 6/28 & 6/29
Opening: 6/30/23
Closing: 7/30/23
Possible extension(s) through: 8/13/23
Texas, 1933. Alberta “Pearl” Johnson, an African American women who carries generations of songs in her memory, is serving time for murder when she meets Susannah Mullally, a white scholar collecting songs. Though suspicious of one another, the women recognize an opportunity for Alberta to find her missing daughter and Susannah to earn recognition in a male-dominated world. From a prison farm to the stages of New York, the women’s alliance and uncertain friendship will be tested by prejudice, ambition, and the true cost of success in an unjust world.
Content warning: This play centers around the topics of race, religion, death, and injustice. We do encourage actors to read the play before choosing to audition.
ALBERTA ‘PEARL’ JOHNSON – ROLE IS CAST, seeking submissions for future replacements only. African American. She/her. 40s and older. Sings and moves well. She is a survivor. A woman of great power and dignity who is not afraid to speak the truth.
SUSANNAH MULLALLY – ROLE IS CAST, seeking submissions for future replacements only. White, she/her. Early 30s to 40-ish. Susannah is an ambitious “song collector” working for the Library of Congress. She is strong and earthy, educated and articulate. The character does sing some folk songs in the show but does not need to be a great singer.
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Sean Daniels
Gompertz Theatre
Rehearsals begin: 7/11/23
Previews: 8/2/23 & 8/3/23
Show opens: 8/4/23
Show closes: 8/20/23
2 weeks of Possible extension(s) through: 9/3/23
One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? It’s 1930s Paris and the stage is set for the concert of the century – as long as producer Henry Saunders can keep Italian superstar Tito Merelli and his hot blooded wife, Maria, from causing runaway chaos. Prepare for an uproarious ride, full of mistaken identities, bedroom hijinks, and madcap delight.
HENRY SAUNDERS – He/him. early 50s. American - any ethnicity. Born in Akron, Ohio. An opera producer and businessman; often exasperated. Producing a concert of this magnitude is his life-long dream and he sees it slipping away from him. Father-in-law to and former boss of Max.
MAX – He/him. mid-30s. American - any ethnicity. Former long-time assistant of Saunders turned opera singer and friend of Tito. Married to Saunders’ daughter, Maggie, who is back home in Cleveland and very pregnant. A strong, operatic Tenor.
MARIA MERELLI – She/her. 50s. Italian. Tito’s powerful and stunning wife who dresses with style, as if straight out of an Italian fashion magazine. Maria loves her family and will do whatever it takes to keep them together. Strong Italian accent.
TITO MERELLI/BEPPO – He/him. 50s. Italian with a large physical presence. Tito is “the most famous opera singer in the world” – and often late, usually “because of his drinking and womanizing.” He’s currently having a crisis: he’s getting old. Doubles as Beppo, a bellhop with hidden talent and a moustache. Beppo is a self-proclaimed man of honor. Both Tito and Beppo have strong Italian accents and great singing voices. A strong, operatic Tenor.
MIMI MERELLI – She/her. 25 years old. Italian American. Daughter of Tito and Maria and aspiring actress. Mimi is in a romantic relationship with Carlo. Born and brought up in America – has an American accent. Wears “very little” at the top of the play- “just underwear and barely that.”
CARLO NUCCI – He/him. 20s. Italian with an American accent and a body “like a Greek God”. Carlo is a young hot shot Opera singer, an up-and-coming tenor with star quality. Idolizes Tito, and in love with Mimi. A strong, operatic Tenor. Wears “very little” at the top of the play- “just underwear and barely that.”
TATIANA RACÓN – She/her. 40s. The great Racón is Russian opera singer, the famous soprano. She is “ravishingly beautiful.” A former lover of Tito’s with a heavy Russian accent. Sings well – an operatic soprano.
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