GYPSY (Broadway) - NYC EPA Wherever We Go LLC | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Production (League)
$2638 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in the Broadway production of GYPSY (See breakdown).
Please prepare a traditional music theater song or standard (no more than two minutes in length) in the style/era of the show. Please bring sheet music for piano accompanist. No singing without sheet music. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room - Studio 312
Book: Arthur Laurents
Music: Jule Styne
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Director: George C. Wolfe
Choreographer: Camille A. Brown
Music Supervisor/Music Director: Andy Einhorn
Casting Directors: Jordan Thaler/Heidi Griffiths
Expected to attend:
Jordan Thaler, Heidi Griffiths (Casting Directors)
Chalin Tulyathan (Casting Associate)
1st Rehearsal: 9/30/24
1st Performance: 11/21/24
Opening Night: 12/19/24
Open Run – no closing date set
OTHER
Venue: Majestic Theatre
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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GYPSY (Broadway)
SYNOPSIS: Rose, an ambitious “backstage” mother, treks across the country with her daughters searching for both survival and success with their homespun vaudeville act. Along the way, they encounter others in the shabby theaters they perform in who are similarly burdened by finding their own ways of surviving in show business. As times change, Rose is forced to adapt as vaudeville is replaced by burlesque even as her daughters find autonomy in radically different ways.
[ROSE] CAST. 40s. Overbearing. Charismatic. Powerful. Strong. Suffocating. Aggressive. Domineering. Pushy. Ambitious. Loving. Longing. Survivor. Brassy. Stage Mother. Driven.
[HERBIE] 40 to 50 years old. White. Male identifying. Baritone. Once active in showbusiness himself, he is now a candy salesman who becomes Baby June’s manager for her vaudeville show act, and falls in love with her mother, Rose. He is a devoted lover, who has a seemingly boundless level of patience for Rose’s antics and demands, and he is also incredibly caring toward her girls; invested not only in the success of their act but in their well-being as individuals. He tries time and time again to get Rose to marry him, but when they finally agree on a wedding day, Rose shoves her older, less talented daughter Louise into the world of burlesque, leaving Herbie resigned that Rose’s desire for attention and fame will never allow her to live a simple, married life with him. Baritone range.
[LOUISE] 18+ to play Teens through 20s. Black. Female identifying. Mezzo-Soprano with a high chest extension. Initially shy and introverted, she ultimately becomes a star. She is a quiet, intelligent young woman who has none of her younger sister June’s natural ability to put on a show. When she is thrust into a burlesque show by her mother, she transforms into a legendary stripper. Louise’s transformation from awkward teenager who has always been told she was a failure at everything to confident star of burlesque must be navigated with nuance and depth with skill and complexity.
[JUNE] 18+ to play Teens through 20s. Biracial; her mother is Black and her father is White. Female identifying. Mezzo Soprano with a high chest extension. Although she is in her mid-teens, Dainty June is a gifted and willful young woman, who ultimately refuses to continue perpetuating the “baby doll” persona she has carried with her since she was a young girl. Because she has opportunities to be accepted into mainstream show business, she elopes with Tulsa, one of the chorus boys in her act, to begin building a career on her own.
[YOUNG LOUISE] 10 to 12 years old. Black. Female identifying. Mezzo-Soprano. Young Louise struggles with the family’s focus on show business, as she is awkward, gangly, and painfully shy. Her awkwardness is capitalized upon by her mother, who shoves her in the chorus of boys who support her sister’s vaudeville act. Possesses a hidden strength that is often overshadowed by the presence of her extroverted younger sister. A strong singer and dancer.
[BABY JUNE] 8 to 11 years old. Biracial; her mother is Black and her father is White. Female identifying. Mezzo Soprano. Savvy and outgoing, Baby June is the perfect child star, eager and extroverted. Has a strong, bright voice and the ability to carry solo singing. Strong dance skills, including a background in ballet and gymnastics.
[TESSIE TURA] Late 30s - 50. Any Ethnicity. Female identifying. Mezzo Soprano. A professional stripper whose “gimmick” is being a ballerina. She has a lot of stripping experience under her belt, and is extremely jaded about taking her clothes off in front of men. She thinks she’s figured out the one and only way for a stripper to capture and maintain attention: to have a gimmick. She's a bit blasé about how she passes this wisdom onto Louise. NOTE: This role will likely double with additional ensemble roles. Experience dancing en pointe a major PLUS.
[MAZEPPA] Late 30s - 50 years old. Any Ethnicity. Female identifying. Mezzo Soprano. Trumpet Player a big PLUS. Mazeppa is a brash and ballsy burlesque performer whose “gimmick” is that she plays the trumpet while she strips. A tough and funny broad. NOTE: This role will likely double with additional ensemble roles.
[ELECTRA] Late 30s - 50 years old. Any Ethnicity. Female identifying. Mezzo Soprano. She is a burlesque performer whose gimmick is that her costume is covered in light bulbs (thus, the name). Her act involves some multi-tasking, controlling the light show while singing and dancing. Strong comedic character. NOTE: This role will likely double with additional ensemble roles.
[POP] 60s. Black. Male identifying. Pop is Mama Rose’s father, who never believed that his daughter or her girls would amount to anything. He is a pragmatist, religious and unforgiving. While this is a non-singing role the actor will likely sing in the ensemble and double with additional ensemble roles.
[TULSA] Late Teens - 20s years old. White. Male identifying. Baritone. Strong, athletic dancer (especially Tap). An ambitious, charismatic dreamer. Tulsa is a born performer, who has the presence and talent to command the stage by himself.
[L.A., EAST ST. LOUIS, KANSAS, LITTLE ROCK, YONKERS] 20s. White. Male identifying. Baritones and Tenors. The young men in Baby June's act. Hand-picked by Rose. Strong singers and strong, athletic dancers.
[AGNES] 20s. White. Female identifying. Soprano. Mezzo-Soprano. Alto. Agnes is a member of Madame Rose’s Toreadorables and one of the girls who Rose recruits to be in the act she threw together for Louise. Agnes is thrilled at the prospect of being an actress. A young, comedic character who sings and moves well.
[MADAME ROSE'S TOREADORABLES] 18+ to play Teens - Early 20s. White. Female identifying. Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto. The girls in Madame Rose’s Toreadorables, backup singers and dancers to Louise, who become “Rose Louise and Her Hollywood Blondes”.
[THREE NEWSBOYS] 10 to 12 years old. Black. Singing and dancing young boys who backup Dainty June’s vaudeville act. Strong dancers and singers.
[MALE ENSEMBLE] 30s - 50s. Male identifying. A variety of ensemble roles including CIGAR, a burlesque theater manager in Wichita; PASTEY, a burlesque stage manager in Wichita; GEORGIE, Uncle Jocko’s assistant; PHIL, a press agent, and BOURGERON-COCHON, a famous French photographer.
[FEMALE ENSEMBLE] 30s-50s, Female identifying. Members of the ensemble play mothers of auditioning children, waitresses, backstage personalities, and showgirls.
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