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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, March 9, 2015 (in 5 minute time slots)
11 AM to 2 PM (Session 1) and 3 PM to 7 PM (Session 2)
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
11:30 AM to 4:30 PM (Session 3) and 6 PM to 7:30 PM (Session 4)
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Contract
SPT
Tier 6; $430/week AEA min.
Location
Aurora Theatre
128 East Pike Street
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
GPS to Parking Garage: 153 Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30045
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Seeking
Equity male and female actors.
See breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare a song in the style of the show that most effectively showcases range and vocal ability. Have a cut prepared, but bring entire song, in case asked to hear more. Accompanist provided. Also bring a change of clothes for a dance call as well.
Bring TWO copies of picture and resume.
Other Dates
This is a co-production with Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta. The production will run at Auora Theatre in July/August 2015, then go to Theatrical Outfit in early Sepetember for a 2-week engagement. Seeking actors available for both production runs.
Other
https://www.auroratheatre.com
No housing available for out-of-town performers.
AEA membes without appointments seen as time permits.
Personnel
Music: David Bryan
Lyrics: David Bryan, Joe DiPietro
Book: Joe DiPietro
Dir: Tom Key
Choreo: Waverly Lucas
Music Dir: Ann-Carol Pence
Co.Mgr: Kathryn Pelkey
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members email to casting@auroratheatre.com. If no email access, call Jaclyn Hofmann at 678-226-6226. EMAIL PREFERRED.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Equity male and female actors for Aurora Theatre's production of Memphis. This will be a co-production with Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta, GA. The production will run at Auora Theatre in July/August 2015 and then go to Theatrical Outfit in early Sepetember for a 2-week engagement. Seeking actors who are available for both production runs.
Memphis
Aurora First Rehearsal: Week of June 22, 2015
Aurora Opening: Thursday, July 23, 2015
Aurora Closing: Sunday, August 30, 2015
Theatrical Outfit Brush-up Rehearsals: September 8 and 9, 2015
Theatrical Outfit Opening: Thursday, September 10, 2015
Theatrical Outfit Closing: Sunday, September 20, 2015
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SYNOPSIS: The show tells the fictional story of Huey Calhoun, one of the first white disc jockeys who dared to play rhythm & blues music for his white teenage listeners in the 1950s.
*ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE, NONE HAVE BEEN PRE-CAST**
SEEKING:
Huey:
20-39, Caucasian Male. Tenor with a great feel for pop/rock/r&b styles, our frenzied, bombastic, motor-mouthed hero who talks his way into becoming a DJ at a local white radio station, ignores race barriers and eventually falls in love with Felicia, a talented black singer, which causes a whole new set of problems for him in segregated Memphis.
Felicia:
20-39, African Descent, African American Female. High R&B belt voice, beautiful, wide-eyed, and a fiercely gifted singer, follows her heart and falls in love with Huey, despite knowing deep down that a relationship between a white man and a black woman in prejudiced Memphis is doomed.
Delray:
30-49, African Descent, African American Male. Baritenor with a great pop/rock/R&B voice, Felicia’s older brother who owns the club on Beale Street where she sings, realistic, cautious, protective, and aware of the realities of the segregation that exists in Memphis and the world beyond.
Gladys:
40-69, Caucasian Female. Strong singer with alto-belt mix, excellent actor with comic skills, Huey’s stern, traditional blue-collar, southern mother who has worked her entire life to be able to support herself and her son, who she loves, but about whom she constantly worries.
Gator:
20-39, African Descent, African American Male. Great R&B baritenor, works as a bartender at Delray’s, hasn’t spoken since age 5, when he saw his father killed, as the story progresses, he finds his voice again, must be an excellent actor and singer, comic timing a plus.
Bobby:
30-49, African Descent, African American Male. Great gospel voice, the janitor at Mr. Simmons’s radio station, full of personality and heart, role requires an actor who is comfortable with physicality, as the character has a dance break in his show-stopping number “Big Love,” comic skills a plus.
Mr. Simmons:
40-69, Caucasian Male. Great actor who is comfortable singing, the conservative owner of the radio station where Huey gets his start, a strong, southern, commanding businessman who becomes willing to take a chance on Huey when he realizes the audience Huey reaches and the money he can command.
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