Nashville Repertory Theatre
CONTRACT
SPT $562 weekly minimum (SPT 7)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in 2021-22 season (see breakdown). Local actors encouraged to submit.
No dancing will be required for this audition, however dancing may be required at callbacks. Roles are for adult, professional actors.
Auditions originally scheduled for July 8-10, due to current Equity safety guidelines, will be held entirely virtually and auditioners will be required to send a video submission.
Full and fair casting consideration will be given to ethnic minorities, women, seniors, all gender identities and expressions, and actors with disabilities. Performers of all races and ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION IN BREAKDOWN. Visit https://nashvillerep.org/audition to fill out an audition request form. If making an online submission, be sure to fill out the form completely and accurately. You will only be able to submit once. DEADLINE FOR VIDEO SUBMISSION: July 11, 2021 at 11:59pm ET.
Deadline: Sun, Jul 11, 2021
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Drew Ogle, Interim Artistic Director,
Micah-Shane Brewer, Director,
Alicia Haymer, Director,
Erica Jo Lloyd, Artistic Associate,
Nate Eppler, Ingram New Works Project Director
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
OTHER DATES
At this time, callbacks are slated for July 15 - August 13, in person. We will be following all Equity and CDC guidelines in place at the time of callbacks. Should the situation require it, callbacks may also be held virtually.
See breakdown form production dates.
OTHER
You may email erica@nashvillerep.org with additional questions or call (615) 349-3217. If leaving a voicemail message be sure to mention the best time to call you back and make arrangements to submit your video audition. Our office hours remain irregular and response to voicemail will be slower than typical.
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
PREPARATION INFORMATION:
IF AUDITIONING ONLY FOR NON-MUSICAL SHOWS: Please prepare 2 contrasting monologues together totaling no more than three (3) minutes. Please state your name at the beginning of your video.
IF AUDITIONING FOR SHOWS INCLUDING MUSICAL or ONLY THE MUSICAL: Please prepare 1 or 2 monologues and up to 32 bars of a song, together totaling no more than three (3) minutes. Your song cannot be sung a capella and requires musical accompaniment - recorded accompaniment is preferred. Please state your name at the beginning of your video.
For those without access to recorded accompaniment, sheet music and recorded tracks are available for each vocal part (SATB) at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yfUcwjBJ8i27uhVXkeoH0mePg_PS4IJs?usp=sharing. You are not required to use this music and may audition with any song of your own choosing.
All performances in either the Johnson Theatre or the Polk Theatre, Tennessee Performing Arts Center and will be performed live, in person.
For roles indicated as “CAST”, actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Ragtime, Book by Terrence McNally, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Polk Theatre,
Director Micah-Shane Brewer, Music Director TBA, Choreographer, Tosha Pendergrast
Rehearsals: Tentatively begin October 4, 2021,
Preview Nov. 10,
Runs Nov. 11 - 14, 2021.
Anticipating 5 AEA contracts. Casting: 10 female roles, 13 male roles. Seeking actors of all races/ethnicities to audition.
Booker T Washington - Incredibly intelligent social activist. He is an eloquent and articulate gentleman with no patience for Black Americans leading less than exemplary lives.
Coalhouse Walker Jr - A proud and talented pianist. He is sophisticated, with a romantic demeanor and gentle heart though an intimidating build. African-American.
Emma Goldman - Social activist. With an unapologetically demanding presence, she is a leader and powerful woman.
Evelyn Nesbit - Beautiful vaudeville performer. Thrust into the limelight after the high profile murder of her lover, the entire world is her stage.
Father - Mother's professionally successful husband. Fancying himself an amateur explorer, he is commanding and attractive. Enjoys being the family breadwinner.
Grandfather - Mother's very conservative father. He is a retired professor and easily irritated by nearly everything.
Harry Houdini - The famous magician. With dark features and notable physical ability, he stands as a symbol of the 'American Dream.' Hungarian-American.
Little Boy - Mother and Father's son. He is open-hearted and curious with inexplicable clairvoyance. Never passes judgement on others.
Little Girl - Tateh's daughter. A confused and vulnerable child in a brand-new home, she is guarded and shy. Loves her father very much. Latvian-American.
Mother - The consummate wife and mother. A kind woman with incredible moral fiber. Refined, intelligent, and graceful. She is accepting of others.
Sarah - Washwoman. Sarah is beautiful and filled with a strong will to live fueled by an innocent spirit. Falls deeply in love with Coalhouse after much resistance. African-American.
Tateh - The haggard artist and father. He wears the trials and tribulations of his past on his sleeve, but remains optimistic. Full of genuine drive and heart. Latvian-American.
Younger Brother - Mother's younger brother. With his wiry frame and obsessive personality, he is an erratic soul. Influenced greatly by Goldman's teachings.
Ensemble of 10, (5 women, 5 men) to play Baseball Fans; Coalhouse Supporters; Firemen; Harlem Citizens, Immigrants To America; New Rochelle Citizens; Reporters; Vacationers
A CHRISTMAS STORY, adapted by Phillip Grecian. Director: TBA
Rehearsals: Tentatively begin November 8, 2021.
Preview Dec 1,
Runs: Dec. 2-20, 2021.
Anticipating 5 AEA contracts. Casting: 7 actors
Seeking actors of all races/ethnicities to audition for all roles.
Ralph – The Storyteller and narrator
The Old Man/ Ensemble – Ralph’s father
Mom/ Ensemble – Ralph’s mother
Randy/ Ensemble – Ralph’s younger brother
Flick/ Ensemble – Ralph’s friend
Schwartz/ Ensemble – Ralph’s friend
Scut Farkas/ Ensemble - the local bully
School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh, Johnson Theatre, Director Alicia Haymer
Rehearsals: Tentatively begin January 10,
Preview Feb 9,
Runs Feb 10 - 20, 2022.
