Merrily We Roll Along - Los Angeles EPA/ECC Singers
Rubicon Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Aug 12, 2016
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (PDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
EPA rules in effect. Sign-up begins at 10:00AM
CONTRACT
SPT
SPT 8 Minimum - $550/wk
SEEKING
Rubicon Theatre Company is casting for a concert reading of Merrily We Roll Along (1994 version). Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by George Furth.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a song in the style of show. Songs from the show welcomed and encouraged. Bring sheet music in correct key.
LOCATION
Actors Equity Association LA Audition Center
5636 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
PERSONNEL
Bonnie Hellman-Brown - Director, Karyl Lynn Burns - Producing Artistic Director, Stephanie Coltrin - Casting Director
OTHER
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions
BREAKDOWN
REHEARSALS:
Tuesday 9/27-Thursday 9/29 Rehearsals in L.A.
Friday 9/30 Rehearsal in Ventura
PERFORMANCES:
Saturday 10/1 2:00 p.m. Performance
Saturday 10/1 8:00 p.m. Performance
Sunday 10/2 2:00 p.m. Performance
Franklin Shepard: Male, 30-40. A successful and film producer, also an innocent optimist when he was younger; talented and tormented; baritone
Charley Kringas: Male, 30-40. Frank's best friend; sometimes stubborn, always intense; now a successful lyricist, also optimistic when he was younger; baritenor
Mary Flynn: Female, 30-40. Frank and Charley's friend; very intelligent; sardonic and always witty; her optimism gets clouded over by missed opportunities; mezzo with bright belt
Beth Spencer: Female, 25-35. Frank’s first wife and mother of his son; she once was a Midwestern hopeless romantic trying to make her way in NYC; soprano
Gussie Carnegie: Female, 35-45. Frank's second wife; helplessly in love with him, she is a flamboyant and successful actress; big theater belt
Joe Josephson: Male, 40-55. Gussie's first husband; a Broadway producer type who later falls on hard times; character baritone
Franklin Shepard Jr.: Male, 8-12. Son of Beth and Frank; energetic and eager to please; should sing well.
Jerome (also Ensemble): Male, 35-45. Frank's lawyer.
MALE AND FEMALE ENSEMBLE (20’s to 50’s)
To play roles such as Scotty, Tyler, Terry, Bunker, Spencer, KT, Meg, Dory, Mrs. Spencer
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