OKLAHOMA - Houston ECC Singers
Theatre Under the Stars
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Jun 04, 2018
9:00 am (CDT)
APPOINTMENTS
N/A. Please sign up at theatre.
CONTRACT
WCLO Minimum - $1118/wk
SEEKING
Equity actors and singers who move well.
PREPARATION
Please prepare 32 bars of a Rodgers & Hammerstein song.
LOCATION
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
800 Bagby St
Houston, TX 77002-2531
Rehearsal Studios
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Dan Knechtges
Director: Kevin Moriarty
Music: Richard Rogers
Book and Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Director: Kim Grigsby
Choreographer: Stanton Welch
TUTS Casting: Olson S. Kelly
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: August 21, 2018
Previews: September 11, 2018
Opening: September 13, 2018
Closing: September 23, 2018
OTHER
www.tuts.com/auditions
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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
Please Note: We will cast this production with actors of all races and ethnicities in leading roles and in the ensemble. Artists of color are strongly encouraged to audition.
AUNT ELLER - Female, late 40’s/50’s. Runs a farm in the Oklahoma Territory. She is tough, resourceful, earthy and strong. A single woman with a flinty sense of humor and big heart. Strong actor who sings and moves well. Voice: Mezzo (G3 to F5)
CURLY - Male, 20’s-30’s. Young, strapping cowman. Charming, flirty and sexy, but hasn’t yet been ready to commit. Engages in witty sparring with Laurey. He’s got a strong sense of ethics and decency. Strong baritone. Voice: Baritone (C3 to F#4)
LAUREY - Female, early to late 20’s. Attractive, strong, quick witted farm-owner in the Oklahoma territory. Skilled, no-nonsense farmer. Romantic but sexually inexperienced, she’s grappling with complicated desires that she doesn’t yet fully understand. Ready to embrace life. Legit Soprano (C4 to A5)
WILL PARKER - Male, late 20’s, mid 30’s. Cowman in the Oklahoma Territory. A terrific horseman but not an intellectual thinker. He is madly in love with Ado Annie, though unskilled with women. Strong comic actor. Very strong dancer. Voice: Baritone/Tenor (D3 to F4)
ADO ANNIE - Female, early 20’s to mid 30’s. Funny, good-natured, energetic, and a bit wild. Enjoys her sexuality. A bit naïve – or perhaps it’s just an act? Either way, she’s good hearted and great fun. Strong comic actor. Strong mover/dancer. Voice: Mezzo/belt (C4 to F5)
JUD - Male, late 20’s to early 40’s. Skilled farmhand. Quiet, brooding and solitary. Emotionally imbalanced, volatile and dangerous. Struggles with his desires and relating to others. Strong actor. Strong bass/baritone. Voice: Baritone (D2 to D?4)
ALI HAKIM - Male, 30’s to 40’s. A peddler from Persia (present day Iran). Romantic, but not interested in settling down. Smart and quick witted. Strong comic actor. Voice: Baritone (D2 to F#4)
CARNES - Male, late 40’s to late 50’s. Ado Annie’s father. A tough, pragmatic farmer. Protective of his daughter and good with a shotgun. Strong singer/good mover. Voice: Tenor (F3 to F4)
CORD ELAM - Male, late 30’s to 50’s. Cowman. Federal Marshall. Tough. A leader in the community. Principled. Strong singer and mover. Voice: Baritone (G?2 to A4)
MALE ENSEMBLE - Males, strong dancer/singers: Slim, Fred, and additional male ensemble members. (low bass, baritones, tenors)
FEMALE ENSEMBLE - Females, strong dancer/singers: Vivien, Kate, Virginia, Ellen, and additional female ensemble members. (altos and sopranos)
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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