SOMETHING ROTTEN Equity Principal Auditions - National Tour Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Monday, July 25, 2016

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Friday, July 29, 2016

10 AM to 6 PM each day
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Contract
Short Engagement Touring Agreement
Category 1 (minimum $944/week)

Location
Pearl Studios NYC "519"
519 8th Avenue
12th Floor
New York, NY 10018

Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various roles in the upcoming SETA Tour production.

See breakdown

Preparation
Prepare a brief comedic contemporary musical theatre song. Bring sheet music and a photo/resume stapled together. A piano accompanist will be provided.

Other Dates
First Rehearsal: December 5th, 2016 in NYC
Opens: January 17th, 2017 in Boston

3 days of EPAs:
Mon 7/25, Wed 7/27 and Fri 7/29, 10am to 6pm each day

Other
General Manager: Bespoke Theatrical
Casting: Telsey + Company/ Bethany Knox

Personnel
Director/ Choreographer: Casey Nicholaw
Book: Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell
Music/Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick & Karey Kirkpatrick
Music Director: Phil Reno

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

SEEKING:

NICK:
30 to 40’s male. A writer. Nigel’s older brother. He holds a grudge against Shakespeare. Seeking a great comedic actor with that sings and dances very well. PRINCIPAL

NIGEL:
30 to early 40’s male. A writer. Nicks’s younger brother. Sweet and a little awkward. He is in love with Portia. Seeking a great comedic actor that sings very well. PRINCIPAL

LORD CLAPHAM:
Older male. Patron of the theatre. He’s flamboyant, and extremely posh. Seeking a great comedic actor that sings well. PRINCIPAL

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:
30’-40’s Male. Over the top, cocky, a true rock star of his time. He is the renaissance James Brown. Seeking a great comedic actor that sings and dances very well. PRINCIPAL

THOMAS NOSTRADAMUS:
Male, 40s to 50s. A soothsayer. He predicts that Nick and Nigel will write a musical. Seeking a great comedic actor that sings and dances very well. PRINCIPAL

BROTHER JERIMIAH:
Male, 50s. A Puritan. The father of Portia. He despises Nick and Nigel. Seeking a great comedic actor that sings very well. PRINCIPAL

SHYLOCK:
An older Jewish man. Nick and Nigel are in debt to him. He becomes an investor in their musical. Seeking a great comedic actor that sings well. PRINCIPAL

BEA:
30’s Female. Nigel’s wife. She loves Nigel despite his past lack of success. She dresses up like a man to prove she can be an actor. Seeking a great comedic actress that sings very well. PRINCIPAL

PORTIA:
20’s-30’s Female. A beautiful puritan woman that Nick meets on the street. She has golden hair and loves poetry. Seeking a great comedic actress that sings very well. PRINCIPAL