SOPHISTICATED LADIES Equity Chorus Call Dancers - ZACH Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Chorus

Time(s)
Monday, March 2, 2015
6:00 PM Male/Female Dancer Call

Contract
LOA
LOA/LORT minimum - $371/wk

Location
ZACH Theatre's Nowlin Rehearsal Studio
1426 Toomey Road
Austin, TX 78704
The Nowlin Rehearsal Studio is on the South side of the Zach campus.

Seeking
Equity and non-Equity male and female actors, singers, and dancers.

Preparation
Dance Call -- please bring tap shoes, character shoes and jazz shoes/sneakers; all Dancers will need to prepare 16 bars of music ('Happy Birthday' is fine if necessary).

Singers should prepare a jazz/swing standard that shows range; please bring your book/options.

Other Dates
Call Backs 3/4; 1st Rehearsal 6/15; Tech Rehearsals Begin 7/7; 1st preview 7/15; Press Opening 7/18; Champagne Opening 7/23; Closing 8/23 with possible extention to 8/30. Performances run Wed - Sat evenings at 7:30pm; and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm.

Other

www.zachtheatre.org/about/auditions
All Stage Manager positions have been filled at this time.

Please see Breakdown for additional information.

Personnel
In the room:
Abe Reybold, Director and ZACH Assoc Artistic Director
Allen Robertson, Musical Director
Jason Connor, Accompanist
T. Scott Wooten, Production Coordinator

· Chorus rules are in effect.

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
Email
auditions@zachtheatre.org with subject line 'Soph Ladies Austin Auditions'; attach headshot/resume in PDF/Word format with preferred day/time.

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

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Director: Abe Reybold
Choreographer: Dominique Kelley
Playwright: Concept by Donald McKayle, Based on the Music of Duke Ellington, Music and Dance Arrangements by Lloyd Mayers, Vocal Arrangements by Malcolm Dodds and Lloyd Mayers

Welcome to Harlem’s famed Cotton Club in this stylish, brassy musical celebration of Duke Ellington’s greatest musical hits. A full on-stage orchestra backs superb jazz vocalists, extraordinary tap dancers, dazzling deco costumes, and unforgettable torch singers who bring classics like “Mood Indigo,” “Take the A Train,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” to vivid life in this grand Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Never before produced in Austin!

Dancers: With strong technique in tap, jazz, ballet and partnering. Singing is encouraged but not required.

Singers: Looking for strong soloists who are comfortable singing Jazz and Ellington’s music.

Singers who dance/move: Seeking soloists who are strong dancers or movers.

All roles will be understudied.

Actors unable to attend this call may submit headshot and resume to:
Casting Department
ZACH Theatre
1510 Toomey Road
Austin, TX 78704

auditions@zachtheatre.org