Anticipating 5 AEA contracts. Casting: 8 female roles
Paulina Sarpong – 18 years old, the most popular girl in school and knows it.
Ericka Boafo – 18 years old, she is enchanting, sweet, elusive.
Ama – 18 years old, the sensible, smart one of Paulina’s pack and has the honor of being her best friend.
Nana – 16 years old, the quiet, simple, sensitive one of Paulina’s pack.
Mercy – 16 years old, the witty sidekick to Gifty
Gifty – 16 years old, loves being part of Paulina’s pack and will do anything to be considered cool
Headmistress Francis – 40s, loves her students and will do whatever she can to both uplift and protect them
Eloise Amponsah – 40s, extremely poised and well-mannered former Miss Ghana 1966. She is now a recruiter for the Miss Ghana pageant. She speaks with a slightly affected British accent and
prides herself in always being a lady.
DISNEY and CAMERON MACKINTOSH’S MARY POPPINS, music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Anthony Drew, and George Stiles, book by Julian Fellowes. Polk Theatre. Director: Micah Shane Brewer. Music Director: Randy Craft, Choreographer: TBA.
Rehearsals: Tentatively begin March 28, 2022.
Preview April 27,
Runs: Apr. 28 - May 8, 2022.
Anticipating 5 AEA contracts.
NOTE: All adult roles were cast pre-pandemic. Actors will be considered for replacements should any become necessary. Available youth roles will be auditioned at a later date.
Mary Poppins - Jane and Michael Banks's new nanny. She is extraordinary and strange, neat and tidy, delightfully vain yet particular, and sometimes a little frightening but always exciting. She is practically perfect in every way and always means what she says. A mezzo soprano with strong top notes, she should be able to move well. She can have a more traditional soprano sound, but precision and diction is the key.
Bert - The narrator of the story, is a good friend to Mary Poppins. An everyman, Bert has many occupations, including hurdy-gurdy player, sidewalk artist and chimney sweep. Bert watches over the children as well as the goings on in Cherry Tree Lane. He has charm, speaks with a Cockney accent and is a song-and-dance man.
George Banks - The father to Jane and Michael Banks, is a banker to the very fiber of his being. Demanding precision and order in his household, he is a pipe-and-slippers man who doesn't have much to do with his children and believes that he had the perfect upbringing by his nanny, the cruel Miss Andrew. His emotional armor, however, conceals a sensitive soul. A baritone, George may speak-sing as necessary.
Winifred Banks - George's wife and Jane and Michael's mother. A former actress, she is loving and distracted homemaker who is busy trying to live up to her husband's desire to only associate with the best people as well as be the model wife and mother. She suffers from the conflicting feelings that she's not up to the job of being Mrs. Banks, yet, she is, and more. She has great warmth and simplicity to her tone.
Jane - The high-spirited daughter of Mr. and Mr. Banks, is bright and precocious but can be willful and inclined to snobbishness.
Michael - The cute and cheeky son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks. Excitable and naughty, he adores his father and tries to be like him. Both he and Jane misbehave in order to get the attention of their parents.
And an ensemble of 16.
Katie Nanna - Jane and Micahel's nanny at the beginning of the show. Overwhelmed and upset, she has absolutely had her fill of the Banks children.
Policeman - A neighborhood fixture who is respected by and observant of households on his beat.
Miss Lark - The haughty next-door neighbor of the Banks family who treats her dog, Willoughby, as if he were a child.
Admiral Boom - A retired Royal Navy man and neighbor of the Banks family. A physically large man with a loud and booming voice, he speaks in Navy jargon and has a soft spot for his neighbor, Miss Lark. Can be any vocal range as needed. If Admiral Bloom doubles as the Banks Chairman, he can be a baritone.
Mrs. Brill - The housekeeper and cook for the Banks family. Overworked and harassed, she's always complaining that the house is understaffed. Her intimidating exterior is a cover for the warmth underneath. Mrs. Brill doesn't have a high opinion of nannies in general and Mary Poppins in particular. She does not have to be a strong singer.
Robertson Ay - The houseboy to the Banks family. Lazy, sleepy and grumbling, he never gets things right and believes himself to be useless. He doesn't do a lot of singing, but his Spoonful solo can be a fun surprise.
Park Keeper - Uniformed and officious, he makes sure no one breaks park regulations. His life is defined by rules, but he secretly hankers after his childhood.
Neleus - The statue of a young boy posed with a dolphin in the park. Neleus was separated from his father, Poseidon, and misses him very much. A small and lonely being, he is very happy to befriend Jane and Michael.
Queen Victoria - A statue in the park.
Bank Chairman - The head of the bank where Mr. Banks is employed, is an Edwardian stuffed-shirt. He can speak/sing his lines if necessary.
Miss Smythe - The Bank Chairman's humorless secretary.
Von Hussler - A businessman seeking a loan from the bank for a shady business deal. He speaks with a German accent.
John Northbrook - An honest business man seeking a loan to build a factory for his community. He speaks with an accent from Northern England.
Bird Woman - Covered in a patchwork of old shawls, and her pockets are stuffed with bags of crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs to passersby, who ignore her as if she doesn't exist. Sings Feed the Birds. There can be a gruff, folksy quality to her voice that reflects the hardness of her life.
Mrs. Corry - Owns a magical gingerbread shop. She is a mysterious woman of great age who speaks with a Caribbean accent (or any accent that would make her seem exotic).
Miss Andrew - George's overbearing and scary nanny. With her bottle of nasty-tasting brimstone and treacle to keep naughty children in line, she is a bully who only knows one way of doing things - her way. A soprano with an alto belt, there can be some heaviness to her voice along with range.
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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