SOUTH PACIFIC - NYC ECC Singers (Female Characters) Goodspeed Opera House | East Haddam, CT
Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
2:30 PM (E)
LORT Non-Rep
$1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity chorus singers (Female characters) for SOUTH PACIFIC (see breakdown).
Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song in the style of the show – Rodgers & Hammerstein preferred, or a song from the American Theater’s Golden Age. Please bring a stapled hardcopy headshot and resume.
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Studio 312 (Holding Room) Studio 315 (Audition Room)
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Adam Souza (Music Director)
Tara Rubin, CSA (Casting Director) Peter Van Dam, CSA (Casting Director)
First Rehearsal: May 13th
First Performance: June 14, 2024
Final Performance: August 11, 2024
OTHER
ECC 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.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
SOUTH PACIFIC
Producer: Goodspeed Musicals
Artistic Director: Donna Lynn Hilton
Managing Director: David Byrd
Line Producer: Stephen Agosto
Director: Chay Yew
Choreographer: Parker Esse
Music Director: Adam Souza
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Josh Logan, Oscar Hammerstein II
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener Casting Director: Tara Rubin Casting / Tara Rubin, CSA; Peter Van Dam, CSA
Casting Associate/Assistant: Frankie Ramirez
SYNOPSIS:
On a lush tropical island during World War II, battles of the heart are center stage in the Goodspeed premiere of the soaring Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. A lovestruck nurse and a young lieutenant are pulled into the tide of separate romances in an exotic world of risk and passion. But prejudice clouds their potential paradise.
Goodspeed Musicals is committed to creating an equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace environment, and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Toward that end, Goodspeed affirms its commitment to non-discrimination and a flexible, imaginative casting policy. Goodspeed strongly encourages the casting of women, non-gender binary/trans individuals, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), and people with disabilities in roles where these are not germane to the role.
[FEMALE-PRESENTING ENSEMBLE] Female-presenting, 20s-40s. These characters can be Black, Latine, MENASA, API, Indigenous, Mixed, or White. Seeking excellent, versatile singers and dancers. To play Islanders, Nurses, Nuns, and more. May cover principals including: NELLIE FORBUSH, BLOODY MARY, etc. Sopranos (Range: Middle C to G above C5); Altos (Middle C to D5).
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