MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Broadway) - NYC ECC Dancers
Producing Org TBD
Friday, May 12, 2023
10:00 AM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Production (League)
The minimum base weekly salary for the positions being auditioned for is established by a collective bargaining agreement between The Broadway League Inc., on behalf of the above-named producer, and Actors' Equity
Association. For Broadway, it is anticipated that the base weekly salary for each of the below-listed roles will range between a minimum of $2,439.0 per week (which equals an annualized base salary of $126,828) and a maximum of $4,000 per week (which equals an annualized base salary of $208,000).
Equity actors for chorus dancer parts in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Broadway) (See breakdown).
SEE
Please be prepared to dance in clothes and shoes you are comfortable moving in. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Producer: Sonia Friedman Productions, David Babani, Patrick Catullo
Director: Maria Friedman
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: George Furth
Choreographer: Tim Jackson
Music Supervisor: Catherine Jayes
Music Director: Alvin Hough Jr.
Casting: Jim Carnahan Casting - Jim Carnahan, CSA and Jason Thinger, CSA
Expected to attend:
Mandie Rapoza (Associate Choreographer)
Jason Thinger (Casting Director)
First Rehearsal: August 21, 2023
First Preview: o/a September 19, 2023
Opening Night: o/a October 8, 2023
OTHER
Venue: Hudson Theatre
ECC 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.
THIS ECC WILL BE HELD FOLLOWING PRE-PANDEMIC PROCEDURES. Equity will be beginning
a return to the pre-pandemic ECC procedures with auditions taking place in the New York Audition
Center at the end of the month, with a full return to these procedures for all ECCs in all locations
beginning May 1. For this audition, rather than making a specific appointment, Equity members will
sign up online to attend the ECC. On the day of the audition, the Equity monitor will read the list of
members who signed up online to attend (in the order they signed up) and will distribute numbers to
those present. Members who do not sign up in advance may request a number after everyone on the
list has been accommodated. All members who receive a number prior to the start time of the audition
will be seen. For more information on how these ECCs will run, please review Equity Chorus Call
Audition Procedures (dated July 22, 2016) in the Document Library.
(
https://members.actorsequity.org/ecc-procedures).
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:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 80
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 52
The maximum number of dancers allowed in the room at one time is: 15
FEMALE SWING (GUSSIE/MARY Cover) (Female, 30s – 40): Seeking excellent singers/actors who
can move. GUSSIE CARNEGIE is A flamboyant and beautiful Broadway legend who leaves her
producer husband for Frank, destroying two marriages in the process. Brash and seductive, she
knows how to get what she wants but can’t quite manage to hang onto it. MARY FLYNN is an
attractive and idealistic writer who is Frank and Charlie’s best friend in the world. Secretly in love with
Frank, she ultimately masks her feelings with quick wit, sardonic remarks, and alcohol. Global majority performers are encouraged to audition.
MALE SWING (JOE Cover) (Male, 35-50): Seeking excellent singers/actors who can move. JOE
JOSEPHSON is a loud and Boisterous Broadway producer and husband to Gussie, Joe enjoys the
glitz and glam of success. He eventually loses both Gussie and his money and becomes a pale
shadow on the man he once was.
ALREADY CAST:
Jonathan Groff - FRANKLIN SHEPARD (Male, 25-40 years old) Talented and Handsome film
songwriter who ends up having a very successful career as a film producer. One of those people who
go from success to success without realizing the impact that success is having on the people around
him.
Daniel Radcliffe - CHARLEY KRINGAS (Male, 25-40 years old) Smart and driven lyricist who is
Frank’s long devoted friend. Frustrated with Frank, he begins to create his own projects and
opportunities on Broadway. Charley sees the world (and their friendship) as it really is.
Lindsay Mendez - MARY FLYNN (Female, 25-40 years old) An attractive and idealistic writer who is
Frank and Charlie’s best friend in the world. Secretly in love with Frank, she ultimately masks her
feelings with quick wit, sardonic remarks and alcohol.
Katie Rose Clarke - BETH (Female, 25-35 years old) A naive and hopeless romantic from Houston
who is Frank’s first wife and the mother of his son. Her dewy eyed and romantic ideals fall away when
faced with the truth about Frank’s affair with Gussie.
Krystal Joy Brown - GUSSIE CARNEGIE (Female, 25-35 years old) A flamboyant and beautiful
Broadway legend who leaves her producer husband for Frank, destroying two marriages in the
process. Brash and seductive, she knows how to get what she wants but can’t quite manage to hang
onto it.
Reg Rogers - JOE JOSEPHSON (Male, 35-50 years old) Loud and Boisterous Broadway producer
and husband to Gussie, Joe enjoys the glitz and glam of success. He eventually loses both Gussie
and his money and becomes a pale shadow on the man he once was.
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