NEWSIES - NYC EPA
Fireside Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Sep 27, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Dinner Theatre $665/week minimum
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers for various roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short song in the style of the show. Singing from the show is fine.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Bring sheet music in correct key; accompanist provided but may not transpose.
LOCATION
Nola Studios
250 W. 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
11th floor
PERSONNEL
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Jack Feldman
Book: Harvey Fierstein
Director: Ed Flesch
Musical Director: Mary Ehlinger
Choreographer: Shanna VanDerwerker
OTHER DATES
1st rehearsal: February 5, 2018 in Wisconsin. Runs February 22, 2018 – April 8, 2018
OTHER
EPA 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.
BREAKDOWN
JACK
20’s, Handsome, passionate and charismatic leader of the Newsies. A street-smart kid with a dark artistic soul right beneath the bluster. Not a blowhard. This kid's the real thing. Must have a great pop tenor voice.
DAVEY
20’s, A thinker. Raised in a home as opposed to the other Newsies, Davie is the book-smart counterpoint to the other boys. The voice of reason. A nice Jewish boy. Must have a great contemporary tenor voice.
JOSEPH PULITZER
40s, The boisterous forefather of Wm. F. Buckley Jr, Glen Beck and Rupert Murdoch. An on point, know it all, politician. Impolite and impatient with the world. Must sing well.
KATHERINE PLUMBER
20’s, The strong willed daughter of Pulitzer. This young lady drips smarts, opinions and confidence. A young Katherine Hepburn or Ellen Page. This damsel needs no prince to save her. Must have a great pop/contemporary musical theater voice with a high belt.
CRUTCHIE
20’s, any ethnicity. A slight, sickly boy with a huge heart. He walks with the aid of a crutch due to a bad leg, but that doesn't hold him back from being right in the middle of any mischief. A real charmer.
MEDDA
Female, 40s – 60s, A vaudeville star of the Bowery variety. Risque, tough, with a big voice and GREAT comic delivery. Seeking female character actor.
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 audition.
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