Producing Org TBD
CONTRACT
COST Salary pending (LOA ref COST)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in MAY WE ALL: A New Country Musical (see breakdown).
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please send a brief video recording of country music vocals. You can prepare a song of your choosing or one of our provided tracks available at https://bit.ly/mayweallEPA. Please email audition with the Subject Line: MAY WE ALL EPA - role of [ROLE] - AEA Member. We request links to streamable videos on a site like Vimeo or Dropbox. We will not download files. Please check privacy settings before sending
Deadline: Thu, Feb 24, 2022
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PERSONNEL
Book: Troy Britton Johnson, Todd Johnson, & Eric Pfeffinger
Arrangements & Orchestrations: Brian Usifer
Music Director: Geoffrey Ko
Choreographer: William Carlos Angulo
Producers: Lively McCabe Entertainment
Productions (Brian Kelley, Stephen Snedden, Justin Halliwell)
General Management: Showtown Theatricals (Nathan Gehan, Michelle Tamagawa)
Viewing auditions:
Director: Shelley Butler
Casting: Eisenberg/Beans Casting - Casting Director Daryl Eisenberg, CSA, Casting Director Ally Beans, CSA
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin: May 9, 2022
Performances: June 7 - July 17, 2022
Possible Extension Through: August 28, 2022
OTHER
Venue: Tennessee Performing Arts Center, James K. Polk Theater
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
ABOUT MAY WE ALL: Lively McCabe Entertainment and CuzBro Productions – the production company founded by Brian Kelley of the multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line – present the World Premiere of May We All, a country music stage musical featuring hit songs from artists such as Florida Georgia Line, Tim McGraw, Dolly Parton, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Sara Evans, Brooks & Dunn, Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, Little Big Town, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, The Chicks, Old Dominion, Jessica Andrews, and LOCASH, among others. Two original songs co-written by FGL global superstars Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard are also featured in the score and will debut exclusively in the project.
May We All is the story of Jenna Coates, a small-town girl whose big city singing career is over before it even begins, and how she returns to the people and the places of her past to find a path to the future. But going home is never easy. A lot has changed in Harmony, Tennessee, since Jenna left, and not necessarily for the better. If Jenna and Harmony are going to dig themselves out of their current crises, they’re going to need each other. And they're going to need music.
COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY. To protect the health and safety of the company members, Producer requires all those employed by Producer to be fully vaccinated defined by the CDC as more than 14 calendar days following receipt of a final dose) of an FDA-authorized or WHO-listed vaccine as a condition of employment. Producer agrees to follow guidelines (forthcoming) for mandating vaccinations and adhere to all required safety and health requirements.
NOTE: We are looking to cast strong, contemporary Country voices. ALL ethnicities are welcomed and encouraged to audition. Every effort will be made to have a cast that is reflective of the world we live in with regard to racial diversity and gender identification.
SEEKING:
JENNA COATES: Female, 22, any race. Country mezzo-soprano. Aspiring country singer. The girl who is going to be famous. Harmony’s favorite daughter. She’s the person everyone wants to be around—fun, loving, charming, but sometimes blinkered and afraid of disappointing all the people who've believed in her since she was a child. CAST.
KYLIE COATES: Female, 18+ to play 16, any race. Country mezzo-soprano. Jenna’s younger sister. Highly intelligent, a little more cynical and quick-witted, doesn't necessarily fit into the Harmony milieu. A bit of a punk, in a cool way. She’s always lived in Jenna’s shadow, where she has only recently begun to chafe.
CRYSTAL COATES: Female, Mid to Late 40s, any race. Country mezzo-soprano, top C. Big hearted with a voice as big as that heart. Bright and exuberant, defiantly optimistic but will lay down the law if you cross her. Jenna and Kylie’s mother, Harley’s wife, kitchen dancer, Zumba enthusiast. Loves her family and would do anything for Jenna even if it conflicts with common sense.
