HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL - NYC EPA Heart of Rock and Roll LLC | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Development Agreement
$1350 weekly minimum (Tier 3)
Equity actors for principal roles in HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL (See breakdown).
Please bring your book of music including a pop rock song from the 1980’s that shows style and range. An accompanist will be provided. Also, please bring a headshot and resume, STAPLED TOGETHER.
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room Studio 412
Producer: Hunter Arnold, Tyler Mitchell, The Heart of Rock and Roll, LLC
Book: Jonathan Abrams
Story by: Tyler Mitchell and Jonathan Abrams Inspired by the Music of Huey Lewis and the News
Director: Gordon Greenberg
Choreographer: Lorin Latarro
Musical Supervisor and Arranger: Brian Usifer General Management: RCI Theatricals Casting: Tara Rubin Casting/Peter Van Dam, CSA and Felicia Rudolph, CSA
Expected to attend:
Peter Van Dam and/or Felicia Rudolph, Casting Directors
Tier 3 Work Session:
Dates: 7/17/23 – 8/6/23
OTHER
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.
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.
BOBBY – ROLE IS ON OFFER. Early to mid 30s, male lead. Former lead singer of THE LOOP - a one-time rockin' band on Chicago's music scene - turned company man. Passionate, reckless and impulsive. With his tattooed arms covered by his business suits, he's a blue-collar, city guy striving to be blue-blooded in the 'burbs of Milwaukee.
CASSANDRA - ROLE IS ON OFFER. Early to mid 30s, female lead. Smart, disciplined, rational and her Father's loyal lieutenant in their family box making business. Still reeling from her break-up with long-term boyfriend, Tucker, she's taken her angst and put it fully into her work.
ROZ - 40s, Southern-tough, no-nonsense, seen it all, but with a huge heart underneath. She's the kind of truth-telling, impervious-to-BS woman who could only work in Human Resources. Bobby's work wife.
ELI - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 30, The thoughtful, eternally optimistic, de-facto leader of the band and its drummer/keyboards/sax player. He keeps the other guys in line, and puts out their many (literal) fires to keep them on the road to a record deal.
GLENN - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 30, sarcastic, pessimist, full of piss and vinegar who plays - what else - bass for The Loop. He's never forgiven Bobby for leaving the band two years ago and can't comprehend how he's turned in his rock n' roll bona fides for a business suit.
JJ - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 30, laid-back, good-time, go with the flow lead guitarist for The Loop. He just wants things to be cool and is nostalgic for the days when The Loop were just four kids from the neighborhood playing music and having fun.
STONE - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 50s, Cassandra's Father and Bobby's boss. He's an upper-middle class suburban success who loves his work and embraces his quirk. His enthusiasm for selling cardboard boxes would make Ron Popeil blush. The only thing he cares about more than his company is his daughter.
PAIGE - Early to mid 30s, Cassandra's outspoken, fiery, down-for-whatever best friend from college. A new mother desperate for some adult time. She lives in Chicago, is going all-out during her staycation at the Great Lakes Shipping convention with hopes to reunite the Fab Four (Her, Cassandra, Tucker and Wyatt.) But more than that, she cares about her friend and wants to make sure she is happy.
WYATT - ROLE IS ON OFFER. Early to mid 30s, Paige's husband and Tucker's best friend. He's hyper-passionate about everything he does; be it singing with Tucker in their college acappella band, cutting loose on a staycation in Chicago, and most of all, loving his wife.
FJORD - 40s, Swedish. A mad genius, armchair psychologist, with an accent you just can't place. Came to America to find a better life and found it as the CEO of a mid-sized online retailer (with great need for cardboard boxes.) A consummate businessman, he'll go to any length to ensure the most favorable deals for his company.
TUCKER - ROLE IS ON OFFER. 30s, All-American alpha with a good portfolio, great hair and the ego that comes with. Dated Cassandra through grad school, moved to Chicago with her afterwards, broke her heart to find himself. Now, two years later, he has found himself - and he realizes breaking up with her is the biggest mistake of his life (besides going long on Groupon).
NINA - 50s, a no frills, tough love A&R rep who is growing disenchanted with the commodification of the music business. She's given her life to rock n' roll, inspires awe and fear in musicians everywhere, and truly lives to make sure great artists find an audience they can inspire.
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