JOY - NYC EPA
ShowTown Theatricals | New York, NY
AUDITION DATE
Monday, October 7, 2024 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E) BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $1383 weekly minimum (Category E)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in JOY (see breakdown).
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short contemporary musical theatre or pop/rock song and bring sheet music. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St 16th Fl New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Book by Ken Davenport Music and Lyrics by AnnMarie Milazzo Directed by Lorin Latarro Choreographed by Josh Bergasse Music Director: Andy Einhorn Producers: Ken Davenport and Sandi Moran General Management: ShowTown Theatricals EXPECTED TO ATTEND: Claire Burke (Casting Director)
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: 5/12/25 Tech: 6/9/25 Previews: 6/23/25 Opens: 7/24/25 Close: 8/17 or 8/24 Possible Extension: 8/31/25
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. Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
BREAKDOWN
SEEKING:
**Joy (30s, she/her):** A single mom from Long Island struggling to make ends meet. Joy has a long-ignored passion and talent for inventing and for using her inventions to help others. Over the course of the musical, she comes into her own. She is equal parts joy incarnate and rough around the edges. Life has not been kind to Joy, but it has made her tough, caused her to radiate light and positivity, and prepared her to fight the battles ahead of her with optimism and ingenuity. Strong belt with head/mix. **Toots (early 60s, she/her):** Joy’s mother. A recluse who hasn't left the house in years. She appears to have no faith or interest in her daughter and her daily activities consist of watching People’s Court and buying products on QVC that get shipped to the house. A very strong singer. Strong belt with head/mix. **Rudy (early 60s, he/him):** Joy’s father. A car salesmen-esque character who over-promises and under-delivers despite meaning well. He is crass, yet charming and spends much of the musical going at it with his ex-wife. Strong baritone/tenor range - up to G/Ab. **Tony (30s, he/him):** Joy’s ex-husband. A Sinatra wannabe who starts the musical living in his ex-wife’s basement waiting for his career as a performer to take off. His heart is in the right place, but he doesn’t follow through, forgetting to pick his daughter up at school and not paying any of the bills. He is all charm and also a mess. Strong tenor. **Christie (10, she/her):** Joy and Tony’s daughter. Whip smart, especially when it comes to emotional intelligence. She is perceptive, insightful, and sometimes a little too clever for her own good, but she also has moments of vulnerability in which we are reminded that she’s just a 10-year-old who needs her parents to come through for her. Christie has two numbers of her own and is present throughout most of the show. Strong belt with head/mix. **Lorraine (40s/50s, she/her):** Rudy’s enigma of a new girlfriend whom he met dancing at the Havana Club. Strong alto (up to an E). **Cowboy Eddie (40s/50s, he/him):** A bigoted, cunning, and cruel man who attempts to swindle Joy out of her money and take her invention away from her. Eddie is from Texas and has a very thick accent. High Rock Tenor.
