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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (3 days)
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
10 AM to 6 PM each day. Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
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Contract
Production (League)
$1917/week
Location
Telsey + Company
311 West 43rd Street, 10th floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various roles.
See breakdown
The role of DOLLY has been cast: Bette Midler
Preparation
Prepare a brief traditional musical theatre song showing range. Bring sheet music; a piano accompanist will be provided. Bring a photo/resume stapled together.
Other Dates
Rehearsals: January 9, 2017
Previews: March 13, 2017
Opening Night: April 20, 2017
Personnel
Director: Jerry Zaks
Choreographer: Warren Carlyle
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman
Book: Michael Stewart
General Manager: Joey Parnes Productions
Casting: Telsey + Company
· 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.
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Breakdown
CAST: [DOLLY GALLAGHER LEVI] BETTE MIDLER
SEEKING:
HORACE VANDERGELDER
Male, to play 50s – 60s, any ethnicity. The proprietor of a Hay & Feed store and a client of Dolly. A well-known half-a-millionaire, he’s a widower, gruff, set in his ways, and authoritative. Baritone.
CORNELIUS HACKL
Role CAST. Seeking understudy only.
Male, to play 30 – 40, any ethnicity. Vandergelder’s chief clerk who yearns for one exciting day in NYC. Energetic, enthusiastic, and adventurous, he has a sweet innocence about him. He seeks the company of Irene. Baritone with robust sound.
BARNABY TUCKER
Male, to play 18 – 22, any ethnicity. An assistant to Cornelius at Vandergelder’s Hay & Feed store. He’s sweet, naïve, energized, and a follower. Strong dancer. Baritone.
IRENE MOLLOY
Female, to play 30 – 40, any ethnicity. A widow, she’s a beautiful, smart, fun-loving milliner with a hat shop in NYC. Dolly has introduced her to Vandergelder, but she yearns for romance. Mezzo.
MINNIE FAY
Female, to play 18 – 22, any ethnicity. A young girl who works as Irene’s assistant in the hat shop. She’s naïve, straightlaced, fresh, and a follower. Strong dancer. Mezzo.
AMBROSE KEMPER
Male, to play 18 – 25, any ethnicity. A young and explosive struggling artist seeking to marry Ermengarde. Strong dancer. Tenor.
ERMENGARDE
Female, to play 18 – 22, any ethnicity. The young niece of Vandergelder. She cries often and wants her independence and to marry Ambrose. Strong dancer. Mezzo.
STANDBY FOR DOLLY GALLAGHER LEVI
Female, to play 50s – 60s, any ethnicity. A widow in her middle years who has decided to begin her life again. A matchmaker, meddler, opportunist, and life-loving woman. Commanding presence and comic chops. Mezzo with wide vocal range
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