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Call Type
Non-Required Principal
Time(s)
OPEN Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, June 20, 2016
10 AM to 6 PM
Lunch 2 to 3
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Contract
LOA
ref. to LORT; $400/wk (AEA Minimum)
Location
Ripley-Grier 939 (formerly Eighth Avenue Studios)
939 8th Avenue (b/w 55th & 56th Sts.)
New York, NY 10019
2nd Floor; Monday: Room 2A; Tuesday: Studio 2B, holding room is Studio 2A
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Seeking
Male and female actors who are strong singers and dancers.
See breakdown
Preparation
An Accompanist will be provided. Actors should prepare a 32-bar cut of an up-tempo song in the style of the show - please bring relevant sheet music, and your book/alternate song choices. Callbacks will consist of a movement call requiring character shoes; and reading sides from the script.
Other Dates
First Rehearsal is August 30th with performances beginning September 28th. The production will run through October 30th, with shows Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm.
Callbacks 6/21, 11am to 5pm
Other
www.zachtheatre.org/about/auditions
Personnel
WRITTEN BY: Allan Scott and Stephen Elliott
DIRECTOR: Abe Reybold
CHOREOGRAPHER: Dominique Kelley
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Allen Robertson
A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Email auditions@zachtheatre.org with subject line
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert tells the funny and moving story of three drag performers who set off from Sydney across the Australian desert in a battered old tour bus, christened “Priscilla”. The show contains over 20 classic pop and disco hits such as “I Will Survive”, “I Love the Nightlife”, and “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. “Priscilla…” is an Ensemble show that incorporates the cast in multiple featured roles and group musical numbers.
Seeking:
BERNADETTE:
Male Lead, 40’s-60’s; baritone/tenor. Dance, singing and lip-synching ability essential; quietly dignified transsexual who must be convincing as an older woman who was once the star performer of ‘Les Girls’; mother of the group; glamorous, oozes Old Hollywood charm with rapier wit and sensitivity.
MITZI/TICK:
Male Lead, 30’s-early 40’s; baritone/tenor. Dance, singing and lip-synching ability essential; with an unremarkable and essentially straight exterior, Tick is a discontented drag queen, the best in the business; his journey from disillusionment to fulfillment through being reunited with his son is the central core of the story.
FELICIA/ADAM:
Male Lead, 20’s; tenor. Outstanding dance, singing and lip-synching ability essential; well built, flashy, young drag queen and born performer with a more than occasional bitchy streak.
THE DIVAS:
20s-40s. Three women who carry the musical weight of the show. Sassy, strong and sexy, these women lead us through some of the greatest hits of the last decades. All shapes and sizes welcome, but brilliant vocalists in the disco-belt style with flexible range and strong movers a must. Will also be part of the female ensemble.
Cynthia:
Asian/Eurasian woman, late 20s-30s. Bob’s feisty wife. A frustrated performer of obscure “stage tricks”, which make her very popular at the local pub. Character acting, singing and dancing ability essential. Must have a great physique. Will be required to sing and dance in ensemble numbers.
Young Bernadette / Farrah:
Man, 20s-30s. Young Bernadette; The epitome of grace and glamour—gender illusion rather than drag—“Les Girls” at its most alluring. Farrah: Young, beautiful and sassy drag queen. Must be a brilliant mover and look stunning and believable as a woman. Character acting, singing and dancing ability. Will be required to sing and dance in ensemble numbers.
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