Producing Org TBD
REVISED
updated employer.
CONTRACT
Development Agreement $1300 weekly minimum (Tier 3) $181 weekly health payments are made on behalf of each Equity member, as well as 8% pension. All participants receive Contingent Compensation - they share in 1% of Net Profits of the entity which produces the first commercial production, once the entity has recouped 110% of its capitalization. The participation continues for 10 years following the first payment once the entity achieves 110% recoupment.
SEEKING
Equity actor for the role of Ruth in HARMONY (see breakdown).
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
The Producer is committed to diversity and encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please email the video, along with your headshot/resume attached as a PDF in Vimeo or unlisted YouTube format. In the subject line, please type: Your full name.
Deadline: Tue, Aug 9, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Producers: Ken Davenport, Sandi Moran and Garry C. Kief
Music By: Barry Manilow
Book And Lyrics By: Bruce Sussman
Director/Choreographer: Warren Carlyle
Musical Supervisor: John O’Neill
Casting: Jamibeth Margolis
General Management: Architect Theatrical
Viewing auditions:
Casting Director: Jamibeth Margolis
Casting Assistant: Meredith Hoddeson
OTHER DATES
September 12 - 23, 2022
Workweek is a 6-day workweek, each day being 7 out of 8.5 hours.
OTHER
Venue: Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC
Recordings for archival and fundraising purposes are permitted without any additional compensation.
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
If you are using an iPhone to record, please be sure to film horizontally and in a well-lit space. Please state your name and the title of your song at the top of the video.
Please prepare a song of your choice from the Golden Age of musical theater that shows off voice and range. Please provide your own accompaniment.
As an alternative to singing a song of choice, you may sing an excerpt from HARMONY. Sheet music, teaching tracks, and accompaniment tracks are accessible at:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1almwngh6gfdba8/AAAh4UmogimdspDOjKbxW4G0a?dl=0 .
Synopsis: Harmony tells the true story of The Comedian Harmonists, a group of six talented young men, Jewish and gentile, who came together in 1920s Germany and took the world by storm with their signature blend of sophisticated close harmonies and uproarious stage antics. Together they sold millions of records, starred in a dozen films and packed the houses of the most prestigious concert halls around the globe, until the world they knew changed forever. Their incredible story inspired music industry legends Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman to create a spectacular new musical with an original score that celebrates this extraordinary group of friends and ensures their quest for true harmony in the most discordant chapter of human history will never be forgotten.
SEEKING:
All should be excellent actors, singers with strong music reading skills, and be able to dance or move well.
RUTH – Ruth Stern, a gorgeous, dark-haired woman of great passion for many causes, and equally great emotional volatility. A Jew. She is terrifically courageous—almost to a fault. Her sexuality is as passionate as her eventual husband’s—Chopin. One of the two “mixed” marriages. Mezzo, belter, C natural in belt, D natural in head.
ROLES CAST:
RABBI – ROLE IS CAST - “Rabbi” Josef Roman Cykowski, our narrator. Wise, truthful, self-deprecating. A sharp wit. Finds it easy to be funny. A peacemaker. A conflict avoider. A devout Jew. A Polish émigré, his speech is colored with Yiddish inflection but no accent. An inveterate nosher. He struggles with his memory. He is bearing a burden of some kind. High Baritone-Tenor with a high F#.
Note: With the exception of the role of Rabbi, the other eight principal characters are all 28 to 35 years old at the onset of the show.
YOUNG RABBI – ROLE IS CAST - The same as Rabbi, 30 years earlier.
HARRY – ROLE IS CAST - Harry Frommerman, the founder of The Comedian Harmonists. A self-taught genius with an inexplicable talent. A passion and vision rare in his world – or ours. He talks fast, thinks fast, moves fast, eats fast. His substantial personality is housed with a slight frame. There is a disheveled look about him. A Jew who is completely assimilated into the fabric of German society. Baritone with high F natural and A flat falsetto.
BOBBY – ROLE IS CAST - Robert Biberti, the uniquely talented bass of the group. Chooses his words carefully. Shrewd. Smart. Opinionated. Sensible. He is tempted by dreamers, but experience has taught him not to be seduced. He speaks the truth as he sees it, often to the displeasure of others. His explosions are few, but volcanic. Finds intimacy near impossible. Always reading a newspaper, not only to put distance between himself and others, but also to keep up on the tumultuous world around him, in which he’s keenly interested. A proud German. He probably sees himself much as he sees his country—the victim of overpowering circumstance. On stage, he’s a true comic. It’s the one place where he allows the child in him to play. Bass with a low A flat and high C sharp.
ERICH – ROLE IS CAST - Erich Collin, the well-bred, sophisticated second tenor of the group. He wears a monocle. His vocabulary and range knowledge is immense—some would say, pretentious. A man of manners. An enigma to many. We have much to learn about him—as he does about himself. High Baritone – Tenor with a high F natural.
CHOPIN – ROLE IS CAST - Erwin “Chopin” Bootz, a virtuoso pianist and singer. Devilishly handsome. Some might find him slick. From the school of hard knocks. A street kid who made a name for himself. Exudes sex. He is earthy and direct. He tends to always choose the expedient solution. High Baritone- Tenor with a high F#.
LESH – ROLE IS CAST - Ari Leshnikoff, a charmingly innocent first tenor of incomparable ability and talent. Exuberant, expressive, animated, and possessing a near-childlike enthusiasm for life. He is completely agog at the success that befalls him. He is without pretense. If he feels it, you see it. In many ways, the beating heart of the group. A Bulgarian émigré. A passion for redheads. A chain smoker. First Tenor with a High A and strong Falsetto.
MARY – ROLE IS CAST - Mary Hegel, Rabbi’s fiancée and eventual wife, a beautiful blond with a profound devotion to her moral code. Sensible. Thoughtful. Supportive, but free-thinking and independent. An uncanny ability to know what someone is feeling and get to the heart of the matter. Self-assured, she possesses the clearest and most balanced vision among those around her, uncolored by Harry’s optimism or, conversely, by Bobby’s caution. She’s the one who “sees.” A Gentile who marries her ultimate soul-mate, who happens to be a Jew. Soprano with high F sharp.
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 submit.
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