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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal/Chorus Auditions (2 days)
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
9:30 AM to 1:30 PM each day
Theatre’s monitor begins sign-up at 9:00 AM
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Contract
LOA
ref. to LORT, salary pending
Location
Summer Theatre of New Canaan
70 Pine Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
( 1 Block from Train Station)
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Seeking
Equity actor/singer/movers and actor/singer/dancers for various roles and ensemble parts.
Note: All cast members must be good singers, movers and dancers
see breakdown.
Appointments:
Appointments not necessary, but AEA members may request one at: casting@stonc.org or 203-966-4634 (emailed preferred)
Preparation
Prepare two contrasting 16-bar selections from or in the style of the shows. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided.
Please bring a recent picture & resume, stapled back-to-back
Other Dates
1st reh: 6/2/15. Rehearses Tue-Fri 9:25-5:15PM, Sat-Sun 9:25- 4:15-PM. Runs Thu-Su 6/25-8/9
3-5 performances per week.
Director: Allegra Libonati
Music Director David Hancock-Turner
Choreographer: Doug Shankman
Other
Performances are in a modern, open-air tent theatre in Waveny Park. Facilities: air conditioned trailer dressing rooms. Located 60-70 minutes from NYC by train or car.
Personnel
Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan
Music: Heather Hach
Lyrics: Laurence O’’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the motion picture
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Additional Audition Dates:
(note: Producer recommends attending CT auditions if possible due to anticipated tight schedule in NYC call.)
OPEN Auditions in NYC (AEA and non-AEA): 3/5 and 3/6, 9:30am to 4:30pm and 3/7, 9:30am to 1pm, at Ripley Grier Studios (see separate notice)
OPEN Auditions in CT (AEA and Non-AEA): 3/5 and 3/6, 7:30pm to 10pm at the Summer Theatre of New Canaan (see separate notice)
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All dates are in 2015. All roles/ensemble positions are available. Note: No housing is available to out-of-area performers (i.e. those who reside more than 50 miles driving distance from the Theatre).
LEGALLY BLOND
Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan,
Music by Heather Hach,
Lyrics by Laurence O’’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture.
Director: Allegra Libonati.
Music Director David Hancock-Turner
Choreographer: Doug Shankman
1st reh: 6/2/15. Rehearses Tue-Fri 9:25-5:15PM, Sat-Sun 9:25- 4:15-PM. Runs Thu-Su 6/25-8/9
3-5 performances per week. Note: All cast members must be good singers, movers and dancers.
Seeking:
Elle Woods
20s. Gb2 – G5 Soprano Belt: The quintessential Valley Girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and realizes that she has more than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality. A true triple threat with a soprano belt.
Emmet Forrest
20s. B2 – A4 Tenor: A smart and sensitive law student who takes Elle under his wing. A strong singer and actor with good comic timing.
Margot, Serena, Pilar
20s. G#3 – F5 Soprano Belt: Elle's sorority sisters. Margot, Serena, and Pilar are Elle's entourage who follow her through the story acting as chorus. Strong singers and dancers with good comic timing and youthful energy.
Paulette Buonofuonte
30s- mid 40s. A3 – A5 Soprano Belt: Owner of Hair Affair, a local salon, who is friends with Elle and longs to find a man for herself. Brash and funny, accent a plus, a strong singer with a soprano belt.
Professor Callahan
40s- mid 50s. A2 – F#4 Baritone: A pompous and manipulative law professor at Harvard. A shark in the courtroom who will win at any.
Warner Huntington III
20s. Eb3 – Ab4 Tenor: Attractive, but pompous. Charm and charisma. Breaks Elle's heart. Will do whatever it takes to achieve dream of becoming a senator.
Vivienne Kensington
20s. A3 – F5 HUGE Soprano Belt: Overachieving, smart and savvy law student. Intellectually driven, yet feels threatened by Elle's presence Harvard.
Enid Hoops
20s. G3 – G5 Soprano Belt: Feminist law student at Harvard.
Kyle B. O'Boyle
late 20s to mid 30s. Attractive, physically fit, UPS delivery man. Paulette's dream man. May double with another role. No but featured in the River Dance number.
Brooke Wyndham
late 20s– mid 30s. A3 – G5 Alto or Soprano: An exercise video star and former sorority girl. Needs a high level of aerobic stamina while singing.
ENSEMBLE (multiple doubling)
Delta Nu Sisters, Greek Chorus
20s. Can sing and dance well
Sundeep Padamadan
20s. Foreign Harvard law student. Former leader of his country. May double with another role. Featured in The Harvard Variations.
Aaron Schultz
20s. Smug and arrogant Harvard law student. Featured in The Harvard Variations.
Nikos Argitakos
Early 20s – mid 30s. Brooke Wyndham's pool boy. Featured presence in Gay or European. May double with another role.
Carlos
Early 20s – mid 30s. Nikos' best friend. Money note in Gay or European. May double with another role.
Grand Master Chad
20s. UCLA frat boy. Featured in What You Want.
Winthrop, Pforzheimer, Lowell
30s – 60s. Harvard Law admissions officers.
Dewey
30s – mid 40s. Paulette's trailer-trash ex- husband. Character actor, may double with another role. One scene with a few lines, but no singing.
Chutney Wyndham
Mid 20s – mid 30s. Brooke Wyndham's jealous step-daughter. Featured in the courtroom as a witness. Character actress double with another role.
Whitney
20s. Harvard law student whose father is next in line to be the Speaker of the House.
Elle's Mom and Dad
40s – mid 50s. Dad-D3 – E#4 Baritone, Mom-C4 – E5 Alto: High society socialite and rich golfer respectively.
Judge, Court stenographer, D.A.,TV reporter
Any age. Featured characters in the courtroom trial of Brooke Wyndham.
Prisoners at Boston's Women's Correctional Facility, UCLA students, Marching Band, Harvard Law Students, Courtroom Judge/Staff Reporters, Spectators, Sales personnel, Beauty Parlor staff, (various ages)
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Directions to CT Auditions from NYC, provided by the Theatre:
Train: (60-70 minutes from Grand Central Station NYC) Metro North to Stamford CT. Change (if necessary) for New Canaan. Theatre auditon/rehearsal studios across street from train station 1 block (opposite side of tracks). Auto: (1 hour NYC): New England Thruway (95) north to exit 15, Rt. 7 extension, take exit 3 Merritt Parkway South to exit 37. Left off exit to center of New Canaan, left on Elm St. 1 block left at light. First right turn at light. Studios toward end of block on left – 70 Pine Street. Ample parking on street or in building lot. Note: Do not go to Waveny Park location.
More info on www.stonc.org
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