Jagged Little Pill Tour LLC
CONTRACT
Short Engagement Touring $930 weekly minimum (Category 2)
SEEKING
Equity actors for principal roles in JAGGED LITTLE PILL (see breakdown).
Jagged Little Pill is committed to equal employment opportunities and welcomes diversity and inclusion across the spectrum of race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, and artists with disabilities. Jagged Little Pill is committed to providing a respectful, inclusive and safe environment for the audition process free from harassment, discrimination or bullying. This production contains material related to sexual violence that some may find upsetting and disturbing, and therefore as a duty of care we encourage all candidates to research the issues raised in this show to ascertain their comfortability in exploring this content throughout the process.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please send your submission in a streaming format, along with your headshot and resume. As a subject line, please use JLP TOUR EPA - First and Last Name.
Deadline: Tue, Mar 1, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Producer: Vivek J Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David, Eva Price
Director: Diane Paulus
Musical Director: Bryan Perri
Choreographer: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Book: Diablo Cody
Music: Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
Lyrics: Alanis Morissette
Additional Music: Michael Farrell, Guy Sigsworth
Music Supervisor, Arrangements, Orchestrations: Tom Kitt
Viewing auditions:
Casting: C12 Casting
Jillian Cimini, Casting Director
Sujotta Pace/Maureen Kelleher, Casting Associates
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: on or about 7/29/22 (NYC)
First performance: on or about 8/31/22
OTHER
www.rcitheatricals.com
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:
Please submit a video with a song from your book in the style of the show OR choose one of the provided songs from the show at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vwst5pdofxj9ft0/AAAWQSNjhQYu3DBn4vZL9gY5a?dl . Please include a slate stating your name, pronouns, and location.
SEEKING:
MARY JANE HEALY - 40-49, White. The “Perfect Mother” - a polished suburban housewife whose main priority in life is presenting a perfect image to the world; inwardly, she is struggling with processing trauma from her past and battling an addiction to prescription pills. Virtuosic, multiple octave range and strong rock belt. (Offer out on this role).
STEVE HEALY - 40-49, White. A partner at a successful law firm, this workaholic husband and father is struggling with staying present for his family as the pressures of his job and being the breadwinner of the family consume him. He feels his wife Mary Jane slipping away from him. A strong rock singer.
FRANKIE HEALY - 16-18. A Black transracial adoptee growing up in an affluent white family, Frankie aspires to be a writer and is passionate about social justice. She is not afraid to stand up for what is right, which creates tension in the Healy home. Extremely strong, dynamic, powerful rock singer, also comfortable with lighter pop style singing. (Offer out on this role).
NICK HEALY - 17-18, White. The “perfect” son, Nick is an athlete and star student; he often feels like he can’t be his true self because his parents are living vicariously through him; Nick guards his reputation carefully; he fears being exposed and losing everything. Strong rock tenor.
JO - 16-18, any ethnicity. Jo has been best friends with Frankie since preschool. Jo is a lesbian who is currently on a gender expansive journey. Her sense of humor is a defense mechanism, a way of hiding her vulnerability. Has a strong, powerful, dynamic rock voice. Note: The production is intentional in offering space for people from a variety of gender identities to see themselves in Jo. (Offer out on this role).
BELLA - 16-18, any ethnicity. One of Nick’s friends, Bella Fox is an aspiring artist, and has to hold a job in order to make ends meet. Bella has a party girl reputation at school, but there is pain beneath her fun-loving facade. Through the course of the story, she is sexually assaulted by a classmate. Strong rock voice with dynamic range. (Offer out on this role).
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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