RAGTIME: THE MUSICAL - Midland PA Appointments
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Feb 20, 2018
4:00 pm (EST)
APPOINTMENTS
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CONTRACT
Guest Artist $315/week (AEA)
SEEKING
Seeking actor/singers for various roles in Lincoln Park's upcoming production of Ragtime: The Musical. The Center encourages performers of all ethnicities to audition.
PREPARATION
Please arrive a minimum of 10 minutes before your scheduled audition time to check in and fill out any necessary paperwork.
- Please prepare (2)-32 bar cuts of musical theatre songs. Selections from the show are not discouraged.
- Please bring sheet music in the correct key for the provided accompanist.
LOCATION
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center
1 Lincoln Park
Midland, PA 15059-1535
First Floor Rehearsal Studio
PERSONNEL
Directed by Justin Fortunato
Choreographed by Kiesha Lalama
Music Directed by Kathleen Billie
OTHER DATES
1st reh: 5/21/18. Runs: 6/15-6/24/18 (see breakdown for details)
OTHER
Callbacks will be held February 21, from 4-8:00 PM
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
Booker T. Washington: the dominant figure in the Black community of the United States at the turn of the century. Vocal range: C4-E5
Coalhouse: a proud, sophisticated man who fights to live within his social boundaries and then rebels against them when even that is not good enough. Vocal range: G3-B5
Emma Goldman: the Russian born radical anarchist in early 1900's New York City. Vocal range: E3-D5
Evelyn Nesbit: the beautiful vaudeville performer, famous for the murder of her high-profile lover by her rich husband. Vocal range: B3-D5
Father: Rich. Conservative. Staunch in his ways but not intentionally unkind. Vocal range: A3-F5
Grandfather: mother's conservative father. A retired professor. Irritated by everything.
Henry Ford: an American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company. Vocal rage: D4-F5
Houdini: the famous magician who immigrated to America and made a name for himself largely as an escape artist. Vocal range: C4-G5
J.P. Morgan: the rich, famous financier
Little Girl: Tateh's daughter, a young Latvian girl in a new home. Vocal range: C4-D5
Mother: A strong, kind woman who defies social norms to do the things she feels are right. Vocal range: G3-E5
Sarah: A washwoman who is adopted into Mother's home when Mother finds Sarah's baby in the garden. Vocal range: G3-F5
Sarah's Friend: A friend of Sarah's who attends her funeral. Vocal range: D3-D5
Tateh: A haggard, Latvian immigrant who dreams the American Dream for himself and his daughter. Vocal range: A3-F5
Willie Conklin: A racist volunteer fireman who destroys Coalhouse's car. Vocal range: D4-F5
Younger Brother: Mother's younger brother who has his heart broken by Evelyn Nesbit and joins Coalhouse in his protests towards discrimination. He is a young man in search of something. Vocal range: B3-F5
Ensemble: To play Citizens of New Rochelle and Harlem, Coalhouse supporters, reporters, and various other supporting roles
The Center encourages performers of all ethnicities to 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 audition.
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