HARLEY COATES: Male, Mid 40’s – early 50’s, any race. Country baritone, top E. Jenna and Kylie’s father and Crystal's husband, fiscally imprudent and largely unemployed. A boisterously loving husband and father. Legendary embarrasser of daughters and dispenser of dad jokes. Chronically filter-free.
LIZ: Female, 22, any race. Earthy mezzo/alto, a little rasp is fine. Great dancer. Jenna’s best friend from childhood and Joe's girlfriend. Strong, sharp-tongued. Knows how to have a good time while masking the pain she struggles with over her older brother Danny's death from a drug overdose.
DUSTIN: BIPOC male, 22. Country baritone or bari-tenor, top E. Jenna’s ex-boyfriend from high school, Joe's best friend, son of the Mayor. Driven, solid, one of the good guys. Smart and diligent. He stayed in Harmony to run his mom’s hardware store because he thinks the town's special and he's now eager to prove that was the right call. Carries a torch for Jenna and doesn't hide it well.
JOE: Male, 22, any race. Country tenor, top A. Strong mover. Liz's boyfriend, Dustin's best friend. Goofy, amiable, loves a good time; everyone agrees he basically peaked in high school. As loyal as a golden retriever and very nearly as smart.
MAYOR: BIPOC female, Late 40’s – early 50’s. Dustin’s mother. Vocally leads the show-stopping number. Proud of her son and of Harmony. A thinker, a booster, a fighter. A captain who won’t hesitate to go down with the ship if it comes to that, but she’s going to try everything under the sun to keep that from happening.
STEPHANIE: Female, 25, any race. Country mezzo-soprano. Dustin’s current girlfriend. Came back home to Harmony to finish writing her dissertation. She’s smart and friendly and cheerful and confident and she fits into Dustin’s friend group with the easy grace of a pelican swallowing a boot.
RU ANN: Female, 30s-60s, any race. Flexible vocal range, strong mover. A Harmony lifer, a Southern jack-of-all-trades boss lady. Knows everyone and everyone knows her. Big-hearted and opinionated. More often seen in sneakers than heels, marches to the beat of her own drummer and thinks you should probably follow her drummer too. She’s had sixteen businesses and zero successes but she’s feeling really good about number seventeen.
BAILEY STONE/TAMMY: Female, 25-50, any race. Country mezzo-soprano or alto. Bailey is a country singing legend. Enthusiastic, smart superstar who knows talent when she sees it and tells it like it is. Tammy is a Harmony homebody who embraces her small world and small victories. Has no idea how funny she is. Doesn’t always know what’s going on but she’s on board 100% anyway. Leaps before she looks.
WILBUR: Male, 25-45, any race. A square peg in a place where there aren’t supposed to be any pegs. Big heart, generous spirit. Nobody gets Wilbur but everyone loves Wilbur. Strong comic, powerful vocals.
ANGIE: Female, late 30s to early 40s, any race. A truth-teller with a first-class BS detector. Tells you when you’ve messed up like it’s her job; holds on to a grudge like it’s the last Bud Light longneck in the cooler. Strong comic and mover.
EARL: Male, 40s, any race. Single, no kids, three finstas. Wise; wry; often disappointed but never discouraged. Strong mover.
RUBY: Female, 20-40s. Pragmatic, unsentimental, a tough broad. Stronger than she looks. Can bang out a dent in a fender without scratching the finish but might hurt your feelings without even noticing. If she senses you’re trying to sweet-talk her, she’s gone before the third syllable. Strong vocalist and dancer.
STAN: Male, 20-40s. Small business owner, ex-military. His three favorite things are rules, country music, and rules. You can bounce a quarter off his bed and off his haircut. Strong vocalist and dancer.
SUZANNE: Female, 16-25. Peacemaker, partier. If something’s happening, she’s already there. Strong vocalist and dancer.
PJ: Male, 20s. Congenial, agreeable. Would have opinions of his own but that seems like a lot of work. He agrees with whatever you think 100% especially if you’re the last person who talks to him. “No” isn’t in his vocabulary, neither is “acrimony.” Strong vocalist and dancer
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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