HAIRSPRAY Equity Principal Auditions - Syracuse Stage Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
9:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Contract
URTA
$721/week

Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036

Seeking
Equity actors who sing for the following roles only:

TRACY TURNBLAD
WILBUR TURNBLAD
MOTORMOUTH MAYBELLE

see breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare a brief song in the style of the show. Accompanist will be provided. Please bring picture/resume stapled together.

Other Dates
Reh: 10/28/14
Open: 11/28/14
Close: 1/4/15

Other
Book: Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
Music: Marc Shaiman
Lyrics: Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman


www.syracusestage.org

Personnel
Artistic Director: Tim Bond
Director: Bill Fennelly
Musical Director: Brian Cimmet
Choreographer: David Wanstreet
Casting: Harriet Bass Casting

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

TRACY TURNBLAD:
Female, Caucasian, early 20s. A spunky teenager who loves to dance to the rhythm of the new musical sound. She is a big girl with even bigger dreams. She looks for the best in everyone and as a teenaged idealist she thinks that anything is possible. Seeking a strong singer. actor, dancer.

WILBUR TURNBLAD:
Male, Caucasian, 40-50. Tracy’s dad. He is a romantic, a comedian and a magician. He makes the seemingly impossible possible. He is the owner of the Har De Har Hut Joke shop. He is working hard to give his family a good like. Seeking a comedic musical character actor who sings and moves well.

MOTORMOUTH MABYBELLE:
Female, African American, late 30s late 40s. Seaweed’s mom, owner of her own record shop and host of “Negro Day” on the Corny Collins Show. She is big, blonde and beautiful. She is a powerful woman who is ahead of the times. Seeking a strong singer and actor who moves well