SOUL DOCTOR - NYC EPA
Shlomo Productions LLC
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Jan 08, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Other Contract pending
SEEKING
Equity actor/singer/musicians for 3 roles. See breakdown
PREPARATION
Please prepare material in the style of the show, and if you play guitar or piano please bring material to accompany yourself.. Piano accompanist provided.
LOCATION
Nola Studios
250 W. 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
Studio A
PERSONNEL
General Manager: Stellation Entertainment LLC
Director: Gabriel Barre
Choreographer: Jenifer Paulson Lee
Book: Daniel Wise
Music: Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
Lyrics: David Schechter
Casting Director: Paul Hardt - Stewart / Whitley
OTHER DATES
Venue: Lyceum Theater, San Diego CA
Rehearsal Date: March 5, 2018
First Performance: April 3, 2018
Closing Date(s): April 22, 2018
Possible Los Angeles Engagement
May 1-13, 2018
OTHER
Callback Date: January 12th 2018
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.
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BREAKDOWN
Shlomo Carlebach
Male age 35 – 55. Baritone. Strong Actor with a warm personality and charisma who sings well and plays guitar. A modern day troubadour, he ignited the spirit of millions around the world with his soul-stirring melodies, transformative storytelling, and boundless love. SOUL DOCTOR takes us on a musical odyssey through the challenges and triumphs of this cultural phenomenon: his childhood escape from Nazi Germany, becoming a rabbinical prodigy in America; his unlikely friendship with Nina Simone, discovering Gospel and Soul music; his meteoric rise as a Rock Star-Rabbi in the 1960’s, performing with Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead; and especially his struggle to reconcile for himself and his conservative father, his deep traditional roots, with his desire to reach people of all backgrounds in the free-love generation; and his personal conflicts trying to keep his family together while traversing the globe as a Soul Doctor, bringing joy and song to the lonely, the searching and the brokenhearted.
Shlomo’s Father
Male, 50-65. Baritone/tenor. Dignified, Cultured Viennese Orthodox Rabbi, learned, urbane, erudite, kind. He was the chief rabbi of Vienna before having to flee the Nazis.
Nina Simone
African American Female, 20-35. Killer soul singer. Deeply soulful, insightful, with an edge and attitude, smart, super talented jazz/soul singer/pianist, strong Center, somewhat angry about how hard it is for a young black woman to make it, but too spiritually connected to be really bitter. At her core there is joy. Ideally plays piano well. Must have excellent comic timing.
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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