MARY POPPINS - NYC EPA
FIRESIDE DINNER THEATRE
SIGNUP INFO
Signups begin May 8, 11:45 am (EDT)
Open Jar Studios
1601 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Mon, May 15, 2023
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (EDT)
Break: 1:00-2:00pm
Dinner Theatre
$745 weekly minimum
Equity actors for principal roles in MARY POPPINS (see breakdown).
All stage management positions are filled.
PERFORMERS OF ALL ETHNICITIES, PHYSICAL TYPES, GENDER IDENTITIES, AND AGES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.
Please prepare a short song in the style of the show. Singing from the show is fine. Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Music and Lyrics by Richard M Sherman, Robert B Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe
Book by Julian Fellowes
Director: Ed Flesch (expected to attend)
Musical Director: Mary Ehlinger
Choreographer: Buddy Reeder
1st rehearsal: July 3, 2023 in Wisconsin
Runs July 20, 2023 – September 3, 2023
OTHER
An Equity monitor will be provided.
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
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.
Holding/Audition room information:
Holding room 11M – Capacity - no more than 30 people
Audition room 11C - Capacity - no more than 30 people
Seeking:
Mary Poppins – Leading lady, excellent singer who moves very well, crisp and proper on the outside and warm and loving on the inside with a whimsical, magical quality.
Bert – Good natured. fun-loving leading man, good dancer, good singer with comic ability.
George Banks – Character man, he tries to be a good provider but forgets how to be a good father.
Winifred Banks – Character woman, a former actress. Mrs. Banks struggles to find herself as a woman as well as a wife and mother.
Miss Andrew – Character woman, Mr. Banks’ old nanny, cruel and demanding, the opposite of Mary Poppins.
Mrs. Brill – Character woman, housekeeper/cook, she rules the kitchen.
Robertson Ay Comic character man, clumsy but good-hearted.
Admiral Boom/Bank Chairman – Character man, older, distinguished, commanding as Bank Chairman and amusingly eccentric as Admiral Boom.
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