OKLAHOMA!, THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES, PINKALICIOUS - Chicago EPA
Marriott Lincolnshire
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Sep 25, 2017
10:00 am - 1:00 pm (CDT)
Possible extension appointments from 2-4.
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members can book appointments through the member portal starting on Monday, September 18 at 12pm.
CONTRACT
Special Agreement
Special Agreement; OKLAHOMA!
$774/week minimum $104/performance for TYA
SEEKING
Male and female actors for upcoming productions. See breakdown for details.
PREPARATION
Please prepare one 16-32 bar cut (approximately one minute in length), and bring a second in case the Artistic Team needs to hear more. An accompanist will be provided. Bring music in your key.
LOCATION
Stage 773
1225 W Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL 60657-3205
PERSONNEL
Aaron Thielen: Artistic Director
Peter Marston Sullivan: Associate Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
OKLAHOMA!
First Rehearsal: March 22, 2018
First Performance: April 11, 2018
Closing: June 17, 2018
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES (TYA)
First Rehearsal: February 12, 2018
First Performance: February 23, 2018
Closing: May 13, 2018
PINKALICIOUS (TYA)
1st Rehearsal: July 2, 2018
1st Performance: July 14, 2018
Closing: August 12, 2018
OTHER
No performers under 18 are being seen at this time. All ethnicities strongly encouraged to attend.
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
OKLAHOMA!
NOTE: All ethnicities are strongly encouraged to audition.
Aunt Eller: A down-to-earth farm woman who has managed to make a life on the frontier for herself and her niece, Laurey. She knows the value of cooperation and plays the role of peacemaker between theconflicting farmers and cowboys. She's a big-hearted woman who can easily empathize with others but who can also be tough when she has to be. She sees the good in everyone.
Age Range- 45 plus
Gender: Female-Identifying
Vocal range- Mezzo
Curly: A confident, handsome cowboy with the kind of affable personality that people are drawn to. His strong ego sometimes causes him to be too sure of himself. He has a stubborn streak that keeps him from letting Laurey know how much he cares for her. However, when he sees Laurey in distress, he’s able to drop his defenses and open up to her emotionally.
Age Range- 18-25
Gender: Male-Identifying
Vocal Range- Lyric Baritone
Laurey: A strong, spunky farm girl. She has been raised by her Aunt Eller and has learned to be self sufficient. Unlike some of her girlfriends, she doesn't feel the need for a man to take care of her. Like Curly, she is too stubborn to let him know how she really feels about him. But when she is threatened by Jud, it's Curly she turns to for comfort.
Age Range-18-25
Gender: Female-Identifying
Vocal Range- Soprano
Will Parker: A good-natured cowboy and champion steer roper. He's in love with Ado Annie and not afraid to express his feelings. He may not be the brightest guy around but his high-spirited energy and affectionate personality make him a good friend to everyone. There's no doubt that he'll be a good husband to Ado Annie. Dance and rope tricks a plus
Age Range- 18-25
Gender: Male-Identifying
Vocal Range- Tenor
Ado Annie Carnes: A boy-crazy farm girl. She's too naive to know how to handle herself around men, which gets her into trouble. She tends to favor whichever boy she's with and although she has strong feelings for Will, her head is easily turned by any man who pays attention to her.
Age Range- 18-25
Gender: Female-Identifying
Vocal Range- Soprano
Jud Fry: Is Laurey and Aunt Eller's surly hired hand and he has his eye on Laurey. He has a dark, possibly criminal past and his sullen, volatile nature frightens Laurey. He leads a solitary life of emotional isolation and, not being used to interacting with people, his social skills are limited. He feels a need to change his life but is uncertain of how to go about it. Although Jud is the putative villain of the story, there is an underlying emotional complexity that makes him, ultimately, sympathetic.
Age Range- 25-32
Gender: Male-Identifying
Vocal Range- Baritone
Ali Hakim: A traveling salesman who's a bit of a shyster, his merchandise often being bogus. He fancies himself a ladies' man and when he gets too entangled with a girl, he simply moves on to the next town. So when he makes a pass at Ado Annie and her father takes it as a proposal of marriage, it looks like his days as a roving Casanova are over, much to his dismay.
Age Range- 30ish
Gender: Male-Identifying
Andrew “Papa” Carnes: Ado Annie's protective father and he is determined that no man will take advantage of her innocent nature. He has never taken Will Parker seriously as a prospective son-in-law. When Ali Hakim tells Ado Annie that he wants to ride with her to the end of the world, Carnes takes that as a proposal of marriage. He is a rancher, and doesn’t feel very kindly to cowboys in general. He's also a good friend to Aunt Eller and if she ever needed help with anything, he'd be there in a shot.
Age Range- 45 plus
Gender: Male-Identifying
Vocal Range- Tenor
Gertie Cummings: A silly flirt from a nearby town with the most annoying laugh in the Territory. She's too full of herself to realize that that most people would rather not be in her company.
Age Range- 18-25
Gender: Female-Identifying
Vocal Range- Mezzo
Ike Skidmore: Owns the ranch where the Box Social takes place.
Age Range- 35 plus
Gender: Male-Identifying
Vocal Range- Baritone
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
NOTE: All ethnicities are strongly encouraged to audition.
Arno: The palace's scrub kid who is outgoing and impulsive. Says the first thing that comes into their
head.
Gender: TBD
Character Age: 15 to 20
Vocal range: Bb2 to G4
Swindler: Makes the Magic clothes for Marcus. He is a conniving, imaginative showman extremely
skilled at his art of trickery.
Gender: Male-Identifying
Character Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range: C3 to F4
Deena: The Royal Clothes-maker who is motherly, level-headed, bossy and nervous.
Gender: Female-Identifying
Character Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range: B3 to E5
William: The Royal Advisor who is fatherly, and a little henpecked. He tries to be authoritative and
responsible, but generally fails.
Gender: Male-Identifying
Character Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range: A2 to F4
Marcus: The Emperor and our story's protagonist. Has a powerful imagination and is very intelligent,
however lacks self-confidence.
Gender: TBD
Character Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range: Bb2 to F4
PINKALICIOUS
NOTE: All ethnicities are strongly encouraged to audition.
Pinkalicious: An energetic little girl who loves the color pink and pink cupcakes.Learns that more is not always better, learns self-control, and learns the power of pink.
Gender: Female-Identifying
Vocal range- A#3 to G5
Peter (her younger brother):Secretly desires to enjoy pink like his sister and to express himself creatively; earns theright to play with pink toys and to enjoy life's silver lining by expressing himself freely.
Gender: Male-Identifying
Vocal Range- F#2-G#4
Alison: Pinkalicious’s best friend who also wants to be pink.Learns not to be jealous, that the grass is not always greener on the other side.
Gender: Female-Identifying
Vocal range- Ab3-F5
Played by same actor playing Dr. Wink
Dr. Wink: Pinkalicious’s female pediatrician who is very excited about diagnosing pinkititis
Gender: Female-Identifying
Vocal Range- Ab3-F5
Mrs. Pinkerton: (Pinkalicious’s organic-minded and busy mother)Learns to be less rigid and less busy; finds her inner girl; learns to enjoy sweetsand eats buttercream frosting in the finale and wears a pink dress.
Gender: Female-Identifying
Vocal Range- F#3-E5
Mr. Pinkeron: (Pinkalicious’s pinkaphobic father) Learns to be less close-minded and strict; forbids Peter to play with pink toys; later permits Peter to express himself even if it involves pink, admires Pinkalicious for her love of pink, and even wears pink clothes himself.
Gender: Male-Identifying
Vocal Range- G2-C4
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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